The formation of Zeir Anpin

Synopsis

Here we read about the Corrections (formations) of Zeir Anpin as derived from those of Atik Yomin. Rabbi Shimon talks about His Corrections (formations) unfurling like the countenance of man, since man encompasses Zeir Anpin and Malchut. We are told how the most Ancient of ancients designed the kings that did not endure, and how He rejected them and stored them in hiding for a later period - this refers to the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, the place where all judgments exist. When the white head was formed it prepared all the Corrections (formations) above and below. All the worlds had been destroyed because man had not been established and the seven kings were unable to rise and take their place; thus they ceased to exist. Rabbi Shimon says that anyone who descends from a higher level in which he first existed is considered to have died. When the seven kings had the likeness of a man installed in them they were called by other names and endured.

Atik-Yomin Correction Holy of Holies Judgment Zeir Anpin

171. הַשְׁתָּא אִתְתָּקָנוּ וְאִתְכָּוְונוּ דַּעְתָּא, לְמִתְקָן תִּקּוּנוֹי דִּזְעֵיר אַפִּין, הֵיךְ יִתְתָּקַּן, וְהֵיךְ יִתְלַבָּשׁ בְּתִקּוּנוֹי מִתִקּוֵּני עַתִּיק יוֹמִין, קַדִּישָׁא דְּקַדִּישִין, טְמִירָא דִּטְמִירִין, טְמִירָא מִכֹּלָּא. דְּהַשְׁתָּא חוֹבָתָא עָלַיְיכוּ, לְמִגְזַר דִּינָא קוּשְטָאָה יָאֶה וְשַׁפִּירָא וּלְאַתְקְנָא כָּל תִּקּוּנִין עַל בּוּרְיֵיהּ.

Creation Eagle Ezekiel Face Likenesses Lion Ox Seven Tetragrammaton Throne Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH) Zeir Anpin

172. The Corrections (formations) of Zeir Anpin were made through the Corrections (formations) of Arich Anpin, and his Corrections (formations) unfurled from this side and that side, MEANING FROM RIGHT, LEFT AND CENTER, like the countenance of man. MAN IS INDICATIVE OF THE CENTRAL COLUMN THAT INCLUDES ALL THREE COLUMNS in order that the spirit of the concealed of all concealed, THAT IS ARICH ANPIN, will reign in him. So he will sit on the throne, WHICH IS MALCHUT, since it is written: "And upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it" (Yechezkel 1:26). "The appearance of a man," MEANING LIKE THE FACE OF A MAN, that comprises all forms, SINCE THE THREE FACES, LION, OX, EAGLE, ARE CONTAINED IN MAN'S COUNTENANCE. THAT IS FROM THE ASPECT OF MALCHUT WITHIN HIM, SINCE MAN ENCOMPASSES ZEIR ANPIN AND MALCHUT. IT IS ALSO "the appearance of a man," as it includes all the names, BECAUSE ZEIR ANPIN IS CALLED YUD HEI VAV HEI THAT INCLUDES ALL THE NAMES. IT IS ALSO "The appearance of a man" in which are sealed all the worlds above and below. IT IS ALSO, "the appearance of a man" for including the secrets that were expressed and established prior to the world's creation, MEANING BY THE SEVEN KINGS IN THE FORMLESS WORLD, even though THEY WERE DESTROYED AND did not last.

172. תִּקּוּנֵי דִּזְעֵיר אַפִּין, מִתִּקוּנֵי דַּאֲרִיךְ אַפִּין אִתְתָּקָּנוּ. וְאִתְפָּשָׁטוּ תִּקּוּנוֹי מִכָּאן וּמִכָּאן, כְּחֵיזוּ ב"נ, לְמִשְלְטָא בֵּיהּ רוּחָא דִּטְמִירָא דְּכָל טְמִירִין. בְּגִין לְמֵיתַב עַל כּוּרְסְיָּיא, דִּכְתִּיב וְעַל דְּמוּת הַכִּסֵּא דְּמוּת כְּמַרְאֵה אָדָם עָלָיו מִלְמָעְלָה. כְּמַרְאֵה אָדָם: דְּכָלִיל כָּל דִּיוּקְנִין. כְּמַרְאֵה אָדָם: דְּכָלִיל כָּל שְׁמָהָן. כְּמַרְאֵה אָדָם: דְּבֵיהּ סְתִימִין כָּל עָלְמִין עִלָּאִין וְתַתָּאִין. כְּמַרְאֵה אָדָם: דְּכָלִיל כָּל רָזִין דְּאִתְאַמָּרוּ וְאִתָּתְקָנוּ עַד דְּלָא אִבְרֵי עָלְמָא, ואע"ג דְּלָא אִתְקָיָּימוּ.

Dots Edom Hidden Book (Safra De'tzniuta) Judgment

173. We have learned in the hidden book that the most ancient among the ancient, raised kings, designed kings, and measured the size of kings, but they did not last. He rejected them and stored them in hiding for a later period. This is the meaning of what is written: "And these are kings that reigned in the land of Edom" (Beresheet 36:31). "In the land of Edom" MEANS the place where all Judgments exist. None of them endured, SINCE IT SAYS BY EACH ONE: "AND...REIGNED...AND...DIED" (IBID.).

173. תָּאנָא בִּצְנִיעוּתָא דְּסִפְרָא, עַתִּיקָא דְּעַתִּיקִין עַד לָא זַמִּין תִּקּוּנוֹי, בָּאנֵי מַלְכִין, גָּלִיף מַלְכִין וּמְשַׁעֵר מַלְכִין, וְלָא הֲווֹ מִתְקַיְּימֵּי, עַד דְּדָחֵי לוֹן, וְאַצְנַע לוֹן לְבָתַר זִמְנָא, הה"ד וְאֵלֶּה הַמְּלָכִים אֲשֶׁר מָלְכוּ בְּאֶרֶץ אֱדוֹם. בְּאֶרֶץ אֱדוֹם, בְּאֲתָר דְּכָל דִּינִין מִתְקַיְּימִין תַּמָּן, וְכֻלְּהוּ לָא אִתְקָיָּימוּ.

Correction Head White

174. עַד דְּרֵישָׁא חִוָּורָא עַתִּיקָא דְּעַתִּיקִין אִתְתָּקַּן. כַּד אִתְתָּקַּן, תַּקִּין כָּל תִּקּוּנִין דִּלְתַתָּא, תַּקִּין כָּל תִּקּוּנִין דְּעִלָּאִין וְתַתָּאִין. מִכָּאן אוֹלִיפְנָא, כָּל רֵישָׁא דְּעַמָּא, דְּלָא אִתְתָּקַּן הוּא בְּקַדְמֵיתָא, לֵית עַמָּא מִתְתַּקְנָא. וְאִי אִיהוּ מִתְתַּקָּן, כֻּלְּהוּ מִתְתַּקְּנָן. וְאִי אִיהוּ לָא מִתְתַּקֵּן בְּקַדְמֵיתָא, לָא יַכְלִין עַמָּא לְאִתְתַּקְּנָא.

Atik-Yomin Dots Edom Judgment Seven

175. מְנָלָן. מֵעַתִּיק יוֹמִין. דְּעַד לָא אִתְתָּקַּן הוּא בְּתִקּוּנוֹי, לָא אִתְתְּקָּנוּ כָּל אִינּוּן דְּבָעוּ לְאִתְתַּקְּנָא, וְכֻלְּהוּ עָלְמִין אִתְחֲרָבוּ. הה"ד, וַיִּמְלוֹךְ בֶּאֱדוֹם בֶּלַע בֶּן בְּעוֹר. וַיִּמְלוֹךְ בֶּאֱדוֹם, רָזָא יַקִּירָא הוּא. אֲתָר דְּכָל דִּינִין מִתְקַטְּרִין תַּמָּן, וְתַּלְיָין, מִתַּמָּן.

Asiyah Briyah Female Form Grades Male Seven Worlds Yetzirah

177. כֵּיוָן דְּסָלִיק לְאִתְיַשְּׁבָא, בֵּיהּ לָא קָאֵים, וְלָא הֲוָה יָכִיל לְמֵיקָם, וְכֻלְּהוּ עָלְמִין אִתְחֲרָבוּ. מַאי טַעֲמָא. מִשּׁוּם דְּאָדָם לָא אִתְתָּקַּן. דְּתִקּוּנָא דְּאָדָם בְּדִיוּקְנֵיהּ, כָּלִיל כֹּלָּא, וְיָכִיל כֹּלָּא לְאִתְיַשְּׁבָא בֵּיהּ.

Correction (Tikun) Dots Form Seven Tikun (Correction) Zeir Anpin

178. Since this establishing of man did not exist IN THEM, THE SEVEN KINGS were unable to rise and take their place, so they ceased to exist. HE ASKS: Could you imagine that they completely ceased to exist? Weren't all of them LATER included in man, IN ZEIR ANPIN? HE REPLIES: It simply means that they ceased and were severed from that establishment, until man's Correction (formation). When this countenance arrived, they were all engraved IN HIS FORM and reverted to a different kind of existence. Some of them were established and some were not.

178. וּבְגִין דְּתִקּוּנָא דָּא דְּאָדָם, לָא אִשְׁתְּכַח. לָא יָכִילוּ לְמֵיקָם וּלְאִתְיַשְּׁבָא, וְאִתְבְּטָלוּ. וְאִתְבְּטָלוּ ס"ד וְהָא כֻּלְּהוּ בְּאָדָם אִתְכְּלִילָן. אֶלָּא אִתְבְּטָלוּ וְאִסְתַּלָּקוּ מֵהַהוּא תִּקּוּנָא, עַד דְּיֵיתֵי תִּקּוּנָא דְּאָדָם. וְכַד אָתָא הַאי דִּיּוּקְנָא, אִתְגֵּלָפוּ כֻּלְּהוּ, וְאִתְחֲזָּרוּ לְקִיּוּמָא אַחֲרָא. מִנְּהוֹן אִתְבְּסָמוּ, וּמִנְּהוֹן לָא אִתְבְּסָמוּ כְּלָל.

Asiyah Atzilut Briyah Egypt Grades Likenesses Worlds Yetzirah

179. You might say that it is written: "And...died...and...died," WHICH INDICATES that they completely ceased to exist. HE REPLIES: It is not so. Anyone that descends from a higher level in which he existed before is considered as if he died, as it is written: "The king of Egypt died" (Shemot 2:23), MEANING that he was lowered from the previous level in which he was standing, MEANING HE BECAME LEPROUS. As soon as THE IMAGE OF a man, OF THE THREE COLUMNS, was installed IN THEM they were called by other names. They were settled through him in endurance and endured in their position.

179. וְאִי תֵּימָא וְהָא כְּתִיב וַיָּמָת, וַיָּמָת. דְּאִתְבְּטָלוּ לְגַמְרֵי. לָאו הָכִי, אֶלָּא כָּל מַאן דְּנָחִית מִדַּרְגָּא קַדְמָאָה דַּהֲוָה בֵּיהּ, קָארֵי בֵּיהּ מִיתָה. כד"א, וַיָּמָת מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם, דְּנָחַת מִדַּרְגָּא קַדְמָאָה דַּהֲוָה קָם בֵּיהּ. וְכֵיוָן דְּאִתְתָּקַן אָדָם, אִתְקְרוּן בִּשְׁמָהָן אַחֲרָנִין, וְאִתְבְּסָמוּ בְּקִיּוּמָא בֵּיהּ, וְקַיְימִין בְּדוּכְתַּיְיהוּ.

Daughter Death Death and the Afterlife Female Fruit Likenesses Male Mehetabel Mezahab Palm Tree Seven

180. All were called by different names than they had at first, except the one of whom it is written: "And his wife's name was Mehetabel, daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezehab" (Beresheet 36:39). THAT IS THE SECRET OF THE NAME OF NUMERICAL VALUE OF 45 THAT RENEWS THE MALE AND FEMALE REFERRED TO BY HADAR AND MEHETABEL. Why WAS HE NOT CALLED BY A DIFFERENT NAME? Because these, HADAR AND MEHETABEL, were not lost like the rest OF THE SEVEN KINGS, because they were male and female. This is similar to the palm tree that does not bear fruit unless you have planted a male and female stock. Therefore, now that we found them to be male and female, the term death was not mentioned in relation to them as with the rest. They lived, but they were not COMPLETELY secure until they acquired the likeness of a man. When they were finally established with a human countenance, they returned to exist in an alternate state and were settled.

180. וְכֻלְּהוּ אִתְקְרוּן בִּשְׁמָהָן אַחֲרָנִין מִן קַדְמָאִין, בַּר הַהוּא דִּכְתִּיב בֵּיהּ, וְשֵׁם אִשְׁתּוֹ מְהֵיטַבְאֵל בַּת מַטְרֵד בַּת מֵי זָהָב. מ"ט. מִשּׁוּם דְּהָנֵי לָא אִתְבְּטָלוּ כִּשְׁאַר אַחֲרָנִין. מִשּׁוּם דַּהֲוָה דְּכַר וְנוּקְבָּא. כְּהַאי תְּמָרָא, דְּלָא סַלְּקָא אֶלָּא דְּכַר וְנוּקְבָּא. ובג"כ הַשְׁתָּא דְּאִשְׁתְּכָחוּ דְּכַר וְנוּקְבָּא, לָא כְּתִיב בְּהוּ מִיתָה כְּאַחֲרָנִין, וְאִתְקְיָימוּ. אֲבָל לָא אִתְיָשָׁבוּ, עַד דְּאִתְתְּקַן דִּיּוּקְנָא דְּאָדָם, וְכֵיוָן דְּאִתְתְּקַן דִּיּוּקְנָא דְּאָדָם, אִתְחֲזָרוּ וְאִתְקְיָימוּ בְּקִיּוּמָא אַחֲרָא, וְאִתְיְישָבוּ.