Chapter Twelve (פֶּרֶק שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר)

The thread of Ein Sof that emerges from the Yesod of the upper half of the garment (הַחוּט שֶׁל אֵין סוֹף הַיּוֹצֵא מִן יְסוֹד שֶׁל חֲצִי הַמַּלְבּוּשׁ הָעֶלְיוֹן), created all the creations that are below it (בָּרָא כָּל הַבְּרִיאוֹת שֶׁלְּמַטָּה מִמֶּנּוּ), and also all the rectifications of the inner lights (וְגַם כָּל הַתִּקּוּנִים שֶׁל אוֹרוֹת פְּנִימִיּוֹת). From the shattered vessels they were rectified by it and ascended there (מִן שְׁבָרֵי כֵּלִים נִתְקְנוּ עַל יָדוֹ וְעָלוּ שָׁם). And also in the mystery of the feminine waters that we elevate through our good deeds (וְגַם בְּסוֹד מַיִן נוּקְבִין שֶׁאֲנַחְנוּ מַעֲלִים עַל יְדֵי מַעֲשֵׂינוּ הַטּוֹבִים), to Ze‘ir and his Nukvah (לְזְעִיר וּנֻקְבֵּיהּ), and from Ze‘ir and Nukvah to Abba and Imma (וּמִזְעִיר וּנֻקְבֵּיהּ לְאַבָּא וְאִמָּא), and from Abba and Imma to Arikh (וּמֵאַבָּא וְאִמָּא לַאֲרִיךְ), and from Arikh to Adam Kadma’ah, in whom the thread is hidden (וּמֵאֲרִיךְ לְאָדָם קַדְמָאָה שֶׁהַחוּט גָּנוּז בְּתוֹכוֹ). It is found that every arousal ascends to this thread (נִמְצָא שֶׁכָּל הִתְעוֹרְרוּת עוֹלָה אֶל הַחוּט הַזֶּה). This is what is said in the Sifra deTzeniuta (הַיְינוּ דְּקָאָמַר בְּסִפְרָא דְּצְנִיעוּתָא): “In it ascended” (בֵּיהּ סַלִּיקוּ) - the inner lights of the shattered vessels (אוֹרוֹת פְּנִימִים שֶׁל שְׁבָרֵי כֵּלִים). “And in it ascend” (וּבֵיהּ סַלְקִין), meaning now, through feminine waters, every day (פֵּירוּשׁ: עַתָּה עַל יְדֵי מַיִן נוּקְבִין בְּכָל יוֹם). And it says: “Those that did not exist” (וְקָאָמַר: דְּלָא הֲווֹ), meaning those that arose in thought to be created (הֵינוּ אוֹתָם שֶׁעָלוּ בְּמַחֲשָׁבָה לְהִבָּרֵאוֹת), and did not come out into actuality (וְלֹא יָצְאוּ אֶל הַפּוֹעַל). These are those hidden in the Concealed Adam Kadma’ah (שֶׁהֵם אוֹתָם הַגָּנוּזִים בְּאָדָם קַדְמָאָה סְתִימָאָה). That is: “they did not exist” (הַיְנוּ: דְּלָא הֲווֹ), meaning they did not have existence at present (כְּלוֹמַר שֶׁלֹּא הָיְתָה לָהֶם הֲוָיָה עַתָּה), but in the future they will attain existence, as we will explain (אֲבָל לֶעָתִיד לָבוֹא תִּהְיֶה לָהֶם הֲוָיָה כַּאֲשֶׁר נְפָרֵשׁ). And it says: “And they were” (וְקָאָמַר: וַהֲווֹ), that is, the vessels that did come into actuality (דְּהַיְינוּ הַכֵּלִים שֶׁיָּצְאוּ לַפּוֹעַל). And it says: “And they will be” (וְקָאָמַר: וִיהְווֹיֵין), that is, in the eighth millennium (הַיְנוּ בָּאֶלֶף הַשְּׁמִינִי), when the worlds will be renewed (שֶׁיִּתְחַדְּשׁוּ הָעוֹלָמוֹת), and each one will ascend three levels higher (וְיַעֲלוּ כָּל אֶחָד שָׁלֹשׁ מַדְרֵגוֹת יוֹתֵר עֶלְיוֹנוֹת), until all return and are included within this thread (עַד שֶׁיַּחְזְרוּ הַכֹּל וְיִתְכַּלְּלוּ בְּתוֹךְ הַחוּט הַזֶּה). And then will be fulfilled the verse that is written (וְאָז יִתְקַיֵּם הַפָּסוּק דִּכְתִיב): “And the light of the moon...” (וְהָיָה אוֹר הַלְּבָנָה...). And the meaning is: the light of the moon, which is the World of Asiyah (וְהַכַּוָּנָה אוֹר הַלְּבָנָה שֶׁהוּא עוֹלַם הָעֲשִׂיָּה), in which the moon nests, that is, the Nukvah (שֶׁמְּקַנֶּנֶת בּוֹ הַלְּבָנָה דְּהַיְינוּ נֻקְבֵּיהּ), “shall be as the light of the sun” (יִהְיֶה כְּאוֹר הַחַמָּה), that is, Ze‘ir, who nests in the World of Yetzirah (דְּהַיְנוּ זְעֵיר שֶׁמְּקַנֵּן בְּעוֹלַם הַיְצִירָה). And the light of the sun (וְאוֹר הַחַמָּה), which is Yetzirah (שֶׁהוּא יְצִירָה), “shall be sevenfold” (יִהְיֶה שִׁבְעָתַיִם), meaning it will ascend two levels (כְּלוֹמַר יַעֲלֶה שְׁתֵּי מַעֲלוֹת), that is, the seven of the World of Beri’ah and the seven of Atzilut (דְּהַיְנוּ הַשִּׁבְעָה שֶׁל עוֹלַם הַבְּרִיאָה וְהַשִּׁבְעָה שֶׁל אֲצִילוּת). And also Arikh will be included in Adam Kadma’ah (וְגַם אֲרִיךְ יִכָּלוֹל בְּאָדָם קַדְמָאָה), and Ze‘ir and his Nukvah will ascend into his place through Abba and Imma (וְזְעֵיר וּנֻקְבֵּיהּ יַעֲלוּ בִּמְקוֹמוֹ עַל יְדֵי אַבָּא וְאִמָּא), in such a way that all will ascend to this thread in the eighth millennium (בְּאֹפֶן שֶׁכֻּלָּם יִתְעַלּוּ לְהַחוּט הַזֶּה בָּאֶלֶף הַשְּׁמִינִי). And you already know that the expansion of Adam Kadma’ah reaches throughout the World of Nekudot (וְכְבָר יָדַעְתָּ שֶׁהִתְפַּשְּׁטוּת אָדָם קַדְמָאָה הוּא בְּכָל עוֹלַם הַנְּקֻדוֹת), that is, until the end of the seven points, in their initial state before they shattered (הַיְנוּ עַד סוֹף שִׁבְעַת הַנְּקֻדוֹת בְּמַצָּבָם הָרִאשׁוֹנִי שֶׁנִּשְׁבְּרוּ), which are the first seven days (שֶׁהֵם שִׁבְעַת יָמִים הָרִאשׁוֹנִים).

Behold, before you, even those of “they will be” (הֲרֵי לְפָנֶיךָ שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ אוֹתָם דְּוִיהְווֹיֵין), they too ascend through this thread (הֵם סָלְקִין בְּהַחוּט הַזֶּה). And even those that did not have rectification in the world (וְגַם אוֹתָם שֶׁלֹּא הָיָה לָהֶם תִּקּוּן בָּעוֹלָם), such as the 974 generations (כְּגוֹן הַתַּת״קְע״ד דּוֹרוֹת), and those shattered vessels like them (וְאֵלּוּ הַמָּאנִין תְּבִירִין כְּיוֹצֵא בָהֶם), which are the secret of the seventh millennium (שֶׁהֵם סוֹד הָאֶלֶף הַשְּׁבִיעִי), there will be the rectification of the destruction (יִהְיֶה תִּקּוּן הַחָרוּב), corresponding to the Malkhut that was nullified (כְּנֶגֶד הַמַּלְכוּת שֶׁנִּתְבַּטְּלָה). And it is said: “And Hashem alone shall be exalted on that day” (וְנֶאֱמַר: וְנִשְׂגַּב י־י לְבַדּוֹ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא). And at that time all corporeality will be destroyed (וְיִחָרֵב בְּאוֹתוֹ הַזְּמַן כָּל הַגַּשְׁמִיּוּת), and there will remain in the world no evil at all, in any form (וְלֹא יִשָּׁאֵר בָּעוֹלָם שׁוּם רַע כְּלָל וָעִיקָּר), but all will be good (אֶלָּא כֻּלּוֹ טוֹב), which is Havayah, the secret of the Neshamah (שֶׁהוּא הוי״ה סוֹד הַנְּשָׁמָה). And evil and its place will be sweetened (וְהָרַע וּמְקוֹמוֹ יֻמְתַּק), and all will be good (וְיִהְיֶה הַכֹּל טוֹב), a Shabbat and rest for the Life of the Worlds (שַׁבָּת וּמְנוּחָה לְחַי עוֹלָמִים).