TIFERET: TIKKUN CHATZOT תקון חצות – LESSON WITH RAV MICHAEL LAITMAN

Morning Lesson July 29, 2022, Transcription 

Transcription is made from simultaneous translation which leaves a possibility for differences in the audio 

Part 3:

Baal HaSulam. “Study of the Ten Sefirot” (TES). Vol. 1. Part 3. Inner Observation. Chapter Thirteen. #5 (“However, you should still understand”)

Reading Item #5: (00:05) “However, you should still understand the order…” Twice

Reading item #6: (03:13) “Similarly the ten Sefirot of the Rosh …”

1. S. (04:33) [No translation]

R. Clothing is attainment.

2. S. (04:55) In the previous part, in the Peh of the Rosh of Partzuf AB stands in the Tabur of the Partzuf Galgalta, how is that so?

R. Correct, that’s what he says, afterwards we will see why, according to your opinion, the Peh of Rosh of AB stands at the Hazeh of Galgalta.

S. I have the book, you know you drew it and I see it doesn’t stand as what you learn here.

R. Okay, you caught me, I made a mistake. I’m joking, right, but afterwards we’ll talk about it and see why it’s like that, why it’s drawn in such a way there are a lot of things here.

3. S. (05:56) In every Partzuf the Peh of the Rosh is the place where the screen is built?

R. Yes, right from Peh of the Rosh and below they’re already screens, the screen isn’t only at Peh of Rosh. On all desires that stand from the Peh and below there are screens and restrictions, but Peh of Rosh symbolizes that from here and onward, he receives in order to bestow.

S. You’re saying that from Peh and below to the Tabur, that’s what you’re talking about?

R. The screens are there all the way to the end, to the Sium but there are different kinds of screens, from Peh to the Tabur and from the Tabur to the Sium and that’s also divided into a few other parts.

4. S. (07:02) Why does the Tachtonim dresses only in the Guf of the Partzuf and not also the Rosh and why is it important from below upwards?

R. They don’t attain the Rosh of the Upper one, the thoughts and, how should I say it, the plans of the Upper one. The lower one can’t attain it, doesn’t, he attains only what the upper one reveals to him and not what the Upper one thinks or plans.

5. S. (08:16) He says from Peh and above remains exposed without clothing, what does it mean without clothing and what is clothing and what is without clothing?

R. The clothing means attainment. 

S. So does he remain here without clothing?

R. The lower one doesn’t attain the Upper one but only until it’s Rosh. The Rosh of the Upper one, the lower one can’t attain.

S. What’s the essence of the action here?

R. The essence of the action is that the Upper one reveals himself to the lower one, as much as he can reveal himself to the lower one, meaning the lower one attains the actions of the Upper one but not why does the Upper one do these actions, just as a child towards his parents.

S. Meaning?

R. You can’t know until you rise to the degree of the Upper one then you can attain him, and you can be instead of him.

S. In our work we can be as Upper one, we can attain him and be like him?

R. Of course, this is how we climb on all the degrees.

S. You mean we can attain him? 

R. Of course Rosh, Toch, Sof, that’s how we attain him.

6. S. (09:53) He says here that the Rosh is without clothing, meaning the lower one understands that there’s some kind of thought or plan that he doesn’t understand? 

R. Yes but he can’t understand it, only that we belong to the Upper one with our force of faith, Emunah, like children they just give themselves to the upper one, to the parents. Because they have it in their nature to believe the parents, that they will do everything for their benefit, that they have to follow the parents. That’s how it is in the wisdom of Kabbalah too, only in the wisdom of Kabbalah we have to do it against our desire. 

7. S. (10:58) I wanted to scrutinize some more, you said that there’s a screen from Peh to Tabur and from Tabur to the Sium, can you explain?

R. No, we’re not going to get into this now, there’s a Rosh, Toch, Sof in the Partzuf and the Peh is the place of the Zivug with the Upper light, with the first nine in the Rosh. To the extent that he can receive from them in order to bestow so it expands to the Toch from Peh to the Tabur according to what he can’t receive in order to bestow but remains in bestowing in order to bestow, that’s the Sof of the Partzuf and the Tabur to the end. That’s the first Partzuf, the second Partzuf comes out on the records that remained after the action of the Upper one, it can’t be in the same place as the Upper one, that’s why the Peh of the Rosh descends to the Hazeh of the Upper one and from the Hazeh to the Peh of the upper one. That’s where the Rosh expands from Hazeh and below the Guf. We read about it in TES, in this way all the Partzufim but when the world of Atzilut, when we get there are already a lot of depictions, complications and it’s not according to all these things because we have the second restriction, because there’s equivalence in the clothing that’s a bit different. One Partzufim on another Partzufim.

S. According to what you explain just now and in the text it’s also written that the Peh of the Rosh of the next Partzuf appears with the Tabur of the Upper one, this means there are desires that developed, as you explained. That some I can bestow in them and some I can’t. Where I can’t is the limit of Tabur, sorry but this is not what I wanted to ask. I didn’t want to confuse. Is it correct that the next Partzuf appears where the previous one has finished its job and cannot bestow anymore that’s the reason the new Partzuf is built?

R. The next Partzuf is born with the screen of the Peh of the Rosh of the Upper one that descends to the Tabur of the Upper one by the Bitush Pnimi Ohr Makif starts ascending to the Rosh of the Upper one with the records. When it reached the Peh of the Rosh of the Upper one it is incorporated there in the coupling with the Upper light and by that it can descend to the Hazeh of the Upper one and from the Hazeh of the Upper one it develops its own Rosh from Hazeh of the Peh of the Upper one and from then Hazeh of the upper one to the Tabur of the upper one it develops Toch and the Sof. That is how it happens.

8. S. (15:16) What we’re learning here is the structure of the inner desire of each and every one of us. How to relate to that?

R. We need to learn these things as much as we understand or not we still don’t attain them when we start reaching to actually attain it in practice these things will be clear, just as everything in this world before us, for now we’re just learning about it that’s why all our studies are just in order to know, it’s not in order to know that’s called the wise guy, when it doesn’t shine upon him he doesn’t see, he doesn’t understand, he doesn’t attain, he just studies what’s written in the book and then according to his memory and the way he can work with the memory according to that he studies, nothing comes out of it, from our studies we have to extract one thing the light that reforms that has to come to us and open our vessels for us, our desires that they will be in order to bestow and only in such a way we reach the goal, otherwise we’ll just fill ourselves with things that are just things that are just in the book that there’s nothing special about this if we don’t attain it.

S. What does the Rosh of the lower Partzuf take from the Toch of the upper Partzuf? 

R. Records the records of the Toch of the upper one that ascend to the Rosh of the upper one they incorporate in that direct light and then according to that they descend they check themselves weigh themselves and according to that they know at what place they can stand in order to perform the next action to be the Rosh of the next Partzuf.

S. But it’s as if the part of the Toch is the realization of the upper one and from that the Rosh of the lower one takes something that it doesn’t really understand as we said so some information is missing.

R. The Rosh of the lower one is as a result of the work of the upper one, but its records are records that were never used.

S. So it’s actually the upper one that’s realized it another way?

R. The upper one is realized in its own way as a result of that it reveals the records for implementing the next Partzuf.

S. This is what we call the lower one meaning the realization of the upper one in the next level is the lower one.

R. Yes, it’s a completely different Partzuf, this is Hochma, that’s Bina, they’re opposite.

S. In the transition between the upper one in the lower one can only say that it sounds as if inside there is a corruption or a general misunderstanding because it doesn’t attain the Rosh of the upper one.

R. So what?

S. So he’s lacking some understanding, how to act precisely or correctly or maybe I’m mistaken here.

R. Where do you see this in him?

S. Because I’m saying for instance children take example from their parents, they see what they’re doing but they don’t really understand that.

R. Correct, it’s called they’re working upon the records that the parents have allowed to.

S. Do they act correctly or in a corrupt way?

R. That’s according to what we need it’s according to the root of the soul the parents don’t know this the children don’t know this.

S. What I’m asking you is regarding the Partzufim. Does that mean the next Partzuf is more corrupt?

R. The next Partzuf come out on its own records let’s say, 4 3 3 2 and that’s why there’s no problem with being less than the upper one or not belonging to the upper one it has its own records that’s it, all of its purpose is to attain its Rosh of the Upper one.

S. How does the lower one act in order to work only with his own records or does he work on the records of the upper one?

R. No he can’t he works only according to the records that are in him he doesn’t know about anything else, if Galgalta leaves records of 4 3 so AB comes out on 4 3, he can’t do anything else you could ask but he has 4 from Galgalta still so he wants something above himself what he wants above himself he performs the coupling in the Rosh he has 4 of clothing and according to that he starts working with 3 of coarseness. There are a lot of questions here but actually he doesn’t rise according to his own records no one can do that, I work according to what’s in me, it’s like a dog can never become a human.