Introduction to the Book of Zohar (PDF) - Kabbalah Media Archive

I N T RO D U C T I O N T O T H E B O O K O F Z O H A R
Hence, Baal HaSulam writes:
Now that the vessels of NHY are completed (as well as the lights in
them) and the vessels of Rosh, Toch, and Sof of the Partzuf
(all the
Kelim in our world) can draw on the full measure of the necessary
lights in Rosh, Toch, and Sof, the complete lights of NaRaN ( Nefesh,
Ruach, Neshama with Haya and Yechida inside them). Therefore,
only with the completion of preparation of these lowest souls could
the highest lights be revealed, and not prior to this.
Only thanks to us will the light enter into this world. We will attract
it with our most evil, awful egoism because by this we complete the
structure of the Partzuf
of the entire creation.
64. This was a problem that pre-occupied the sages, and it was clear
to them that the earlier generations were much more important than
the later ones pertaining to their vessels, properties, and desires, which
were considerably closer to the properties of the light.
Their vessels were very small, pure, and sublime in comparison
with ours. They were much closer to the light, whereas we are completely
opposite to it in our desires.
But the wisdom of Torah (all understanding, attainment and
depth of sensations) is manifested in the later generations a lot
more, due to the increased general volume of the Kli.
As is well known, the general volume of egoism is contained in the
Sof
of the
Partzuf. So it turns out that the correction takes place with the
help of the last generations.
65. This is because actions originate in the pure Kelim, whereas the
secrets of Torah stem from the light of the Sefirot.
The revelation of light occurs inside the soul, in our Kelim, inside
our consciousness. Since the Kelim and Orot are inversely related, the
lower the Kelim of NHY are, the more the lights of Neshama, Haya, and
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