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

P R E FAC E T O T H E B O O K O F Z O H A R
Sefirot Bina, Tifferet, and Malchut regardless of where they may be, then
we imply matter. It is possible to talk about it as well as about the light
that fills the corrected Kelim (because it is the form assumed by matter)
or about the Kelim themselves in their corrected or uncorrected form.
However, it is utterly impossible to speak about the light which is outside
the Kelim, let alone imagine the essence which is even higher. There is
no way we can say anything about the Creator Himself, the source of the
light.
Baal HaSulam writes: “Do not think that you encounter these
problems only when you reach higher levels of attainment. It occurs
even at the relatively low level of the World of Assiya…” He says that
each small level consists of its own Sefirot Keter, Hochma, Bina, ZA, and
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