FOUNDATION COURSE KABBALAH

and that is the second receiving. We call the second receiving A”B. A”B is Partzuf
Chochmah. Partzuf means 10 sfirot, the full Partzuf of the type of Chochmah. All of the same
type. Partzuf Chochmah means that everything in him is of the sort of Chochmah: Kether de
Chochmah, Chochmah de Chochmah etc. Everything in him is of the sort of Chochmah. It is
like someone in our world who has a certain style. A person wears only clothing of a
particular brand and everything is of that brand: clothing, purses, shoes etc. That is the style of
that person. In the Partzuf Chochmah we also see different things but all are of one brand, of
one corresponding quality – Chochmah. That is the second receiving. Partzuf Chochmah also
has light Or Chochmah in itself which is almost the same as the light Yechidah. It is a little
thicker but it is still the light Chochmah, light of the creation. And what is holy? Everything
that experiences 10 sfirot in itself. Everything has 10 sfirot but what experiences 10 sfirot in
itself is holy.
The second receiving is being received under the Galgalta. Let‟s say Galgalta is 10 and a new
receiving comes at the height of 7 and that is a newer quality of light. It can‟t receive the light
of the sort of Galgalta anymore, the light Yechidah. It is now being received in a different
flavor, in Chochmah. We call that A”B. A”B is the name according to the composition of
lights, of ‏.יהוה We have learned this already. Together this is 72 and that is shown with the
letters A”B. So the second receiving is A”B and the light comes again to the Tabur and
doesn‟t go further downwards. Of course the purpose is to let the light come all the way
down, almost up to our world, spiritual worlds. We see that provisionally the two receiving‟s
only come to the Tabur, to the half of the creation as it were. And we see that the Partzuf A”B
is already weakened just like in all the next receivings or all the next outflowings of the
fountain. It‟s being weakened and is being spread in the width. The light comes to the Tabur
of the Partzuf Chochmah, and from the Tabur the light tries to enter because for the light no
limitations exist. Only a kli imposes limitations on itself. Of course here everything has been
done by the light. Later when man arose also the free choice to receive the light arose, how to
receive the light, can I receive it or not. But here in the worlds all is done by the light itself.
The Creator builds the whole structure as He pleases according to His high intellect so that
later man, who is made in the image of the Creator, would be able to do the same. To go
upwards to bring himself in conformity with the light and thus comes to his fulfillment.
So the light Chochmah comes to the Tabur but it can‟t come under the Tabur because also for
this light there is no strength to receive it. Even the light Chochmah which is already a little
weakened but it is still light Chochmah. There is no strength yet to receive the light
Chochmah. Then as it were the kli, which is no kli yet, reflects the light back upwards as it
can‟t handle it because the light keeps trying to enter. Not only the light that has entered tries
to enter through the Tabur but there also exists a large part of the light that is still outside and
which only exerts pressure but it can‟t come in. Like we experience that we are surrounded by
oceans of pleasure but we can‟t receive it because we have no strengths yet to receive it. All
kinds of other things because we are not able to do that. But we do experience the pressure.
When you look out your window and you see your neighbor sitting in his Ferrari and you
know you only have a used bicycle then you feel pressure. You feel that pressure is being
exerted on you. Then you tell yourself that it‟s all nonsense. I absolutely don‟t need this wish
to own a Ferrari. Moreover it doesn‟t bother you that you don‟t have a Ferrari but the fact that
your neighbor does have one bothers you. That is your problem. You repel your feeling, your
wish for a Ferrari. You repel it. You say: “it‟s absolutely not relevant, I don‟t need to
experience this pressure of my neighbor having a Ferrari, I don‟t need it. In my situation I
absolutely don‟t need it”. You remove this wish from your heart because you can‟t get it.
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