Chapter 3.11 - Nekudot de SAG
After the First Restriction Malchut decides to fill herself with Light in order to bestow using the Reshimot that remained from the world of Ein Sof. Reception in order to bestow goes against the nature of the creature, therefore Malchut cannot receive the Upper Light that filled her in the world of Ein Sof all at once, but only in small portions, called Partzufim. That way Malchut receives five portions of Light: Galgalta, AB, SAG, upper MA, and upper BON. That concludes the surfacing of her Reshimot and the expansion comes to a halt.
The third Partzuf is SAG. Its nature is that of Bina. Hence, it has no desire to receive anything for itself and “delights in mercy.” Because of that, this Partzuf can descend below Tabur de Galgalta and fill the Sof de Galgalta (End of Galgalta) with its Lights.
Partzuf SAG comes out on Reshimot 3/2 (3rd degree of Hitlabshut and 2nd of Aviut). The result is that there is the Light of Wisdom in its Taamim. Having a Light of Wisdom makes it impossible for it to go below Tabur de Galgalta. Only when Partzuf SAG begins to refine itself does the Light of Wisdom retreat, and as the screen refines from Tabur to Peh, the Partzuf Nekudot de SAG emerges. In this Partzuf there is only Light of mercy, and it can therefore descend below Tabur de Galgalta and fill the Sof de Galgalta with Light of mercy.
The entire reality stems from Behinat Shoresh, which is the desire of the Creator to delight His Creatures. In accordance with this desire, the Light expands by way of cause and consequence to execute the thought of Creation inside the vessels, so that they will receive the Light.
In Behina Aleph, which consists of the entire Light, there is the entire complete intent of the Creator to create a vessel and fill it with Light. Anything that comes out after Behina Aleph is a consequence of it. This is how the thought of the Creator is executed. The Creator imprinted the possibility to bring Creation to its goal, i.e. raise it to the degree of the Creator in the nature of the vessels and the Lights.
After the First Restriction, Malchut de Ein Sof decides to receive with the screen and produces five Partzufim: Galgalta, AB, SAG, upper MA, and upper BON. That concludes the surfacing of all the Reshimot. The screen then loses its strength, though only a part of Malchut has been filled.
If Nekudot de SAG had not descended in order to fill the Sof de Galgalta, Malchut de Ein Sof would never have been filled. That is because Malchut is only a will to receive, without any mixture of desires for bestowal. But when Nekudot de SAG, which consists of the nature of Bina descends below Tabur to the Sof de Galgalta, it creates a mixture of Malchut and Bina. Thus, Malchut gets an opportunity to acquire a desire (vessels) for bestowal, correct herself, and be filled with Light.
After the First Restriction Malchut de Ein Sof decides to receive only through the screen to the extent of her ability to receive in order to bestow. She makes a Zivug on Reshimot 4/4 (4th degree of Hitlabshut and 4th of Aviut) that are left in her after the restriction, and receives a part of the Light of Ein Sof. That part of Malchut de Ein Sof that was filled by this Zivug is called Galgalta, or Partzuf Keter.
After that, Malchut receives yet another portion of the Light of Ein Sof in order to bestow. The part of Malchut that was filled by this Zivug over the Reshimot of 4/3 that remained after Galgalta is called AB, or Partzuf Hochma.
The part of Malchut de Ein Sof that was filled in the next phase by the Zivug on the Reshimot 3/2, that remain after Partzuf AB, is called SAG, or Partzuf Bina. Partzuf SAG is the same Malchut, the same will to receive, but now it cannot receive in order to bestow with the screen like the Partzufim of Galgalta and AB. It can only resemble itself to Behina Bet, to Bina.
Bina does not want to receive Light; by nature, she only wants to give. There is no limitation on the act of giving, therefore Partzuf SAG fills with its Light the part of Malchut that is still left empty.
Bina consists of three parts:
A. The expansion of the Light of Wisdom.
B. The decision in Bina that she doesn’t want to receive any Light of Wisdom, only to give, hence in Bina there is only Light of Mercy.
C. The receiving by Bina of a small amount of Light of Wisdom, not for herself, but in order to give to Partzuf Zeir Anpin.
The upper part of Bina is still Hochma. The desire to bestow manifests only from the lower part. Hence, she can fill the part of Malchut de Ein Sof below Tabur that hasn’t been filled yet.
Partzuf SAG begins to receive Light in its Toch (its internal part) by performing a Zivug on 3/2. The presence of Reshimo Gimel (3) de Hitlabshut makes for the expansion of the Light of Wisdom in his Taamim. Therefore, that part of SAG cannot go below Tabur de Galgalta.
But once the screen begins to refine itself and rises from Tabur to Peh, the part of the Partzuf that is only Bina can descend below Tabur de Galgalta, because it is pure Light of Mercy (pleasure from bestowal) without any Wisdom (pleasure from reception).
Hence, that part of Partzuf SAG, called Nekudot de SAG, descends below the Tabur de Galgalta and clothes its Sof.