1. What is Descending Ohr Hozer
2. What is Ohr Makif
3. What is Ohr that Comes on the Way Back
4. What is Ohr Malchut
5. What is Ohr Av and Coarse
5. What is Ohr Akudim
6. What is Ohr Reshima
7. What are Otiot
8. Achoraim
9. Achoraim of Keter
10. What is Aspaklaria de Lo Nahara
11. What is Revocation
12. What is Guf
13. What is the Cause of the Kli
14. What is a Wall
15. What is Through the Achoraim
16. What is Through the Sides
17. What are Five Hassadim
18. What are Five Ktzavot
19. What is Limitation of the Ohr
20. What is Potential Limitation
21. What is Actual Limitation
22. What is Histaklut Aleph
23. What is Histaklut Bet
24. What is Potential Hitlabshut
25. What is Actual Hitlabshut
26. What is Yearning to its Origin
27. What is Return to the Maatzil
28. What is Particular Hesed
29. What is Half the thickness of the Wall
30. What is Tabur
31. What are Taamim
32. What are Right and Left
33. What are Potential Eser Sefirot
34. What is a Kli for Ohr Makif
35. What is Kli Malchut
36. What are the General Five Ktzavot
37. What is Sustaining the Kli
38. What is Upper Loven
39. What is Maatzil
40. What is Limited
41. What is Beating and Striking on Each Other
42. What is Mixed
43. What are Receivers
44. What is Origin of the Ohr
45. What are Nitzotzot
46. What are Falling Nitzotzot
47. What are Nekudot
48. What is Around
49. What is Suffering
50. What is End of the Ascent
51. What is Thickness of the Wall
52. What is Ascent of the Orot
53. What is Ascent of Keter to the Maatzil
54. What is Ascent of Hochma to the Maatzil
55. What is Ascent of Bina to the Maatzil
56. What is Ascent of ZA to the Maatzil
57. What is Ascent of Malchut to the Maatzil
58. What is Peh
59. What is Their Panim were Turned Downward
60. What is Their Panim were Turned Upward
61. What is Panim and Achor
62. What is Corruption in order to Correct
63. What is Roshem Hotam
64. What is Reshima
65. What are Tagin
1. What is Descending Ohr Hozer
During the Hizdakchut from Behina to Behina, for example, from Behina Dalet to Behina Gimel, the He’arat Zivug from Behina Gimel descends into the (empty of Ohr) Behina Dalet. This He’arah is called “Descending Ohr Hozer”.
(Part 4, Chap 4, item 32)
2. What is Ohr Makif
The collective of the Ohr rejected from Tabur down of each Partzuf because of the Zivug de Hakaa in the Masach on the Malchut of the Rosh de Partzuf is called Ohr Makif.
(Part 3, Chap 15, item 6)
3. What is Ohr that Comes on the Way Back
The four levels, Hochma, Bina, ZA, Malchut that emerge by the Zivug during the Hizdakchut, is called “Ohr that Comes on the Way Back”. This is because the Orot then gradually depart and the Zivugim are performed only because the Ohr Elyon does not stop shining even for a minute.
Hence, it is found to be mating with the Masach in the degrees it reaches on the path of its Hizdakchut. For that reason these are not regarded as Orot Rachamim, called Ohr Yashar, but as Behinat Din, called Ohr Hozer.
4. What is Ohr Malchut
The force of the Masach and the Ohr Hozer in it, which exist in Kli Malchut, is called Ohr Malchut. The Zach Ohr of the Reshimo de Malchut is called Ohr Malchut as well.
(Part 4, Chap 4, item 32)
5. What is Ohr Av and Coarse
After the departure of the Eser Sefirot de Ohr Yashar from the Eser Sefirot de Ohr Hozer that clothed them, the Ohr Hozer remained below, as “Ohr Av and Coarse”, as they are empty of Ohr. Then their Aviut appears and they become distinguishable as a Kli. However, before the Ohr Yashar departs from the Ohr Hozer, they are seemingly mixed in one another.
(Part 4, Chap 6, item 2)
6. What is Ohr Akudim
Hitpashtut Aleph from Malchut de Rosh de AK from above downward to Malchut de Guf de AK is called Akudim. This is because all the Eser Sefirot are tied there in a single Kli (of Malchut), as the other nine Sefirot did not have Kelim yet. It is regarded as Ohr Yashar and Rachamim, called “The First Ohr”.
(Part 4, Chap 3, item 9)
7. What is Ohr Reshima
After their departure, the Orot de Akudim left Reshimot behind them, in the places they were, which are Ohr Yashar, as is their collective Ohr.
(Part 4, Chap 3, item 2)
8. What are Otiot
See item Falling Nitzotzot.
(Part 4, Chap 3, item 11)
9. Achoraim
The part of the Kli that is not intended for reception or bestowal is called Achoraim. See item “Through the Achoraim”.
(Part 4, Chap 3, item 6)
10. Achoraim of Keter
When Masach de Behina Dalet purified and the level of Keter departed from there, it left Behina Dalet in the dark, without Ohr. That force of Din is called Achoraim, and it remains engraved there in Kli de Behina Dalet until it receives its correction. The same is true for all the levels.
(Part 4, Chap 3, item 6)
11. What is Aspaklaria de Lo Nahara
Malchut is called Aspaklaria de Lo Nahara for two reasons:
1. Since Ohr Malchut did not leave a Reshima after its departure, as did the other Orot.
2. Because the Orot were switched in Hitpashtut Bet. Ohr Hochma came in Kli de Keter, Ohr Bina in Kli de Hochma etc. Finally, Ohr Malchut came in Kli de ZA, and Kli Malchut remained without Ohr.
(Part 4, Chap 4, item 30)
12. What is Revocation
After the Ohr departs from the Kli, and before it receives its correction, to become fitting for clothing the Ohr once more, that state is regarded as “Revocation” of the Kli, like a Kli that is no longer used.
(Part 4, Chap 4, item 7)
13. What is Guf
The Hitlabshut of the Orot in the Kelim should first be in “potential” and then in “actual”. Behinat Hitlabshut Eser Sefirot in potential is called Rosh, and the actual Behinat Hitlabshut Eser Sefirot, is called Guf.
(Part 4, Chap 1, Ohr Pnimi item 30)
14. What is the Cause of the Kli
Hitpashtut Ohr and its consequent Histalkut cause the Kli to be.
(Part 4, Chap 1, item 9)
15. What is a Wall
The Ohr is limited and measured only by the measure of the Aviut in the Masach; the greater the Aviut, the greater the level of the Ohr. Thus, the Aviut is regarded as the Kli and the receptacle for the Ohr.
Because of that, the Aviut is regarded as the wall of the Kli, as the entire Kli is but its walls. The four Behinot in the Aviut are as four layers in the thickness of the wall, clothing one another.
They are regarded as Pnimiut and Hitzoniut. The greater Aviut in the wall of the Kli that extends and measures the Shefa is regarded as the Pnimiut of the Kli, and the other, purer Behinot, are regarded as the Hitzoniut of the Kli.
If there is Aviut de Behina Dalet there, then it is the Pnimiut of the Kli, Behina Gimel is Hitzon to it, and Behina Bet is Hitzon to Behina Gimel, and Behina Aleph is Hitzon to Behina Bet. All of them together are called “Wall”.
(Part 4, Chap 5, item 3)
16. What is Through the Achoraim
The outer Behinot in the wall of the Kli (see “Wall”) are also called “The Achoraim of the Kli”. It is so because only the inner side of the Kli is considered luminous, since the Ohr is limited and tied to it.
However, the Hitzoniut, which does not serve in the Hamshacha of the Ohr is regarded as none-luminous and is called Achoraim. Hence, the levels that emerge over the Masach during its Hizdakchut are considered to be emerging “Through the Achoraim”.
It is so because these emerge on three Behinot that are purer than Behina Dalet, Hitzon to her. Hence they are found to be emerging through the Hitzoniut and the Achoraim of Behina Dalet.
(Part 4, Chap 3, item 6)
17. What is Through the Sides
The Ohr Hassadim has two sides to it: right and left. Plentitude of Hassadim is called “Right”, and meagerness of Hassadim is called “Left”. They are called “Sides” to indicate that they are both of equal degree. They are like two sides of the same level.
As there are important corrections in the multiplicity of Hassadim, so there are important corrections in the meagerness of Hassadim. The place where the Shefa manifests in the joining of the two sides together is called “Through the Sides”.
(Part 4, Chap 5, item 1)
18. What are Five Hassadim
The five Behinot KHB, ZA and Malchut are sometimes regarded as “Five Hassadim”. It means that in a place where there is no Ohr Hochma in GAR KHB, but merely Ohr Hassadim, the five Behinot are then called five Hassadim: HGT, Netzah and Hod.
(Part 4, Chap 6, item 8)
19. What are Five Ktzavot
The above Five Hassadim (item 18), called HGT NH, are in fact, the five Behinot KHB, ZA and Malchut. However, because the first three Behinot do not have Ohr Hochma, but merely Ohr Hassadim, they are called HGT NH. It designates the three Behinot KHB de ZA as merely in Ohr Hassadim, his own Behina is called Netzah, and the Hitkalelut of Malchut in ZA is called Hod.
They are called “five Ktzavot” to show that each tip indicates a unique Behina in the five Behinot KHB ZON de Ohr Yashar, contained in ZA. However, Yesod ZA is not a unique tip, for there are no more than five Behinot de Ohr Yashar. Instead, Yesod ZA is Behinat Hitkalelut of all five Ktzavot together.
Thus, there are twice these five Behinot in ZA: the first is in particular, where each Behina is separated in and of itself, regarded as a unique tip. These are called HGT NH. The second is in general, where they are called mingled together and mixed in one another, called Yesod ZA.
(Part 4, Chap 6, item 8)
20. What is Limitation of the Ohr
All the measures and the amounts and the multiplication of forms in the Ohr come from the Aviut in the Masach and from its Hizdakchut. In that state it generates levels of various forms, hence the name “Limitation of the Ohr”.
(Part 4, Chap 1, item 5)
21. What is Potential Limitation
The detaining force in the Masach of Malchut de Rosh, which detains the Ohr Elyon from spreading in Malchut, that detainment is only “in potential”, not “in actual”. Even the Hitlabshut of the first nine Sefirot there is only “potential” Hitlabshut. Both the Hitlabshut and the rejection of the Ohr manifest in actual only in the Guf.
(Part 4, Chap 12, item 3)
22. What is Actual Limitation
The limitation of the Masach in Malchut de Rosh is only in “potential”. It doesn’t appear in actual except in Masach de Guf, called Tabur (see item 26).
(Part 3, Chap 12, item 3)
23. What is Histaklut Aleph
See Part 3, Table of Questions, item 36.
24. What is Histaklut Bet
See Part 3, Table of Questions, item 37.
25. What is Potential Hitlabshut
See “Potential Limitation”.
26. What is Actual Hitlabshut
Every thing done in Zivug de Hakaa of the Ohr Elyon in the Masach of Malchut de Rosh, meaning the rejection of the Ohr from Malchut down and the clothing of the Ohr to the nine Sefirot from Malchut up, doesn’t actually appear there. It only appears in the Masach of Malchut de Guf, called Tabur. The Ohr is rejected from Tabur down, and clothes in the nine Sefirot from Tabur up.
(Part 4, Chap 1, Ohr Pnimi item 30)
27. What is Yearning to its Origin
When the Ohr yearns for Hishtavut Tzura, to be as Zach as the Maatzil, and hence wants to depart from the Hitlabshut in the Kelim, this Histalkut is called “Yearning to its Origin”. This extends by the Hakaa of Ohr Pnimi and Ohr Makif on each other.
You must understand that it does not refer to the Atzmut of the Ohr Elyon, but to the Eser Sefirot de Ohr Yashar, which already bear a reciprocal relationship between the Ohr and its Levush, hence the name Sefirot. Indeed, we have no uttering and speech in the Atzmut of the Ohr Elyon, for there is no attainment in the Ohr without a Levush or a Kli.
(Part 4, Chap 3, item 10)
28. What is Return to the Maatzil
The Histalkut of the consequential Ohr from the Hizdakchut of the Masach is called “Return to the Maatzil” to Malchut de Rosh, the Maatzil of the Eser Sefirot called Guf. They are renewed and expand a second time by their ascent there, by way of Hitpashtut Bet. Similarly, any new Hitpashtut that emerges solely by the return of the Orot to the Maatzil is in order to create a new Partzuf.
(Part 4, Chap 3, item 1)
29. What is Particular Hesed
See “Five Hassadim” and Five Ktzavot where HGT NH de ZA are five Behinot KHB ZON de Ohr Yashar, which are merely five Hassadim due to the lack of Ohr Hochma in GAR de ZA.
However, Yesod de ZA is not counted among the five Hassadim because there are no more than five Behinot. Rather, Yesod is Behinat Hitkalelut of the five Behinot together and the mixture in one another. It is not a particular tip that could be regarded as a particular Hesed among the five Hassadim.
(Part 4, Chap 6, item 8)
30. What is Half the thickness of the Wall
See “Wall”. The Hitzoniut and Pnimiut in the wall of the Kli are regarded as two halves in the walls of the Kli, meaning half the more Av “thickness of the Wall”. It is called the Pnimiut of the Kli and serves with the Ohr Pnimi. The half of the Aviut in the wall, which is not that Av, is called the Hitzoniut of the Kli, serving for the Ohr Makif.
(Part 4, Chap 5, item 3)
31. What is Tabur
Malchut de Guf, where the limitation and the actual rejection of the Ohr begin is called Tabur.
(Part 4, Chap 1, item 8)
32. What are Taamim
Hitpashtut Ohr from above downward, meaning from Peh de AK to Tabur, is called Taamim, after the verse, “even as the palate tasteth its food.”
(Part 4, Chap 3, item 11)
33. What are Right and Left
See item 17 “Through the Sides”.
34. What are Potential Eser Sefirot
The Sefirot do not manifest in the Eser Sefirot of the Rosh, but are merely as Eser Sefirot in potential, meaning Shoresh. It is like a seed which is the Shoresh of the tree while the tree does not manifest in it, see Part 2, Table of Questions, item 55.
(Part 4, Chap 1, item 5)
35. What is a Kli for Ohr Makif
Half the thickness of the outer wall in the Kli serves for the Ohr Makif, see item 30 “Half the thickness of the Wall”.
(Part 4, Chap 5, item 3)
36. What is Kli Malchut
Behina Dalet de Ohr Yashar, being the Behinat Aviut over which there was the Tzimtzum so she would not receive in her great measure, is called Kli Malchut.
(Part 3, Chap 1, item 2)
37. What are the General Five Ktzavot
Yesod de ZA has all five collective Ktzavot HGT NH of ZA, see item 19 “Five Ktzavot”.
(Part 4, Chap 6, item 8)
38. What is Sustaining the Kli
Minute He’arah that is not enough for relief but only to keep the Tzura of the Kli in tact, this He’arah is called “Sustaining the Kli”.
(Part 4, Chap 2, item 8)
39. What is Upper Loven
Before the Ohr clothes the Kelim, it is called “Upper Loven”. It means that there are no shades in it, for all the shades come only from the Kelim.
(Part 4, Chap 1, item 3)
40. What is Maatzil
Malchut of the Rosh is regarded as the Maatzil with respect to Eser Sefirot called Guf. Also, every Upper degree is regarded as the Maatzil of its inferior degree.
(Part 4, Chap 3, item 4)
41. What is Limited
When the Ohr is caught and depends on the measure of the Aviut in the Kli and cannot expand there more or less than the measure of Aviut in it, is regarded as being “Limited” inside the Kli, see item 20 “Limitation of the Ohr”.
(Part 4, Chap 5, item 3)
42. What is Beating and Striking on Each Other
When Orot of opposite nature from each other come to clothe a single carrier, such as Ohr Makif and Ohr Pnimi, the same measure of the Aviut in the Masach extends and increases the Ohr Pnimi, and rejects and detains the Ohr Makif from clothing in the Partzuf.
Since both come to clothe in the Partzuf, they strike and beat on each other until the Ohr Makif overpowers and purifies the detaining Aviut in the Masach. Then the Ohr Pnimi departs from there and the Ohr Makif acquires exterior Kelim in the Partzuf, which shines within them.
(Part 4, Chap 1, item 3)
43. What is Mixed
When Orot cleave to one another for the purpose of equalizing their Tzura to one another, it is called “Connecting the Orot”. However, if there is Shinui Tzura between them, but they connect because of some connection between them, which equalizes them, it is called “Mixed” together.
It is so because the Shinui Tzura between them does not let them cleave to actually become one, but there necessarily remains a difference between them. However, the equivalence of level that they’ve acquired mixes them together in each other until they become indistinguishable.
Such are the Ohr Yashar clothed in Ohr Hozer: since the Ohr Yashar cannot shine at all, but only according to the measure of the Ohr Hozer, they are regarded as mixed together. It is so because the Aviut in the Ohr Hozer has the same merit and importance as the purity in the Ohr Yashar. Thus, the Aviut and the Zakut are mingled in one another so that the Shinui Tzura between them is indistinguishable.
(Part 4, Chap 6, item 2)
44. What are Receivers
The Eser Sefirot de Guf are always called “Receivers”, for the Ohr reaches them from above downward.
(Part 4, Chap 3, item 3)
45. What is Origin of the Ohr
Malchut de Rosh is regarded as the “Origin of the Orot” since she raises Ohr Hozer,
clothes the Eser Sefirot and brings them into the Partzuf.
(Part 4, Chap 6, item 15)
46. What are Nitzotzot
He’arot (pl. for He’arah) that tend to go out and are about to be reawakened and ignited once more and shine as in the beginning, are called Nitzotzin. It is so because they resemble the Nitzotzin that remain after a fire, or those that come from under the hammer in the hands of a craftsman. Though they seem to be put out, they might still be ignited to a great and terrible flame. Such He’arot do not occur but only in Ohr Hozer.
(Part 4, Chap 3, item 10)
47. What are Falling Nitzotzot
During the Hizdakchut of the Masach the He’arat Zivug descends from the Upper Behina to the lower Behina, which is empty of her Ohr. Such was when the Masach purified from Behina Gimel to Behina Bet and Behina Gimel became emptied from her Ohr. Then the He’arat Zivug descended from Behina Bet into empty Behina Gimel. Because the Reshima that remains in Behina Gimel is opposite from the descending He’arah they strike and beat on each other.
However, the descending Ohr Hozer overpowers the Reshima, whose Zivug had stopped, and the Ohr Hozer descends into the Kli. The Reshima cannot be together with it and departs from there. Thus, the He’arat Zivug that descends into the empty Kli is called “Falling Nitzotzot”.
This is because soon the Zivug from Behina Bet stops too and rises to Behina Aleph, the He’arot quench and the Reshima descends and returns to her Kli. Now there is no merit in the descending Ohr Hozer over the Reshima since both are after the Histalkut of the their Zivug.
Since the Ohr Reshima is far more valuable than the descending Ohr Hozer, the Reshima overcomes them now and revokes the He’arah of the falling Nitzotzin into her Kli, to be able to clothe there. This matter is called Hakaa and Betisha (female for Bitush), for at one time the descending Ohr Hozer overpowers, and another time the Reshima.
(Part 4, Chap 3, item 11)
48. What are Nekudot
The four levels that come out by Zivug de Hakaa during the Hizdakchut of the Masach are called Nekudot. They are also called Ohr Hozer, and they are Din.
(Part 4, Chap 3, item 11)
49. What is Around
Each Partzuf is divided into two, from Malchut de Guf up, where all the Orot stand, hence called Panim, and a second part from Malchut de Guf down, where the Ohr Yashar is rejected and does not shine, hence named Achor. However, there is a Behinat He’arah that passes from the side of the Panim of the Partzuf and shines to the Achor side of the Partzuf.
This mode of He’arah is called “Around”, for the part of the Partzuf from Tabur down cannot receive the Ohr in Yosher. It can be received from “Around”, which is considered a special correction that will be explained in its place.
(Part 4, Chap 5, item 1)
50. What is Suffering
“Suffering” means a place where the Kli is fitting to clothe the Ohr but does not clothe it because of its own choice. This is a very subtle matter, said only about the Eser Sefirot de Rosh, where there is no actual Halbasha (see Potential Hitlabshut).
It is unthinkable that the Kelim are more worthy of clothing the Orot than the Kelim of the Rosh; still there is no Halbasha in the Rosh, only in the Guf. This is because Ohr Hozer de Rosh does not tolerate Behinat Halbasha since it stands from below upward. This stance designates resistance for Halbasha, for it does not tolerate the Halbasha.
(Part 4, Chap 1, item 5)
51. What is End of the Ascent
When the Masach begins to purify from Behina to Behina, such as from Behina Dalet to Behina Gimel, we can discern there the continuation of the Hizdakchut, meaning before it reaches the point of Aviut in Behina Gimel. In that state the Partzuf is without any Ohr, as the Zivug in Behina Dalet has already stopped, but has not yet reached the Zivug de Behina Gimel.
We should distinguish the Behinat “End of the Ascent”, meaning after the Hizdakchut of the entire Aviut de Behina Dalet is completed, and reached the Aviut de Behina Gimel. In that state the Ohr Elyon, which does not stop shining for a minute, mates in her and generates a new level of Hochma. Now the Ohr returns to expand in the Partzuf as before, but on the level of Hochma, lower than the previous level.
(Part 4, Chap 6, item 21)
52. What is Thickness of the Wall
The entire substance of the receptacle of the Kli is the Aviut in it. Hence, the four Behinot of Aviut are considered to be revolving around each other and making the walls of the Kli together. The more Av than the other is more internal (see item 30 “Half the thickness of the Wall”).
(Part 4, Chap 5, item 3)
53. What is Ascent of the Orot
See item 28 “Return to the Maatzil”.
(Part 4, Chap 2, item 4)
54. What is Ascent of Keter to the Maatzil
Meaning through the Hizdakchut of the Masach from Behina Dalet to Behina Gimel.
(There)
55. What is Ascent of Hochma to the Maatzil
Meaning by the Hizdakchut of the Masach from Behina Gimel to Behina Bet.
(There)
56. What is Ascent of Bina to the Maatzil
Meaning by the Hizdakchut of the Masach from Behina Bet to Behina Aleph.
(There)
57. What is Ascent of ZA to the Maatzil
Meaning by the Hizdakchut of the Masach from Behina Aleph to Behinat Keter.
(There)
58. What is Ascent of Malchut to the Maatzil
Meaning through the Hizdakchut from Behinat Keter to Behinat Malchut de Rosh where there is nothing of the Behinat Aviutfrom above downward. Then her Tzura is equalized with that of Malchut de Rosh and she is incorporated there.
(There)
59. What is Peh
Malchut de Rosh, where the Aviut de Masach operates from below upward is called Peh.
(Part 4, Chap 1, item 3)
60. What is Their Panim were Turned Downward
When the Ohr is poured to seize and clothe according to the measure of the Aviut in the Masach, this is called “Their Panim were Turned Downward”. It is so because the Orot are turned to come and clothe the Aviut, which is called “Downward”.
(Part 4, Chap 3, item 3)
61. What is Their Panim were Turned Upward
During the Hizdakchut of the Masach, when the Zivugim are made on constantly purer Behinot, until the Zivug stops altogether, this is called “Their Panim were Turned Upward”. It means that they depart and turn themselves from the Aviut to the Zakut. It is so because from above downward means from Zakut to Aviut, and from below upward means from Aviut to Zakut.
(Part 4, Chap 3, item 3)
62. What is Panim and Achor
The Hitlabshut and the rejection that occur in the Zivug de Hakaa in Malchut de Rosh do not appear there, but in Malchut de Guf, called Tabur. The Hitlabshut is performed from Tabur up and the rejection of the Ohr is performed from Tabur down. Hence, the place of the Hitlabshut in the Guf is called Panim, and the place from which the Ohr is rejected is called Achor.
(Part 4, Chap 5, item 1)
63. What is Corruption in order to Correct
“Corruption in order to Correct” means that toward he who does not know the great correction that is performed here, he regards it as corruption. Had he known the operation carried out by this, he would consider this corruption only as correction, that there was never any corruption here.
This is like a fool who sees a tailor taking a nice piece of cloth and cuts it into pieces and shreds. Because he doesn’t know the act being carried out here, he thinks for himself that the tailor is corrupting such a beautiful piece of cloth. Had he known the operation, he certainly wouldn’t have suspected that there is even a trace of corruption here, but only correction here from start to finish.
(Part 4, Chap 4, item 8)
64. What is Roshem Hotam
Several discernments were made in the Ohr by Hitlabshut of the Ohr in the Kli, out of the correlation between the Ohr and the Kli. If the Ohr departs from there, there still remain all the forms and the discernments that were there prior to the Histalkut, none missing.
This remaining is called “Roshem Hotam”. This is the nature of the Hotam, that if put on wax, it leaves its entire form there, in every detail and Otiot without missing anything.
(Part 4, Chap 2, item 2)
65. What is Reshima
See item 64 “Roshem Hotam”. Know, that this Reshima that the Orot leave of themselves after their departure is the nucleus and the Shoresh for the birth of the second Partzuf off it. Every consequence is born and emerges by its cause. By that manner all the He’arot (pl. for He’arah) in the Olamot extend to the Tachtonim.
For themselves, they switch from the cause to the consequence that is born from them like the Nitzotz of Neshama that passes from father to son and remains fixed in the son’s Neshama, never to move from there.
This has been explained in Part 4, chapter 2, Ohr Pnimi item 3. Study it there well, and remember it, for it is the key to understand the cause that obligates the consequence to hang down from its cause in every concatenation of the emergence of the Partzufim and the Olamot from one another, from Rosh to Sof.
(Part 4, Chap 2, item 2)
66. What are Tagin
See item 47 “Falling Nitzotzot”. It explains there that the Ohr Hozer that descends into the empty Kli comes from the He’arat Zivug performed in the Upper Behina, and the Reshima in that Kli is from after the Histalkut of the Zivug. Hence the Ohr Hozer overpowers the Reshima, descends into the Kli, and the Reshima must rise from there over the Kli. Thus, this He’arah that the Reshima shines into the Kli while being above the Kli, is called Tagin.
(Part 4, Chap 3, item 11)