However, you must always remember the words of the Zohar, that these images do not exist in the realm of the sefirot of Bina, Tiferet, and Malkhut, but only in the realm of the minds of the recipients. And yet, these sefirot provide those vessels and this clothing, “so that the recipients will grasp Him through His attributes,” in order that the souls will grasp Him by means of the light that is drawn to them in bounded quantities, in accordance with their 613 limbs. Because of this, we also call these bestowers by the name “man,” even though there, in their place, they are merely considered the color white (as stated in section #8# above).54See the previous two footnotes which explain this idea.
Symbols and Metaphors That Guide Us Through the Zohar
Baal HaSulam's Preface to Zohar 38:3