a. In these partzufim, the lower partzuf does not emerge from the mouth of the head of the upper partzuf that is adjacent to it, but rather it emerges from the mouth of the head of the partzuf above its adjacent upper partzuf. For example, Ze’er Anpin does not emerge from the mouth of the head of Yisrael Sabba and Tevuna, but rather Ze'er Anpin emerges only after Yisrael Sabba and Tevuna becomes one partzuf with Abba and Imma, which is the partzuf above Ze’er Anpin’s adjacent upper partzuf.162Abba and Imma Ila’in is the partzuf above Yisrael Sabba and Tevuna, which is the partzuf above Ze'er Anpin.
During the rectification of lines, Yisrael Sabba and Tevuna, the lower seven of Bina of Arikh Anpin (discussed in sections 41-43 above) reconnects at a certain point with the upper three of Bina of Arikh Anpin, which are Abba and Imma Ila’in, as discussed in the previous sections. Similarly, the Nukba163The Nukba refers to the lowest partzuf, corresponding to the level of Malkhut. does not emerge from the mouth of the head of Ze’er Anpin, but rather it emerges only after Ze’er Anpin has ascended to Abba and Imma.164This ascent takes place in the rectification of lines described in the earlier sections of this work.
Likewise, the partzuf of Atik165This refers to the Keter level partzuf of the world of Atzilut. It is formed from the third level partzuf of the world of Adam Kadmon, which is the Sag/Bina level of Adam Kadmon, and the level from which the world of Nekudim originates. of Atzilut does not emerge from the head of the first partzuf of Nekudim, but from the head of the Sag of Adam Kadmon. The reason for this is that these heads, which are considered six extremities at their roots, are unfit to fuse with the supernal light in such a manner that they could emanate a lower partzuf.166Yisrael Sabba and Tevuna, Ze'er Anpin, and the world of Nekudim are all partzufim/levels of six extremities (the world of Nekudim is the six extremities level of Adam Kadmon). Accordingly, such a level cannot generate a new partzuf due to its lower positioning relative to the supernal light.