At first, the partition generated its highest level, which constituted the remnant of the partzuf of Keter. This is called “Atik of Atzilut,” which is the opacity of the fourth level.175This remnant generated returning light of a height of Keter, forming the partzuf of Atik, the Keter level partzuf of Atzilut. The other remnants that were in the partition migrated with the birth of Atik to the place of Atik.
Once Atik was completed, a fusion through collision was performed upon its partition, on the uppermost level of the remnant in the partition within it, which is the third level,176This means it contained opacity up to the third level, able to generate returning light that could climb as high as a height of Ḥokhma. and generated the height of Arikh Anpin177This is a partzuf of the height of Ḥokhma. upon it.
The remaining remnants in the partition, which had not yet had a fusion through collision performed upon them, descended with the birth of Arikh Anpin to the place of Arikh Anpin. When Arikh Anpin was completed, a fusion through collision was performed upon it, on the uppermost level of the remnant in the partition, which is the second level,178This opacity of the second level can generate returning light of the height of Bina. producing a height of Abba and Imma179This refers to a partzuf of the first three of Bina as was described in sections 41 – 43 and elsewhere in the preceding sections. upon it, and so on in the same manner. Thus, all the partzufim emerge by means of a fusion through collision of the supernal light with the partition.