Two States of Malkhut 88. The sefira of Malkhut is the mystical meaning of the Nukba282As this section explains, this term refers to the partzuf of Nukba which corresponds to the sefira of Malkhut. of Ze’er Anpin. The root of Nukba starts from Malkhut of the second constriction, which concluded the seven sefirot283The phase of immaturity of Nekudim is the phase resulting from the ascent of Malkhut to Bina in the second constriction.
The Nukba partzuf is at the “bottom” of the system of partzufim of Nekudim (and other corresponding levels). of the immaturity of Ze’er Anpin of Nekudim. This Nukba is a separate level from Ze’er Anpin, as Ze’er Anpin includes Ḥesed, Gevura, Tiferet, Netzaḥ, Hod, and Yesod of Nekudim, and the level below it is the Malkhut that concludes the Nekudim.284The level of Nukba. Therefore, this Malkhut is considered a separate Nukba from Ze’er Anpin, and a level below Ze’er Anpin.