On the basis of our overall conspectus of the breaking of the vessels, which took place for the sake of the governmental order, we will now explain the process in detail.

The proposition consists of two parts. Part 1: The root of the created... This explains what was already rectified in these Sefirot. Part 2: Nevertheless, even in their case... This explains what still remained unrectified.

Part 1: The root of the created worlds and beings lies only in the seven lower Sefirot... This is something accepted by all the Kabbalistic sages, who called these the seven Sefirot of building (בנין, binyan, or the “constructive” Sefirot), and thus it says “The world is built on Kindness (חסד, chessed)” (Psalms 89:3), Chessed being the first in the building.