What a Partzuf Is and How a Partition Creates It

Petichah LeChokhmat HaKabbalah 22:7

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Thus, the measure of the stature of every Partzuf depends with exact precision upon the measure of coarseness that is in the Masakh (screen): for the Masakh of the fourth level brings forth the stature of Keter, and that of the third level brings forth the stature of Chokhmah, and that of the second level brings forth the stature of Binah, and that of the first level brings forth the stature of Tiferet, and that of the level of the Root brings forth the stature of Malkhut.

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