Introduction to Sulam Commentary

67. The second criterion is that Keter and Ḥokhma of every lower partzuf are attached to the Bina, Tiferet, and Malkhut of their upper partzuf.180This means that the upper part of a partzuf, the part that lies above Bina, where the second constriction begins its impact, are attached the Bina, Tiferet and Malkhut of the level above. This is the same concept of the connection between levels developed as a result of the second constriction and the rectification of lines discussed in section 20 and in subsequent sections. Therefore, when the upper partzuf is completed and raises its Bina, Tiferet, and Malkhut, the Keter and Ḥokhma of the lower partzuf also rises with them to the place of the upper partzuf (all this has been explained at length in section 20 above) and are incorporated in the fusion of the upper partzuf. Thus, each lower one receives its height from the fusion of the head of the upper one.181Through this ascent of a lower level partzuf to a higher level, the lower one is able to participate in the fusion through collision of the higher level.