ענין הדו”ן נמצא גם למעלה מזה, כיון שכבר הושמה ההנהגה בסוד חסד ודין.
אלא בנקודים היה השינוי, שבתחלה לא היה בהם תיקון דו”ן, יען יצא הב”ן לבדו, ואחר כך ניתן בהם מ”ה על ידי התיקון. ולכן כל שורש של דו”ן שמהאצילות ולמטה תלוי במתקלא, שהוא סוד חיבור מ”ה וב”ן:
The themes of male and female, i.e., the theme of the conjunction of male and female, are also found in higher realms than this, namely in the world of Adam Kadmon, since the system of governance had already been set in the mystical sphere of Chessed and Din which are themselves male and female respectively.
It’s just that there was a difference when it came to Nikkudim, in that male and female weren’t rectified at first in that instance, since BaN which is female emerged on its own. Only afterwards when MaH which is male came to play a part in them, i.e., in the Sephirot of Nikkudim, through the rectification process did the sources of male and female from Atzilut and downwards depend upon a “balance” of male and female, which is the mystical conjunction of MaH with BaN.
(c) 2013 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman
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