As we\u2019d seen earlier (see note 33 to Sec. 7 above), Ramchal explains Ar\u201di layout of the worlds of Akudim<\/i>, Nikkudim,<\/i> and Verudim<\/i> which we\u2019ve been involved in as follows.<\/p>\n
In the first stage, the Sephirot<\/i> were not yet divisible into separate lights contained in ten vessels; rather, they were experienced as a single vessel comprised of ten Sephira<\/i>-elements. The next stage is where the expansion of the lights began, and where from the one vessel that included all ten the ten Sephirot<\/i> became separate and distinguishable \u201cdots\u201d. This is what is called “the world of Nikkudim<\/i>“. It can be said to be a sort of transition stage to the world of the Verudim<\/i>.<\/p>\n
And the latter is where every sephira<\/i> becomes comprised of ten of its own, which was repeated over and over again. It is the world of Atzilut<\/i> where we find the root of all multiplicity. So we\u2019ll concern ourselves here at the end of this section with the formation of Atzilut<\/i> and its associated worlds.<\/p>\n
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