Given <\/b>the \u201cremoved\u201d status of the first three Sephirot<\/i> <\/b>we see now why harm is irrelevant to them<\/b>, i.e., why they didn\u2019t experience the breaking process, since they\u2019re beyond the reach of <\/b>the effects of human actions <\/b>that could conceivably undo them. Thus sins don\u2019t harm them and can only \u201cset them aside\u201d<\/b>, i.e., push them away out of danger during the course of the breaking of the vessels [1]. <\/b><\/p>\n
That\u2019s why the first three<\/b> Sephirot<\/i> continued to function<\/b> and to endure<\/b> during the course of the breaking.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/b>Note:<\/p>\n
[1]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See Eitz Chaim<\/i>, Sha\u2019ar HaMelachim<\/i> 6.<\/p>\n
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