<\/i><\/b>This <\/b>phenomenon is what was lacking in the primordial kings, <\/b>in the world of Nikkudim <\/i>during the breaking of the vessels. For the six Sephirot <\/i><\/b>of Chessed, Gevurah, Tipheret, Netzach, Hod, <\/i>and Yesod <\/i>that came into play then, didn\u2019t face towards <\/b>the Malchut<\/i><\/b> <\/b>that came into play. and <\/b>they <\/b>thus weren\u2019t spared \u201csorrow\u201d and \u201cseverity\u201d <\/b>or isolation, and Imma<\/i> allowed them to remain that way <\/b>rather <\/b>than to mitigate the situation, so as to allow for the cleansing process.<\/b><\/p>\n
<\/b>Ramchal makes the addition point in his comments here that \u201cwrongfulness per<\/i> se<\/i> didn\u2019t yet exist\u201d in the realm in which the breaking of the vessels occurred, which would have explained how goodness, unity, and severity could have been undone; it was \u201cthe initial state of Zeir Anpin<\/i> in its aspect of strict Judgment\u201d, which did exist, that fed into this.<\/p>\n
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