The first part of Petach<\/i> 65 is pretty straightforward. <\/b>It indicates that the themes of male and female<\/b> were already found<\/b> in higher <\/b>realms than this<\/b>, i.e., they were already found in Adam<\/i> Kadmon<\/i>, since the system of governance had already been set <\/b>in place in the <\/b>primary, higher-yet mystical configurations of Chessed<\/i> and Din<\/i><\/b> which are themselves male and female respectively [1].<\/b><\/p>\n
Notes:<\/p>\n
[1] \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See Petach<\/i> 63 above. Also see the discussion in Eitz Chaim<\/i>, Sha\u2019ar D\u2019rushei HaNukudot<\/i> 2, and in Ramchal\u2019s Klallei Chochmat HaEmet<\/i> 16.<\/p>\n
As Ramchal underscores in his comments here, \u201cthis combination already existed in the supreme lights that came about after the Tzimtzum<\/i>, as soon as The Line and Residue came into existence\u201d, it\u2019s that primal.<\/p>\n
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