THE KABBALAH

OF

ISAAC LURIA

Glossary of Lurianic Terminology©

And

CHRIST-CENTERED KABBALAH

The Compleat Kabbalah®

Notes & Comments by Sheila R. Vitale

AK. Adam Kadmon. (See, Also: Adam Kadmon, A'Ha'F, Divine Will)

A'HA'F. Abbreviation for the collective Lights of the Ears (Ozen), Nose (Hotem), and Mouth (Peh) of Adam Kadmon’s (SaG). The Lights of the A'Ha'F emanated outside of the body of Adam Kadmon and manifested their Light down to the metaphorical Navel of Adam Kadmon, which left the lower portion of Adam Kadmon and the universe (Malkhut, the World of Action) in darkness.

         The Light of the A'Ha'F are the Ta'amim (Cantellations) of the SaG (Binah) of Adam Kadmon (YHVH inside of Adam Kadmon). Another way to say this is that the A'Ha'F are the AB (Keter) of the SaG (Binah) of the general Tetragrammaton, YHVH, which was inside of Adam Kadmon.

         Initially, there were no MaH or BaN of Adam Kadmon. We might say (metaphorically speaking) that at this point, Adam Kadmon was a head without a body, MaH being His potential body, also called Adam Kadmon's Son. BaN, Adam Kadmon's Daughter, is the wife of MaH, Adam Kadmon’s Son, and the visible world.

         A new, or second, Tzimtzum, would be required for Adam Kadmon's son (MaH/Ze'ir Anpin) and Adam Kadmon's daughter (BaN/Nukva). That is, the Son and Daughter of Adam Kadmon would be created within an empty space, or a womb, that was within the empty space (halal) that the Ayn Sof brought into existence within Itself.

A'S'MA'B. Condensed form of AB, SaG, MaH and BaN, the essential building blocks of Creation. These are the four differentiated forms that the Name YHVH is divided into, to show its function in each of the worlds.

         Each of the four worlds contains its own personal A'S'Ma'B, and the subdivisions go on, ad infinitum.

AB (72). AB is Keter, the Spiritual Realm of Adam Kadmon which lies concealed within the metaphorical "Head" of AK, who is unconscious. AB corresponds to the Cantellations (Ta’amim) of the letters (otiyot). The mysterious realm of AB of AK is concealed. No Light manifests from it.

     When Chokhmah (Wisdom), which dwells in AB, becomes conscious, it is no longer Chokhmah, but Binah (SaG), understandable information. Intuitive Wisdom (AB) becomes(SaG), when information is perceived.

ABBA. Father. The face of Chokhma that looks up and receives from Arikh

ADAM KADMON. Primordial man (referred to as AK by the Kabbalists). The first manifestation of God (the Ayn Sof) in Creation. The same as Keter. Also called the Endless.

         Adam Kadmon is the primordial pattern of the universe, which contains within Him all the lower worlds destined to emanate from Himself, just as He emanated from God's ultimate essence.

         In AK all things exist in their potential form, waiting to become manifest. Yet, Keter (AK), the Supernal "I," is unaware of itself and, therefore, needs to be revealed, which revelation leads to the manifestation of the second level Sephirah within the void, the Sephirah, Chokhmah.

         Adam Kadmon is the metaphorical name given to the General Sephirah, Keter. At this highest of levels, both the world of Adam Kadmon, and the Partzuf of AK are identical. This is not true of the lower worlds.

         Adam Kadmon is above mind, yet, He is the source of Mind, of intuition and of life itself. Adam Kadmon is Keter, the ultimate origin and essence of mind. (See, also, "Keter.")

         Adam Kadmon consists of AB and SaG, the two realms of the mind: AB is the concealed part of the mind, and SaG is the revealed part of the mind. There are no MaH or BaN in the World of Adam Kadmon.

         The AB of AK is concealed within the recesses of His skull. We deal only with the SaG of Adam Kadmon.

         Adam Kadmon is the vibrant force that underlies all sub-atomic structures, and, thus, has formed everything in our physical universe.

         PASTOR VITALE'S COMMENT: Christ-Centered Kabbalah agrees that, indeed, the substance of AK underlies all sub-atomic structures, but disagrees that AK is the architect of this fallen universe.

         The Primordial Serpent illegally acquired the substance of AK which was destined to form the lower Worlds, but, falling short of her desire to be God, brought a mortal, rather than an immortal, world into existence.]

ADAM KADMON, EARS OF. The Lights of the Ears, representing Binah, the Supernal Mind, are not coarse (thick) enough to manifest vessels which can contain the inner light and, thus, accomplish the purpose of Creation, which is to manifest force (inner light) within a form (vessel). Neither can the emotional motivations of the Heart manifest concrete form by themselves.

         The Light that arises from the inside of Adam Kadmon, emanates from the Ears and the Nose, and then descends into the Heart, where it is called MaH, a simple (undifferentiated Light).

         The New Light, which is also called MaH, is a compound Light, which is born of the union of AB and the MaH of SAG.

         The Light from the ears of Adam Kadmon emanates, essentially, the sound of the letter “Hey,” but not its form. Nevertheless, the form of the letter “Hey” exists, but not yet in concrete configuration.

         Therefore, the Light of the Right and Left Ears of Adam Kadmon give rise to both force (Ohr Penimi) and form (Ohr Makif), two different aspects of the Light.

         To continue the process of Creation, and proceed to the next step of spiritual evolution, the Light from within Adam Kadmon's Ears had to descend further away from its ultimate source, into Adam Kadmon's nostrils.

         After that, in order for the two aspects of the Light (inner light and vessel) to completely unite to accomplish the initial aspect of Creation – UNITED BODY AND SOUL (light and vessel), two more events must take place: (1) The Light must descend even further, into the Mouth where it becomes coarse enough to form vessels, and (2) MaH, the New Light, the heavier force that motivates the inner lights to merge with the vessels, must appear. 

         The Light of the Ears of Adam Kadmon is the SaG of the Ta'amim (Cantellations) of the SaG of AK (See, Also: AK, A'Ha'F, Divine Will.)

         The Light that emanates from the right Ear of Adam Kadmon is a different aspect of the SaG of the SaG of Adam Kadmon, than the Light that emanates from the left Ear of Adam Kadmon. [See, also: SaG, the Light of Adam Kadmon’s Ears.]

         The Light of AK’s Right Ear is called “Ohr Makif,” (see, “Ohr Makif”), and

         The Light of AK’s Left Ear is called “Ohr Penimi,” (see, “Ohr Penimi”).

         The Lights of Adam Kadmon’s two Ears end at the tip of AK’s Beard.

ADAM KADMON, MOUTH OF. The Light of AK’s mouth is called “The World Of Bound Lights,” (“Olam HaAkudim.”) (See, “World Of Bound Lights.”)

ADAM KADMON, NAVEL OF. AK’s Navel is the lowest one-third of the Sephirah, Tiferet (the Netzach, Hod, Yesod of Tiferet).

ADAM KADMON, TEN ORBICULAR SEFIROT OF. The ten spheres that permeate the entire Halal (empty space), from surface to surface, from top to bottom, to middle.

ADAM ABOVE. Ze’ir Anpin, who is of the world of Atzilut

ADAM TAHTONE. The Adam below, i.e., mortal man. This Adam is of the world of Beriyah.

ADAM KADMON, EYES OF. The Light of the Eyes of Adam Kadmon is the Light of the Nekudot (vowel points) of the SaG of Adam Kadmon.

         The Light of the Eyes of Adam Kadmon is also BaN, because it is the final Hey of the Ta'amim.

         The Light of the Eyes also has an aspect relating it to Chokhmah [See drawing attached to Lesson # 6, showing the Light of the Eyes of Adam Kadmon from three different perspectives].

         The Eyes of Adam Kadmon are associated with the "Yod" of YHVH, which is associated with Chokhmah/Wisdom (AB).

         The sense of sight corresponds to the "soul of the soul," which is the Chayah level of soul. 

ADAM KADMON, FOREHEAD OF. Adam Kadmon's Forehead symbolizes the pure masculine force of Will, which is the byproduct of the union of Mind and Spirit. MaH, the Supernal Will of the Forehead, is manifest as the action that takes the Creation of order out of chaos.

         [PASTOR VITALE'S COMMENT: Chaos is Rahab the Dragon, the common-law husband of Cain (BaN of Kabbalah)****End of Comment]

         The passionate ascent of the Light of Adam Kadmon that was below Adam Kadmon’s Torso created a tremendous abundance of Light that was now exclusively in the Upper Torso on the inside of Adam Kadmon. This abundant Light caused a merging of the AB and the SaG on the inside of Adam Kadmon, which led to the birth of the “New Light,” which emanated to the outside of Adam Kadmon through His forehead.

         This merging is called a the "Yihud." Without the Yihud of AB and SaG there can be no New Light. (See, also, “Yihud & Light, New.”)

         The Name of this "New Light," is MaH.

         Order is created only when there is input from AB, the realm of the Spirit, which bubbles up to the surface from the depths of the unconscious.

         MaH, the Supernal Will, illuminates from Adam Kadmon's Forehead, and is revealed in the Heart. The force of the Will (AB) stirs up the fires of passion in the Heart (SaG), which enables the Mind (SaG) to think clearly about what is to be done, all of which results in rectification. In other words, passion (SaG) joined with sheer force of will (AB), unite mind (SaG) and action (MaH) to unify all the worlds and enable one to do the deeds of God.

ADAM KADMON, NOSE/NOSTRILS OF. The Light of the Nose of Adam Kadmon emanates down to His Heart.

         In order to bring force (Ohr Penimi) and form (Ohr Makif) together as one, the Light from within Adam Kadmon descends beneath the Ears of Adam Kadmon, and again manifests itself outside of AK, this time from the Nostrils of AK's "Nose."

         Similar to the Light of the Ears, the Nostrils are separate, right and left. Therefore, the Lights emanating from the Nostrils is also not united as one, although their union is much closer in the Nose that it was in the ears.

         Here in the Nose, the VaV, which is numerically equal to the # 6, becomes six separate Alefs, which give rise to the individual six Sefirot that correspond to the level of MaH, which is the Heart.

     The Nose of Adam Kadmon is the MaH (Son/Ze'ir Anpin) of the SaG (Binah), or more specifically, the MaH (Son/Ze'ir Anpin) of the Ta'amim (Cantellations) of the SaG (Binah) of Adam Kadmon (Keter), the "Yod" of the general (internal), YHVH.

AGULIM. Spheres. The ten spheres (Sefirot) of the spherical aspect of Adam Kadmon, which are the basic rudimentary, passive form of the Sefirot.

         The Agulim of the Adam Kadmon level of consciousness is the rudimentary form of Creation, which manifests the soul level (Nephesh), the life force energy of all in Creation, which is pregnant with latent personality (Ruach).

         The Agulim aspect of the Sefirot of Adam Kadmon are the origins of the Female form of the Creation. It is the nature of the Agulim to be concealed.

         The process that reveals the Light of the Ayn Sof outside of Adam Kadmon (the Agulim) is for the purpose of creating a relationship between the Ayn Sof and the Creation, which is one of force and form, soul and body.

AKHORAYIM/ AKHOR. Backside. (See, also: “Backside”). The subjective Sefirot of Netzach, Hod and Yesod.

AKUDIM. Bound/Banded. (See, also, "World of Bound Lights.")

ALEF-BET. Hebrew letters. First things to manifest in the empty space (Halal).

         The Light that comes forth from Adam Kadmon is already in the form of letters.

ALIGNMENT (FORCE OF). Middle column of Adam Kadmon configured as a human (Keter, Tiferet, and Yesod).

ANI. I (AM). A cognomen for Keter.

 ANCIENT OF DAYS. See, Atik Yomin.

ARI'ZAL. Isaac Luria.

ARIKH ANPIN. The long face. The face of Keter that looks down upon the lowest Sefirot to radiate upon them the Light from above. Arikh Anpin is usually called Arikh.

ASIYAH, WORLD OF. Fourth of Adam Kadmon's four worlds, also called World Of Action, represents the physical world, and corresponds to the Sephirah Malkhut.

ATIK YOMIN. The face of Keter that looks above to receive the Light. According to the Zohar HaRakia, which is considered to be the Ari'zal's commentary to the Zohar, Adam Kadmon wears a crown upon his head. This crown is the source of Atik Yomin.

ATZILUT. First of Adam Kadmon's Four Worlds, also called World Of Emanation, corresponds to the Sephirah Chokhmah, represents the spiritual plane. Formed from the

Light of Adam Kadmon’s Eyes (See, also, “Adam Kadmon, Eyes Of.”)

AYN. "Is not." Yesh ("is") comes out of Ayn.

AYN, LOWER. Sephirah, Keter.

AYN SOF. Unmanifest potential. The simple Light that fills all things. The Creator. God. The "Force" of existence.

         The Essence of Ayn Sof is the Light and force of life in the universe that preexisted Creation.

          Creation is the form of God, through which He is perceived and becomes known. Therefore, the relationship between the Ayn Sof and Creation is one of force and form, soul and body.

         Prior to Creation, the Ayn Sof can be said to "not be," to be anti-existence, or non-being, meaning the inverse and opposite of everything that was to come afterwards. The Ayn Sof does not exist by any standard or definition of existence that we can possibly fathom. In relation to us, the Ayn Sof does not exist, yet it does exist. It’s existence is non-existence, or, anti-existence, which is similar to anti-matter.

BA'AL SHEM TOV. Master of the good Name (of God), the one who masters the practice of matter transformation.

BACK TO BACK. This term is applied to Sefirot who are out of balance. Neither Sefirot is giving to the other.

BACKSIDE. The lowest Sefirot (Netzach, Hod and Yesod) of any Sephirah or Partzuf (Sephirotic Face) are called the backside of that Sephirah or Partzuf.

BAN. BaN is the Primeval World of Emanation. (See, also, "Adam Kadmon, Mouth Of - Malchut Left Without Light.")

         BaN correlates to the life force of God in the physical Creation, to the Physical Realms, in general, and thus to the physical Universe itself.

         The Name BaN corresponds to the form of the letters (Otiyot).

[PASTOR VITALE'S COMMENT: Christ-centered Kabbalah teaches that BaN is Adam Kadmon’s Male organ without the reproductive gland. Wherefore, BaN is a Eunuc,h because she lacks the seed that generates the spiritual male.****End Of Comment]         

BERIYAH, WORLD OF. (See, “World of Creation.”)

BINAH. The female aspect of Keter. The source of conscious intellect and thought; mind; and understanding. After Chokhmah receives an influx of awareness from Keter, the brilliance of that revelation still needs to be properly digested, comprehended and understood.

         Through Binah the I am (Keter/Adam Kadmon) can understand what He is and thus say "I am. . ." (Whatever it is that I am). Binah is integrally connected with Chokhmah and Keter, but the original Light from God's absolute essence did not directly descend here.

         Binah is the cognitive form where the flash of thought that was emanated from the Keter and received in Chokhmah can become congealed, comprehended and prepared to be put into action.

         Binah receives the intuitive insight from Chokhmah and dwells on it in the same way that a mother receives the seed from the father, and keeps it within her until it's time to give birth to that which comes forth from the union of the two of them.

         Chokhmah (intuition) "impregnates" Binah (perception). The intuition, once received and contemplated with perception, leads to the "birth" or further Creation of the universe.

          The essence of Keter first takes on form in Chokhmah, which form is completely spiritual and abstract. Within Binah, the received aspect of essence becomes clearly understood, conscious, and cognizant (aware).

         Binah, then, is the level of pure cognitive mind, pure consciousness, and is the mother of invention. It is from within the womb of Binah that the rest of Creation is born.

         Binah transforms the power of pure mind into action. Yet, prior to the physical manifestation of action, you must first have motivation. Motivation is absolutely necessary, because nothing can be built unless the builder is motivated to build. Binah therefore transforms, by the power of cognitive awareness, the essence of Keter, as revealed in spiritual, intuitive Chokhmah, and creates first motivation, and only then physical form, which finalize and join all the levels together.

         The motivation that Binah manifests, is the power of emotion, which manifests itself in the formation of the next six Sefirot. Although these six are unique and independent one of another, they act together as one.

         The power of intellect (Binah/SaG) alone is not enough to manifest concrete form (Ohr Makif), because force and form are two different aspects of the Light.

         The Lights of the lower seven Sefirot of the World of Points are Imma's metaphorical children. Therefore, the ultimate ascension of the Lights that descended into Beriyah after the shattering of the Vessels can be viewed as the symbolic return of Imma's children to the inside of Imma's womb. 

BITUL HAYESH. The place where we experience the nullification of (dying to) self. This is the place where man "touches" the Ayn Sof at the smallest point of Its touching our world. This, the place that miracles proceed forth from, is within the unconscious part of the human mind.

BLACK LIGHT. God's ultimate essence can be compared to a black Light. The color black contains within it all colors and possibilities of color, although these are not seen clearly within the black itself. Yet, when the Light is subject to filters, then it's various shades and hues can be individually identified. All of these shades and hues, as different as they are from one another, are still united and one in their essence.

BOTZINA D'KARNU'TA. The hard spark with which God engraved into the primordial Tehiru (residue left over in the Halal after the Tzimtzum).

     Also, the source of severity, i.e., judgment, which has the power to wipe out a person's existence from even the memories of those who will survive.

BOUNDARIES. Demarcations of the Light. (See, also, "Sefirot.")

BREATH. Light AND Vessel, soul and body, Force and Form, manifesting as one concentric whole.

         A breath, is the combined Light of Force and Form, as represented by the Ohr Penimi (Force) and the Ohr Makif (Vessel).

CAVEAT EMPTOR. Let the buyer beware.

CENTER POINT. The desire of the Ayn Sof to the actualized, that is, to exist. Within the very nature of the Ayn Sof, within every point of its "non-being," exists the desire to be.

     The essence, or Center Point, of anti-existence (the Ayn Sof) is to turn itself inside out, and to thereby exist, which existence requires the manifestation of being. Each aspect of being is, therefore, called, a "Name."

         The Center Point became Malchut. (See, also, “Ayn Sof.”)

         [PASTOR VITALE'S COMMENT: Malchut in her maturity is one with Binah. The center point is not Malkhut alone, but Malchut joined to Binah, who is joined to Chokhmah, who is joined to Keter.

         So, we see that this “point” is the visible aspect of Keter, Chokhmah and Binah, the eternal triad that produced the seven lower Sefirot. Now, if the “point” is Keter, Chokhmah, Binah and Malkhut, the six Sefirot that are between Binah and Malchut (Zeir Anpin) must be present also. And, indeed, Ze’ir Anpin is the husband of Nukva, Malchut’s Partzuf (personality).

         Wherefore, we must conclude that this “point” represents the visible aspect of the 10-part chain of Sefirot which is called the “beginning” of Creation.

         “Elohim” is the Name of God (Ayn Sof) that is associated with the Sefirah, Binah. “Adonai” is the Name of God associated with Malchut. “Elohim” is the only Name of God mentioned in Genesis 1, indicating that Binah was the Name of God and the driving force that brought forth the Heaven (Ze’ir Anpin) and the Earth (Nukva). After Ze’ir Anpin (Heaven) and Nukva (Earth) are joined, the two are known as “the Heavens,” signifying the unified married couple ****End Of Comment] 

CHASHMAL. Speaking Silence. The spiritual "place" where one hears the Voice of the Angels. Three spiritual veils must be overcome and penetrated through meditation to hear this "Voice."

         [PASTOR VITALE'S COMMENT: This "Voice" can be heard without the traditional Hebrew meditation by the mortal man that Christ Jesus dwells in****End of Comment]

CHASIDIM. The 5 mercies manifest through the 5 fingers of Adam Kadmon’s Right Hand. Each of the 5 Chasadim contains 10 Sefirot, and each of the 10 contain another 10 Sefirot within it, for a total of 500 Sefirot. So the number 500 is concealed within the Chasadim (as well as within the Gevurot). ( See, also, “Gevurot.”)

CHESED. Mercy (sometimes, Freedom). The first attribute to come forth from the Mohin (brains - first three Sefirot: Keter, Chokhmah, Binah). In the form of columns, Chesed is directly below Chokhmah, on the right.

         Chesed is the force of expansion, of free and complete giving. Chesed is always outgoing, always accepting, always forgiving, the creative force that is always expanding outward, formless, boundary-less, without any contraction, constriction, discipline or limitation.

         Chesed is simply pure, unadulterated abundance. But Chesed cannot create and support a world, because a world without boundaries, definition and limitations, will soon fall into chaos and self-destruct. For this reason, Chesed's antithesis came forth next: The fifth Sephirah, Gevurah.

CHOKHMAH. Wisdom, intuition, awareness. The beginning of consciousness and recognition The second level of the revelation of the Ayn Sof. Keter is the Divine Will, the "I" of Creation. However, in order that the "I" be realized (understood) and actualized (activated), it must be cognizant (aware) of itself. The "I" must move on from simply being "I," and become "I am." This "I am" level of self-recognition is the second Sefirah, Chokhmah.

         [PASTOR VITALE'S COMMENT: One can have a conscious existence and, spiritually speaking, still not know who they are***End Comment]

         Chokhmah is the initial grasp of awareness, the beginning of consciousness and recognition. Chokhmah is like the proverbial Light bulb that Lights up over one's head revealing a brilliant idea. The idea pops up fully developed because its source is Keter. The source of the idea is Keter, and the ability to recognize the idea is Chokhmah.

         Chokhmah reveals inner, subjective knowledge, that which is known because it is an inner truth, not because of an external lesson. Chokhmah is the realm of the purely spiritual, that which manifests the essence of Keter.

         The primordial Chokhmah gave form to the latent power lying dormant within AK (Keter). The "I" of Keter became the "I am" in Chokhmah. The two are inseparable. Keter and Chokhmah are united as are the soul and the spirit within the body.

          The original Light that entered the void from God's ultimate essence only penetrated to the level of this Chokhmah. After this, the Light of the Keter, cloaked with the Light of the Chokhmah, took the place of the original descending Light, and continued to descend into the very middle of the void.

CONSCIOUSNESS. The emanation of the worlds is not exclusively an historical event. It also signifies the genesis and development of the Divine Consciousness, and its counterpart in mortal man.

         AB is the realm of spirit, which dwells in the unconscious, and SaG is the realm of mind, the place of conscious, intellectual and rational thought.

         The fallen Vessels in Beriyah became the source of all psychotic illness. (See, also, “World of Points, The Fall.”) Mental illness is the result of the contents of the unconscious part of the mind streaming into the conscious part of the mind and overwhelming it, which causes the conscious part of the mind to lose its ability to distinguish between intellect and intuition, external reality and internal impressions. This, the true meaning of psychosis, is what happened when the Vessels of the fallen Kings fell from the primordial Atzilut (the realm of the Nikudim (Points)) into Beriyah (the realm of the intellect (World Of Creation)).

         The rectification of the fallen Kings teaches how mental illness is to be healed. (See, also, "Rectification of the Worlds.")

CREATION. The worlds of Beriyah and below. (See, also” Creator.“)

CREATION, THE PURPOSE OF. The purpose of Creation was for God to bring into actuality the Names and attributes that existed only in a potential form in the simple, undifferentiated Light (Ohr Pashut) of the Ayn Sof.

CREATOR. The worlds of Adam Kadmon and Atzilut.

CONTRACTION (FORCE OF). The left column of Adam Kadmon configured as a human (Binah, Gevurah, and Hod).

DA'AT. An essential aspect and part of the Sephirotic Tree. Da'at is an external expression of the Keter, the manifestation of the union of Chokhmah and Binah that first goes forth into the lower seven Sefirot to enable them to receive the upper Lights. Da'at IS NOT a Sephirah but, nevertheless, serves as one. Da’at is a quasi-Sefirah.

         Da'at's place is in the center column, directly underneath the Keter, lower than Chokhmah and Binah, yet above the six Sefirot that make up Ze'ir Anpin.

         Da'at is the secret of the Overlap. The overlapping of the worlds is one of the most important concepts and realities in Creation. The Keter of the Nikudim emanates at the point of the lowest third of the Tiferet of the world above it. In other words, the essence of one world emanates from the heart of the world above it.

         The Keter of the lower world overlaps the Tiferet of the upper world, the Chokhmah overlaps Netzach, and Binah overlaps Hod. But, we are told, according to the order of the Sefirot, there is no Sefirot of the head of the lower world to overlap the Yesod of the upper world. Therefore the outer manifestation of the Keter of the lower world, which is already overlapping Tiferet of the upper world, reaches down and overlaps the Yesod of the upper world.

         This is the definition of Da'at: The Yesod of the upper world overlapped by the outermost part of the Keter of the World of Points.

         Da’at is the product of the union of the Yesod of AB and the Yesod of SAG.

         Da'at is the weaving together of the generative energy of the upper world (Yesod) with the mental energy (Keter) of the lower world.

         Da'at and Yesod have an integral relationship with each other: Yesod corresponds to sexual energy and the genitalia, while Da'at is the product of the union of Chokhmah (AB) and Binah (SAG), which generate mental energy.

         Da'at is a very deep, intimate knowing which can be likened to sexual intercourse.

                  Da'at is intuitive knowledge, that is, knowledge that appears in our mind without learning, studying, or experiencing it.      Da'at includes a knowledge of the future.

         Da'at is the essence of realized intuitive INTELLECT.

         Da’at was the first vessel to break. (See, also, “World of Points. Shattering of the Vessels.”)

DALET. The 4^th letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, which has a numerical value of 4.

         The Hebrew letter “Hey” is formed from a dalet and a Vav. The Dalet aspect of the letter “Hey,” is most prominently manifest in the Light of the Ears.

DEATH. Lurianic Kabbalah teaches that death was created because God’s Plan for Creation included a resurrection.

         [PASTOR VITALE'S COMMENT: This statement is inconsistent with the Doctrine of Christ, which teaches that Adam and the whole Creation could have been perfected through union with Jehovah. According to the Doctrine of Christ, Adam was tricked into believing that the Creation would be perfected by experiencing good and evil. And, in fact, in its present, mortal state, the fallen Creation can and will be perfected through good and evil experiences in Christ Jesus, But this was not the case before the Fall.

         Christ-Centered Kabbalah teaches that the perfection of the female side of Adam Kadmon (the simple Adam, who is the male seedling in Adam Kadmon's ovary), was to have been accomplished through union with the Adam of Wisdom (Adam born of the union of Abba and Imma), not through union with Jehovah.

         It was the male seedling (MaH) in Adam Kadmon's ovary, which is surrounded by the female BaN, which fell when the simple BaN (woman) was seduced by the Serpent. (See, Christ-Centered Kabbalah Message #531, The World Of Points And the Fall. **** End of Comment]

DESIRE. That which arose at the Center Point of the Ayn Sof (God), which was destined to be called by His Names. (See, also, "Ayn Sof, Center Point.")

DIFFERENTIATION. To perceive or show the difference between. To make different by alteration or modification.

         A tool of the intellect used to create order in understanding.

DIVINE WILL. The First Aspect of God to be revealed in Creation.

         Divine Will crowns the Creation like a royal diadem and therefore the first level of Divine manifestation in Creation is called “Keter,” God's Crown.

         The essence of the Divine Will is like a sea - it contains everything in the form of the unmanifested, raw, unrealized potential of all that which is to come. In other words, the Keter is the "everything" of the world to come in seed form.

         The Divine Will (Keter), the initial process of God in the universe, is metaphorically called “Adam Kadmon, Primordial Man.” We use human metaphorical images to assist our understanding of sublime and profound spiritual truths. Adam Kadmon is not a physical man. Adam Kadmon is a metaphor given to assist our limited human mind, which is blemished from eating of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. (See, also, "Adam Kadmon.")

DRASH. The allegorical meaning of the Torah. The Drash Kabbalah group corresponds to the Sephirah Binah. This group works with the serious mental construct meditations of the Albufia (renowned Kabbalist) system and the Sefer Yetzirah (foundational, Kabbalistic text, the authorship of which is attributed to Abraham). These students do not spend much time mastering the philosophical works of the theoretical Kabbalah. Neither are they involved in singing and dancing. They are usually secluded and very rarely make themselves known, even to other Kabbalists. They excel in the practice and not just the study of the Ma'aseh Bereshit, the secrets of Creation, which include a knowledge of science and technology, complemented by the spiritual disciplines.

         This group endeavors to rearrange spiritual matters in the heavenlies through their intricate mental constructs. These students of Kabbalah have a special name. They are called Mitbodedim (the secluded ones).

EMANATOR. Adam Kadmon.

ENDLESS. Ayn Sof, God. (See, “Ayn Sof & Adam Kadmon.”)

EXPANSION (FORCE OF). The Right Column of Adam Kadmon configured as a human (Chokhmah, Chesed, and Netzach).

 FIVE HUNDRED. The number concealed Within the Chasadim and the Gevurot.

FORM. Creation requires formed vessels to differentiate (partition off/separate) God's indivisible Light into individual packets which manifest all of the potentials lying latent in God's unknowable Essence (outside of Creation).

         The three metaphors of Adam Kadmon's Ears, Nose and Mouth, representing the Light of God that emanated outside of Adam Kadmon, led to the solidification of Form within a world of Force. The initial vessel which emanated from the Mouth of AK was an prototype which set the stage for the next phase of Creation: The formation of the Vessels which would create the universes.

FOREHEAD OF DESIRE. The Light that comes forth from Adam Kadmon’s Forehead is called the "Forehead of Desire." Our universe was created from the Light that comes forth from the Forehead of Desire, which is the Supernal Will.

         [PASTOR VITALE'S COMMENT: Christ-Centered Kabbalah says that our universe was formed by the Serpent, and that this present illegal formation of the Primordial Substance in only a temporary interlude in the process of Creation.

         The glorified Jesus Christ is the Universe that came forth from Adam Kadmon’s forehead****End Comment]

         The Mohin, the Brains of Adam Kadmon, expressed by the Name AB, dwell inside AK’s head, and Adam Kadmon's Forehead surrounds and covers His brains, which are concealed by AK’s forehead.

         The masculine Lights of the Brains (AB) joined with the feminine Lights of the Ears, Nose and Mouth (SaG) inside of Adam Kadmon's head, and the New Light called “MaH” was born from that union which took place behind Adam Kadmon's Forehead. (See, also, "Light, New.")

FOUR WORLDS. Atzilut, Beriyah, Yetzirah and Asiyah. Are levels of Creation (not physical places or locations). These four worlds represent four realms present in man:

         Spiritual (Atzilut) = unconsciousness,

         Mental (Beriyah) = thought/intellect, i.e., consciousness,

         Emotions (Yetzirah) = feelings

         Physical (Assiyah) = form.

         Each of these realms exists within everything in Creation. Before anything can take on physical form, it must first exist in the concealed realms. At first, there is unconscious, or unrevealed thought, then conscious thought, which is then joined to emotion, which stirs up the creative ability to give tangible, physical form to the thought.

         Each individual part of the whole contains the entire whole within it.

GAN EDEN. Garden of Eden.

GEVURAH. The fifth Sefirah, representing the force of restriction, severity, discipline, and judgment. Also, merit.

         Gevurah means severity, but it is better described as limitation within the context of discipline. Where the force of Chesed shines outward without boundary and end, Gevurah describes the boundary and the end. Therefore, Gevurah is the source of judgment.

         Gevurah is also referred to as "merit," because Gevurah will only give forth that which is absolutely deserved. Those of us in the physical plane continually rely upon God's mercies, because we are unable to stand before the unadulterated power of Gevurah.

         [PASTOR VITALE'S COMMENT:Gevurah is the Sowing & Reaping Judgment. Gevurah is manifesting in our fallen world as Satan, the enforcer of the Sowing & Reaping Judgment****End Comment]

GEVUROT. The five severities. ( See, also, “Chasidim.”)

GOD. See, also: "Ayn Sof."

GOLEM. A created being, not quite human. The Kabbalist creates a Golem by manipulating the 231 Gates (permuta-tions) of the Hebrew letters.

GOOD AND EVIL. “Good” is defined as moving towards God, and “evil” is defined as moving away from God. God had to first create evil In order for good to exist, just like Chaos had to exist before there could be order.

         [PASTOR VITALE'S COMMENT: Evil is a necessary part of the Creation because good is revealed by contrast, but it is an error to think that YHVH or any of the agents of the Ayn Sof subjected the lower Adam (who fell), or the Creation, to that evil. God created evil, but God does not devise evil deeds. God assigned Adam to rule over the evil in each of the created worlds, but Adam failed, and the evil one escaped from Adam’s control and began to do evil deeds.****End of Comment]

         Man, God's agent, has the job of elevating the fallen sparks and repairing the broken vessels.

         [PASTOR VITALE'S COMMENT: Man IS the broken vessels and, as such, he is incapable of repairing himself. But thanks be to God, who sent us Jesus, the help promised in Genesis 2.

         Thank you Jesus for preparing our minds and hearts to study the great jewels available to us through Kabbalah, and not be corrupted in the same way that Adam was.

         2 Cor 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity [singleness] that is in Christ.

         4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.KJV

         Christ-Centered Kabbalah is the Key Of Truth that will unlock the power of Kabbalah to perform its purpose, which is the regeneration of humanity and our elevation beyond the power of death,

         Prophesy: Yea, even above the lies that proceeded forth from Adam Kadmon's Mouth, which is the Nephesh level of soul [the animal nature/circular Sefirot]

         “The lies that proceeded forth from Adam Kadmon’s mouth” is Malkhut of the World of Points, who became the Serpent (the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil) that kidnapped Ze’ir Anpin’s children, and continues, until this day, to force them to incarnate over and over again in a corrupt and painful world****End of Comment]

H'Y'D'A (HIDA). Rabbi Haim David Azulai, a great Kab-

balist of the 18th-century, who wrote disparagingly about a European Kabbalistic text called the Emek HaMelekh because that text was based upon the Kabbalah of Yisrael Sarug. Rabbi Azulai's disparaging words might have been nothing more than a smokescreen to keep the curious away from the sacred Emek HaMelekh text.

HADAR, KING. One of the eight Kings who descended from the World of Points. King Hadar is the only one who is not of the spiritual land of Edom, which signifies the abuse of the spiritual power of Creation.

         King Hadar signifies the Rectifier or, as we would say, the Saviour, the quasi-Sefirot, Da'at, which is a manifestation of both Keter and Yesod. Keter, as a part of Da'at‘s integral makeup, distinguishes King Hadar from the other seven Kings, all of which have no potential to manifest "the head,” which is YHVH. (See, also, “Da’at.”)

         [PASTOR VITALE'S COMMENT: If Isaac Luria’s account of the shattering of the vessels of the world of Points is accurate, King Hadar must have descendants in the Earth today, mortal men carrying Hadar’s "regressive spiritual gene" which is their potential to be rejoined to "the Head."

         But the Doctrine of Christ says that Abel (Yesod) , the positive side of Cain and Abel, humanity’s mortal foundation, becomes eligible to manifest the nature of the Saviour when Christ, the seed of the Savior, is grafted to him.

         To state the issue clearly:

         Lurianic Kabbalah says that Hadar, the King who has the potential to manifest the nature of YHVH, descended into the earth as the quasi-Sefirah, Da’at, along with the seven shattered vessels of the World of Points. Wherefore, the potential within the human race for restoration, or rectification, must be innate within some mortal man.

         Christ-Centered Kabbalah says that it was the female Adam in the Garden (Adam Kadmon’s ovary), who had the potential to be born as an immortal man, that descended into the earth with the seven shattered vessels of the World of Points. Wherefore, the innate potential for rectification within mortal man must be actualized from outside of himself, by the seed of the male Adam.

         Lurianic Kabbalah says that the male vessel of Da’at descended into the earth.

         Christ-Centered Kabbalah says that the female seed of Adam Kadmon’s ovary descended into the earth.

         My question to the Kabbalists is this: How can the shattered vessel of Da’at, which is separated from its light, manifest the nature of YHVH and not die? How can a shattered vessel which is separated from its light be the Saviour?

         The female Adam in the Garden (Adam Kadmon’s ovary) had the potential to reproduce the nature of YHVH before its premature descent into the earth, and that innate potential still exists in all of the descendants of the female Adam who exist in the earth today as mortal humanity.

         Wherefore, the seed of the spiritual male must be added to mortal humanity for rectification to take place****End of Comment]

HAGAT. Chesed, Gevurah and Tiferet, the first Triad of the Midot and the second Sephirotic Triad. (See, also, “Midot.”)

HAHISH'TAL'SH'LUT. The order of spiritual Creation/evolution, which only manifests that which was previously unmanifest and undifferentiated.

HALAKHA. The Jewish Law. The law tells us what to do.

HALAL. The empty space that Creation was formed in. The Halal is not really empty, but contains an "echo," or a "residue" of the true Light. Ten Sefirot emanated throughout the entire Halal (empty space). Everything else that comes afterwards, is only a manifestation of them.

HASHKAFA. Jewish philosophy, representing he Jewish state of mind, which teaches us how to think and how to define right from wrong.

HASIDUT. A system of kabbalistic study founded by the Ba’al Shem Tov, A ymaster Kabbalist. (See, also, “ Ba’al Shem Tov.”)

HAVRUTA. Study partner.

HEART. The heart corresponds to the six Sefirot, Chesed, Gevurah, Tiferet, Netzach, Hod, and Yesod, and is represented by the Name MaH, which Name corresponds to Adam Kadmon’s Nose.

         The level of spiritual power symbolically represented by Adam Kadmon’s Nose, manifests motivation. Wherefore, emotions, and the power of emotions, are associated with the Nose. 

         The Heart (symbolized by the Nose) is considered to be subservient to the Head (the Mind, symbolized by the Ears), even though the Light that emanates from the Nose is the same exact Light that emanates from the Ears. This is because the Light of the Nose, even though it is the same Light that emanates from the Ears, is further away from its original source, the Ayn Sof.

HEBREW GRAMMAR. When a yod is added to a verb base, the verb is transformed from the passive into the active tense.

Hekhal Ahava. Love. The fifth palace. Corresponds to Chesed.

Hekhal Etzem HaShamayim. The essence of Heaven. The second palace. Corresponds to Hod.

Hekhal Livnat HaSapir. A brick of Sapphire. The first of the palaces. Corresponds to Malkhut and Yesod.

Hekhal Kodesh HaKodashim . The holy of holies.The seventh palace corresponds to the upper Triad of the Sefirot, Keter, Chokhmah and Binah.

Hekhal Nogah. Brightness. The third palace. Corresponds to Netzach.

Hekhal Ratzon. Desire. The sixth palace. Corresponds to Tiferet.

Hekhal Zekhut. Merit. The fourth palace. Corresponds to Gevurah.

HEY. The fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The letter hey is spelled, HeY, Yod, and has a Numerical value of 5. Hey is the second letter of God's Holy Name, YHVH, which represents the initial revelation of the 5 general Partzufim (Sephirotic Faces).

          Hey is the letter that emanates from the ears of Adam Kadmon.

         The letter Hey is formed by a combination of two other letters, a larger Dalet and a smaller vav. When viewed in this way, the numerical value of the letter Hey is ten, the full number of the Sefirot which are subtly manifest within the five Partzufim.

HIRIK. “ִ” (i). The Hebrew vowel which corresponds to Netzach. The Hirik is written as a single dot underneath the letter.

HOD. The eighth Sephirah, which means glory,or empathy. Hod brings forth the benefits of what is conquered. While Netzach conquers for the sake of the collective good, Hod benefits from the conquering for its own personal good.

         Hod is the domestic spirit, the fruits of Justice, and uses that which is conquered to benefit the spiritual family. Netzach can be likened to a husband who expands his energy outwards, to create, maintain, and expand his business enterprises, while Hod, the wife, translates the fruit of his efforts into an inward form, the making of a home.

         [PASTOR VITALE'S COMMENT: Christ-Centered Kabbalah says that Hod represents the Mind of Christ which comes forth after Netzach conquers the carnal mind****End Comment]

HOLAM. “ֹ” (o). The Hebrew vowel which is formed by a single dot above the letter, and corresponds to Tiferet.

Intuition. Chokhmah.

INTELLIGENCE. See “Tevunah ”

KABBALAH MA'ASIT. Magical Kabbalah.

KABBALAH. To Receive. "Reception" is not acquired from books or the learning that can be acquired from books. Reception is a living chain. It can only come from another link in the chain, not from someone who is self-taught.

         [PASTOR VITALE'S COMMENT: The Spirit of Christ is full well able to train up teachers to instruct His chosen ones in Kabbalah***End Comment]

KAHAB. The Kabbalistic abbreviation for Keter, Chokhmah, Binah, the first triad of the Sephirotic Tree.

KAMATZ. ָ (a). The Hebrew vowel written as an horizontal line underneath the letter, which corresponds to Keter.

KAVANOT SYSTEM. The meditative system of the Ari'zal and Rabbi Shalom Sharabi (the Rashash), which focuses exclusively upon the Ayn Sof.

KETER. Crown. The first Sefirah, and the first aspect of the Light of the Ayn Soft o manifest within the void.

         The expression of God's desire to create the universe.     Keter is called "Crown" because, just as the crown upon a head is above the entire body and is the glory of the entire body, so, too, Keter is above all the rest of Creation

         This first of the ten aspects of Light (Sefirot), the primordial essence of all things yet to come, entered the void like a laser beam and quickly formed a sphere surrounding the outermost parameter of the void.

         Keter is also called the “Ra'avah Ila'ah,” the Supernal Will (of the Divine), because it is the Will more than anything else that defines existence. Will is the force of life.

         The Will, i.e., Keter, can also be called "Ani," meaning "I," because there is existence prior to consciousness of existence. Existence preexists the awareness of one's existence. Thus, Keter is I, before the I can say I am.

         Keter is also known as Adam Kadmon, but "I" is more often used to describe Keter.

         Keter manifests the kernel of life. Keter is unrecognizable to anything beneath it. Keter is the raw force of life, where everything exists in its most basic rudimentary aspects. Unlike the Ayn Sof, which is unmanifest potential, Keter is manifest, but just beginning.

         Keter is the highest Sephirah because it is the first.

         Keter is the essence of unity before all the different parts divide and develop independent identities. (See, also, “Adam Kadmon.”)

KINGS OF EDOM. The eight Vessels that lost their Light when they fell, became similar in darkness to Malkhut, which has no Light of its own and were, thus, called Kings, like Malkhut, which means Kingdom.

         The eight Kings signify the seven lower Sefirot of the World of Points, plus Da'at, the quasi-sefirah, whose place is above Chesed. They all manifested as the Kings of Edom, signifying the intense spiritual power of the Sefirot manifesting through the unmarried Malkhut.

         The seven Sefirotic Vessels (Chesed through Yesod) and the Da’at of the World of Points (Olam HaNekudot) that shattered, fell into Beriyah, and incarnated in the World of Action.

         Eight Kings incarnated, but only seven Sefirot shattered (Da’at is not a Sefirah). Deaths were recorded for all the Kings who ruled in the land of Edom, except Hadar, the last King listed in Genesis 36. The death of Hadar, is not mentioned in the Scripture because, even though Da’at’s Vessel shattered and fell down with the seven, King Hadar is not one of the fallen Kings. Hadar is MaH, the Rectifier, the New Light who comes to resurrect the fallen kings. (See, also, "Light, New.")

         The Light of the new MaH is the secret of the eighth King, called Hadar. Hadar is the Rectifier and the Giver of life to the seven Kings who preceded him and died. Death is not spoken of in connection with Hadar. As soon as Hadar emanated he began to sift through the seven Kings to make them passive (feminine) to His activity (masculine). The seven Kings were collectively called BaN after Hadar sifted them.

         [PASTOR VITALE'S COMMENT: The number seven signifies completion and, in this case, indicates the totality of mortal humanity.

         “To sift" means "to separate." The Rectifier will sift the individual members of mortal humanity to separate the fallen seedling of AK’s Ovary within them, from Leviathan, who is attached to it, and sucking its energy. The collective residue that is sifted out is once again configured as Adam Kadmon’s collective male seedling, which is now within the mortal descendants of the Seven Kings, the Bride of the Rectifier. Kabbalah does not equate Messiah with the Rectifier.****End of Comment]

Klipot. The lesser forms that the Vessels acquired as a result of falling into the lower worlds, before they were prepared to be inhabited. The source of evil.

KUBUTZ. “ֻ” (u). The Hebrew vowel that is formed by three diagonal dots, from top left to bottom right, and corresponds to the Seforah, Hod.

LIGHT. All Light is the Light of the Ayn Sof. Variations in the Light occur as the location of the Light changes, not because of variations in the essence of the Light. The only difference between the many lights of Adam Kadmon is the manner in which the Light is revealed in Creation.

LIGHT, DICHOTOMY OF. God exists in the expansive Ayn Sof, and He also exists in the contractive Tehiru (residue) of the Halal (empty space). .There are two opposing forces which express God’s essence, as a result of the Tzimtzum.

LIGHT, NEW. Mah, the Son, is the New Light, born of the union of the AB and the MaH of the SaG of Adam Kadmon, which emerged from Adam Kadmon's Forehead. (See, also, “Forehead Of Desire.”)

         The Lights of Adam Kadmon's Ears, Nose and Mouth came forth from the AB of AK’s SaG, as complete and concrete breaths. The Light of Adam Kadmon's Eyes came forth from the SaG of AK’s SaG, but were not complete or concrete breaths.

         This New Light called MaH, the last of all these Lights, has no character of breath, or sight, but is pure illumination drawn forth from the Forehead of Adam Kadmon.

         The abundance of Light within the skull of Adam Kadmon overflowed into the lower worlds, and stirred up the Desire of the forces below to join with the forces above. So, the Lights of the Nikudim (points) ascended again, this time as MahN (Mayim Nokbin, the feminine Waters), into the womb of Imma. This second ascension of the inner essence of the A'Ha'F (Ears, Nose and Mouth), which arise out of the SaG of Adam Kadmon, caused their union with the Hidden Lights of Adam Kadmon’s Head.

          The new MaH, the Son of AB and SaG and the Rectifier of humanity, was born from this union, to raise and to heal all.

         Together the two, male and female, are called "Adam" (mankind). This man did not fall, because He is the balanced male and female. Each one supports the other. The MaH strengthens BaN and BaN strengthens MaH.

         [PASTOR VITALE'S COMMENT: There seems to be a lack of recognition here that the Rectifier is the Man, Adam of Wisdom, who came into existence through the "third coupling," the union of BaN and MaH, the Daughter and the Son, who are the offspring of Abba and Imma.

         So, it is not the simple MaH who marries the Woman (seedling mankind) in the Garden, nor is it MaH, the New Light. It is the Saviour, born of the union of the Son and the Daughter, who marries the Woman in the Garden, and engraves the male seedlings within the Woman with the nature of Adam Kadmon.

         Adam of Wisdom, the Rectifier, is the fulfillment of Jehovah's promise to Adam (the collective male seedlings in the Garden of the World of Points ) to provide a "help" (aide), who would defend them against the seduction of the Serpent, since the collective Woman surrounding the male seedlings failed to protect them from the Serpent.

         The second generation of "Adam" (the product of the union of Adam, the Rectifier, with the male seedlings) is the manifestation of the three-fold cord: The Son (first thread) and the Daughter (second thread) couple and produce the man (Adam) (the third thread), who then couples with the Woman in the Garden to engrave the male seedlings within her with the nature of Adam Kadmon, to produce a harvest of immortal human beings with the nature of Adam Kadmon****End of Comment]

         The Name MaH is numerically equivalent to the name Adam.

         Adam contains both MaH and BaN, but only MaH is called Adam because, when MaH sifted and rectified BaN, He combined and united Her to Him and, thus, BaN became subservient to MaH.

         [PASTOR VITALE'S COMMENT: I have found no explanation in our present studies as to what the word "sifted" meant to Rabbi Chayyim Vital. The Doctrine of Christ teaches that Cain (BaN of Kabbalah) who surrounds the male seedlings of Adam Kadmon's ovary, married the Serpent (the evil side of the Daughter, the complex BaN born of Abba and Imma) and became Rahab, the primeval Dragon.

         In this context, the word "sifted" means that Adam, the Rectifier, separated Cain (BaN of Kabbalah) from the Dragon, and married the collective Abel, the seedlings within the Woman, Himself.]****(End of Comment)

         When MaH rectifies BaN, He takes a portion of Her Light for Himself. These are the Hasadim (source of mercy) and the Gevurot (source of severity). At the time of the supernal union MaH, gives the Gevurot, as his own procession, to BaN.

         [PASTOR VITALE'S COMMENT:: Binah is the source of mercy and Gevurah (Gevurot) is the source of severe judgment. The two together produce merciful judgment (judgment with understanding). The outplaying in the human experience of MaH taking a portion of BaN's Light for Himself when He rectifies Her, is the loss to the disciple in Christ of (1) the gifts of the Spirit and the female ministry associated with the Holy Spirit, and (2) the harsh judgment (condemnation, criticism, etc.) associated with the carnal mind. As Kabbalah teaches, at the time of the supernal union of Christ (Yesod) to Abel (the male side of the female personality), Christ Jesus (MaH) imparts the White Throne Judgment (merciful judgment arising in a mortal man) to the overcoming disciple****End of Comment]

         YHVH spelled with Alefs is numerically equal to 45, and the standard YHVH is numerically equal to 26. The difference between the two YHVHs is 19, which is the numerical value of Hava (Eve).

         The New MaH is the product of the union of AB and the Cantellations of the SaG of Adam Kadmon, and becomes the entire world of Atzilut, the general realm of God revealed in Creation.

         MaH illuminates from the Forehead of Adam Kadmon because this is where the AB and the SaG meet to unite.

LIGHT OF THE EYES. The Light of the Eyes of Adam Kadmon has two aspects. From one aspect, the Light of the Eyes is SaG, and from another aspects the Light of the Eyes is BaN. (See, also: "Ta'amim," "T'A'N'Ta, and drawing at the end of this Glossary.)

         The Light of AK’s eyes emanates outward from the Eyes. But, in the upper torso of Adam Kadmon, the Light of the Eyes is absorbed by the Lights of the A'Ha'F (Ears, Nose and Mouth of Adam Kadmon), which are stronger than the Light of the Eyes. Therefore, the Light of the Eyes only becomes manifest underneath the torso of Adam Kadmon.

LIGHTS OF THE A'HA'F. The Lights of Adam Kadmon’s Ears, Nose and Mouth (A’Ha’F) emanate outside of Adam Kadmon’s body and manifest their Light down to His metaphorical Navel, which leaves the lower portion of Adam Kadmon (including the World of Action, where we exist) in darkness.

LIGHTS OF THE MOUTH. The Light of Adam Kadmon’s Mouth becomes manifest at the lower third of Adam Kadmon’s Heart, and from there emanates down to His Navel.

LONG FACE . See, Arikh Anpin.

MA'ASEH BERESHIT. The secrets of Creation, which include a knowledge of science and technology, complemented by the spiritual disciplines.

MAH HADASH. See, "Light, New."

MAH. Emotional Realms. Corresponds to the crowns on top of the letters (Tagin). Begins at Adam Kadmon’s Navel.

         [PASTOR VITALE'S COMMENT: There are four stages of MAH:

         (1) Simple MaH (Adam In The Garden). This simple MaH is Adam Kadmon’s potential to birth a visible, male Creation.

         The simple MaH is the inner male aspect, which is surrounded by the female BaN. This is the Adam who was “placed” in the Garden, the collective name for the inner aspects of MaH and BaN, who became the male seedling of Adam Kadmon’s Ovary.

         This simple Adam (collective MaH and BaN in the Garden) is female in its ovarian stage, and must cohabit with the Adam born of wisdom, before He (the simple MaH) can be born into the visible World of Action as the immortal second generation of Adam.

         (2) Mah, The Son (Ze’ir Anpin). The Son (Ze’ir Anpin) is the offspring of Wisdom (Chokhmah/Abba/Father) and Understanding (Binah/Imma/Mother), before His marriage to Nukva (the Partzuf of Malchut) of the World of Points, Adam Kadmon’s Daughter.

         (4) Compound (Married) MaH (Adam). This is Adam, born of Wisdom (Chokhmah/Abba/Father) and Understanding (Binah/Imma/Mother), who is also married to the Daughter of Abba and Imma, His sister (So 4:9).

         “Adam,” the name of the compound MaH, the married Adam of Wisdom, is used interchangeably with the Male Sephirotic Face (Partzuf), Ze’ir Anpin, even though the two are not the same. Ze’ir Anpin, the Son, becomes “Adam,” only after His marriage to Nukva (Partzuf of Malchut) of the World of Points, since the very definition of “Adam” is that He is both male and female (Gen. 1:27). (See. also, Light, New; Worlds, Rectification of, and World of Points****End of Comment]

MAHN. The desire from below to receive from above.

MAKIFIM. Levels of soul, i.e., Nephesh, Ruach, Neshamah, Chayah and Yechida.

MALKHUT. The Final stage of Creation and the most important of all the Sefirot. When the first nine Sefirot are in proper alignment and, thus, all manifest Creation is in harmony, the final Sephirah, Malkhut, emerges.

         All of the worlds above merge in perfect union and harmony.in Malkhut, who enables all the supernal forces of Will, mind, heart and motivation, to become united and manifest in the World of Action, this physical world.

         Malkhut, the final stage of Creation, the Sephirah that completes the infilling of the void, is the farthest distance away from the surrounding Light of God's ultimate essence.

         Malkhut, the last level of Creation, is the original intent of the Will of the Creator.

         The Center Point of the Ayn Sof became Malkhut.

         Malkhut can unite all worlds, something that none of the supernal worlds can do. The potential of Keter and Chokhmah are actualized in Malkhut and, thus, fulfill the purpose of Creation.

         The Malkhut that we study is Adam Kadmon's Malkhut, which is destined to be revealed to everyone in this, our physical world, through Messiah.

MASAKH SEPARATION (NEW TZIMTZUM). An Empty Space similar to the empty space between the Head of Adam Kadmon and the Light of the Ayn Sof. (See, also, "Tzimtzum").

         Whenever something new is about to occur, the space that will contain it must first be created. This was the cause of the initial Tzimtzum, as it is here with this New Tzimtzum.

         A Masakh (Separation) was created to separate the upper and the lower worlds, and to define the boundaries between them.

         This New Tzimtzum occurred at the point where the Light of the Akudim (Bound Lights that came out of Adam Kadmon's mouth) ended.

         Adam Kadmon withdrew the inner Light of his entire lower half beneath his metaphorical navel, to separate the Light of the Akudim (Bound Lights in Adam Kadmon's mouth) above, from the World of Points below.

MAYIM NOKBIN. The feminine waters, which are described by the attribute called MahN, one of the most essential ingredients of Creation: The desire from below to receive from above.

         The internal Lights of the World of Points ascend to open Adam Kadmon’s Eyes, which leaves Adam Kadmon’s lower part in the dark. This ascended Light is called Mayim Nokbin.

MIDOT. The six Sefirot (Chesed through Yesod), which are the primordial source of emotion.

         Emotions can change a thought and give it emphasis, passion and flavor, which the mind alone cannot do.

         These six Sefirot (Chesed through Yesod) are the powers that transform thought (the upper Triad. Keter-Chokhmah-Binah) into action (Malkhut, the tenth and last Sephirah).

         These Sefirot (Midot) are six in number, because this double Triad reflects the dual nature of Keter's manifestation into Chokhmah and Binah.

         The upper Triad is made up of three Sefirot, Keter, Chokhmah and Binah, so there must be three complete Triad's, each one reflecting and congealing the Light from the Triad which is above it.

MIND. The Mind, be it the Supernal Mind or the mortal mind of fallen man, is full of numerous thoughts, and in a continuous state of flux. But every thought is not acted upon, nor is every idea turned into reality, because for thought to manifest into action, the thought must be linked to the action. This link is the Heart.

MITBODEDIM. The secluded ones. (See, also, "Drash.")

MOHIN. Keter, Chokhmah and Binah, the first three sephirah manifest aspects which correlate to the power of the mind. Binah is the left brain, Chokhmah the right brain, and Keter is the skull that, like a crown, is on top of them both.

MOUTH. The symbolic place where the initial unity of all ten Sefirot of Adam Kadmon's SaG (Binah) takes place, where Light and Vessel become one.

         The Light of the Mouth of Adam Kadmon is the BaN of the Ta'amim (Cantellations) of the SaG.

         In the Mouth, the two aspects of Light, Ohr Makif and Ohr Penimi, which were separated in the Ears and Nose, finally become one. The Light that now emanates from the Mouth of Adam Kadmon is the first time that the 10 Sefirot have emanated together completely, but they come out together within one Vessel. All 10 aspects of the Light are intact and unique, but they all share a single Vessel, which squeezes the 10 Sefirot together and prevents them from manifesting their full individuality.

         The Kabbalists call this place of the Mouth Olam HaAkudim (World of the Bound (Sefirot)), because all 10 Sefirot are squeezed together in one Vessel in the Mouth.

         The Light of the Mouth comes forth as a breath of God, which is the first manifestation of Light and Vessel, soul and body, force and form, MANIFESTING AS ONE CONCENTRIC WHOLE, in which all 10 Sefirot are combined as one, contracted, and limited in their ability to move.

         Remember that the Name BaN correlates to the life force of God in the physical Creation, and thus to the physical universe itself. The Light of the Mouth therefore becomes the essential origin of everything that would eventually exist in a form.

         The Light of the Mouth contained ten Sefirot within one Vessel, rather than ten Vessels, one Vessel for each of the Sephirah.

         Even though the Light of the Mouth succeeded in uniting the aspects of Ohr Penimi within the Ohr Makif, thus unifying Light within Vessel, still there was need of further rectification, because the force of the Ohr Makif and the force of the Ohr Penimi were completely equal: Force and form, soul and body, Light and Vessel, were equally balanced and, as such, the Ohr Makif (the Vessel) was not strong enough to maintain its integrity and contain the Ohr Penimi (the Light) that poured into it.         In other words, at this stage there was no differentiation between the cosmic forces. Mercy, severity, balance, Light, darkness, and everything else, now existed, yet all were combined into one (not differentiated).

         There was no stability between the force of the Ohr Penimi and the form of the Ohr Makif. This means that it was not yet unalterably established that the Ohr Makif was to be the form, that is, the Vessel, and that the Ohr Penimi was in the permanent role of the "Force" that fills the Form of the Vessel.

         To put it simply, the Lights from the Ears and Nose of Adam Kadmon were mixed together as one in Adam Kadmon's mouth, but each of their functions was not yet permanently established. So it was now necessary for a rectification, or a rebalancing, to occur in order for "Form" and "Force" to be permanently established in right relationship to each other.

         The first step of this "rectification," was to separate the ten Sefirot of the Ohr Penimi (Force) which were within the one Vessel (Ohr Makif) that was emanating from AK's Mouth, so that the Vessel itself could become securely firm. Adam Kadmon performed an act of Tzimtzum (contraction) to accomplish this. He inhaled the Light that emanated from His Mouth, thus drawing the Light back into Himself.

         Adam Kadmon withdrew only the Ohr Penimi (Force) back into himself, and the Ohr Makif (Vessel) remained in its place as an empty Vessel, a body without a soul, in which state the Ohr Makif quickly solidified, and became a stable Vessel. (See, also: Mouth, Light of the.)

NAHIY. Netzach, Hod and Yesod, the second Triad of the Midot, and the third sephirotic Triad.

NEKUDOT. Vowel Marks. There are nine vowels, one for each of the Sefirot, with the exception of Malkhut because, as we have already learned, Malkhut has no Light of her own, other than what She receives from above: Kamatz, Patah, Tzere, Segol, Shva, Holam, Hirik, Kubutz, Shuruk. (See, also: symbol for each vowel listed by vowel name.)

         Alll the vowels are formed by either a combination of dots, or in the case of the first two, Kamatz and Patah, a small line. Each individual dot is actually a letter YOD, and each small line is actually a letter VaV. The dots, or the YODs, in the lower eight vowels, number 13. YOD has a numerical value of ten, and 10 x 13 equals 130, the numerical value of Ayin, the Hebrew word for eye.

         Kamatz and Patah are the first two vowels. Kamatz is a VaV (6) and a YOD (10), and Patah is a VaV (6). Together, these add up to 22. These are the 22 letters of the Hebrew Alef-Bet, which interact with the vowels to form Creation. In other words, the Sefirot Keter and Chokhmah, which are associated with Kamatz and Patah, give rise to all that which is to come. These two Sefirot, Keter and Chokhmah, create the Vessels for all the others

         Without vowel marks it would be impossible to know have to pronounce words, or to determine which words the letters signify. Vowels are to letters, as the soul is to the body. The vowel is the life force, or the spirit of life, which, when breathed into the letters, make them into a sentence. Vowels are unique in that they are Chokhmah, SaG and BaN altogether. As such, they have a tremendous role to play in the Creation of the universe.

NEPHESH. The first aspect of the Keter to manifest in Creation in its basic form. Yet, the personality, the Ruach, exists within this rudimentary form.

NEPHESH LEVEL OF ADAM KADMON. The Nephesh is the first of the five levels of soul to manifest. It is the rudimentary life-force of everything.

     Rabbi Chayyim Vital does not teach us much about the Agulim (spheres) of Adam Kadmon. He states that since the holy Zohar speaks almost exclusively about another form of the ten Sefirot of Adam Kadmon, then so will he. This other form of the ten Sefirot of Adam Kadmon is called Yosher (columns).

NESHAMAH. God level of soul.

         [PASTOR VITALE'S COMMENT: Analogous to the Mind of Christ ****End of Comment]

NETZACH AND HOD. Two halves of one whole. These two Sefirot are the supernal source of the Spirit of Prophecy. Netzach and Hod are essential aspects of Adam Kadmon because they translate the sexual energy of the Yesod into the heart energy of Tiferet.

NETZACH. Victory, Conquering, Domination. Tiferet, as the embodiment of justice, must execute its judgments. This gives rise to the next two Sefirot, Netzach and Hod, who act as the unified enforcers of Tiferet’s judgment.

         [PASTOR VITALE'S COMMENT: Tiferet is the White Throne Judgment, the mercy of God, as opposed to the Sowing and Reaping Judgment enforced by Gevurah alone (satan)