In the Attributes is garmented the Infinite Light itself... Like in the case of Wisdom and Understanding. In Wisdom, called also Father, dwells the Infinite Light since Wisdom is the epitome of self-nulllification, as it states "G-d with Wisdom" (Proverbs 3:19) and through the unifying of Father and Mother comes to dwell the Infinite Light that's in Wisdom in the Attribute of Understanding...
Every unification and coming together, I could describe as combining of one set of DNA with another set of DNA. But when a certain man named Yossi comes together with a certain woman by the name of Yonah, I don't describe the whole chain of DNA molecules that each one encompasses, with thousands of details connected to the respective DNA chain. I call each individual in the union by their given name and say Yossi and Yonah came together. But the offspring from this union, it is a product of these DNA chains that combined.
When we speak of the unifying of the sephirot, we're not talking about relationships between the sephirot as individuals, or in terms of their external traits. Rather the world of these unions is the revelations of G-d in different vessels, sephirot, in different combinations.
G-d's Infinite Light is the basic source of existence for the physical and spiritual worlds. But it has no identity until it garments itself and thereby reveals itself in one of the Attributes. And the Attributes themselves are only limited identities, yet they contain an infinite potential for revealing Light through unification. Similarly, two finite individuals, who on the surface have each a limited persona, represent an unlimited potential for procreation when they come together.
(The text in italics are the words of Derech Mitzvosecha by the third
Lubavitcher Rebbe, the Tzemach Tzedek. The bolded words are Rabbi Adin
Steinsaltz's commentary as heard on his shiurim on hashefa.co.il. The
rest is my commentary. All rights reserved to Rabbi Steinsaltz. Pictures courtesy of Moshe Schlass.)
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