857. The Need for a Kli without Light
Purim, February 1976
Complete faith is faith that yields wholeness. It is as Maimonides said, “What is repentance? Until He who knows the mysteries will testify.”
In the “Introduction to The Study of the Ten Sefirot,” he interpreted that he means until the Creator opens his eyes and he is rewarded with nearing the Creator. This is regarded as the Creator testifying to him. It also follows that his intention is that wholeness means that the Creator brought him closer and admitted him into His hall, all of him says, “Holy.”
Ten Sefirot were made in Nekudim, but the completion of their work was in Atzilut, since in Akudim there was only one Kli [vessel], meaning the Sefira of Malchut, which was dark because there was a Tzimtzum [restriction] on her quality and she remained in the dark.
It follows that according to the rule that only Malchut is the receiver, it turns out that Malchut obtains the first nine that emerged through the Zivug de Hakaa that Malchut did. This is regarded as one Kli and one dot, since only her quality remained in the dark after the Tzimtzum.
In Nekudim, where Malchut ascended to Bina, it means that Malchut uses only the vessels of bestowal in each and every Sefira. Thus, Malchut attains the GE in the first nine, and the AHP in each Sefira departed from the degree. It follows that it became dark in every Sefira because no light was extended to the vessels of reception.
Afterward, during the Gadlut [greatness/adulthood], when they did extend abundance into the vessels of reception, the Kelim [vessels] broke because they were small Kelim. That is, the Masach [screen] could not stop itself from receiving in order to receive.
In Atzilut, even after the Gadlut returned, the real AHP in each degree remained empty from the abundance because only VAK de Hochma illuminated. This is regarded that there was no Zivug on Malchut herself, but only on Malchut that is sweetened in Bina. Thus, in each Sefira, an empty quality remained, and this is discerned as a Kli, meaning without light.
The reason we need a Kli without light is that only then is it apparent that there is still a lack that we must correct. Otherwise, we would think that we have achieved wholeness.