Part One: Concerning Will

Chapter 1: Types of Will

Human Ratzon— Ratzon and Ability— Two Aspects of Ratzon — Creation of the World: A Revelation of the Creator’s Ratzon— Limited Ratzon and Simple Ratzon: The En Sof (Infinite) — The Distinction Between Divine and Human Ratzon,

Chapter 2: Light And Illumination
The Will of the Creator Reveals Itself through Spiritual Illumination — Illumination Becomes Light: The Revelation of the Creator’s Ratzon — The Intellect and the Perception of the Senses — The Source of Intellectual Perception is the Neshama (Soul).

Chapter 3: The Order of Gradual Unfolding
Reason and Result: Cause and Effect.

Chapter 4:The Creator’s Ratzon — The Root of All Reality

All Existence has a Spiritual Root — All Spiritual Roots Included in the Ten Sefirot.

Chapter 5: Substance and Form

Substance and Form, Body and Soul: Light and Vessel Light and Vessel — Levels of Form and Substance — The Components of Substance: Fire, Wind, Water, Earth; and their Categorization as Inanimate, Plant, Animal, Human — The Connection Between Form and Substance.

Chapter 6: The Elements of Form

Elements of Form: Nefesh, Ruach, Neshama; and Chaya and Yechida — The Connections Between Nefesh, Ruach, and Neshama — Chaya and Yechida — Nefesh, Ruach and Neshama: Particularity and Generality — The Sefirot as Vessels of Nefesh, Ruach, Neshama, Chaya and Yechida — The Divine Ratzon Connects to Creatures through their Souls — The Order of the Unfolding.

Chapter 7: Worlds, of Atzilut Beri’a, Yetzira, and Asi’ya

Emanation, Creation, Formation and Making — The World of Thought — The Differences between Emanation and Creation, Formation and Making — The Sefirot of Emanation become Divinity only after the Light of the En Sof becomes Clothed The Worlds of Creation, Formation, and Making — Emanation, Creation, Formation, Making — The Three Levels of Creation, Formation, and Making are Found in all Reality — The Definition of Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato (the Ramchal).

Part Two: The Sefirot

Chapter 1: The Definition of the Concept of Sefirot

The Ratzon of the Creator was Revealed with the Creation of the Worlds — Revelation of the Creator’s Ratzon through the Sefirot — The Sefirot are the Creators Ratzon and Actions — There is No Reality Not Rooted in the Thought of Creation — The Spiritual Dimension also has a Root in the Sefirot — The Divine Will is Perfect Unity — The Relationship Between Soul and Body is Like the Relationship Between the En Sof and the Sefirot — The Sefirot as the Totality of Attributes of the Creator — The Sefirot as Diffusion of Holiness and Highest Glory — The Sefirot as a ‘Model” for the Coming into Being of all Reality — Summary of the Definition of Sefirot.

Chapter 2: The Sefirot of Thought — Keter, Hochma and Bina

The Sefira of Keter (Crown) — The Sefira of Hochma — The Sefira of Bina.

Chapter 3:The Division of the Sefirot
Introduction — Chesed, Gevura and Tiferet (ChaGaT) and Netzach, Hod and Yesod (NeHiY): The Sefirot of Building — The Sefira of Malchut: Universal Receiver — Linear and Circular Sefirot.

Chapter 4: The Order of the Position of the Sefirot

The Sefirot of ChaGaT (Chesed, Gevura, Tiferet) and NeHiY (Netzach, Hod, Yesod) — The Division of the Sefirot into Head, Middle, and End.

Chapter 5:Concerning Hanhaga and Hashgacha

The Significance of the Term Hanhaga in Kabbalah — The Principle of Hanhaga in the Sefirot ChaGaT — The Division of the Ten Sefirot from the Perspective of Hanhaga — The Sefira of Malchut: the connection between the Creator and His Creations — Hanhaga and Providence — Hanhaga is Found in the Sefirot but its Consequences are Material Abundance — The Sefirot ChaBaD are the “Guides of Hanhaga “: They Determine the Force of the Sefirot ChaGaT — The Transition from Hanhaga to Hashgacha— Each Sefira is Composed of the Ten Sefirot — All of Reality is Composed from the Ten Sefirot — Human Actions Cause an Awakening of the Sefirot.

Chapter 6: The Names of the Sefirot and their Appellations

Use of the Terms of the Sefirot to Define Types of Worship — ChaBaD of Chesed — ChaGaT of Chesed — NeHIY of Chesed — An Awakening Below like the Awakening Above — Service of the Creator, blessed be He, out of Dedication.

Chapter 7: The Sefirot and the Structure of Material Man

Spiritual Man as a Likeness of Physical Man — The Relation and the Connection among the Parts of Spiritual Man — The Body is Divided in Two by the “Parsah” — Summary of the Sefirot.

Chapter 8: The Essay “Petach Eliyahu”

Chapter 9: Names, Gematriya and Combinations

The “Filling Out” of Names — Combinations

Part Three: Further Topics in Kabbalah

Introduction

The Purpose of Creation is to Deal Kindly with Created Beings

Chapter 1: The Concept of Tzmtzum

Results of Tzimtzum: Reality of Imperfection, Good and Evil — The Tzimtzum as a Transition from the Simple Ratzon to the Limited Ratzon — The En Sof Incorporates Limitedness, if only in its Negation — Through the Tzimtzum, the Creator, Blessed be He, Limited the Creation and Created Beings.

Chapter 2: The Reshimu and the Ray of Light

The Definition of the Reshimu — The Reshimu is the Basis for Imperfection — The Reshimu is the Malchut of the En Sof —The Reshimu is called Chalal Reyk — The Diffusion of Kav in the Reshimu — The Guiding Power of Mishpat (justice) and the Guiding Power of Yichud (Unity) — The Reshimu: Just Guiding Power, The Kav: Unified Guiding Power — Kav and Reshimu as Soul in Body — Summary.

Part Four: Adam Kadmon
Chapter 1: The Kav, which brought order to the Ten Sefirot

Guiding Power was Established in Primordial Man — Primordial Man: The Root of the “Image of Man” — The General Divine Name of all Divine Names is Revealed in Primordial Man — In Primordial Man the Sefirot have only a Conceptual Sense — Akudim (Bound), Nekudim (Spotted) U’verudim (Speckled) — The World of Primordial Man is the General Light for the Entire Hishtalshalut — Worlds of Re’iya, Ssh’miya, Re’ach, Dibbur — The Uses of the Limbs of the Body as an Analogy — An Explanation for the Worlds of RaSHRad — The Inner Feeling Is Revealed On The Face — The Lights which Break through from Primordial Man: The Source for the Lights of Guiding Power in the World of Emanation — The Lights of Ayin-Bet: An Aspect of the Chochma (Wisdom) of Primordial Man The Light of Samech Gimmel: An Aspect of the Bina (Understanding) of Primordial Man — The “Vessel” in Kabbalah Emanation is a Vessel of Primordial Man — The First Vessel Formed in the Lights of the Mouth of Primordial Man — Summary: Emanation is not Hishtalshalut from Primordial Man.

Part Five: The World of the Spotted, the World of Chaos, the Breaking of the Vessels
Introduction
Chapter 1: Reason and Result: The Spiritual Dimension

The Spiritual Source Accords with the Level of the Creature — The Guiding Powers of the Present and the Future have their Sources in Primordial Man — The Division of the “Body” of Primordial Man — Lights and Vessels: A Broader Definition — The Source for the Separated (Nifradim) in the World of the Spotted (Nekudim) — The Worlds of Emanation, Creation, Formation and Making Do Not Unfold Gradually — The Source of Evil in the Worlds of Creation, Formation and Making following Separation from Emanation.

Chapter 2: The Shattering of the Vessels

The World of Chaos — Practical Examples of the Shattering of the Vessels — The Fall Took Place in All Spiritual Powers — A Superior and Inferior Soul after the Shattering of the Vessels — The Vilna Gaon’s Explanation for the Shattering of the Vessels — The Greatness of the Virtue of Repentance — The Shattering of the Vessels and the Sitra Achra (the Other Side).

Part Six: The World of Repair
The World of Repair

Introduction — Emanated Man — Coupling in the Language of the Kabbalah — Ayin-Bet, Samech-Gimmel, MaH-BaN — The Functioning of the Sefirot — The Coupling of the Lights of MaH is the Root of the Guiding Power of Emanation — The Difference Between the Linear and Circular Sefirot — Summary.

Part Seven: Partzufim

Introduction
Chapter 1: Concerning the Partzufim

The Partzuf in Kabbalistic Language — Names of the Partzufim The Structure of the Partzufim in the World of Emanation — The Spiritual Parts of the Partzuf are Parallel to the Parts of the Body — In the Essence of the Partzufim there is no Difference, Only in their Characteristics — The Relationship of the Function of the Partzuf to Everyday Life — Differences in the Masculine Partzufim.

Chapter 2: The Partzuf Atik Yomin

The Guiding Power of the Partzuf Atik Yomin is the Guiding Power of Yichud (Unity) — The Partzuf Arich Anpin — The Sefira of Keter Includes the Partzufim Atik and Arich Anpin — The Partzuf Atik is Considered Part of the World of Emanation — The Partzuf Atik Guides the Partzuf Arich Anpin — RaDLA: The Root that is Unknown to Man The Number of Neshamot (Souls) and their Levels is not Incidental — The Fitting and Unfolding of the Partzufim — In Every World the Atik Joins the Upper with the Lower — The Definition of Guiding Power — Fitting in Contrast to Unfolding.

Chapter 3: The Partzuf Arich Anpin

The Partzuf Arich Anpin is the General Concept for the World of Emanation — Repairs of the Dikna: The Functions of Arich Anpin in the Partzufim of Emanation; Mitigation of Dinim (Judgments) — The Repair of the Ra’ava D’Raavin: Will of Wills — Two Aspects of Guiding Power — The Difference Between the Unfoldings of the Partzufirn and the Guiding Power of the Partzufim — The Difference between Unfolding and Fitting — The Fitting and Positioning of the Partzufim in the Every World — The Division of the Head in the Partzuf Arich Anpin — The Diffusion of the Lights in the Partzuf Arich Anpin Occurs in Dikna The Roots for Abba and Ima are the Mazal Notzer and Nakeh in the Dikna — The Mochin (Intelligence) is the Essence of the Guiding Power of a Partzuf — The Intelligence of the Partzuf.

Chapter 4: The Partzufim Abba and Ima

The Differences between the Lights of Abba and the Lights of Ima — Partzufim Abba and Ima and the Partzufim Yisrael Saba and Tevuna (YiSOT) — The Difference between Abba and Imaand YiSOT.

Chapter 5: The Partzuf Ze’er Anpin
The Essence of the Guiding Power of the World is in the Partzuf Ze’er Anpin — The Guiding Power of the Partzuf Ze’er Anpin — The Essence of the Guiding Power of Ze’er Anpin is in the Intelligence of its Daat — Ze’er Anpin and Nukva: The Five Chasadim in Contrast to the Five Gevurot — Keter of Ze’er Anpin — The Structure of the Parzuf Ze’er Anpin — Folding of the Feet of Arich Anpin — The Difference between the Repairs of Arich Anpin and the Repairs of Abba and Ima — The Embryonic, The Nurturing, and Mature Stages The State of Nurturing — Maturity of Ze’er Anpin: First Maturity and Second Maturity — The Ascent of the Partzuf Ze’er Anpin — The Periods of Repair of Ze’er Anpin — The Embryonic State Before Each Ascent — Embryo, Nurturing and Maturity from a Conceptual Perspective — NaRaN in the Partzuf — Childhood and Maturity — The Three Aspects of the Vessels of the Partzuf Ze’er Anpin Light and Darkness in Terms of Guiding Power — Internal Lights and Surrounding Lights — The TZeLeM — The Ascent of Ze’er Anpin and the TZeLeM — The Miracle of the Exodus from Egypt and Counting the Omer.

Chapter 6: The Partzuf Nukva

The Structure of the Nukva — Ze’er Anpin Completes the Nukva.

Chapter 7:Partzufim Leah and Rachel: Two Aspects of Nukva

The Partzufim Jacob and Israel: Two Aspects of Ze’er Anpin — Forms of Couplings between the Partzufim of Ze’er Anpin and the Partzufim of Nukva.

Chapter 8: Ascent of the Worlds

Mayin Nukvin and Mayin Duchrin: Awakening from Below and Awakening from Above — The Meaning of the Kelipot — Two Aspects of the Ascent of the Worlds — Without the Ascent of the Mayin Nukvin it is Impossible for the Abundance to Flow from Above — A General Definition of the World of Repair.

Chapter 9:The Purpose of Worshiping God is to Bring About the Coupling of Ze’er Anpin and Nukva

Coupling Back to Back and Face to Face — The Nisira — The Chesed in the Ze’er Anpin Mitigates the Gevurot of the Nukva — Rosh Hashanah and the Nisira — Types of Coupling: Coupling of Contact and Coupling of Sefirot Yesod — Coupling Occurs Only When the Ze’er Anpin and the Nukva are Perfect — The Branches of the Nukva are Malachim and Neshamot — Summary: The Coupling of the Ze’er Anpin and the Nukvin, and Mayin Duchrin.

Part Eight: Selected Topics

On Godliness
Belief in the unity of God
Man’s Image
Reason and Result — Creation Ex Nihilo
On Prophecy