A partzuf is a configuration of the sefirot into more complex structures that serve to reveal the divine light that emanates from the Creator in a way that the created entities can receive it. A sefira can be thought of as a basic building block of the structure called partzuf. Although partzuf literally means “countenance” or “face,” it is actually composed of a head, a body, and legs, similar to the structure of a human body. A partzuf is formed as a result of a fusion through collision, where the returning light from the collision enclothed the supernal light, forming a new structure that reflects the qualities and amounts of the supernal light enclothed in the returning light. In each of the five worlds in reality – Adam Kadmon, Atzilut, Beria, Yetzira, and Asiya – there are five partzufim, corresponding to the five primary sefirot: Keter, Ḥokhma, Bina, Tiferet, and Malkhut.
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