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Arich Anpin
אריך אנפין
Arich Anpin (the Long Countenance) · also: ארך אפים
The partzuf of Keser below Atik: the root of the emanated and Supernal Will, sovev kol almin; Abba and Imma clothe its middos, and its light is “long,” reaching down even to Asiyah.
The word The text links Arich Anpin to ארך אפים (“long-suffering”) in the verse; the verb להאריך (to lengthen, as in המאריך באחד) is otherwise unrelated. The abbreviation א״א means אריך אנפין only in context: far more often it means אי אפשר (“it is impossible”). Abba and Imma are abbreviated או״א.
Where it’s explained
- Likkutei Torah, Reeh 3, ¶4Keser, the intermediary between Emanator and emanated, has two levels. Atik, the last level of the Emanator, has no relation to the coming-to-be of worlds; Arich Anpin, the root of the emanated, has some relation to them, and it is sovev kol almin, encompassing them from outside.
עתיק בחינה אחרונה שבמאציל וא״א בחינת שרש הנאצלים
- Likkutei Torah, Shir HaShirim 37, ¶6Atik is from Malchus of Ein Sof and Arich is the root of the emanated: the seven lower Sefiros of Atik are clothed now in Arich, while the three upper ones cannot be clothed in it and are not drawn even into the root of Atzilus.
ז״ת דעתיק זהו ההארה מא״ס הנמשך ומתלבש עכשיו בשרש הנאצלים
- Likkutei Torah, Emor 6, ¶23Abba and Imma come into being from the Chesed and Gevurah of Arich, its seven lower Sefiros, which they clothe, by cause and effect; their growth comes from Chochmah Stima’ah, above that order, drawn only through the hairs (the thirteen tikkunei dikna).
מחו״ג דא״א שהם ז״ת דא״א יוכל לבא ההשפעה באו״א בבחי׳ התלבשות ממש
- Torah Ohr, Toldos 2, ¶31Or Ein Sof clothed in the “hidden supernal” is called Arich Anpin, as in “erech apayim”: it is called long because it can extend even down to Asiyah, for before Him spiritual and physical are equal.
ונק׳ אריך אנפין היינו שיכול לימשך גם למטה בעשי׳
- Likkutei Torah, Vezos Haberachah 6, ¶9Arich Anpin in Keser is the Supernal Will, the root of the emanated: mitzvos that depend on a person’s knowledge and will are rooted there and draw it as a makif. Atik, the lowest level of the Emanator, from which Arich is drawn, is above the will, the makif of the makif.
בכתר מבחי׳ א״א שהוא בחי׳ רצון העליון שהוא שרש הנאצלים
Stated differently
Whether Arich Anpin is counted among the Ten Sefiros of Atzilus, or belongs to Ein Sof above Atzilus
ומבואר שם דדוקא בחי׳ א״א הוא ממנין הי״סCiting Etz Chaim: of Keser’s two levels, Arich Anpin alone is counted among the Ten Sefiros, while Atik, the lowest level of the Infinite, is not. The note then refers to the Ramaz’s statement in the third side.
כי הם נקרא ג״כ א״ס והם למעלה מעלה מבחי׳ עולם האצילותKeser, the partzufim of Atik and Arich, is an engraving within Or Ein Sof itself (“galif glifu”): they too are called Ein Sof and are far above the world of Atzilus, though relative to Or Ein Sof they are called darkness, and from them the Ten Sefiros of Atzilus come to be.
שגם כתר אריך נחשב מעולם א״ס כו׳ ועיקרו של אצילות מתחיל ממו״ס שהיא חכמה דאריךCiting the Ramaz: the Keser of Arich is reckoned in the world of Ein Sof, and Atzilus proper begins from Mocha Stima’ah, the Chochmah of Arich; so the hair of Arich’s head is from the world of Ein Sof, above the masach and Atzilus.
Main sources
Likkutei Torah, Reeh 3, ¶4Likkutei Torah, Shir HaShirim 37, ¶6Likkutei Torah, Emor 6, ¶23Torah Ohr, Toldos 2, ¶31Likkutei Torah, Bechukosai 2, ¶20Likkutei Torah, Chukas 2, ¶35
Where it appears
In 133 paragraphs of 88 maamarim.
- Likkutei Torah, Korach 1 ¶22 ¶48
- Likkutei Torah, Pekudei 2 ¶24
- Likkutei Torah, Re’eh 1 ¶10
- Likkutei Torah, Re’eh 3 ¶4
- Likkutei Torah, Rosh Hashanah 4 ¶9 ¶15
- Likkutei Torah, Rosh Hashanah 6 ¶8 ¶9
- Likkutei Torah, Shir HaShirim 8 ¶3 ¶40 ¶50 ¶52
- Likkutei Torah, Shir HaShirim 19 ¶11 ¶12
- Likkutei Torah, Shir HaShirim 41 ¶3
- Likkutei Torah, Tzav 3 ¶1
- Likkutei Torah, V’Zos HaBerachah 6 ¶4 ¶9
- Torah Ohr, Megillas Esther 2 ¶8
- Likkutei Torah, Acharei 3 ¶2
- Likkutei Torah, Acharei 4 ¶6 ¶12
- Likkutei Torah, Bamidbar 14 ¶12
- Likkutei Torah, Rosh Hashanah 5 ¶23
- Likkutei Torah, Shelach 3 ¶1 ¶8 ¶10 ¶12
- Likkutei Torah, Shelach 16 ¶20
- Likkutei Torah, Shelach 17 ¶1
- Likkutei Torah, Shir HaShirim 16 ¶11
- Likkutei Torah, Shir HaShirim 29 ¶6
- Likkutei Torah, Shir HaShirim 39 ¶6
- Likkutei Torah, Shir HaShirim 42 ¶8
- Likkutei Torah, Sukkos 1 ¶6
- Torah Ohr, Lech Lecha 1 ¶16
- Torah Ohr, Parshas Zachor 1 ¶8
- Likkutei Torah, Haazinu 1 ¶4 ¶20
- Likkutei Torah, Shir HaShirim 26 ¶23
- Torah Ohr, Beshalach 6 ¶11 ¶18
- Likkutei Torah, Emor 4 ¶33
- Likkutei Torah, Nitzavim 7 ¶25 ¶26
- Likkutei Torah, Re’eh 7 ¶51
- Likkutei Torah, Behaaloscha 6 ¶25
- Torah Ohr, Toldos 2 ¶31
- Likkutei Torah, Bamidbar 15 ¶25
- Likkutei Torah, Eikev 4 ¶4 ¶5 ¶7 ¶10
- Likkutei Torah, Emor 6 ¶9 ¶17 ¶19 ¶22 ¶23 ¶24 ¶26 ¶28 ¶33 ¶34
- Likkutei Torah, Ki Seitzei 3 ¶11
- Likkutei Torah, Masei 7 ¶9
- Likkutei Torah, Matos 4 ¶1
- Likkutei Torah, Nasso 1 ¶3
- Likkutei Torah, Nitzavim 6 ¶14
- Likkutei Torah, Pinchas 4 ¶8
- Likkutei Torah, Shelach 12 ¶8
- Likkutei Torah, Va’eschanan 11 ¶7 ¶8
- Torah Ohr, Vayeishev 1 ¶11
- Likkutei Torah, Chukas 2 ¶12 ¶35 ¶40
- Likkutei Torah, Kedoshim 1 ¶28
- Likkutei Torah, Masei 3 ¶20
- Likkutei Torah, Shelach 15 ¶2
- Likkutei Torah, Shir HaShirim 3 ¶10
- Likkutei Torah, Behaaloscha 1 ¶10
- Likkutei Torah, Masei 8 ¶9 ¶10 ¶24
- Likkutei Torah, Rosh Hashanah 3 ¶7 ¶17 ¶18
- Likkutei Torah, Shelach 4 ¶4 ¶6
- Likkutei Torah, Shabbos Shuvah 1 ¶17
- Likkutei Torah, Shemini Atzeres 5 ¶9 ¶15
- Likkutei Torah, Bamidbar 13 ¶14 ¶16
- Likkutei Torah, Bechukosai 2 ¶16 ¶20 ¶34
- Likkutei Torah, Behaaloscha 2 ¶10
- Likkutei Torah, Emor 2 ¶22
- Likkutei Torah, Masei 5 ¶14
- Likkutei Torah, Shir HaShirim 21 ¶4
- Likkutei Torah, Shir HaShirim 23 ¶21
- Likkutei Torah, Shir HaShirim 27 ¶10
- Likkutei Torah, Tazria 4 ¶6
- Likkutei Torah, Vayikra 5 ¶3
- Likkutei Torah, Yom Kippur 3 ¶12 ¶16 ¶17 ¶19
- Torah Ohr, Shemos 6 ¶2
- Torah Ohr, Toldos 3 ¶24
- Torah Ohr, Vayechi 5 ¶11 ¶15
- Torah Ohr, Vayeira 2 ¶19 ¶20
- Likkutei Torah, Shelach 18 ¶7 ¶8
- Likkutei Torah, Tzav 5 ¶33
- Torah Ohr, Vayechi 4 ¶6
- Likkutei Torah, Behar 3 ¶17
- Likkutei Torah, Korach 3 ¶1
- Likkutei Torah, Shir HaShirim 37 ¶6
- Likkutei Torah, Tzav 2 ¶3
- Torah Ohr, Parshas Zachor 2 ¶9
- Likkutei Torah, Re’eh 4 ¶6
- Likkutei Torah, Bamidbar 8 ¶8
- Likkutei Torah, Ki Savo 4 ¶9
- Likkutei Torah, Pinchas 3 ¶6
- Likkutei Torah, Tzav 6 ¶24
- Torah Ohr, Beshalach 1 ¶4
- Torah Ohr, Noach 3 ¶4
- Torah Ohr, Vayeira 1 ¶25
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