Editing Adam Kadmon (section)

== His Greatness ==
The extent of abstraction in the level of A"K will be understood from knowing and understanding the place of A"K in the general system of Hishtalshelut. The sefirot in the world of Atzilut have division; Chesed by itself and Gevurah by itself, etc., as they are lights in vessels and defined in measure and limit.

Above this are the sefirot in the category of "Akudim" (bound ones), which are not so divided but are bound in one vessel.

The fact that they are in one vessel proves that the sefirot at this level stand at a higher level of abstraction than when they are clothed in vessels separate from each other, and they are not so defined and limited, to the extent that they can unite in one vessel.

A"K is above even Akudim, because Akudim are actually ten sefirot, which are many, except that they are bound in one vessel, meaning unification due to a factor external to them - the unifying vessel. But in A"K there is no division at all, because the sefirot within it are in a state of absolute abstraction.

Especially the primordial thought of A"K - it is from the category of Sovev Kol Almin (encompassing all worlds), that compared to the greatness of this level, Atzilut and the world of Asiyah are equal before it, because it includes them all together in one glance. And it is the category of A"K which is the general crown of ABYA.

However, since it is the source of the ten sefirot, and eventually the world of Atzilut with defined sefirot will come into being from it, and mainly because there is in A"K a root for the aspect of vessels (though they are not limited like the vessels in Akudim and Atzilut, but nevertheless there is a root for vessels there), therefore it is called Adam d'Beriah, for in relation to the Emanator who is the Infinite Light, blessed be He, who encompasses all worlds, even A"K is called creation, something from nothing.

In relative terms to the particular ABYA - the aspect of Keter is also called Adam Kadmon because it contains the root of the form of the ten sefirot (Adam), and yet it is primordial, incomparably so, to the sefirot that are clothed and limited in the vessels of Atzilut.