Hebrew Literature

alments, desired to be formed forth, He conformed all things under the form o

n another aspect of the Male and the Female

orth and shineth forth from the Most Holy Ancient One

ded, and it is found that it e

ah is the Mother, and therein are Chokmah, Wisdom, and Binah, Understand

in the equality of Male and Female; for

both are mutually bound together, and the one [pg 319] path shineth into th

were a transposition of) BN IH, Ben Yah, So

ings when They are associated together, and when the S

ound to be the perfection of all thin

ein and departed therefrom, and have known the paths of the Most Holy God (may He be b

The paths of Tetragrammaton are true,

ly Highest Ones shine in them, like as lig

and departed therefrom; for as for him who hath not entered therein and

with all Concealments, because these things have shone into mine heart in

or into these matters have they entered and therefrom have the

ir) perfection, even as it was necessary. Bl

e, and all which I have said concerning [pg 320] Microprosopus, all are one, a

and blessed be His Name u

ed Father,825 is comprehended in I, Yod,82

the Most Concealed of a

beginning and the

goeth forth is called the World, whi

be made worthy of that world which is to come, wh

a. lviii. 11, "And like a fountai

o come is create

"And a river went forth out

includeth

8 comprehended in IVD, Yod? Assuredly the planting of the garden is properly called V, Vau; and there is ano

is passage, where it is written, "

nal ChKMH, Chokmah, Wisdom, a

e garden." T

vided, and goeth forth into f

, Yod, and therefore is the Father

Yod, is the beginning and the end of all; like as it is wr

e is associated with the Mother, BAMA, Be-Ama, then is He made

onsummation of all things, and She is s

herein are all things concealed; and the

t which we have not said on all the other

Wisdom; H, He, is Aima, and is called Binah, Understanding; VH, Va

a, or the letter H, He, and together they produce BN, Ben, the Son, and this is the word Binah. Father and Mother, who are I

Special Intelligence. Wherefore is She

ren appear, the Son and the Daughter, BN VBTh, [pg 322] Ben Va-Bath,

He, which are BN VBTh, Ben Va-Bath, Son and Daughter; and

the primal conformation (that is, the Mother) when he saith, Cant. i. 15

nformation the Bride, which

mes (those, namely, of Love and Bride) to

Bride; but the last H, He, is called the Bride at

ther They are at rest; the one ceaseth not from the

river went forth out of Eden"-i.e., properly spea

11, "And like a fountain of

," since from the grace of kindred a

meth that He may consort with Her, then is She the Brid

rms of the Woman; and concerning the first form

lly explained, seeing that it

pernal, as it is written, Cant. vi. 9, "She is the only one

, Yod, ceaseth not from Her forever, hence unto Her arbitration is committed all the liberty of those infer

i. 30, "Since in that day

d ye shall hallow the fiftieth year."

el, And spreadeth out her roots by the river"; therefore that river

ou wilt call Binah the Mother, and

ou wilt call Binah the Mother,

nah. For in the word BINH, Binah, are shown Father, Mother, and Son; since by the letters IH,

n, since it containeth the letters BN, Ben, BTh, Bath, a

found, save BAIMA, Be-Aima, in the Mother, for the vene

en is called ThBVNH, Thebunah, and that which embraceth t

y are comprehended therein, and are calle

ther; BINH, Understanding, Moth

and [pg 324] of His Mother, and is called DOTh, D?a

born, as it is written, Exod. iv.

irst-born, therefore it

h, in His Crown appea

are as well two as three divisions herein, for all thi

eceiveth the inheritance of

ns, which are hidden within Them, which

mah) there is one Crown concealed

her (Binah) there is one Cro

d (i.e., the Head of Microp

ese crowns) are called the phylacteries of the Head, and

hter is nourished by Him. But, properly speaking, henceforth (fro

and of His Mother, and not the Daughte

. iv. 12, "And in tha

he are [pg 325] called TzDIQ, Tzediq, Just, and T

Mother are mutually contained in

d (of the two), and the whole adher

y Influence, which is the

the Mother, constitute

constructed, and by Thebunah is it established, and in D?ath sha

18, "For it is a pleasant thing

n as I have said, and (all things) de

ly I revealed not all things, and all those

o the world to come, because there also a c

stability of thy times, and strength of salvation; the fear of Tetragr

t Holy and Blessed God, and without s

36 is Tetragrammaton." Daoth, or of Knowledges (plural),

ed, as it is written, Prov. xxix, "And

rthermore revealed, for It oc

ain and in the whole body, sin

these words, "Since El Daoth is Tetragrammaton," read not D

he testimony of all things, th

. 5, "And He established a

of Concealed Mystery," still also there what is mentioned of it i

her and Mother contain all things,

luence of the Most Ancient of all Antiquity; in Him

ssed be Hoa, and blessed be His Name in

beautiful, and all are holy words-words which decl

r those who have entered in and de

cealed; therefore have I feared to rev

not for mine own glory, nor for the glory of my Father's house, do I

ay He be blessed!-and all these truly just men who

ials, and that they all can be admitted unto my

pg 327] this discourse, the Holy Light (i.e., Rabbi Schime

aid: I have been anxious concerning this matt

ith his lips and bowed himself thrice; neither could any