Partie 8 · Chapitre 71

*We shall explain the matter of Aba ve Ima thoroughly. Aba takes, from the name MA, from the Bina within it, the Keter and Hochma of the ten Sefirot of this Bina; and Ima takes the Bina of Bina of MA. And it is possible that the Keter, too, is divided in half, half for him and half for her, except that, as it appears from the discourse of ‘Shiluach HaKen’ in the 300 Lights [Sha VaAyin Nehorin], the Keter of Ima is hidden and concealed within Aba; so it appears that Aba took the whole Keter, and is therefore called ‘more hidden and concealed than she.’ And Israel Saba takes the VAK of the Bina of MA, and is therefore called ‘the Zeir Anpin within it.’ And Tevuna takes the Malchut of the Bina of MA, and is therefore called ‘the Malchut of Tevuna, the soul of Tevuna,’ as mentioned in the Tikkunim, Tikkun 43. And just as Aba ve Ima never separate, while Yisrael and Rachel do separate at times — so too, Aba ve Ima are hinted at in a great union within the first Yod of HaVaYaH, as is known, since they are the Hochma-Bina of the Bina of MA. But the VAK of the Bina of MA, together with the Malchut of the Bina of MA, which are Israel Saba and Tevuna, resemble Zeir Anpin and Nukva, and are not joined in as great a union as Aba ve Ima.