Partie 10 · Chapitre 135

And through this you will understand what was said above, that the main coupling here is in AA, though AVI did not serve now; rather, the coupling was made through the clothing of Arich within them. It has already been explained what the need was for the clothing of the Yesod of Arich within them, and from this you will understand the matter of Jacob, who fathered Reuben from the first drop at the first intercourse, as it is written, "my might and the beginning of my strength," and as our sages said, all the wives of the house of Rabbi were like a palm tree in oil, and were fit by a mere touch of the finger, and did not need a second intercourse. And the matter is that, from this power of Arich drawn to them as mentioned, the Yesod of Arich, being included of male and female like the palm tree, did not need a second intercourse, and this is the meaning of "and Tamar was fit like oil," and understand this.