Partie 16 · Chapitre 32

And the matter of this screen was explained elsewhere; however, its matter in brief is this: Bina is called Ima, for she is the mother of the children, ZON, and guards them, as it is said, "like an eagle that stirs up its nest, hovers over its young, spreads its wings." And in the manner of the eagle that spreads its wings and covers its young, so that no other bird will take them — so the supernal Ima, the Bina of Atzilut, is herself not afraid of the external ones, as is known, for the external ones have no grip in the supernal Ima. However, they can grip in the ZON, her children, and take influx from there. Therefore she spreads her wings over them, to guard them.