Part 10 · Chapter 34

The Ari's Text

*And we shall explain the matter of Bina and Tevuna, through which what is written in Sefer Yetzira will be explained: "Understand with Hochma and be wise with Bina." And the matter is that the two first letters of HaVaYaH are the phase of KHB [Hochma and Bina], but within the letter Yod alone, which is Hochma, there is also the phase of Bina, and this is the matter of "Understand with Hochma." And its meaning is that the Yod, in its full spelling, is: the Yod itself is Hochma, and the two letters Vav-Dalet form the shape of a Hey, which is the shape of the Vav-Dalet within the letter Yod, and this is called the upper Bina mentioned above. And indeed, the first Hey itself of the name HaVaYaH is the first Tevuna.

Inner Light

This commentary hasn't been matched to individual seifim yet — items are shown in reading order, and the number beside each one counts the notes themselves, not the seifim of the Ari's text.

Not matched to a seif

1Within the letter Yod alone, which is Hochma, there is also the phase of Bina … the Yod itself is Hochma, and the two letters Vav, Dalet … are Bina itself: Its meaning is that the Yod of HaVaYaH is the phase of AB, and Hochma, which are the upper AVI of Atzilut, and the letter Yod itself is the phase of Aba, who is Hochma. And the filling of the Yod, which is Vav, Dalet, is the phase of the upper Ima, who is Bina. And the first Hey of HaVaYaH is the phase of SAG, who are YESHSUT of Atzilut, and the phase of the Yod that is in the corner of this Hey is the phase of Israel Saba, and the Hey itself is Tevuna, as he goes on to explain.