Part 14 · Chapter 97

The Ari's Text

And the matter is that within this Hochma is included the Bina, namely Ima, and the letters are from Bina; so the twenty-two letters are found included in the Bina within this Hochma. And the ten utterances, with which Ima became pregnant and gave birth to them in the secret of 'And God said,' which is Bina — and they are ten: nine of ZA, and Malchut; behold, ten. And it is found that also Malchut, which is the conclusion, is included in this Hochma. And this is what is said: 'and in this Hochma the beginning and the conclusion are found.' And therefore: upper Hochma, and lower Hochma, which is the wisdom of Shlomo.

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

1The twenty-two letters are included in the Bina within this Hochma, and the ten utterances, etc., and it is found that also Malchut, which is the conclusion, is included in this Hochma, etc., upper Hochma, lower Hochma. Meaning, as above, that the essential revelation of the Hochma is to Malchut, to the Nukva of ZA; and therefore the discernment of Malchut too is intimated in the number of the thirty-two paths. And therefore the Nukva is called lower Hochma, for in her the upper Hochma of thirty-two paths is revealed. And this is what the Zohar says, “and in this Hochma the beginning and the conclusion are found” — the beginning is the Hochma of thirty-two paths, whose first revelation is in the upper Aba; and the conclusion is Malchut, who is called lower Hochma, to whom these Mochin arrive.