Chapter Four (פֶּרֶק רְבִיעִי)

The Keter of Abba and Imma were made simultaneously together with the rest of their bodily limbs (הַכֶּתֶר שֶׁל אַבָּא וְאִמָּא נַעֲשׂוּ בְּבַת אַחַת כִּשְׁאָר אֵיבְרֵי גוּפֵיהֶם), and the place of their coming into being is from the throat of Arich Anpin, which became a Keter for both of them (וּמְקוֹם הֲוָיָתָם הוּא מֵהַגָּרוֹן שֶׁל אֲרִיךְ אַנְפִּין נַעֲשֶׂה כֶּתֶר לִשְׁנֵיהֶם), and the throat of Arich Anpin has two channels, one for Abba and one for Imma (וְהַגָּרוֹן שֶׁל אֲרִיךְ יֵשׁ לוֹ שְׁנֵי קָנִים אֶחָד לְאַבָּא וְאֶחָד לְאִמָּא), and this is what the verse says, “Acquire Chokhmah, acquire Binah” (וְזֶהוּ שֶׁאָמַר הַכָּתוּב קְנֵה חָכְמָה קְנֵה בִינָה) (Proverbs 4:5). Meaning (רָצָה לוֹמַר), the one channel became a Keter for Chokhmah (הַקָּנֶה הָאֶחָד נַעֲשֶׂה כֶּתֶר לְחָכְמָה), and the second channel became a Keter for Binah (וְקָנֶה הַשֵּׁנִי נַעֲשֶׂה כֶּתֶר לְבִינָה), and two times Kaneh [Channel] equals Yesh [Existence] (וּשְׁנֵי פְּעָמִים קָנֶה עוֹלֶה יֵשׁ), which are the three hundred and ten worlds (שֶׁהֵם ש״י עוֹלָמוֹת), and concerning them it is said, “To bequeath substance to those who love Me” (וַעֲלֵיהֶם נֶאֱמַר לְהַנְחִיל אֹהֲבַי יֵשׁ) (Proverbs 8:21), and it is the initials of Yovel [Jubilee] and Shemitah [Sabbatical Year] (וְהוּא רָאשֵׁי תֵּבוֹת י׳וֹבֵל ש׳ׁמִיטָה), which are the Upper Imma and the Lower Imma (שֶׁהוּא אִמָּא עִלָּאָה וְתַתָּאָה). And there are also two channels of the Reisha DeEin [the Head of Nothingness], in the secret of Ohr Penimi [Inner Light] of the two channels of Arich Anpin (וְיֵשׁ גַּם כֵּן ב׳ קָנִים שֶׁל אֵין בְּסוֹד אוֹר פְּנִימִי שֶׁל הַב׳ קָנִים דַאֲרִיךְ), thus there are four times Kaneh [Channel] (נִמְצָא שֶׁיֵּשׁ ד׳ פְּעָמִים קָנֶה), which are two times Yesh [Existence], amounting to Keter (שֶׁהֵם ב׳ פְּעָמִים יֵשׁ הָעוֹלִים כֶּתֶר), for one Keter belongs to both of them (כִּי כֶּתֶר אֶחָד יֵשׁ לִשְׁנֵיהֶם), and this is what we said, that the Keterof Abba and Imma were made simultaneously from one Keter (וְהַיְינוּ דַאֲמַרְנוּ שֶׁכֶּתֶר אַבָּא וְאִמָּא נַעֲשׂוּ בְּבַת אַחַת מִכֶּתֶר אֶחָד), namely the throat of Arich Anpin, which contains the windpipe and the esophagus (דְּהַיְינוּ הַגָּרוֹן שֶׁל אֲרִיךְ שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ קָנֶה וָוֶשֶׁט). And the windpipe is white (וְהַקָּנֶה הוּא לָבָן), and it is Keter for Abba (וְהוּא כֶּתֶר לְאַבָּא), for it brings forth the breath (שֶׁהוּא הַמּוֹצִיא הַהֶבֶל), which is the Torah (שֶׁהִיא הַתּוֹרָה), and “the fallen fruits of the Supernal Chokhmah are Torah” (וְנוֹבְלוֹת חָכְמָה שֶׁל מַעְלָה תּוֹרָה) (Bereishit Rabbah 17:7), and the esophagus is for Imma, for it is red (וָוֶשֶׁט לְאִמָּא שֶׁהוּא אָדוֹם). And likewise you will find that Veshet [Esophagus], together with the Heh of Imma, equals three hundred and twenty (וְכֵן תִּמְצָא וֶשֶׁט עִם ה־הָא שֶׁל אִמָּא עוֹלֶה ש״ך), which are the three hundred and twenty judgments of Imma (שֶׁהֵם הַש״ך דִּינִים שֶׁל אִימָא), and Imma is the one who clothes all the Gevurot, as we have explained (וְאִמָּא הִיא הַמַּלְבֶּשֶׁת הַגְּבוּרוֹת כֻּלָּם כְּמוֹ שֶׁפֵּרַשְׁנוּ). And concerning them it is said, “Eat, companions” (וְנֶאֱמַר בָּהֶם אִכְלוּ רֵעִים) (Song of Songs 5:1), which has the numerical value of three hundred and twenty judgments (שֶׁהוּא גִּימַטְרִיָּא ש״ך דִּינִים), which are sweetened from the influx that comes from the throat of Arich Anpin (הַנִּמְתָּקִים מֵהַשֶּׁפַע שֶׁבָּא מֵהַגָּרוֹן שֶׁל אֲרִיךְ). And this is the union effected through the mouth (וְהוּא הַזִּוּוּג הַנַּעֲשֶׂה מֵהַפֶּה), and even though there is no female within it (וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ נְקֵבָה), nevertheless it effects a union through the mouth (סוֹף סוֹף עוֹשֶׂה זִוּוּג בַּפֶּה), and there are upper and lower lips in the manner of male and female (וְיֵשׁ בַּשְּׂפָתַיִם עֶלְיוֹנָה וְתַחְתּוֹנָה כְּעֵין זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה), and two Mazalin, upper and lower (וּשְׁנֵי מַזָּלִין עֶלְיוֹן וְתַחְתּוֹן). And we have already said (וּכְבָר אָמַרְנוּ), that their clothing begins beneath the throat and the jaws (שֶׁהִתְלַבְּשׁוּתָם מַתְחִיל מִתַּחַת הַגָּרוֹן וְהַלְּסָתוֹת), until the navel of the heart (עַד הַטִּיבּוּר [דְלִיבָא]), beneath the two locks of the beard, upper and lower (תַּחַת שְׁנֵי שִׁבֹּלֶת הַזָּקָן עֶלְיוֹן וְתַחְתּוֹן), which cover them from the outside (הַחוֹפֶה אוֹתָם מִבַּחוּץ), while they are within (וְהֵם מִבִּפְנִים). The conclusion that emerges from this is (הָעוֹלֶה מִזֶּה הוּא), that the two complete Partzufim, Abba and Imma, together with their Ten Sefirot (שֶׁשְּׁנֵי פַּרְצוּפִין אַבָּא וְאִמָּא שְׁלֵמִים עִם עֶשֶׂר סְפִירוֹתֵיהֶם), were made from the throat of Arich Anpin and from its two arms, right and left, up to the chest (נַעֲשׂוּ מֵהַגָּרוֹן דַאֲרִיךְ וּמִשְּׁנֵי זְרוֹעוֹתָיו יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאל עַד הֶחָזֶה).