Chapter Twenty-Nine (פֶּרֶק עֶשְׂרִים וְתִשְׁעָה)

May Hashem illuminate our eyes in the mysteries of His holy Torah (י״י יָאִיר עֵינֵינוּ בְּרָזֵי תּוֹרָתוֹ הַקְּדוֹשָׁה), what need is there for the three periods of Ibbur [Impregnation] of seven, nine, and twelve (מַה צֹרֶךְ יֵשׁ בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה זְמַנֵּי עִיבּוּר שֶׁל ז׳ ט׳ י״ב), for it is a matter without reason (כִּי הוּא מִלְּתָא בְּלִי טַעְמָא), and which Names illuminate upon it (וְאֵיזֶה שֵׁמוֹת מְאִירִים עָלָיו), at that time when their calculation is Ibbur [Impregnation] (בְּאוֹתוֹ זְמַן שֶׁחֶשְׁבּוֹנָם עִיבּוּר). And we shall say (וְנֹאמַר), that the first Ibbur [Impregnation] is of seven months (כִּי הָעִיבּוּר הָרִאשׁוֹן הוּא שֶׁל ז׳ חֳדָשִׁים), because there reached Ze’ir a renewal of light from the seven lights of Netzach, Hod, Yesod, and the lower half of Tiferet of Arich (שֶׁהִגִּיעַ לִזְעֵיר חִידּוּשׁ אוֹר מֵהַז׳ אוֹרוֹת שֶׁל נה״י וַחֲצִי ת״ת הַתַּחְתּוֹן דַאֲרִיךְ), which were folded within the upper half of Tiferet (שֶׁנִּתְקַפְּלוּ בַּחֲצִי ת״ת הָעֶלְיוֹן). And at that time Ze’ir draws nourishment from the Name Kuf-Mem-Gimel [143] (וּבְאוֹתוֹ זְמַן יוֹנֵק זְעֵיר שֵׁם קמ״ג), which is the Name Ehyeh filled with Alephin (שֶׁהוּא שֵׁם אֶהְיֶ״ה בְּמִלּוּי אַלְפִין), thus (כָּזֶה): Aleph-Heh-Yud-Heh (אל״ף ה״א יו״ד ה״א), and with it the Name M"H (וְעִמּוֹ שֵׁם מ״ה), thus (כָּזֶה): Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh (יו״ד ה״א וא״ו ה״א), and also the numerical value of the letters of the four-letter Name (וְעוֹד מִסְפַּר אוֹתִיּוֹת שֶׁל שֵׁם בֶּן ד׳), which equals twenty-six (שֶׁעוֹלֶה כ״ו), together with the two inclusions of the Name M"H and the Name twenty-six (עִם ב׳ כּוֹלְלִים שֶׁל שֵׁם מ״ה וְשֵׁם כ״ו), behold they equal Reish-Yud-Vav [216] (הֲרֵי רי״ו), place upon them the Name A"B [72] as mentioned above (הַטֵּל עֲלֵיהֶם שֵׁם ע״ב כַּנִּזְכָּר), behold Vaye’avor [and He passed over] (הֲרֵי וַיַּעֲבוֹ״ר), which is the letters of Ibbur [Impregnation] (שֶׁהוּא אוֹתִיּוֹת עִיבּוּ״ר).

And the secret of the Ibbur [Impregnation] of nine months (וְסוֹד עִיבּוּר שֶׁל תִּשְׁעָה חֳדָשִׁים), is in the first Ibbur [Impregnation] of the first Katnut [Smallness] of Ze’ir Anpin (הוּא בָּעִיבּוּר רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁל קַטְנוּת רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁל ז״א), of which we are now speaking (שֶׁאָנוּ מְדַבְּרִים עַתָּה בּוֹ), namely that Ze’ir draws nourishment from Imma from these Names (הוּא שֶׁיוֹנֵק זְעֵיר מֵאִמָּא מֵאֵלּוּ הַשֵּׁמוֹת), namely the Name one hundred and sixty-one (הַיְינוּ שֵׁם קס״א), which is the Name Ehyeh filled with Yudin (שֶׁהוּא שֵׁם אֶהְיֶ״ה בְּמִלּוּי יוּדִי״ן), thus (כָּזֶה): Aleph-Heh-Yud-Heh (אל״ף ה״י יו״ד ה״י), and with it the Name B"N (וְעִמּוֹ שֵׁם ב״ן), thus (כָּזֶה): Yud-Heh-Heh, Vav-Heh-Heh (יו״ד ה״ה ו״ו ה״ה). And these two Names equal the numerical value of Yagar [213] (וּשְׁנֵי שֵׁמוֹת אֵלּוּ עוֹלִים כְּמִנְיַן יג״ר), together with the inclusion of the Name Elohim divided into three parts (עִם כְּלָלוּת שֵׁם אֱלֹהִים מְחֻלָּק לִשְׁלֹשָׁה חֲלָקִים), namely El, Heh, Yam (דְּהַיְינוּ אֵ״ל ה׳ יָ״ם), behold its number is Reish-Yud-Vav [216] (הֲרֵי מִסְפָּרוֹ רי״ו), place upon them the Name A"B [72] of Abba (הַטֵּל עֲלֵיהֶם שֵׁם ע״ב דְּאַבָּא), which is the seed of the male who emits the white substance (שֶׁהוּא הַזֶּרַע שֶׁל הַזָּכָר שֶׁמַּזְרִיעַ לוֹבֶן), it is A"B [72] equal to Chesed [Kindness] (הוּא ע״ב כְּמִנְיַן חֶסֶ״ד), behold the number of Vaye’avor [and He passed over] (הֲרֵי מִנְיַן וַיַּעֲבֹ״ר), which are the letters of Ibbur [Impregnation] (שֶׁהוּא אוֹתִיּוֹת עִיבּוּ״ר).

And the secret of the Ibbur [Impregnation] of twelve months (וְסוֹד הָעִיבּוּר שֶׁל י״ב חֳדָשִׁים), is that Ze’ir draws nourishment from Imma from these Names (הוּא שֶׁיוֹנֵק זְעֵיר מֵאִמָּא מֵאֵלּוּ הַשֵּׁמוֹת), namely the Name one hundred and fifty-one (הַיְינוּ שֵׁם קנ״א), which is the Name Ehyeh filled with Hehin (שֶׁהוּא שֵׁם אֶהְיֶ״ה בְּמִלּוּי הֶהִי״ן), thus (כָּזֶה): Aleph-Heh-Heh, Yud-Heh-Heh (אל״ף ה״ה יו״ד ה״ה), and together with the Name Adonai which equals sixty-five (וְעִם שֵׁם אֲדֹנָ״י שֶׁעוֹלֶה ס״ה), behold the two of them equal Reish-Yud-Vav [216] (הֲרֵי שְׁנֵיהֶם עוֹלִים רי״ו), place upon them the Name A"B [72] of Abba (הַטֵּל עֲלֵיהֶם שֵׁם ע״ב דְּאַבָּא), behold Vaye’avor [and He passed over] (הֲרֵי וַיַּעֲבוֹ״ר), which are the letters of Ibbur [Impregnation] (שֶׁהֵם אוֹתִיּוֹת עִיבּוּ״ר), and this is literally the secret of the second Ibbur [Impregnation] (וְהוּא מַמָּשׁ סוֹד עִיבּוּר שֵׁנִי), when Imma returns and becomes impregnated from Ze’ir Anpin and his Nukvah a second time (שֶׁחוֹזֶרֶת אִמָּא וְנִתְעַבְּרָה מִזְּעֵיר אַנְפִּין וְנוּקְבֵיהּ פַּעַם שֵׁנִית), after the first Gadlut [Greatness] (אַחַר גַּדְלוּת רִאשׁוֹן), namely the Yenikah [Nursing] (דְּהַיְינוּ הַיְּנִיקָה), that Ibbur [Impregnation] is for the sake of Malkhut (אוֹתוֹ הָעִיבּוּר הוּא בִּשְׁבִיל הַמַּלְכוּת), which was not recognizable in the first Ibbur [Impregnation] (שֶׁלֹּא הָיְתָה נִכֶּרֶת בָּעִיבּוּר הָרִאשׁוֹן), for at that time she was in the secret of a tail (שֶׁהָיְתָה אָז בְּסוֹד זָנָב). And because of the folding (וּלְסִבַּת הַהִתְקַפְּלוּת), only the outer side of the folding was visible (לֹא הָיָה נִרְאֶה אֶלָּא צַד הַחִיצוֹן שֶׁל הַהִתְקַפְּלוּת), which is Netzach, Hod, and Yesod (שֶׁהוּא נה״י), which covers the middle third, namely Gedulah, Gevurah, and Tiferet (שֶׁהוּא מְכַסֶּה שְׁלִישׁ הָאֶמְצָעִי שֶׁהוּא גג״ת). And that outer third was included in this manner (וְהַשְּׁלִישׁ הַחִיצוֹן הַהוּא כָּלוּל בְּאֹפֶן זֶה), namely that each one of the three was included from its adjacent companions (הַיְינוּ שֶׁכָּל אֶחָד מֵהַג׳ הָיְתָה כְּלוּלָה מֵחֲבֵרוֹתֶיהָ הַסְּמוּכָה לָהּ), Netzach included from Yesod and Hod (נֵצַח כָּלוּל מִיְסוֹד וְהוֹד), and likewise all of them (וְכֵן כֻּלָּם), thus between the three of them they are nine months (נִמְצָא שֶׁבֵּין שְׁלָשְׁתָּם הֵם תִּשְׁעָה חֳדָשִׁים), for Netzach, Hod, and Yesod allude to the secret of the months (כִּי נה״י רוֹמְזִים סוֹד הֶחֳדָשִׁים), and an allusion to this is “new every morning” (חֲדָשִׁים לַבְּקָרִים) (Lamentations 3:23), for they are the new Netzach, Hod, and Yesod (שֶׁהֵם נה״י הַחֲדָשִׁים). And also (וְגַם כֵּן), each one of these three is included from ten (כָּל אֶחָד מֵאֵלּוּ הַג׳ כָּלוּל מֵעֶשֶׂר), and three times ten are thirty (וְג׳ פְּעָמִים עֶשֶׂר הֲרֵי ל׳), and from this is drawn the Ibbur [Impregnation] of nine months (וּמִזֶּה נִמְשָׁךְ הָעִיבּוּר ט׳ חֳדָשִׁים), in the first Ibbur [Impregnation] (בָּעִיבּוּר רִאשׁוֹן). However (אָמְנָם), in the second Ibbur [Impregnation], when Malkhut was visible (בָּעִיבּוּר שֵׁנִי שֶׁהָיְתָה מַלְכוּת נִרְאֵית), it follows that the outer side of the folding consisted of four (נִמְצָא שֶׁצַד הַחִיצוֹן שֶׁל הַהִתְקַפְּלוּת הָיָה שֶׁל אַרְבָּעָה), for Malkhut was included with each and every one of them (שֶׁמַּלְכוּת נִכְלְלָה עִם כָּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד מֵהֶם), and was subordinate to each one of them (וְהָיְתָה טְפֵלָה לְכָל אֶחָד מֵהֶם), in the secret of “the female shall encompass the male” (בְּסוֹד נְקֵבָה תְּסוֹבֵב גָּבֶר) (Jeremiah 31:21), namely Netzach, Hod, Yesod, and Malkhut (דְּהַיְינוּ נהי״ם). And since each one of them was included from four (וּבְהִיוֹת כָּל אֶחָד מֵהֶם כְּלוּלָה מֵאַרְבַּע), namely Malkhut together with the three aforementioned Sefirot (דְּהַיְינוּ מַלְכוּת עִם הַשָּׁלֹשׁ סְפִירוֹת הַנִּזְכָּרִים), it follows that they are four (נִמְצָא שֶׁהֵם אַרְבָּעָה), and three times four are twelve months (וּשְׁלֹשָׁה פְּעָמִים אַרְבָּעָה הֵם י״ב חֹדֶשׁ), therefore the duration of the second Ibbur [Impregnation] extends for twelve months (לָכֵן נִמְשַׁךְ זְמַן הָעִיבּוּר הַשֵּׁנִי י״ב חֹדֶשׁ).