For all things are comprehended in those letters, VH, _Vau He_, which are
BN VBTH, _Ben Va-Bath_, Son and Daughter; and all things are one system,
and these are the letters THBVNH.
In the Book of Rav Hamenuna the Elder it is said that Solomon revealeth
the primal conformation (that is, the Mother) when he saith, Cant. i. 15,
“Behold, thou art fair, my love”; wherefore he followeth it out himself.
And he calleth the second conformation the Bride, which is called the
Inferior Woman.
And there are some who apply both these names (those, namely, of Love and
Bride) to this Inferior Woman, but these are not so.
For the first H, _He_ (of _IHVH_), is not called the Bride; but the last
H, _He_, is called the Bride at certain times on account of many symbolic
reasons.
Together They (_Chokmah_ and _Binah_, _IH_) go forth, together They are at
rest; the one ceaseth not from the other, and the one is never taken away
from the other.
And therefore is it written, Gen. ii. 10, “And a river went forth out of
Eden”—_i.e._, properly speaking, it continually goeth forth and never
faileth.
As it is written, Isa. lviii. 11, “And like a fountain of waters, whose
waters fail not.”
And therefore is She called “My love,” since from the grace of kindred
association They rest in perfect unity.
But the other is called the Bride, for when the Male cometh that He may
consort with Her, then is She the Bride, for She, properly speaking,
cometh forth as the Bride.
And therefore doth Solomon expound those two forms of the Woman; and
concerning the first form indeed he worketh hiddenly, seeing it is hidden.
But the second form is more fully explained, seeing that it is not so
hidden as the other.
But at the end all his praise pertaineth unto Her who is supernal, as it
is written, Cant. vi. 9, “She is the only one of Her Mother, She is the
choice one of Her that bare Her.”
And since this Mother, Aima, is crowned with the crown of the Bride, and
the grace of the letter I, _Yod_, ceaseth not from Her forever, hence unto
Her arbitration is committed all the liberty of those inferior, and all
the liberty of all things, and all the liberty of sinners, so that all
things may be purified.
As it is written, Lev. xvi. 30, “Since in that day he shall atone for
you.”
Also is it written, Lev. xxv. 10, “And ye shall hallow the fiftieth
year.”(831) This year is IVBL, _Yobel_, Jubilee.
What is Yobel? As it is written, Jer. xvii. 8, “VOL IVBL, _Va-El Yobel_,
And spreadeth out her roots by the river”; therefore that river whichever
goeth forth and floweth, and goeth forth and faileth not.
It is written, Prov. ii. 3, “If thou wilt call Binah the Mother, and wilt
give thy voice unto Thebunah.”
Seeing it is here said, “If thou wilt call Binah the Mother,” wherefore is
Thebunah added?
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