The formation of face to face of the Nukva of Zeir Anpin

Synopsis

We are told that after Malchut separated from the sides of Zeir Anpin, she joined Him face to face. When they are joined they seem like one body, and all the worlds are joyful as on Shabbat when everything is under the influence of a whole body. From this idea Rabbi Shimon deduces that whoever does not exist as male and female receives no blessings and cannot last. We learn that Malchut is considered a mother to all the lower beings of the three worlds. Rabbi Shimon speaks about the lower Chochmah and the supernal Chochmah.

Body Face Female Grades Male Soul, The Zeir Anpin

185. After MALCHUT separated from the sides OF ZEIR ANPIN, she joined Him face to face. When they are joined, they seem one body BECAUSE THEY ORIGINATE IN THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDES OF THE SAME LEVEL. THUS, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE DIVIDED AND FORMED AS TWO LEVELS, THEY REJOIN AS ONE BODY, AS THE RIGHT AND LEFT OF THE SAME LEVEL. The male by himself seems like half a body, THAT IS, THE RIGHT PART OF THE SOUL, which is wholly Chesed. So the female part OF THE SOUL IS THE LEFT PART AND IS WHOLLY GVURAH. When they join together it seems exactly like one body, BECAUSE THE TWO HALVES JOIN INTO ONE. And so it is TRULY. Here too, the male, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, joined Malchut and everything is a single body. Then all the worlds are joyous, because they are blessed by a whole body.

185. עַד דְּאִתְפָּרְשָׁא מִסִּטְרוֹי. וְאָתִיאַת לְאִתְחַבְּרָא עִמֵּיהּ אַפִּין בְּאַפִּין. וְכַד מִתְחַבְּרָן מִתְחַזְיָין חַד גּוּפָא מַמָּשׁ. מֵהָכָא אוֹלִיפְנָא, דְּכַר בִּלְחוֹדוֹי, אִתְחֲזֵי פְּלַג גּוּפָא, וְכֻלְּהוּ רַחֲמֵי. וְכַךְ נוּקְבָּא. וְכַד מִתְחַבְּרָן כַּחֲדָא, אִתְחֲזֵי כֺּלָּא חַד גּוּפָא מַמָּשׁ, וְהָכִי הוּא. אוֹף הָכָא, כַּד דְּכַר אִתְחַבָּר בְּנוּקְבָּא, כֺּלָּא הוּא חַד גּוּפָא, וְעָלְמִין כֻּלְּהוּ בְּחֵדוּ, דְּהָא כֻּלְּהוּ מִגּוּפָא שְׁלִים מִתְבָּרְכָן.

Blessing Body Female Male Shabbat

186. This is the secret of THE VERSE, "therefore Hashem blessed the Shabbat day, and hallowed it" (Shemot 20:11), since then everything is UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF a whole body, since Malchut cleaved to the King ON SHABBAT and they are as one body. Therefore there are blessings on that day. From this WE DEDUCED that whoever does not exist as male and female is considered a half body, and no blessings rest on a blemished and wanting thing, but on a whole place, a whole thing, not half a thing. And a half thing does not last and is never blessed.

186. וְהַיְינוּ רָזָא, עַל כֵּן בֵּרַךְ יְיָ' אֶת יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת וַיְקַדְּשֵׁהוּ. דְּהָא אִשְׁתְּכַח כֺּלָּא בְּחַד גּוּפָא שְׁלִים, דְּהָא מַטְרוֹנִיתָא אִתְדַבְּקַת בְּמַלְכָּא, וְאִשְׁתְּכַח גּוּפָא חַד. וְעַל כֵּן בִּרְכָאן מִשְׁתַּכְּחִין בְּהַאי יוֹמָא. וּמֵהָכָא, מַאן דְּלָא אִשְׁתְּכַח דְּכַר וְנוּקְבָּא, אִקְרֵי פְּלַג גּוּפָא, וְלֵית בִּרְכָתָא שַׁרְיָא בְּמִלָּה פְּגִימָא וַחֲסֵירָא, אֶלָּא בַּאֲתָר שְׁלִים, בְּמִלָּה שְׁלִים, וְלָא בְּפַלְגּוּת מִלָּה, וּפַלְגּוּת מִלָּה לָא אִתְקְיָים לְעָלְמִין, וְלָא אִתְבָּרְכָן לְעָלְמִין.

Asiyah Atzilut Body Briyah Female Male Nukva Worlds Yetzirah Zeir Anpin

187. All the beauty of the female comes from the beauty of the male. We have already established these matters and they are known to the friends. Through this Nukva, NAMELY FROM MALCHUT, all the lower beings OF THE THREE WORLDS OF BRIYAH, YETZIRAH AND ASIYAH are united. From here they are fed and to her they return BECAUSE MALCHUT IS THE ROOT FOR THE THREE WORLDS UNDER ATZILUT. She is considered a mother to them all, just like the other, BINAH, is a mother to the body, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN CALLED BODY, and the whole body is nourished by it, BY BINAH. So is MALCHUT a mother to all the others below IN BRIYAH, YETZIRAH AND ASIYAH.

187. נוֹי דְּנוּקְבָּא, כֺּלָּא מִנּוֹי דִּדְכוּרָא הוּא. וְהָא אוֹקִימְנָא מִלֵּי, וְאִשְׁתְּמוֹדְעָן בֵּינֵי חַבְרַיָיא. מֵהַאי נוּקְבָּא מִתְאַחֲדָן כָּל אִינּוּן דִּלְתַתָּא. מִנָּהּ יַנְקִין, וּבָהּ תָּבִין, וְהִיא אִתְקְרִיאַת אֵם לְכֻלְּהוּ. כְּמָה דְּאַחֲרָא אֵם לְגוּפָא, וְכָל גּוּפָא מִנָּהּ יַנְקָא. כַּךְ הַאי אֵם לְכֻלְּהוּ אַחֲרָנִין דִּלְתַתָּא.

Aba and Ima Exile Flow Nukva Rivers Tower Walls Wisdom

188. It is written, "Say to wisdom, you are my sister" (Mishlei 7:4). There is Chochmah and there is Chochmah, NAMELY SUPERNAL CHOCHMAH THAT IS ABA AND IMA AND LOWER CHOCHMAH THAT IS MALCHUT. This Nukva, NAMELY MALCHUT, is called small Chochmah in relation to the other, WHICH IS SUPERNAL CHOCHMAH. Hence it is written, "We have a little sister, and she has no breasts..." (Shir Hashirim 8:8). Since this CHOCHMAH flows in exile, IT THEREFORE HAS NO BREASTS TO FEED YISRAEL. "We have a little sister:" certainly she seems little IN EXILE, but she is large and great, because she is perfection that receives from all SFIROT, WHEN YISRAEL ARE IN THEIR LAND, as it is written, "I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers" (Ibid. 10). They are my breasts when they are full to feed everyone; they are like towers, which are great rivers coming out of supernal Ima THAT ARE CALLED TOWERS.

188. כְּתִיב, אֱמוֹר לַחָכְמָה אֲחוֹתִי אָתְּ. אִית חָכְמָה וְאִית חָכְמָה, וְהַאי נוּקְבָּא, אִתְקְרֵי חָכְמָה זְעֵירָא לְגַבֵּי אַחֲרָא וע"ד כְּתִיב, אָחוֹת לָנוּ קְטַנָּה וְשָׁדַיִם אֵין לָהּ וְגוֹ.' דְּהָא דָּא בְּגָלוּתָא אִתְמְשַׁךְ. אָחוֹת לָנוּ קְטַנָּה, וַדַּאי קְטַנָּה אִתְחֲזֵי אֲבָל רַבְרְבָא הִיא, וְסָגִּיאָה הִיא, דְּהָא הִיא שְׁלִימוּ דְּנָטִיל מִכֺּלָּא. כְּמָה דִּכְתִּיב, אֲנִי חוֹמָה וְשָׁדַי כַּמִּגְדָּלוֹת. וְשָׁדַי, דְּהָא מַלְיָין אִינּוּן לְיַנְקָא לְכֺלָּא. כַּמִּגְדָּלוֹת, דְּאִינּוּן נַהֲרִין רַבְרְבִין דְּנַפְקוּ מֵאִימָּא עִלָּאָה.