798. Rabbi Aba opened the discussion with the following verse, "All these are the twelve tribes of Yisrael..." (Beresheet 49:28). HE ASKS, Why say "All these?" Should it not have been, 'These are the twelve tribes.' What means "All?" HE ANSWERS, It attaches the tribes to the place whence all blessings issue, NAMELY THE NUKVA. IT THEREFORE SAYS, "All THESE." Indeed there are "twelve" knots in the implements of the Matron, THE NUKVA, and she herself is attached to them, ACCORDING TO THE SECRET OF THE VERSE "AND THE SEA WAS SET ABOVE UPON THEM" (I MELACHIM 7:25). Hence it says, "Twelve...and this is that which their father spoke to them, and blessed them" (Beresheet 49:28), SINCE THE NUKVA CALLED "THIS" JOINED THE TWELVE TRIBES. For in this place speech dwells, AS ZEIR ANPIN IS CALLED VOICE AND THE NUKVA SPEECH.

799. We should explain the words, "That which (he) spoke" (Beresheet 49:28). There is a link here which connects the lower to the upper and the upper to the lower. HE EXPLAINS, The lower TO THE UPPER via the twelve tribes, ACCORDING TO THE VERSE, "ALL THESE ARE THE TWELVE TRIBES OF YISRAEL" AND THE UPPER TO THE LOWER BY this, THE NUKVA, which was attached to them FROM ABOVE. "That which he spoke" indicates the union between male and female, FOR THERE IS NO SPEECH WITHOUT VOICE, ZEIR ANPIN. It is attached to two sides from below, THE SECRET OF TWELVE, and from above, THE SECRET OF THIS. Finally, he connected them to the supreme place, male and female FROM THE CHEST UPWARD, WHERE THEY ARE TOGETHER, AND THE FEMALE IS INCLUDED WITHIN ZEIR ANPIN IN THE SECRET OF THE CHASSADIM IN HIM. Hence it says, "Every one according to his blessing..." HE ASKS, What is "his blessing?" HE ANSWERS, "His blessing" is his spouse, NAMELY THE NUKVA CALLED SPOUSE. "Every one according to his blessing" means they are both as one, AS ZEIR ANPIN AND THE NUKVA ARE INCLUDED TOGETHER.

800. He opened the discussion saying, "Hashem shall bless you out of Zion, and you shall see the good of Jerusalem" (Tehilim 128:5). "Hashem shall bless you out of Zion," for from it all blessings come forth to water the garden, and it includes all blessings and passes to it. Then "you shall see the good of Jerusalem," to show that all blessings issue from male and female. Similarly, "Hashem bless you, and keep you" (Bemidbar 6:24). "Hashem bless you" by the male, "and keep you" by the female, FOR KEEPING COMES FROM THE NUKVA. All this is one, for blessings issue from both into the world. Therefore "every one according to his blessing he blessed them."