264. Also is She called ThBVNH, Thebunah, the Special Intelligence. Wherefore is She sometimes called Thebunah, and not Binah?
265. Assuredly Thebunah is She called at that time in which Her two Children appear, the Son and the Daughter, BN VBTh, Ben Va-Bath, who are VH, Vau He; and at that time is She called ThBVNH, Thebunah.
266. 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.
267. 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.
268. And he calleth the second conformation the Bride, which is called the Inferior Woman.
269. And there are some who apply both these names (those, namely, of Love and Bride) to this Inferior Woman, but these are not so.
270. 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.
271. For many are the times when the Male is not associated with Her, but is separated from Her.
272. Concerning this period it is said, Lev. xviii. 19: "Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness."
273. But when the Female hath been purified, and the Male desireth to be united unto Her, then is she called the Bride--the Bride, properly so called.
274. But as to that which pertaineth unto the Mother, then the benevolence of Them both is not taken away for all eternity.
275. 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.
276. 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.
277. As it is written, Isa. lviii. 11: "And like a fountain of waters, whose waters fail not."
278. And therefore is She called "My love," since from the grace of kindred association They rest in perfect unity.
279. 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.
280. And therefore doth Solomon expound those two forms of the Woman; and concerning the first form indeed he worketh hiddenly, seeing it is hidden.
281. But the second form is more fully explained, seeing that it is not so hidden as the other.
282. 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."
283. 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 for ever, 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.
284. As it is written, Lev. xvi. 30: "Since in that day he shall atone for you."
285. Also it is written, Lev. xxv. 10: "And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year." This year is IVBL, Yobel, jubilee.
286. 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 which ever goeth forth and floweth, and goeth forth and faileth not.
287. It is written, Prov. ii. 3: "If thou wilt call Binah the Mother, and wilt give thy voice unto Thebunah."
288. Seeing it is here said, "If thou wilt call Binah the Mother," wherefore is Thebunah added?
289. Assuredly, according as I have said, all things are supernal truth: Binah is higher than Thebunah. For in the word BINH, Binah, are shown Father, Mother, and Son; since by the letters IH, Father and Mother are denoted, and the letters BN, denoting the Son, are amalgamated with them.
290. ThBVNH, Thebunah, is the whole completion of the children, since it containeth the letters BN, Ben, BTh, Bath, and VH, Vau He, by which are denoted the Son and Daughter.
291. Yet AB VAM, Ab Ve-Am, the Father and the Mother, are not found, save BAIMA, Be-Aima, in the Mother, for the venerable Aima broodeth over Them, neither is She uncovered.
292. Whence it cometh that that which embraceth the two Children is called ThBVNH, Thebunah, and that which embraceth the Father, the Mother, and the Son is called BINH, Binah.
293. And when all things are comprehended, they are comprehended therein, and are called by that name of Father, Mother, and Son.
294. And these are ChKMH, Wisdom, Father; BINH, Understanding, Mother; and DOTh, Däath, Knowledge.
295. Since that Son assumeth the symbols of His Father and of His Mother, and is called DOTh, Däath, Knowledge, since He is the testimony of Them both.
296. And that Son is called the first-born, as it is written, Exod. iv. 22: "Israel is my first-born son."
297. And since He is called first-born, therefore it implieth dual offspring.
298. And when He increaseth, in His Crown appear three divisions.
299. But whether it be taken in this way or in that, there are as well two as three divisions herein, for all things are one; and so is it in this (light) or in that.
300. Nevertheless, He (the Son) receiveth the inheritance of His Father and of His Mother.
301. What is that inheritance? These two crowns, which are hidden within Them, which They pass on in succession to this Son.
302. From the side of the Father (Chokmah) there is one Crown concealed therein, which is called Chesed.
303. And from the side of the Mother (Binah) there is one Crown, which is called Geburah.
304. And all those crown His head (i.e., the Head of Microprosopus), and He taketh them.
305. And when that Father and Mother shine above Him, all (these crowns) are called the phylacteries of the.