And in them is the Law comprehended, in the twenty-two letters and in the ten utterances.[821]
This Chokmah is the Father of Fathers, and in this Chokmah is beginning and end discovered; and therefore is there one Chokmah supernal, and another Chokmah inferior.
When Chokmah is extended, then is He called the Father of Fathers, for in none else are all things comprehended save in Him. (Otherwise, when they are expanded all things are called Chokmoth,[822] and the Father of Fathers; all things are comprehended in no place, save herein.)
As it is written, Ps. civ. 25, “All things in Chokmah hast Thou formed.”
Rabbi Schimeon lifted up his hands, and rejoiced, and said, “Assuredly it is Eden or Paradise, and all things have their operation in this hour.”
Chapter VIII: Concerning the Father and the Mother in Special
Come and behold. When the Most Holy Ancient One, the Concealed with all Concealments, desired to be formed forth, He conformed all things under the form of Male and Female; and in such place wherein Male and Female are comprehended.
For they could not permanently exist save in another aspect of the Male and the Female (their countenances being joined together).
And this Wisdom embracing all things, when it goeth forth and shineth forth from the Most Holy Ancient One, shineth not save under the form of Male and Female.