45. The Abba and Imma are considered the Ḥokhma of the right, because even when they are situated below the head, they are as complete as they were in the head, and they are always united with the sealed Ḥokhma in the head of Arikh Anpin. Only they do not receive from it, since they are always in the state of the mystical meaning of “for He delights in mercy,” as stated above in section 43 **(see also Sulam, Tzav 151, Pineḥas 206).**⁸³ and Imma do not draw or receive the light of Ḥokhma into themselves, as their essence is the light of giving (the “mercy” referred to in the verse).

footnotes: ⁸³ As was explained in the sections above, Abba

It has thus been thoroughly explained that the essence of Ḥokhma is in the head of Arikh Anpin, only it is sealed in that it does not illuminate at all beneath its head. The illumination of the sealed Ḥokhma that is incorporated in the Abba and Imma, even though they do not actually receive it, is considered the Ḥokhma of the right. Upon their return to the head the Abba and Imma are called the supernal Ḥokhma. The reason they constitute Ḥokhma, despite the fact that they do not receive it, is because their unity with Ḥokhma renders the light of giving in Abba and Imma into a complete first three.⁸⁴ and Imma are not considered impaired by their ejection from the head, they are considered more complete when they are in a state of transmission of the light of Ḥokhma through them to the lower level within Bina of Yisrael Sabba and Tevuna. This state of transmission is the Ḥokhma of the right. The Ḥokhma that illuminates in Yisrael Sabbaand Tevuna is the Ḥokhma of the left, because it illuminates only in the left line. This Ḥokhma of the left is called “thirty-two paths of Ḥokhma“ (as explained in Idra Zuta 73), which is the Ḥokhma that is revealed to the Ze’er AnpinandNukba and to the lower levels below Atzilut.

footnotes: ⁸⁴ While the Abba

However, the Ḥokhma of the right does not actually illuminate at all from the light of Ḥokhma, but only shines the light of giving, since Abba and Imma do not receive Ḥokhma, as stated above. All the more so, the light of Ḥokhma of the direct light in the head of Arikh Anpin does not illuminate beneath this head, and this is why it is called the sealed Ḥokhma. Thus, the illumination of Ḥokhma is not revealed, except for that of the Ḥokhma of the left. Yet this is not actual Ḥokhma but rather Bina that receives Ḥokhma for Ze’er AnpinandNukba**.**⁸⁵ examined over the last six sections, only the Ḥokhma of the left continues to lower levels. The final point here is that this Ḥokhma of the left is not actual light of Ḥokhma, but rather a kind of reflection of the true, sealed Ḥokhma reflected through the higher (Abba and Imma) and lower (Yisrael Sabba and Tevuna) levels of Bina down to Ze'er Anpin and Nukba of Atzilut.

footnotes: ⁸⁵ Of the three types of Ḥokhma