קרח

And to understand this matter, with help we will explain things in their clarity, concerning the deep foundation of Korach’s dispute with Moshe and Aharon.

The roots of the matters are explained in Etz Chaim, (Sha’ar 19, ch. 7), stated that, with respect to the secret of the extra twin: there were born with Kayin two twins corresponding to Rachel and Leah, and the matters were also explained—what is the reason that not two twins [were born] אלא only with Hevel.

And still a difficulty arises: what is the reason that Kayin went out to dispute with reality and to say that the extra twin belongs to him, and not to his brother Hevel, but rather—no.

The explanation of the matter is: for the need of its vitality, Z"A receives Mochin from the Partzufim from which they are drawn, that is, from Abba and Imma. And the Mochin, in general, the Mochin of “M"H” are called and are attributed to the male side, and “B"N” are attributed to the female side. And “M"H” are from Abba and Imma of Abba, and “B"N” are called from Abba and Imma of “B"N”. Therefore, the Mochin that are drawn from them—Mochin of “M"H”—are Mochin for Z"A, and the Mochin that afterward Z"A will give to its Nukva are “Mochin of B"N”.

And know, that Abba itself is included of male and of female aspect, for it has right and left; likewise Imma also is included of male and of female aspect, for it too has right and left.

Therefore, certainly, whether from Abba or from Imma, the Mochin that flow are called “M"H” and they are called “B"N”; rather, there is a difference between them. For Abba in its generality, since it is male, is called “M"H”, and “B"N” that are in the male are called “M"H de-M"H”, that is, the two Mochin that flow from the male side in the male; and the Nukva side in the male, that is, are called “M"H de-B"N”. The two Mochin that flow from Imma—the male side and the female side, and “B"N de-B"N”, that is, the male side in the Nukva; and the female side in it.

It is further explained there, that the Mochin that are drawn from Abba and Imma in order to enlarge the tree, which is Z"A, are given in two aspects: (a) the five Chasadim; (b) the five Gevurot. The five Chasadim are those that are called “M"H”; and the five Gevurot are those that are called “B"N”. And there are five Chasadim and five Gevurot from the side of Abba, and likewise five Chasadim and five Gevurot from the side of Imma.

At first, Z"A takes to itself all these aspects, both the Chasadim and the Gevurot, and it gives to its Nukva the Mochin that belong to her, whether from the side of Abba or from the side of Imma. And afterward—in two stages.

And the order is: at first, in the first coupling, Z"A gives her the five Gevurot that are from the Gevurot of Imma, that is, “B"N de-B"N”, and afterward in the second coupling, it gives her also the five Chasadim of Imma, that is, “M"H de-B"N”.

Thus, the offspring that goes out from the coupling of Z"A and Nukva, that is, is included of male and female, and of five Chasadim and five Gevurot, because their source is from Imma Ila’ah; however, their essence, according to their measure, is this: and this was the nature of Kayin, who was included from the Gevurot, that is, (B"N), and between the five Chasadim (M"H) and between the five Gevurot that formed his existence, they were from the side of Imma—whereas his brother, who went out entirely from the side of Abba, both the five Chasadim and the five Gevurot.

However, Hevel went out mixed—half of him from the side of Abba (M"H de-M"H) and half of him from the side of Imma, that is: that the Chasadim from the side of Abba are called “M"H de-M"H”, and they were given to him—the male part in him; and the Chasadim from the side of Imma were given to him—“M"H de-B"N”—the female part in him. And as for the Gevurot: Gevurot of Abba were given to his Nukva (B"N de-M"H), and Gevurot of Imma (B"N de-B"N).

Now, we have said that he was born male and female as one, and then the male side in him and the female side in him ought to have been included as one aspect, and they would have been united together. However, with Hevel, as we have seen, there was a splitting and doubling: he was born with an extra twin—from the side of Abba and from the side of Imma; therefore, to indicate that the very female in him is comprised of two aspects: one twin from the side of “B"N de-M"H”, and the second from the side of “B"N de-B"N”.

From now, we will understand the claim of Kayin: that he appeared and claimed for his merit regarding that extra twin that is from the side of “B"N de-B"N”, for it is the Nukva in him, as we have seen above, the aspect; therefore, it was rectified in her.