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As mentioned, the matter is that the Yesod of Abba—and within Abba, Yesod, Hod, Netzach above—the Mochin that come to Z"A appear when they are enclothed within Imma. Yesod, Hod, Netzach of Abba become enclothed within Netzach, Hod, Yesod of Imma; and Netzach, Hod, Yesod of Imma enter within the body of Z"A. The Malkhuyot as well, which he is also compelled [to mention], enter within the body of Z"A, as aspects of the entrances of the Yesodot of Abba and Imma, [into] Z"A, and their number and the activity of the Malkhuyot of these.

The Ari, of holy memory, explains and clarifies that several and several aspects are made, from those Malkhuyot, which, as below, are the mentioned Nukeva’ot; and each one of them has a male for its coupling. The Malkhut that is the Ataret haYesod of Abba is called one Nukeva, which is the aspect of Le’ah A, which is attached; it too unites with the Yesod of Abba while it is within the body of Z"A. The second Malkhut is called Le’ah B, and it is the Ataret haYesod of Imma, and it unites with it within the body of Z"A. The third Malkhut is called and is formed from the striking of the light of the Malkhut of Yesod Abba with the light of the Malkhut of Yesod Imma, and it is called Le’ah G, and it is formed because of the Yesod of Abba. And the fourth Malkhut is paired, it too, with the aspect of Le’ah B, whose place is in the Da’at of Z"A; it brings out its illumination and splits the Da’at of Z"A and the illumination goes out from behind the nape of Z"A, outside, and it is Le’ah D; it is paired with Yisrael himself, who is Ya’akov with Z"A.

The Ari, of holy memory, explains that the Yesod of Abba, which is called “Hevel son of Adam haRishon,” has two aspects, Le’ah A and Le’ah G. אולם the Yesod of Imma is Kayin his brother, who has only one twin, which is the Malkhut of Imma, Le’ah B, and whose illumination goes out outside, as mentioned above; for regarding Le’ah D we already said that its coupling is with Z"A and not with the Yesod of Imma; therefore Kayin is called.

It is found that Hevel has two Nukeva’ot, and Hevel with his offspring are the two twins that he has. There is no dispute that the Malkhut called Le’ah A belongs to Hevel, for it is attached to him; however the dispute of Kayin with him was: although it belongs to Hevel because it is attached to him, nevertheless why does Le’ah G belong to him. And if you will say that it is made from the striking of Yesod Abba into Yesod Imma, nevertheless, behold, also the Yesod of Imma has a part in the formation of Le’ah G, and who will say that the main matter is by the Yesod of Abba—perhaps the main matter is because of the Yesod of Imma, for were it not for the lights of Yesod Abba that struck in it, [and] the lights of Yesod Imma, there would not have been a striking of the lights, and consequently its coming-into-being is by Kayin and it belongs to him.

However Kayin erred in his error, for the order of the matters is: Imma, from the side of the Mochin, enters first within the body of Z"A; then the Yesod of Imma, which is called Kayin, couples with the aspect of the Malkhut of Imma, which is his twin; and thus Kayin’s coupling is already completed, for Kayin is the firstborn. Afterwards, the Mochin that are from the side of Abba enter, and the two twins are made—Hevel together with them—and consequently certainly the extra twin belongs to him.

And there the Ari, of holy memory, concludes and says that afterwards, when Kayin reincarnated in Yitro and Hevel in Moshe, Yitro returned to Moshe the aspect of the extra twin, which is called Tzipporah; but her name is called “Le’ah” in the inclusive, and as mentioned above; however the particular name, because of the striking of Yesod Abba in Yesod Imma, is called Tzipporah.

And it is in this manner that we say several times, and the mode of saying, that there is to Moshe Rabbeinu a connection with the aspect of Le’ah; and this is Le’ah G, because he has a connection with the aspect of Mochin, as was explained.

We will explain: what was Korach’s portion in the entire dispute that was between Kayin and Hevel over the extra twin; what was his view in this matter.