erein, for all things are one; and so is it in this
(light) or in that.(834)
Nevertheless, He (the Son) receiveth the inheritance of His Father and of
His Mother.
What is that inheritance? These two crowns, which are hidden within Them,
which They pass on in succession to this Son.(835)
From the side of the Father (_Chokmah_) there is one Crown concealed
therein, which is called Chesed.
And from the side of the Mother (_Binah_) there is one Crown, which is
called Geburah.
And all those crown His head (_i.e._, the Head of Microprosopus), and He
taketh them.
And when that Father and Mother shine above Him, all (these crowns) are
called the phylacteries of the Head, and that Son taketh all things, and
becometh the heir of all.
And He passeth on His inheritance unto the Daughter, and the Daughter is
nourished by Him. But, properly speaking, henceforth (from the parents)
doth the Son become the heir, and not the Daughter.
The Son becometh the heir of His Father and of His Mother, and not the
Daughter, but by Him is the Daughter cherished.
As it is written, Dan. iv. 12, "And in that tree food for all."
And if thou sayest all, assuredly He as well as She are called TZDIQ,
_Tzediq_, Just, and TZDQ, _Tzedeq_, Justice, which are in one and are one.
All things are thus. Father and Mother are mutually contained in and
associated with Themselves.
And the Father is the more concealed (of the two), and the whole adhereth
unto the Most Holy Ancient One.
And dependeth from the Holy Influence, which is the Ornament of all
Ornaments.
And they, the Father and the Mother, constitute the abode, as I have said.
As it is written, Prov. xxiv. 3, 4, "Through Chokmah is the abode
constructed, and by Thebunah is it established, and in Daeath shall the
chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches."
Also it is written, Prov. xxii. 18, "For it is a pleasant thing if thou
keep (_Daeath_) within thee."
This is the system of all things, even as I have said, and (all things)
depend from the Glorious Holy Influence.
Rabbi Schimeon said: In the (former) Assembly I revealed not all things,
and all those things have been concealed even until now.
And I have wished to conceal them, even unto the world to come, because
there also a certain question will be propounded unto me.
As it is written, Isa. xxxiii. 6, "And Chokmah and Daeath shall be the
stability of thy times, and strength of salvation; the fear
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