Concept slug: chochmah
First introduced: Op. 101
Last advanced: Op. 124
Appearance count: 6 chapters
Chochmah (חכמה, "Wisdom") is the second Sefirah, structurally the upper-masculine — the source of the whole revelation that Binah then articulates in detail. As an operational father, Chochmah becomes Abba in the Partzuf-language. The Sefirah Chochmah and the Partzuf Abba operate at different levels of the same fundamental contribution: wholeness as the ground of subsequent articulation.
Chochmah is introduced at Op. 5–6 (one of the Sefirot — attribute of the Will). Op. 15 (Keter is bound up with Eyn Sof; from Chochmah onwards it is a mitzvah to investigate — Chochmah as the threshold of investigable cosmogony; the forbidden vs. permitted discipline divides at this Sefirah).
Op. 17 (Sefer Yetzirah 1:3 — Chochmah as foundation of governance — the appropriate levels of Kindness, Judgment, and Mercy are formed of the upper Mochin including Chochmah). Op. 22 (every Sefirah contains 10 Sefirot — Chochmah's fractal structure runs through every later operational level).
From Op. 101 onward, Chochmah operates anatomically in every Partzuf's Head: the Head includes Keter and the Mental Powers within it, of which Chochmah is the first. Op. 102 (Atik Yomin shines in the Head of A"A through the Seven Repairs — Chochmah's place in the Head is one of those repairs).
Op. 110 (Yesod of Atik ends in Tiferet of A"A in chain; Yesod of A"A as clothed — the chain runs through Chochmah). Op. 112 (Abba — the Partzuf-instance of Chochmah — reveals the Mental Powers as a whole; Imma reveals them in detail). Op. 114 (the path of influence reaches Z"N through both Abba and Imma — Chochmah's whole-revelation is the operational source).
Op. 124 (Daat as the offspring of Chochmah-Binah engrafting via Abba and Imma) is the operational completion of the Chochmah arc: the upper-masculine wisdom, when joined with Binah's articulation, produces the bridging Mochin that propagates governance through the body of Zeir Anpin (Z"A).
The Concealed-Wisdom of A"A descends through Abba into Z"A (Op. 111) — Chochmah's operational form at full strength.
Chochmah travels closely with Binah (the structural pair — whole and detail), Abba (the Partzuf-instance), Daat (the offspring of engrafting), Keter (the upstream root, bound up with Eyn Sof per Op. 15), and Mochin (one of the three Mental Powers).
Chochmah is the wholeness-revealing father of cosmic governance. The threshold from Chochmah onwards it is a mitzvah to investigate (Op. 15) is what licenses the entire downstream investigation of cosmic structures throughout Klach. Without Chochmah's whole-revelation, Binah has nothing to articulate; with Chochmah, the cosmic government acquires its comprehensive scope.