Binah (Understanding) — בינה

Binah is the third Sefirah, crowning the left-hand Pillar of Severity (Amud ha-Din). Known as the Imma (Supernal Mother), she receives the seminal point of Chokmah and develops it through the process of hitbonenut — contemplative analysis that gives form to the formless. The Zohar identifies Binah with the Heichal (Palace) that houses Chokmah's seed, and with Teshuvah — the capacity for return. She completes the Supernal Triad (Kether-Chokmah-Binah), acting as the womb of all subsequent Sefirot through the principle of tzurah — the imposition of form upon raw potential.

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