Chokmah (Wisdom) — חכמה

Chokmah is the second Sefirah, positioned atop the right-hand Pillar of Mercy (Amud ha-Chesed). It represents the koach mah — the 'power of what,' the primordial flash of undifferentiated insight before Binah gives it form. The Zohar calls Chokmah the Abba (Supernal Father), the seminal point (nekudah rishonah) from which all subsequent differentiation emerges. In Sefer Yetzirah, it corresponds to the Ruach from Ruach — breath from breath — the first stirring of creative intellect within the Godhead.

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