Editing Abba Ila'ah (section)

It is said that "Abba draws from mazala" meaning that Abba Ila'ah draws from the eighth mazal of the 13 tikkunei dikna, which is the mazal "Notzer." This is why the beard is "this one acquires wisdom," as the acquisition and formation of wisdom is drawn from the aspect of dikna. This is "and wisdom is found from nothingness," as its formation comes from an aspect that has no comparison, since the drawing from mazala is only in the aspect of hairs, which is a concentrated drawing.

This drawing from mazala has its root in mocha stima'ah, which is the wisdom of Arich Anpin. Abba Ila'ah draws from the seven lower aspects of mocha stima'ah, and therefore it is only in the aspect of hairs, as hairs represent the growing aspect, which are the seven lower aspects.

However, this matter of Abba drawing from the eighth mazal occurs only after the formation of Abba Ila'ah from the light of the Emanator, as the growth and multiplication in Abba's light happens through drawing from the eighth mazal. This is like the metaphor of a child nursing from its mother's breasts - the child's existence has already been formed in the mother's womb, and what it nurses from the mother's breasts causes growth and multiplication in the child's limbs.

It is said that "Abba and Ima clothe the arms of Arich Anpin," meaning that Abba and Ima clothe the Chesed and Gevurah of Arich Anpin, which comes into them in an internal aspect, because the clothing with which they clothe each other represents closeness and grasping of the essence of what is being clothed, similar to the metaphor of the will being clothed in intellect, where it unites with the intellect and they become one. This is in the aspect of clothing where the essence of the middot of Keter are clothed in Abba and Ima, unlike what they draw from the mazalot, which is only in the aspect of nursing and hairs.