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The Sefirah of Chochma is the first sefirah and source of the ten spiritual sefiros enumerated in Kabbalah. The essence of the Sefirah of Chochma is bitul, absence of ego, since the Ohr Ein Sof Eloki does not rest in a place of yeshus. The parallel of the Sefirah of Chochma in the human soul is the koach haChochma, which is the root of the intellectual powers that influence one's emotions and actions.

The '''Sefirah of Chochma''' is the first sefirah and source of the ten spiritual sefiros enumerated in Kabbalah. The essence of the Sefirah of Chochma is bitul, absence of ego, since the [[Ohr Ein Sof|Ohr Ein Sof Eloki]] does not rest in a place of yeshus. The parallel of the Sefirah of Chochma in the human soul is the koach haChochma, which is the root of the intellectual powers that influence one's emotions and actions.

The ten sefiros, in their classical division, are presented in a pyramid of three triangles: the intellectual triangle (upper - parallel to the human brain), the emotional triangle (middle - parallel to the heart and chest area), and the practical triangle (lower - parallel to the groin and legs area). The Sefirah of Chochma is located on the right side of the upper triangle, parallel to the right lobe of the brain, to which properties parallel to the Sefirah of Chochma are attributed. The ability to grasp an abstract concept of the spiritual Sefirah of Chochma is achieved through analyzing the koach haChochma in the human soul and projecting its contents, after abstraction, to spiritual sefiros.

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* '''Reishis''' - The Sefira of Chochma is also called "Reishis", as the verse states "The beginning of Chochma is fear of Hashem". And so too the Targum Yonasan on the Torah's opening word "Bereishis" is "B'Chochmasa". The matter is that the Sefira of Chochma is the beginning of the revelation of the Sefiros.

* '''Even''' - The physical stone is in the category of inanimate, and what distinguishes it from other types of creations -like plant, animal and human- is its being an existing essence with a form and intrinsic definition, but without additional qualities and form beyond its physical existence, especially the raw stone before any specific form of a vessel or the like is set in it. Unlike a plant or animal, which besides the essential existence in its physical reality, also has the quality of growth or feeling, the stone is an inanimate existence and has no additional qualities beyond its essential existence. Therefore the stone serves as an analogy for the Sefira of Chochma which is hinted to in the letter 'Yud' of the name of Havaya, just as the Yud is a point without extension, meaning without form - length and width, because the essence of the letter Yud is just a point (the "thorns" above and below are additions), and a 'point' - has no defined form, and precisely because of this it is the basis for all possible forms - different from each other completely, which are all drawn from and built upon it. So too Chochma is just a source for Binah, which is defined and "formed" intellect with length and width, meaning, defined in its various details. But Chochma itself is abstract from all form and definition, and therefore is compared to an inanimate stone.

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-The Sefirah of Chochma is the first sefirah and source of the ten spiritual sefiros enumerated in Kabbalah. The essence of the Sefirah of Chochma is bitul, absence of ego, since the Ohr Ein Sof Eloki does not rest in a place of yeshus. The parallel of the Sefirah of Chochma in the human soul is the koach haChochma, which is the root of the intellectual powers that influence one's emotions and actions.
+The '''Sefirah of Chochma''' is the first sefirah and source of the ten spiritual sefiros enumerated in Kabbalah. The essence of the Sefirah of Chochma is bitul, absence of ego, since the [[Ohr Ein Sof|Ohr Ein Sof Eloki]] does not rest in a place of yeshus. The parallel of the Sefirah of Chochma in the human soul is the koach haChochma, which is the root of the intellectual powers that influence one's emotions and actions.
 The ten sefiros, in their classical division, are presented in a pyramid of three triangles: the intellectual triangle (upper - parallel to the human brain), the emotional triangle (middle - parallel to the heart and chest area), and the practical triangle (lower - parallel to the groin and legs area). The Sefirah of Chochma is located on the right side of the upper triangle, parallel to the right lobe of the brain, to which properties parallel to the Sefirah of Chochma are attributed. The ability to grasp an abstract concept of the spiritual Sefirah of Chochma is achieved through analyzing the koach haChochma in the human soul and projecting its contents, after abstraction, to spiritual sefiros.
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 * '''Reishis''' - The Sefira of Chochma is also called "Reishis", as the verse states "The beginning of Chochma is fear of Hashem". And so too the Targum Yonasan on the Torah's opening word "Bereishis" is "B'Chochmasa". The matter is that the Sefira of Chochma is the beginning of the revelation of the Sefiros.
 * '''Even''' - The physical stone is in the category of inanimate, and what distinguishes it from other types of creations -like plant, animal and human- is its being an existing essence with a form and intrinsic definition, but without additional qualities and form beyond its physical existence, especially the raw stone before any specific form of a vessel or the like is set in it. Unlike a plant or animal, which besides the essential existence in its physical reality, also has the quality of growth or feeling, the stone is an inanimate existence and has no additional qualities beyond its essential existence. Therefore the stone serves as an analogy for the Sefira of Chochma which is hinted to in the letter 'Yud' of the name of Havaya, just as the Yud is a point without extension, meaning without form - length and width, because the essence of the letter Yud is just a point (the "thorns" above and below are additions), and a 'point' - has no defined form, and precisely because of this it is the basis for all possible forms - different from each other completely, which are all drawn from and built upon it. So too Chochma is just a source for Binah, which is defined and "formed" intellect with length and width, meaning, defined in its various details. But Chochma itself is abstract from all form and definition, and therefore is compared to an inanimate stone.
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