Schemuel I 2:3 Kabbala: Idra Zuta

The concealed Da’at, the Da’at that illuminates in the head, the extending Da’at
It is written, “for Hashem is an El of knowledge” (I Shmuel 2:3). The word Knowledge surely is in the plural, because Zeir Anpin has three kinds of knowledge (Da’at). 1. It is the brain of Da’at, because in Da’at are all the palaces filled as written, “by knowledge are the chambers filled.” 2. Another Da’at corresponds to it, which is not manifest but is gradually included in it in secret. 3. Da’at that shines on the brains and expands throughout the brain but not into the body.

These four lights join the two brain lobes, which are Chochmah and Binah and the third brain that comprise the two lobes, attached to both sides, that is, to the right, which is Chochmah and the left, which is Binah. It spreads throughout the body and becomes two colors that are blended into one. They are the right that contains Chassadim and the left that comprises Chochmah. That lights up his face, the colors of which attest to Aba and Ima, that is, they shine with the color of Aba, which is Chassadim, and the color of Ima, which is Chochmah. It is called Da’at, of which it says, “for Hashem is an El of knowledge (de’ot)” (I Shmuel 2:3), de’ot being the plural of Da’at. The reason is that it has the two colors of Chassadim and Chochmah; and therefore, “and by him (lo) actions are weighed” (Ibid.) to illuminate with both Chochmah and Chassadim. But they were not (lo) weighed for the hidden Atika Kadisha. The reason they were weighed for the former, Zeir Anpin, is that he inherits the two portions of Chochmah and Chassadim from Aba and Ima. It is therefore written, “With the merciful (chasid) you will show yourself merciful” (II Shmuel 22:26), by shining Chassadim on him, “and with the upright man (gibor) you will show yourself upright” (Ibid.), by shining Gvurot on him, namely, the illumination of Chochmah in the left, which is wholeness. Upright means whole, as shall be explained in section 100.

These colors of the right and left of Da’at shine, so to speak, as a halo over the head as surrounding lights, entering the cranial cavities to shine as inner lights. Thus, they spread throughout the body, which is Chesed, Gvurah, Tiferet, Netzach, Hod and Yesod. And the body is attached to them. But as for the hidden Atika Kadisha, “actions are not weighed,” since it does not contain Chochmah; nor are they appropriate for it because Atika Kadisha is in a state of oneness, that is, with the light of Chassadim alone. The illumination of Chochmah has no power over it. It therefore contains happiness for all, life for all; no judgment comes out from it. But as for that, Zeir Anpin, surely “by him actions are weighed,” as explained. The two different spellings of “lo” – one refers to Atika and the other to Zeir Anpin.