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Chokhmah

Wisdom: the second sefirah, the first point of divine thought, the beginning of being.

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Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism

Chokhmah, wisdom, is the first flash of divine thought, a point from which the rest of creation unfolds. The Zohar reads the first word of Genesis, in the beginning, as referring to it. It is paired with Binah as father and mother.