Binah

Understanding — anatomical left (left pillar)

Binah — the womb of comprehension that takes the seed-flash of Chokhmah and develops it into structured understanding. The classical image is the upper river dividing into many channels: Chokhmah is the wellspring, Binah is the elaboration. As the supernal Mother (Imma) she gives birth to the seven lower sefirot. In body-projection Binah sits at the left side of the head. In Chabad psychology she is the discursive reasoning that takes a flash and writes it out, lecture by lecture, until insight becomes knowable.