Chapter Ten (פֶּרֶק עֲשִׂירִי)

And why is it called Adam Kadmon (וְלָמָּה נִקְרָא אָדָם קַדְמוֹן), because it is known that the secret of the Scale is the structure of the Partzuf of man, as is known (לְפִי שֶׁיָּדוּעַ שֶׁסּוֹד הַמִּתְקָלָא הוּא תִּקּוּן הַפַּרְצוּף שֶׁל אָדָם כְּנוֹדָע). That Keter is the head (שֶׁכֶּתֶר הוּא הָרֹאשׁ), and Chokhmah and Binah are the two shoulders in the shape of a Vav (וְחָכְמָה וּבִינָה תְּרֵין כְּתֵפִין ו׳). And even though the scale did not exist until after the Tikkun (וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁלֹּא הָיְתָה הַמִּתְקָלָא עַד אַחַר הַתִּקּוּן), that does not matter (אֵין בָּכֵּל כְּלוּם), for we speak according to its end, as is known (כִּי אֲנַן מִדַּבְּרִינַן עַל שׁוּם סוֹפוֹ כְּנוֹדָע). It was built afterward from the 236,000 myriads of letters (שֶׁנִּבְנָה אַחַר כָּךְ מִן הָרְל״ו אֶלֶף רְבָבוֹת אוֹתִיּוֹת), that went out to build worlds and destroy them (שֶׁיָּצְאוּ לִבְנוֹת עוֹלָמוֹת וּלְהַחֲרִיבָן), and they remained there in the secret of surrounding light (וְנִשְׁאֲרוּ שָׁם בְּסוֹד אוֹר מַקִּיף), One hundred thousand myriads (מֵאָה אֶלֶף רְבָבוֹת), as we will explain regarding the matter of the shattering of vessels (כְּמוֹ שֶׁנְּבָאֵר בְּעִנְיַן שְׁבִירֵי כֵּלִים). And Adam Kadmon was made complete also through this thread (וְנַעֲשָׂה אָדָם קַדְמוֹן בִּשְׁלֵימוּת גַּם כֵּן עַל יְדֵי הַחוּט הַזֶּה). And because there was the revelation of the first scale there, which is not so above it (וּמִפְּנֵי שֶׁשָּׁם הָיָה הַגִּלּוּי שֶׁל הַמִּתְקָלָא הָרִאשׁוֹנָה מַה שֶּׁאֵין כֵּן לְמַעְלָה מִמֶּנּוּ), therefore it is called Adam Kadmon (לָכֵן נִקְרָא אָדָם קַדְמוֹן). And from this sphere came forth Israel (וּמִן הַכַּדּוּר הַזֶּה יָצְאוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל), who are called Adam (הַנִּקְרָאִים אָדָם), in the mystery of Neshamah (בְּסוֹד נְשָׁמָה), in the aspect of Yechidah (בְּבְחִינַת יְחִידָה), which is hinted at in the tip of the Yod, as is known (הַנִּרְמֶזֶת בְּקֻצּוֹ שֶׁל יו״ד כְּנוֹדָע). For all the worlds that are above Abba are all in the mystery of the Yod (שֶׁכָּל הָעוֹלָמוֹת שֶׁהֵם לְמַעְלָה מֵאֲבָא הֵם כּוּלָּם בְּסוֹד יו״ד). And this is what it says in the Zohar, Parashat Shemot: “When the Temple was destroyed, the spring of the Yod was lifted above” (וְזֶהוּ אוֹמְרוֹ בַּזֹּהַר פָּרָשַׁת שְׁמוֹת: כְּד חָרִיב בֵּי מִקְדְּשָׁא אִסְתַּלַּק נַבִּיעוּ דְּיו״ד לְעֵילָא). Because all comes from the power of the Yod of the milui of the Hei, which is called the measuring line (לִהְיוֹת שֶׁהַכֹּל בָּא מִכֹּחַ הַיּו״ד שֶׁל מִלּוּי הַ״ה הַנִּקְרֵאת קַו הַמִּדָּה), and in its lower tip it is inserted into Adam Kadmon and the sphere of Tehiru (וּבְקוּצָהּ הַתַּחְתּוֹן הִיא תְּחוּבָה תּוֹךְ אָדָם קַדְמוֹן וְכַדּוּר הַטְּהִירוּ), and she transmits into it (וּמַשְׁפַּעַת בּה). And all the influx that comes from above through the aforementioned thread is two hundred and thirty-six thousand myriads (וְכָל הַשֶּׁפַע הַבָּא מִלְמַעְלָה דֶּרֶךְ הַחוּט הַנִּזְכָּר הֵם רל״ו אֶלֶף רְבָבוֹת), in the mystery of the two hundred and thirty-one gates (בְּסוֹד רל״א שְׁעָרִים). And the Hei of the primordial Air includes them as two hundred and thirty-six (וְהַ״ה שֶׁל אויר קדמון כְּלָלָם רל״ו), to allude to the final Hei of S”G which sends its light downward in combination with the aforementioned two hundred and thirty-one (לְרַמֵּז עַל הַ״ה אַחֲרוֹנָה שֶׁל ס״ג הַשּׁוֹלַחַת אוֹרָהּ לְמַטָּה בְּצֵירוּף רל״א הַנִּזְכָּרִים). And this number is especially mentioned (וּמִסְפָּר זֶה נִזְכָּר בְּיוֹתֵר), in the Shi‘ur Komah of Rabbi Yishma’el ben Elisha the High Priest (בְּשִׁיעוּר קוֹמָה שֶׁל רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל בֶּן אֱלִישָׁע כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל), and in his Pirkei Heikhalot (וּבִפְרָקָיו שֶׁל הֵיכָלוֹת שֶׁלוֹ): “The width of the Glory is two hundred and thirty-six thousand myriads of parasangs” (רוֹחַב הַכָּבוֹד רל״ו אֶלֶף רְבָבוֹת פַּרְסָאוֹת). These are names, as I have explained above (שֶׁהֵם שֵׁמוֹת כַּדְּפֵירַשְׁתִּי לְמַעְלָה).