Daf 10b (דַּף י׳ ע״ב)

And it becomes Mayin Nukvin for the union of Abba and Imma (וְהוּא נַעֲשֶׂה מַיִן נוּקְבִין לְזִוּוּג אַבָּא וְאִמָּא), and this is the meaning of what our Rabbis of blessed memory said (וְזֶהוּ אוֹמְרָם רז״ל), “Great are the righteous, for they transform the Attribute of Judgment into the Attribute of Mercy” (גְּדוֹלִים הַצַּדִּיקִים שֶׁמְּהַפְּכִים מִדַּת הַדִּין לְמִדַּת הָרַחֲמִים). And likewise what it says (וְגַם אוֹמְרוֹ), in the Zohar in this parashah (בַּזּוֹהַר בַּפָּרָשָׁה הַזֹּאת), concerning Rav Hamnuna Sava (עַל רַב הַמְנוּנָא סָבָא), that he saw him “uprooting mountains and illuminating the lamp in the Palace of King Mashiach” (שֶׁרָאָהוּ מְעַקֵּר טוּרִין וּמְזַהֵר שְׁרָגָא בְּהֵיכָלָא דְּמַלְכָּא מְשִׁיחָא), its explanation being (פֵּירוּשׁ), that he uprooted the bitterness of this Attribute of Judgment (שֶׁהָיָה מְעַקֵּר הַמְּרִירוּת שֶׁל הַמִּדָּה דִּין הַזֶּה), which is Elohim squared (שֶׁהוּא אֱלֹהִים בְּרִבּוּעוֹ), together with the five letters of the root (עִם ה׳ אוֹתִיּוֹת שֶׁל הַשֹּׁרֶשׁ), whose numerical value is Har Elohai [Mountain of God] (הָעוֹלֶה הַ״ר אֱלֹהִים), and this is sufficient for one who understands (וְדַי לַמֵּבִין). “Elohim engraved in the crown” (אֱלֹהִים גְּלִיפָא בְּעַטְרָא), its explanation being (פֵּירוּשׁ), when it is Reisha d'Lo Ityada [The Unknowable Head] (כְּשֶׁהוּא רדל״א), with the Yod (בְּיוֹ״ד), it has the numerical value of Esh [Fire], together with the kolel (עוֹלֶה אֵ״שׁ עִם הַכּוֹלֵל), and when it is squared (וּכְשֶׁהוּא בְּרִבּוּעוֹ), it has the numerical value of Rosh [Head], together with the kolel (עוֹלֶה רֹא״שׁ עִם הַכּוֹלֵל), and this is the secret of Asher [That Which] and Rosh [Head] (וְזֶהוּ סוֹד אֲשֶׁ״ר וְרֹא״שׁ), for Asher is in the word Bereshit (אֲשֶׁר הוּא בְּמִלַּת בְּרֵאשִׁית), and this is the secret of Beit Rosh [House of the Head] (וְזֶהוּ סוֹד בֵּית רֹאשׁ), for the Malkhut of Reisha d'Lo Ityada [The Unknowable Head] is a House for the Name Elohim (כִּי הַמַּלְכוּת דְּל״א הוּא בַּיִת לְשֵׁם אֱלֹהִים), whose numerical value is Rosh [Head] through its permutations (הָעוֹלֶה רֹאשׁ בְּצֵרוּפָיו), and Rosh [Head] reversed is Asher [That Which] (וְגַם רֹאשׁ הִפּוּכוֹ אֲשֶׁ״ר), and this is the secret of “Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh [I Am That I Am]” (וְזֶהוּ סוֹד אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה) (Exodus 3:14), for there are two Partzufim in Binah (כִּי יֵשׁ ב׳ פַּרְצוּפִים בְּבִינָה), namely Imma and Tevunah (דְּהַיְנוּ אִמָּא וּתְבוּנָה), and corresponding to them are the two permutations of Elohim Sar [Prince] (וּכְנֶגְדָּם שְׁנֵי צֵרוּפֵי אֱלֹהִים שׁ״ר). And this is the meaning of what it says, “Asher [That Which] is the hidden and concealed Palace” (וְזֶהוּ אוֹמְרוֹ אֲשֶׁ״ר הֵיכָלָא טָמִיר וְגָנִיז), namely the Malkhut of Reisha d'Lo Ityada [The Unknowable Head] (הוּא הַמַּלְכוּת דְּל״א), which is a Palace (אֲשֶׁר הוּא הֵיכָל), whose numerical value is Adonai (גִּימַטְרִיָּא אֲדֹנָי), hidden and concealed (טָמִיר וְגָנִיז), in the aspect of Yesod (בִּבְחִינַת יְסוֹד), in which is concealed the flow (אֲשֶׁר בּוֹ גָּנוּז הַשֶּׁפַע), of the point of Adam Kadma'ah [Primordial Adam] (שֶׁל הַנְּקוּדָה שֶׁל אָדָם קַדְמָאָה), which is not divided into parts (אֲשֶׁר אֵינוֹ נֶחְלָק לַחֲלָקִים), and every place where the Zohar says “hidden” (וְכָל מָקוֹם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בַּזֹּהַר גָּנוּז), and “concealed within the Holy Covenant” (וְאִתְטְמַר בִּבְרִית קַדִּישָׁא), it means hidden in the Yesod (הוּא גָּנוּז בִּיסוֹד), and in its hand is the power to bestow (וּבְיָדוֹ לְהַשְׁפִּיעַ), and so it is in all the worlds (וְכָךְ הוּא בְּכָל הָעוֹלָמוֹת), and when it does not serve and bestow below (וּכְשֶׁאֵינוֹ מְשַׁמֵּשׁ וּמַשְׁפִּיעַ לְמַטָּה), it is said of it, “And the river shall be dried up and become parched” (נֶאֱמַר עָלָיו וְנָהָר יֶחֱרַב וְיָבֵשׁ) (Isaiah 19:5), and it does not drip (וְאֵינוֹ מְטַפְטֵף), “the beginning of the mystery of Bereshit” (שְׁרִיאוּתָא דְרָזָא דְּרֵאשִׁית). For from there the Judgments begin to be revealed (כִּי מִשָּׁם מַתְחִילִים הַדִּינִים לְהִתְגַּלּוֹת), in the secret of the thirty-two, the three hundred and twenty, and the three hundred and twenty-five (בְּסוֹד ל״ב וְש״ךְ וְשכ״ה). And Asher [That Which] (וַאֲשֶׁר), in the word “Bereshit [In the Beginning]” (שֶׁבְּמִלַּת בְּרֵאשִׁית), and in the verse “Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh [I Am That I Am]” (וּבַפָּסוּק אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה) (Exodus 3:14), is the Head that emerges from Reshit [Beginning] (הוּא רֹאשׁ דְּנָפִיק מֵרֵאשִׁית), its explanation being (פֵּירוּשׁ), the point called Reshit [Beginning] (הַנְּקוּדָה הַנִּקְרֵאת רֵאשִׁית), is concealed within the Reisha of Adam Kadma'ah [Primordial Adam] (הִיא מִסְתַּתֶּרֶת בְּרֵישָׁא דְּאָדָם קַדְמָאָה), through his Malkhut (עַל יְדֵי הַמַּלְכוּת שֶׁלּוֹ), in the secret of, “Hashem founded the earth with Chokhmah” (בְּסוֹד ה׳ בְּחָכְמָה יָסַד אָרֶץ) (Proverbs 3:19), in the secret of the writing (בְּסוֹד הַכְּתִיבָה). Be precise (דּוּק), for Rosh [Head] and Reshit [Beginning] are entirely one (כִּי רֹאשׁ וְרֵאשִׁית הֵם הַכֹּל אֶחָד), in the secret of the Unity (בְּסוֹד הַיִּחוּד), yet nevertheless (אֲבָל עַל כָּל פָּנִים), there is a great difference (יֵשׁ הֶבְדֵּל גָּדוֹל), between the two halves of the Alef (עַל שְׁנֵי חֲצָאֵי הָאָלֶ״ף), which make the thirty-two Elohim without its filling with it (הָעוֹשִׂים ל״ב אֱלֹהִים בְּלִי מִלּוּאוֹ עִמּוֹ), and between the Name Elohim (וּבֵין שֵׁם אֱלֹהִים), in its filling with Yods and in its squared form (בְּמִלּוּאוֹ בְּיוּדִי״ן וּבְרִבּוּעוֹ), its explanation being (וּפֵירוּשׁ), that it is revealed to a much greater degree (שֶׁמִּתְגַּלֶּה בְּיוֹתֵר), from this Reshit [Beginning] (מֵהַאי רֵאשִׁית), which is the two halves of the Alef (שֶׁהוּא שְׁנֵי חֲצָאֵי הָאָלֶ״ף), and it becomes Elohim in its squared form and with Yods (וְנַעֲשֶׂה אֱלֹהִים בְּרִבּוּעוֹ וּבְיוּדִי״ן). And when it was afterward rectified as one (וְכַד אִתְתְּקַן לְבָתַר כַּחֲדָא), the Reshit [Beginning] with Elohim (הָרֵאשִׁית לְאֱלֹהִים), in its filling (בְּמִלּוּאוֹ), in the secret of the union (בְּסוֹד יִחוּד), of the Chokhmah of Adam Kadma'ah [Primordial Adam] with the Malkhut of Reisha d'Lo Ityada [The Unknowable Head] (חָכְמַת א״ק בְּמַלְכוּת דְּל״א), which becomes in the secret of a House (הַנַּעֲשֶׂה בְּסוֹד בַּיִת), and Elohim is revealed in its squared form and with Yods (וּמִתְגַּלֶּה אֱלֹהִים בְּרִבּוּעוֹ וּבְיוּדִי״ן), then Bereshit [In the Beginning] includes the Supernal Reshit [Beginning] in Chokhmah (וְכַדִּין בְּרֵאשִׁית כָּלִיל רֵאשִׁיתָא עִלָּאָה בְּחָכְמְתָא).