Primary textDaf 14b (דַּף י״ד ע״ב)

Daf 14b (דַּף י״ד ע״ב)

And the speech is completed through the lips (וְהַדִּבּוּר נִשְׁלָם עַל יְדֵי הַשָּׂפָה), whose numerical value is Shekhinah (הִיא בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא שְׁכִינָה). Bet, Vav, Mem, Peh by itself (בומ״ף לְעַצְמוֹ), Zayin, Samekh, Shin, Resh, Tzadi by itself p1-16(זשר״ץ לְעַצְמוֹ), MNTZPKH by itself (מנצפ״ך לְעַצְמוֹ), the entire Alef-Beit is divided into Chadar [Chesed, Din, and Rachamim] (כָּל הָאַלְפָא בֵיתָא נֶחְלֶקֶת לְחד״ר), and then the proclamation emerges (וְאָז הַכָּרוֹז יוֹצֵא), through Abba and Imma (עַל יְדֵי אַבָּא וְאִמָּא), strengthening the sons (הַמְחַזְּקִים הַבָּנִים), for the Kol [Voice], the speech, and the proclamation (לַקּוֹל וְדִבּוּר וְכָרוֹז). And Karoz [Proclamation] consists of the letters of Zakhor [Remember] (וְכָרוֹז הוּא אוֹתִיּוֹת זָכוֹר), whose numerical value is Ayin-Bet and Kof-Samekh-Alef (עוֹלֶה ע״ב קס״א), the illumination of Abba and Imma (הֶאָרַת אַבָּא וְאִמָּא), and then the Judgment of the speech (וְאָז הַדִּין שֶׁל הַדִּבּוּר), emerges through the articulation of the lips (יוֹצֵא בְּחִתּוּךְ שְׂפָתַיִם), fully and with ease (מְמוּלָא וְרֶוַח), therefore it says (וְלָכֵן אָמַר), “And they became one mystery” (וְאִתְעֲבִידוּ רָזָא חֲדָא), the Kol [Voice] emerging from the secret of Thought (קוֹל הַיּוֹצֵא מִסּוֹד הַמַּחֲשָׁבָה), and Kol [Voice] is also Judgment (וְגַם קוֹל הוּא דִּין), in the secret of the Achorayim of M"H (בְּסוֹד אֲחוֹרַיִים שֶׁל מ״ה), whose numerical value is one hundred and thirty (הָעוֹלֶה ק״ל), and together with it the Vav of Ze'ir Anpin (וּמְצוֹרָף עִמּוֹ ו׳ שֶׁל זְעֵיר), forms the letters of Kol [Voice] (הוּא אוֹתִיּוֹת קוֹל), as we have explained (כִּדְפֵירַשְׁנוּ), and every Achorayim is Judgment (וְכָל אֲחוֹרַיִים הוּא דִּין), and this is the meaning of “the Kol [Voice] emerges in one union” (וְזֶהוּ קוֹל נָפִיק בְּחִבּוּרָא חֲדָא). And there also were the five Havayot of the Gevurot (וְגַם שָׁם הָיוּ ה׳ הֲוָיוֹ״ת גְּבוּרוֹת), whose numerical value is one hundred and thirty (הָעוֹלִים ק״ל), sweetened by the five Havayot of the Chasadim (מְמוּתָּקִים בְּה׳ הֲוָיוֹ״ת חֲסָדִים), whose numerical value is likewise Kol [Voice] (הָעוֹלִים גַּם כֵּן קוֹל), through the power of the sweetening of the Vav of the Name Havayah (בְּכֹחַ מִיתּוּק וָא״ו שֶׁל שֵׁם הוי״ה), which is in Ze'ir Anpin (אֲשֶׁר הוּא בִּזְעֵיר), and because (וּלְהִיּוֹת), they were sweetened and united (כִּי הָיוּ מְמוּתָּקִים וּמְיֻחָדִים), therefore no more than the five Havayot of the Chasadim were mentioned (לָכֵן לֹא נִזְכַּר יוֹתֵר רַק ה׳ הֲוָיוֹ״ת חֲסָדִים), for they prevailed through their sweetening (אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ גּוֹבְרִים בְּמִתּוּקָם), before the sin of Adam HaRishon (קוֹדֶם חֵטְא א״ה), in the secret of, “The Eye of Hashem is upon those who fear Him, upon those who hope for His Chesed” (בְּסוֹד עֵי״ן ה׳ אֶל יְרֵאָיו לַמְיַחֲלִים לְחַסְדּוֹ) (Psalms 33:18), which is mercy within mercy (שֶׁהוּא רַחֲמֵי גּוֹ רַחֲמֵי), and there is only one Eye there (וְלֵית תַּמָּן אֶלָּא עֵינָא חֲדָא), as it says in the Idra (כְּמוֹ שֶׁאוֹמֵר בָּאִידְרָא), and this is the secret of Ayin [Eye] (וְזֶהוּ סוֹד עַי״ן), whose numerical value is also Kol [Voice] (הָעוֹלֶה גַּם כֵּן קוֹל), and together with the Vav of the Name Havayah (וְעִם ו׳ שֶׁל שֵׁם הוי״ה), it becomes Kol [Voice] (עוֹלֶה קוֹ״ל), emerging from Abba and Imma (הַיּוֹצֵא מֵאַבָּא וְאִמָּא), joined with its mate behind it (מְחֻבָּר עִם בַּת זוּגוֹ מֵאֲחוֹרָיו), namely (דְּהַיְנוּ), in the secret of the five Havayot of the Gevurot (בְּסוֹד ה׳ הֲוָיוֹ״ת גְּבוּרוֹת), which are called the Achorayim [Back Aspects] (הַנִּקְרָאִים אֲחוֹרַיִים), and this is the meaning of what it says (וְזֶהוּ אוֹמְרוֹ), “At the time that he emerged, his mate emerged with him” (בְּשַׁעְתָּא דְּנָפַק נָפְקַת בַּת זוּגֵיהּ בַּהֲדֵיהּ), its explanation being (פֵּירוּשׁ), it returns to the subject above (הוּא חוֹזֵר עַל הָעִנְיָן שֶׁל מַעְלָה), that He made a House from the thirty-two Elohim (שֶׁעָשָׂה בַּיִת מִן הַל״ב אֱלֹהִים), and the MNTZPKH (וְהמנצפ״ך), are the secret of the ten Ma'amarot [Utterances] (הֵם סוֹד עֶשֶׂר מַאֲמָרוֹת), and the twenty-two letters of the Orayta (וְכ״ב אַתְוָון דְאוֹרַיְיתָא), are the House for the Havayot mentioned above (הֵם בַּיִת אֶל הַהֲוָיוֹ״ת הַנִּזְכָּרִים לְעֵיל), and they brought forth Partzufim (וְהֵם הוֹצִיאוּ פַּרְצוּפִין), in their likeness and in their image (כִּדְמוּתָם וּבְצַלְמָם), in the secret of Havayah and Elohim (בְּסוֹד הוי״ה אֱלֹהִים), which are in Abba and Imma (שֶׁהוּא בְּאַבָּא וְאִמָּא), but here they are Elohim Chayim [the Living Elohim] (אֲבָל בְּכָאן הֵם אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים), and there is no evil in them at all (וְאֵין בּוֹ רַע כְּלָל), and likewise from Abba and Imma (וְגַם כָּן מִן אַבָּא וְאִמָּא), Ze'ir Anpin and his Nukvah emerged (נָפְקוּ זְעֵיר וְנוּקְבֵיהּ), they too being Havayah and Elohim (הֵם גַּם כֵּן הוי״ה וֶאֱלֹהִים), therefore it says above (וְלָכֵן אוֹמֵר לְמַעְלָה), “It emerged in one union” (נָפִיק בְּחִבּוּרָא חֲדָא), these two Names (הַשְּׁתֵּי שֵׁמוֹת הַלָּלוּ), and this is the meaning of what it says here (וְזֶהוּ אוֹמְרוֹ כָּאן), “At the time that Ze'ir Anpin emerged” (בְּשַׁעְתָּא דְּנָפִיק זְעֵיר), who is Havayah (שֶׁהוּא הוי״ה), from Abba and Imma (מֵאַבָּא וְאִמָּא), “his mate emerged with him” (נָפְקַת בַּת זוּגֵיהּ בַּהֲדֵיהּ), who is the Malkhut (שֶׁהִיא מַלְכוּת), which is also called Elohim (הַנִּקְרֵאת גַּם כֵּן אֱלֹהִים), for the Point (שֶׁהַנְּקוּדָה), is like a House for the Male (הִיא כְּמוֹ בַּיִת לַזָּכָר), so that the Light should not descend too greatly below (שֶׁלֹּא לֵירֵד אוֹר יוֹתֵר מִדַּי לְמַטָּה), and it is the secret of Judgment (וְהִיא סוֹד הַדִּין).

Notes

  1. See Sefer Yetzirah, Chapter Two, Mishnah One (סֵפֶר יְצִירָה פֶּרֶק ב׳, ס׳ א׳): “Twenty-two Foundation Letters (עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁתַּיִם אוֹתִיּוֹת יְסוֹד): three Mothers (שָׁלֹשׁ אִמּוֹת), seven Doubles (וְשֶׁבַע כְּפוּלוֹת), and twelve Simples (וּשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר פְּשׁוּטוֹת). And all of them (וְכוּלָּן), are engraved in the Kol [Voice] (חֲקוּקוֹת בַּקּוֹל), hewn out in the Ruach [Spirit] (חֲצוּבוֹת בָּרוּחַ), established in the mouth in five places (קְבוּעוֹת בַּפֶּה בַּחֲמֵשׁ מְקוֹמוֹת): Alef, Chet, Heh, Ayin (אוֹתִיּוֹת אחה״ע); Gimel, Yod, Kaf, Kuf (גיכ״ק); Dalet, Tet, Lamed, Nun, Tav (דטלנ״ת); Zayin, Samekh, Shin, Resh, Tzadi (זסשר״ץ); Bet, Vav, Mem, Peh (בומ״ף). Bound upon the tongue like a flame bound to a glowing coal (קְשׁוּרוֹת בַּלָּשׁוֹן כְּשַׁלְהֶבֶת קְשׁוּרָה בְּגַחֶלֶת). Alef, Chet, Heh, Ayin (אחה״ע), function at the back of the tongue and in the throat (מְשַׁמֶּשֶׁת בְּסוֹף הַלָּשׁוֹן וּבְבֵית הַבְּלִיעָה). Bet, Vav, Mem, Peh (בומ״ף), between the lips and at the tip of the tongue (בֵּין הַשְּׂפָתַיִם וּבְרֹאשׁ הַלָּשׁוֹן). Gimel, Yod, Kaf, Kuf (גיכ״ק), are articulated on the middle third of the tongue (עַל שְׁלִישִׁיתָהּ שֶׁל לָשׁוֹן נִכְרָתֶת). Dalet, Tet, Lamed, Nun, Tav (דטלנ״ת), function at the tip of the tongue together with the Kol [Voice] (בְּרֹאשׁ הַלָּשׁוֹן מְשַׁמֶּשֶׁת עִם הַקּוֹל). Zayin, Samekh, Shin, Resh, Tzadi (זסשר״ץ), are articulated between the teeth with the tongue lying flat (בֵּין הַשִּׁנַּיִם וּבַלָּשׁוֹן שְׁכוּבָה וּשְׁטוּחָה).”