Daf 18b (דַּף י״ח ע״ב)

Its explanation is (פֵּירוּשׁ), in Atika Kadisha, in Abba, and in Imma (בְּעַתִּיקָא קַדִּישָׁא וּבְאַבָּא וּבְאִמָּא), in the secret of “Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh [I Am That I Am]” (בְּסוֹד אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה), is the Partzuf of Imma (הוּא פַּרְצוּף אִמָּא), and in the secret of “YHVH our Elohim, YHVH” (וּבְסוֹד יהו״ה אלדינו יהו״ה), is the Partzuf of Imma (הוּא פַּרְצוּף אִמָּא), and in the secret of “Bereshit bara Elohim” (וּבְסוֹד בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים) (Genesis 1:1), is the Partzuf of Atika Kadisha (הוּא פַּרְצוּף עַתִּיקָא קַדִּישָׁא). And from there this Name is separated (וּמִתַּמָּן אִתְפְּרַשׁ שְׁמָא דָא), into many sides (לְכַמָּה סִטְרִין).

Its explanation is (פֵּירוּשׁ), the Name Elohim spreads forth (שֵׁם אֱלֹהִים מִתְפַּשֵּׁט), from these three levels (מִשְּׁלֹשׁ מַדְרֵגוֹת אֵלֶּה), to Ze'ir Anpin and his Nukvah (לִזְעֵיר וְנוּקְבֵיהּ), to the right and to the left (לַיָּמִין וְלַשְּׂמֹאל), in its fillings and in its squared expansion (בְּמִילּוּאָיו וּבְרִבּוּעוֹ), and in the World of Beri'ah (וּבְעוֹלָם הַבְּרִיאָה), it ascends in mercy (הוּא עוֹלֶה בְּרַחֲמִים), and also MNTZPKH (וְגַם מנצפ״ך), and in the World of Yetzirah (וּבְעוֹלָם הַיְצִירָה), it has the numerical value of Eretz [Earth] (הוּא עוֹלֶה אֶרֶץ), and in the World of Asiyah (וּבְעוֹלָם הָעֲשִׂיָּה), it has the numerical value of Ratzah [295] (הוּא עוֹלֶה רצ״ה), and they are the secret of “a thousand thousands, masters of wailing and lamentation” (וְהֵם סוֹד אֶלֶף אַלְפִין מָארֵי דִילָלָא וְדִיבָבָא), and they require the World of Atzilut (וְצְרִיכִים מֵעוֹלָם הָאֲצִילוּת), where they are sweetened (אֲשֶׁר שָׁם נִמְתָּקִים), for there they are called Elohim Chayim [Living Elohim] (כִּי שָׁם נִקְרָא אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים), and no other elohim cleave to Him, Heaven forbid (וְאֵינוֹ מִתְדַּבֵּק אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים בּוֹ ח״ו), for they are sweetened by the Names Havayah (כִּי הֵם מְמוּתָּקִים בְּשֵׁמוֹת הוי״ה), and become milk (וְנַעֲשִׂים חָלָב), in the secret of Eldad and Medad (בְּסוֹד אֶלְדָּד וּמֵידָד), with the Heh in the middle (וְה״א בָּאֶמְצַע). And also Elohim filled with Yods (וְגַם אֱלֹהִים בְּמִילּוּי יוּדִין), has the numerical value of MNTZPKH (הוּא בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא מנצפ״ך), and it is Havayah in ATBSH (וְהוּא הוי״ה בְּא״ת בּ״ש), and this is the secret of Beit Rosh [House of the Head] (וְזֶהוּ סוֹד בֵּית רֹאשׁ), and it is in Bereshit (וְהוּא בִּבְרֵאשִׁית). Until here is the secret of the hidden of the hidden (עַד הָבָא רָזָא דְסִתְרִין דְּסִתְרָא), the hidden of the hidden, namely Reisha d'Ein [the Head of Ein] (צ דסתרין פ׳ רֵישָׁא דְּאֵין), is called the hidden of the hidden (הוּא נִקְרָא סִתְרָא דְסִתְרִין), because it is concealed from the Reisha of Reisha d'Lo Ityada [the Unknowable Head] and from the Reisha of Arich Anpin (שֶׁנִּסְתָּר מִן רֵישָׁא דל״א וּמִן רֵישָׁא דַּאֲרִיךְ אַנְפִּין), and from there begins these Judgments (וּמִשָּׁם הַתְחָלַת הַדִּינִין הָאֵלֶּה), in the secret of Beit Rosh [House of the Head] (בְּסוֹד בֵּית רֹאשׁ), which emerges from the word Bereshit (הַיּוֹצֵא מִמִּלַּת בְּרֵאשִׁית), “engraved and built” (דְּגָלִיף וּבָנֵי), its explanation being (פֵּירוּשׁ), He engraved (הָיָה חוֹקֵק), this Head (הָרֹאשׁ הַזֶּה), and built the Name Elohim (וּבָנָה שֵׁם אֱלֹהִים), in the Partzufim below (בַּפַּרְצוּפִין שֶׁלְּמַטָּה), and established them (וְקִיֵּם אוֹתָם), through the Inner Light of Havayah (בְּאוֹר פְּנִימִי שֶׁל הוי״ה), in the secret of the Yesod of Reisha d'Lo Ityada [the Unknowable Head] (בְּסוֹד יְסוֹד דל״א), within which is called “the Ever-Wakeful Eye” (אֲשֶׁר בּוֹ הַנִּקְרָא עֵינָא פְּקִיחָא), and there is only one Eye there (וְאֵין שָׁם אֶלָּא עַיִן אֶחָד), which is entirely Chesed (שֶׁהוּא כֻּלּוֹ חֶסֶד), and there is no Judgment in it (וְאֵין בּוֹ דִּין אֶלָּא), only mercy within mercy (רַחֲמֵי גוֹ רַחֲמֵי). And every place where it says “established” or “stands established” (וְכָל מָקוֹם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר קִיֵּם אוֹ קַיְימָא), of one support (דְּחַד סַמְכָא), it is the Yesod (הוּא יְסוֹד), the Holy Covenant stands established (בְּרִית קַיְימָא קַדִּישָׁא), concerning which it is said, “And the Tzaddik is the foundation of the world” (הוּא שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וְצַדִּיק יְסוֹד עוֹלָם) (Proverbs 10:25). And Onkelos translated (וְאוּנְקְלוֹס תִּרְגֵּם), concerning the verse <“For all that is in heaven and earth” (עַל פָּסוּק <כִּי כֹל בַּשָּׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ), and its secret is also in the verse (וְסוֹדוֹ גַּם כֵּן בַּפָּסוּק>), “Et the heavens and Et the earth” (אֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֶת הָאָרֶץ), “the pillar that holds fast in heaven and on earth” (עַמּוּדָא דַּאֲחִיד בִּשְׁמַיָּא וּבְאַרְעָא), it is the Tzaddik, the foundation of the world (הוּא הַצַּדִּיק יְסוֹד עוֹלָם), who sweetens the Judgments (הַמְמַתֵּק הַדִּינִים), and sends them into the worlds (וְשׁוֹלְחִים בָּעוֹלָמוֹת), where they are the masters of lamentation and the masters of wailing (אֲשֶׁר הֵם מָארֵי דִיבָבָא וּמָארֵי דִילָלָא), all of them are Judgments (כֻּלָּם דִּינִים), and they require sweetening, salvation, and joy (וּצְרִיכִים מִיתּוּק וִישׁוּעָה וְשִׂמְחָה), from this Yesod (מֵהַיְסוֹד הַזֶּה), and therefore it is said, “And those who make the many righteous” (וְלָכֵן נֶאֱמַר וּמַצְדִּיקֵי הָרַבִּים) (Daniel 12:3), they are the twelve Havayot (הֵם הי״ב הויוֹת), who justify and gladden the sixty (הַמַּצְדִּיקִים וּמְשַׂמְּחִים אֶת הַשִּׁשִּׁים).