Daf 19a (דַּף י״ט ע״א)

The six hundred thousand masters of the Mishnah (רִבּוֹא מָארֵי מַתְנִיתִין), in the World of Beri'ah (שֶׁבְּעוֹלָם הַבְּרִיאָה), and the six hundred thousand angels (וְשִׁשִּׁים רִבּוֹא מַלְאָכִים), in the World of Yetzirah (שֶׁבְּעוֹלָם הַיְצִירָה), and the six hundred thousand stars (וְשִׁשִּׁים רִבּוֹא כּוֹכָבִים), in Asiyah (שֶׁבַּעֲשִׂיָּה), and the six hundred thousand Ofanim [Wheels] (וְשִׁשִּׁים רִבּוֹא אוֹפַנִּים), and the six hundred thousand souls together with the Children of Yisrael (וְשִׁשִּׁים רִבּוֹא נְשָׁמוֹת עִם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל), all of whom come from the sixty Gevurot [Powers of Judgment] (אֲשֶׁר כֻּלָּם בָּאִים מִשִּׁשִּׁים גְּבוּרוֹת), of Her Nukvah (שֶׁל נוּקְבֵיהּ). They are the sixty Elohim (הֵם שִׁשִּׁים אֱלֹהִים), who require sweetening and joy (הַצְּרִיכִים מִתּוּק וְשִׂמְחָה), from the Palace (מֵהֵיכָל), of the Havayot (הֲוָיוֹת), which are in the Moach [Brain] of Atika (שֶׁבְּמוֹחַ עַתִּיקָא), called the Inner Light (הַנִּקְרָאִים אוֹר פְּנִימִי), the sections of the Tefillin (פָּרָשִׁיּוֹת שֶׁל תְּפִלִּין), and surrounding them are the black Batim [Tefillin housings] (וְסָבִיב לָהֶם הַבָּתִּים הַשְּׁחוֹרִים), and therefore it is said (וְלָכֵן נֶאֱמַר), “And they that make the many righteous shall shine like the stars forever and ever” (וּמַצְדִּיקֵי הָרַבִּים כַּכּוֹכָבִים לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד) (Daniel 12:3).

Its explanation is: (פֵּרוּשׁ), “they shall shine like the stars” (יַזְהִירוּ כַּכּוֹכָבִים), the stars which radiate clear light (הַמַּזְהִירִים אוֹר בָּהִיר), to this world (לְהָעֹה״ז), but the enlightened ones (אֲבָל הַמַּשְׂכִּלִים), who are the sparks of the sweetened Gevurot [Powers of Judgment] (דְּאִינוּן נִיצוֹץ הַגְּבוּרוֹת הַמְמוּתָּקִים), which are in the World of Ein Sof (שֶׁבְּעוֹלָם א״ס), “shall shine like the Zohar of the firmament” (יַזְהִירוּ כְּזֹהַר הָרָקִיעַ) (Daniel 12:3). It is the Voice (הוּא קוֹל), of Ze'ir Anpin (שֶׁל זְעֵיר), sparkling toward His Nukvah (הַמִּתְנוֹצֵץ לְנוּקְבֵיהּ), to give Her Speech (לָתֵת לָהּ דִּבּוּר). Thus shall the Palace (כָּךְ יַזְהִירוּ הֵיכָל), of the Havayot (הֲוָיוֹת), in the mystery of the sections [of the Tefillin] (בְּסוֹד הַפָּרָשִׁיּוֹת), and they shall come (וְיָבֹאוּ), to the worlds of Beri'ah, Yetzirah, and Asiyah (לָעוֹלָמוֹת בי״ע), to gladden them (לְשַׂמְּחָם).

In the mystery of Chesed [Kindness] from the mystery of Judgment (בְּסוֹד חֶסֶד מִסּוֹד הַדִּין), which is entirely sorrow and sighing (אֲשֶׁר כֻּלּוֹ יָגוֹן וַאֲנָחָה), and therefore the Levite, who is on the left, must play music with song (וְלָכֵן הַלֵּוִי שֶׁהוּא בַּשְּׂמֹאל צָרִיךְ לְנַגֵּן בְּשִׁיר), for the Shekhinah is present only through joy (כִּי אֵין שְׁכִינָה אֶלָּא מִתּוֹךְ שִׂמְחָה). And therefore he said, “And built and established by a hidden path” (וְלָכֵן אָמַר וּבְנִי וְקִיֵּם בְּאָרַח סָתִים). Its explanation is: in the cavity of the Moach [Brain] it is called the hidden path (פֵּרוּשׁ בַּחֲלָלוֹ שֶׁל הַמּוֹחַ נִקְרָא אֹרַח סָתִים), because the Reisha d'Ein [Head of Nothingness] is called the Hidden of the Hidden (כִּי הָרֵישָׁא דְּאֵין נִקְרָא סָתִים דְּסָתִימִין), and it does not open (וְאֵינוֹ מִתְפַּתֵּחַ). In the mystery of one verse (בְּסִתְרָא דְּחַד קְרָא), in the mystery of “Bereshit bara Elohim” (בְּסוֹד בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים) (Genesis 1:1), I would explain it as one matter (הָיִיתִי מְפָרֵשׁ אוֹתוֹ בְּעִנְיָן אֶחָד), that it proceeds entirely toward the hairs of the Yesod [Foundation] in all the Partzufim (שֶׁהוּא כֻּלּוֹ הוֹלֵךְ אֶל הַשְּׂעָרוֹת שֶׁל יְסוֹד בְּכָל הַפַּרְצוּפִין), for the Yesod [Foundation] is called Shamesh [Attendant] (כִּי יְסוֹד נִקְרָא שָׁמַשׁ), because Ze'ir Anpin serves by means of with His Nukvah (כִּי זְעֵיר הַמְשַׁמֵּשׁ ע״י עִם נוּקְבֵיהּ), and its numerical value is three hundred and twenty for him, and three hundred and twenty for His Nukvah (וְהוּא גִּי׳ ש״ך דִּידֵיהּ וְש״ך דְּנוּקְבֵיהּ), and likewise Tamar [Date Palm] ascends in numerical value (וְכֵן עוֹלֶה תָּמָ״ר). Therefore every place where one plants a Tamar [Date Palm] (לָכֵן כָּל מָקוֹם שֶׁנּוֹטְעִים תָּמָר), one must plant with it its mate (צָרִיךְ לִנְטוֹעַ עִמּוֹ בַּת זוּגוֹ), and this is what is called the hidden path (וְהוּא הַנִּקְרָא אֹרַח סָתִים), for the seed, as it were, is sown from the Moach [Brain] (כִּי הַזֶּרַע כִּבְיָכוֹל נִזְרָע מִן הַמּוֹחַ), by means of the eighteen vertebrae [18/Chai] of the spinal cord (ע״י ח״י חוּלִיּוֹת שֶׁל חוּט הַשִּׁדְרָה), until the Yesod [Foundation], which is called Chai [Living] (עַד יְסוֹד הַנִּקְרָא ח״י), and two times Chai [Living] equals Leah (וּשְׁתֵּי פְּעָמִים ח״י עוֹלֶה לֵאָה), to allude to his Yesod [Foundation] and her Yesod [Foundation] (לִרְמוֹז עַל יְסוֹד דִּידֵיהּ וִיסוֹד דִּידָהּ), joined together and sweetened in the mystery of Shamesh [Attendant] (הַמְחֻבָּרִים וְנִמְתָּקִים בְּסוֹד שֶׁמֶשׁ). “Healing in its wings” (מַרְפֵּא בִּכְנָפֶיהָ) (Malachi 4:2), and this is the hidden path (וְזֶהוּ אֹרַח סָתִים).

From here onward I will explain Bereshit in another manner (מִכָּאן וָהָלְאָה אֲפָרֵשׁ בְּרֵאשִׁית בְּאֹפֶן אַחֵר), entirely below in Ze'ir Anpin with His Nukvah (הַכֹּל לְמַטָּה בִּזְעֵיר אַנְפִּין עִם נוּקְבֵיהּ), and not half of it in Atika Kadisha (וְלֹא חֶצְיוֹ בְּעַתִּיקָא קַדִּישָׁא), in the mystery of Bereshit as Beit Rosh [House of the Head] (בְּסוֹד בְּרֵאשִׁית בֵּית רֹאשׁ), rather, Bereshit is expounded upon the six extremities of Ze'ir Anpin (אֶלָּא בְּרֵאשִׁית נִדְרָשׁ עַל שֵׁשׁ קְצָווֹת שֶׁל זְעֵיר אַנְפִּין), which Arich raised upward by means of His folding (שֶׁהֶעֱלָה אֲרִיךְ לְמַעְלָה ע״י קִפּוּלוֹ), and they were built by means of Abba and Imma (וְנִבְנוּ ע״י אַבָּא וְאִימָא).