Daf 19b (דַּף י״ט ע״ב)

ereshit: created six (בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא שִׁית). Its explanation is: the word Bereshit is divided into two, becoming Bara Shit [Created Six] (פֵּרוּשׁ מִלַּת בְּרֵאשִׁית נֶחְלֶקֶת לִשְׁתַּיִם וְנַעֲשֶׂה בָּרָא שִׁית). Its explanation is: from Atika Kadisha, which is Arich Anpin, including them within the power of His hands (פֵּרוּשׁ מֵעַתִּיקָא קַדִּישָׁא הוּא אֲרִיךְ אַנְפִּין הַכּוֹלֵל אוֹתָם בְּכֹחַ יָדָיו), which are concealed within Abba and Imma until the Tabbur [Navel] (אֲשֶׁר הֵם גְּנוּזִים בְּאַבָּא וְאִימָא עַד הַטִּיבּוּר), and from the Tabbur [Navel] and below He is clothed within Ze'ir Anpin and His Nukvah (וּמֵהַטִּיבּוּר דִּלְמַטָּה מְלֻבָּשׁ הוּא בְּתוֹךְ זְעֵיר וְנוּקְבֵיהּ), for He is extended (דְּהוּא אָרוֹךְ), until the end of the World of Asiyah (עַד סוֹף עוֹלָם הָעֲשִׂיָּה), and by means of His folding Ze'ir Anpin and His Nukvah came into being (וְע״י קִפּוּלוֹ נַעֲשֶׂה ז״א וְנוּקְבֵיהּ), in the mystery of a Partzuf within Abba and Imma (בְּסוֹד פַּרְצוּף בְּתוֹךְ אַבָּא וְאִימָא), and they are the six extremities (וְהֵם שֵׁשׁ קְצָווֹת), of the shattered vessels (שֶׁל מָאנִין תְּבִירִין), from one end of the heavens to the other end of the heavens (מִקְצֵה וְעַד קְצֵה הַשָּׁמַיִם), they are the six extremities: Gedulah, Gevurah, Tiferet, Netzach, Hod, and Yesod (הֵם שֵׁשׁ קְצָווֹת גג״ת נה״י), the six sides (שִׁית סִטְרִין), which spread forth from the Supernal Mystery (דְּמִתְפַּשְׁטִין מֵרָזָא עִלָּאָה), through the expansion of Bara [Created] (בְּאִתְפַּשְׁטוּתָא דְּבָרָא), from within the First Point (מִגּוֹ נְקוּדָה קַדְמָאָה). Its explanation is: they are the six extremities of the shattered vessels (פֵּרוּשׁ הוּא הַשֵּׁשׁ קְצָווֹת שֶׁל מָאנִין תְּבִירִין), which afterward became their Kelim [Vessels] from the Name Elohim in Atika (שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂה אַחַ״כ כֵּלָיו מִשֵּׁם אֱלֹהִים שֶׁבְּעַתִּיקָא), and its Inner Light (וְאוֹר פְּנִימִי שֶׁלּוֹ), in the mystery of the Havayot, the Light of Chesed [Kindness], as is known (בְּסוֹד הֲוָיוֹת אוֹר חֶסֶד כַּיָּדוּעַ), in the mystery of the Chalukah d'Rabbanan [Garment of the Sages] (בְּסוֹד חֲלוּקָא דְּרַבָּנָן), its Light (אוֹרָהּ). And all the seven Tikkunim in Atika Kadisha bestowed abundance and power upon every extremity of the six extremities according to its measure (וְכָל הַז׳ תִּיקּוּנִים שֶׁבְּעַתִּיקָא קַדִּישָׁא נָתְנוּ שֶׁפַע וְכֹחַ לְכָל קָצֶה שֶׁל הַשִּׁשִּׁי קְצָווֹת בִּמְדִידָה שֶׁלּוֹ), in the mystery of, “Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand” (בְּסוֹד מִי מָדַד בְּשָׁעֳלוֹ מַיִם) (Isaiah 40:12), when Ze'ir Anpin was in the mystery of a drop (כְּשֶׁהָיָה זְעֵיר בְּסוֹד טִפָּה).

And two times Ketzah [Extremity] equals Shamayim [Heavens] in numerical value (וּשְׁתֵּי פְּעָמִים קָצֶה הוּא בְּגִי׳ שָׁמַיִם), for Body and Covenant we consider one p1-19(כִּי גּוּף וּבְרִית חָשְׁבִינַן חַד), and the Covenant is the completion of the Body p1-20(וּבְרִית סִיּוּמָא דְגוּפָא הוּא). And corresponding to the six extremities are six times Adonai (וּכְנֶגֶד הַשֵּׁשׁ קְצָווֹת הֵם שֵׁשׁ פְּעָמִים אֲדנ״י), and this is the mystery of two times Ketzah [Extremity] of Ze'ir Anpin and His Nukvah (וְזֶהוּ סוֹד ב׳ פְּעָמִים קָצֶה שֶׁל ז״א וְנוּקְבֵיהּ), and the two extremities were joined together and became seven (וּשְׁתֵּי קָצוֹת נִתְחַבְּרוּ וְנַעֲשׂוּ שִׁבְעָה), and they roll from one extremity to the other extremity (וְהֵם מִתְגַּלְגְּלִים מֵהַקָּצֶה וְעַד קָצֵהוּ), namely seven times, which is the Name of Forty-Two (דְּהַיְינוּ ז׳ פְּעָמִים הוּא שֵׁם מ״ב). And this is the meaning of, “from the Supernal Mystery” (וְזֶהוּ אוֹמְרוֹ מֵרָזָא עִלָּאָה). Its explanation is: from the Supernal abundance concealed within the Yesod [Foundation] of Atika (פֵּרוּשׁ מֵהַשֶּׁפַע הָעֶלְיוֹן הַגָּנוּז בִּיסוֹד עַתִּיקָא), this came through the expansion of Bara [Created] (זֶה בָּא בְּאִתְפַּשְׁטוּתָא דְּבָרָא), which is the letters Ever [Limb]—the Covenant (הוּא אוֹתִיּוֹת אֵבָ״ר הַבְּרִית), which is the Yesod [Foundation] of Atika (דְּהוּא יְסוֹד דְּעַתִּיקָא), from within the First Point (מִגּוֹ הַנְּקוּדָה קַדְמָאָה), the Butzina [Luminary] of Adam Kadma’ah (בּוּצִינָא שֶׁל אָדָם קַדְמָאָה), concealed and hidden within the forehead of this Moach [Brain] (הַמִּסְתַּתֵּר וְנִגְנָז בְּתוֹךְ הַמֵּצַח שֶׁל הַמּוֹחַ הַזֶּה), and there it was concealed within Adam Kadmon (וְשָׁם הָיָה גָּנוּז בְּאָדָם קַדְמָאָה), but when it came into the Reisha d'Ein [Head of Nothingness] (אֲבָל כְּשֶׁבָּא בְּרֵישָׁא דְּאֵין), the Ever [Limb], which is the Yesod [Foundation], became Bara [Created], namely Beri'ah [Creation] and a Heikhal [Palace] (נַעֲשָׂה מֵאֵבָר יְסוֹד בָּרָא דְּהַיְינוּ בְּרִיאָה וְהֵיכָל), and it spread forth from the mystery of the Point and was divided into parts (וְנִתְפַּשֵּׁט מִסּוֹד נְקוּדָה וְנִתְחַלֵּק לַחֲלָקִים), which are the Thirty-Two Elohim (שֶׁהֵם ל״ב אֱלֹהִי), and this is the meaning of, “Bara [Created] is the expansion of the one Supernal Point” (וְהַיְינוּ אוֹמְרוֹ בָּרָא אִתְפַּשְׁטוּתָא דְחַד נְקוּדָא דִּלְעֵילָא), which had been concealed within Adam Kadma’ah (שֶׁהָיָה גָּנוּז בְּתוֹךְ אָדָם קַדְמָאָה), and here was engraved the mystery of the Name of Forty-Two letters (וְהָכָא אִתְגְּלִיף רָזָא שְׁמָא דְּמ״ב אַתְוָון).