Daf 22b (דַּף כ״ב ע״ב)

In the mystery of the waters that cause the tree to grow (בְּסוֹד מַיִם הַמַּגְדִּילִים אֶת הָאִילָן), so the waters of Chesed [Kindness], which are Mayin Dukhrin [Masculine Waters] of Abba and Imma, are those that cause Ze'ir Anpin and His Nukvah to grow (כָּךְ מֵי הַחֶסֶד שֶׁל מַיִין דּוּכְרִין דְּאַבָּא וְאִימָא הֵם הַמַּגְדִּילִים זְעֵיר וְנוּקְבֵיהּ), and Ze'ir Anpin and His Nukvah also sing the mystery of Shir HaShirim [Song of Songs] (וְגַם זְעֵיר וְנוּקְבֵיהּ מְשׁוֹרְרִים סוֹד שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים), in the mystery of His Nukvah, who is called “My sister, My beloved, My dove, My perfect one” (בְּסוֹד נוּקְבֵיהּ הַנִּקְרֵאת אֲחוֹתִי רַעְיָתִי יוֹנָתִי תַמָּתִי) (Song of Songs 5:2), and in the mystery of, “I have come into My garden, My sister, My bride” (וּבְסוֹד בָּאתִי לְגַנִּי אֲחוֹתִי כַלָּה) (Song of Songs 5:1), and the Holy One, blessed be He, is called “My beloved.” Its explanation is: the Bride is the Malkhut, saying of Ze'ir Anpin that He is her Beloved (וְהַקּב״ה נִקְרָא דּוֹדִי פֵּרוּשׁ הַכַּלָּה הִיא מַלְכוּת אוֹמֶרֶת עַל זְעֵיר שֶׁהוּא הַדּוֹד שֶׁלָּהּ), in the mystery of, “Drink, and become intoxicated, O beloved ones” (בְּסוֹד שְׁתוּ וְשִׁכְרוּ דּוֹדִים) (Song of Songs 5:1). And it is known that the Malkhut dwells in the World of Asiyah (וְיָדוּעַ שֶׁהַמַּלְכוּת הִיא מְקַנֶּנֶת בְּעוֹלָם הָעֲשִׂיָּה), and before her ascent above, the Mayin Nukvin [Feminine Waters] are included within the one hundred and twenty Elohim (וְקוֹדֶם עֲלִיָּתָהּ לְמַעְלָה נִכְלָלִים הַמַּיִין נוּקְבִין בְּהק״ק אֱלֹהִים), which are two times sixty in Ze'ir Anpin and His Nukvah (שֶׁהֵם ב״פ שִׁשִּׁים שֶׁבִּזְעֵיר וְנוּקְבֵיהּ), and they ascend above (וְעוֹלִים לְמַעְלָה), and they are the teeth chewing the food and selecting the food from the refuse (וְהֵם הַשִּׁנַּיִם הַלּוֹעֲסִים הַמַּאֲכָל וּבוֹרְרִים הָאֹכֶל מִתּוֹךְ הַפְּסֹלֶת), especially when the letters come into Abba, where they find the thirty-two Elohim (וּבִפְרָט כְּשֶׁבָּאִים הָאוֹתִיּוֹת בְּאַבָּא שֶׁשָּׁם מוֹצְאִים הַל״ב אֱלֹהִים), and they are called Shechakim [Skies] p1-27(וְהֵם נִקְרָאִים שְׁחָקִים), for there they grind Manna for the righteous (שֶׁשָּׁם שׁוֹחֲקִים מ״ן לַצַּדִּיקִים) (Chagigah 12b), which are the Mayin Nukvin [Feminine Waters] from the letters MNTZPKH, the harshest of all (שֶׁהֵם מ״ן מֵאוֹתִיּוֹת מנצפ״ך הַקָּשִׁים בְּיוֹתֵר), and because Ze'ir Anpin and His Nukvah extend downward to receive the deeds of the righteous, the awakening from below (וְלִהְיוֹת שֶׁזְּעֵיר וְנוּקְבֵיהּ מִתְפַּשְׁטִים לְמַטָּה לְקַבֵּל מַעֲשֵׂה הַצַּדִּיקִים הִתְעוֹרְרוּת הַתַּחְתּוֹן), there the Mayin Nukvin [Feminine Waters] are included within the sixty mighty ones gathering sparks of purity from the field of Edom (וְשָׁם נִכְלָלִים הַמַּיִין נוּקְבִין בַּשִּׁשִּׁים גִּבּוֹרִים הַמְלַקְּטִים נִיצוֹצֵי טָהֳרָה מִשְּׂדֵה אֱדוֹם), and afterward they ascend above in the mystery of song and melody (וְאַחַ״כ עוֹלִים לְמַעְלָה בְּסוֹד שִׁיר וְנִגּוּן), and they also act below through the power of the Mayin Dukhrin [Masculine Waters] that they receive, which is the abundance of Atika included in the mystery of melody (וְגַם הֵם לְמַטָּה פּוֹעֲלִים פְּעֻלָּתָם בְּכֹחַ הַמַּיִין דּוּכְרִין שֶׁמְּקַבְּלִים הוּא שֶׁפַע עַתִּיקָא הַנִּכְלָל בְּסוֹד נִגּוּן). The Zohar says (אוֹמֵר הַזוֹהַר), the Rakia [Firmament] is Ze'ir Anpin, who is called everywhere Rakia [Firmament] (הָרָקִיעַ הוּא ז״א שֶׁנִּקְרָא בְּכָל מָקוֹם רָקִיעַ), and the final Heh of the Name is the Malkhut (וְה׳ אַחֲרוֹנָה שֶׁל שֵׁם הִיא מַלְכוּת), thus the word HaRakia [the Firmament] is Heh and Rakia, namely Ze'ir Anpin and His Nukvah (נִמְצָא שֶׁמִּלַּת הָרָקִיעַ הוּא ה׳ רָקִיעַ הוּא זְעֵיר וְנוּקְבֵיהּ), the expansion of the melody (אִתְפַּשְׁטוּתָא דְנִגּוּנָא), (the mystery of the abundance of the Mochin [Mentalities] of Atika from the mystery of His hands concealed within Abba and Imma) (סוֹד הַשֶּׁפַע מוֹחִין שֶׁל עַתִּיקָא מִסּוֹד יָדָיו הַנִּסְתָּרִים בְּאַבָּא וְאִימָא). And they are the ones who give them Mochin [Mentalities] (וְהֵם הַנּוֹתְנִים לָהֶם מוֹחִין), and through them Ze'ir Anpin and His Nukvah expand in the mystery of Gadlut [Greatness] whenever and at every moment that they desire to ascend to Abba and Imma (וְעַל יָדֵיהֶם מִתְפַּשְׁטִים זְעֵיר וְנוּקְבֵיהּ בְּסוֹד גַּדְלוּת בְּכָל עֵת וּבְכָל שָׁעָה שֶׁרוֹצִים לַעֲלוֹת אֶל אַבָּא וְאִמָּא), in the mystery of the Light of their Nivlot [Emanations] which they raise (בְּסוֹד אוֹר הַנּוֹבְלוֹת שֶׁלָּהֶם שֶׁהֵם מַעֲלִים), as in, “those who spread themselves forth in expansion and proceed with melody” (כְּגוֹן אִינוּן דְּמִתְפַּשְׁטֵי בִּפְשִׁיטוּ וְאָזְלֵי בְּנִגּוּנָא), and he connected the matter: the enlightened ones are the letters and the vocalization marks (וְחִבֵּר הָעִנְיָן הוּא הַמַּשְׂכִּילִים הֵם הָאוֹתִיּוֹת וְהַנְּקֻדּוֹת), “they shall shine”—its explanation is: they shall receive radiance (יַזְהִירוּ פֵּרוּשׁ יְקַבְּלוּ זוֹהַר), just as Ze'ir Anpin and His Nukvah receive when He desires to expand beyond the six extremities, which is His expansion (כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּקַבֵּל זְעֵיר וְנוּקְבֵיהּ כְּשֶׁרוֹצֶה לְהִתְפַּשֵּׁט מִן ו׳ קְצָווֹת שֶׁהוּא פְּשִׁיטוּתוֹ), for in His simple state He is only the six extremities (כִּי כִּפְשׁוּטוֹ הוּא אֵינוֹ אֶלָּא ו׳ קְצָווֹת), but when He expands in order to act in the mystery of the Zivug [Union], then the Mochin [Mentalities] first come to Him (אֲבָל כְּשֶׁמִּתְפַּשֵּׁט לִפְעוֹל בְּסוֹד זִוּוּג אָז קֹדֶם בָּאִים אֵלָיו הַמּוֹחִין),