Daf 29a (דַּף כ״ט ע״א)

In the mystery of the beard, namely the Thirteen Tikkunei Dikna [Rectifications of the Beard], they are the Thirteen Rivers of Pure Afarsemona [Persimmon Balsam] (בְּסוֹד זָקָן דְּהַיְינוּ י״ג תִּיקּוּנֵי דִּיקְנָא הֵם י״ג נַהֲרֵי אַפַרְסְמוֹנָא דַּכְיָא), and there the Mem and the Samekh are revealed in the mystery of Afarsemon [Persimmon Balsam], which had previously been Appiryon [Palanquin] before the rectification of the Atik of Beri'ah (וְשָׁם מִתְגַּלֶּה הַמֵּ״ם וְהַסָּמֶ״ךְ בְּסוֹד אַפַרְסְמוֹן אֲשֶׁר הָיָה מִקֹּדֶם אַפִּרְיוֹן קֹדֶם הַתִּקּוּן שֶׁל הָעַתִּיק דִּבְרִיאָה), in the mystery of the Yod, which is in the Brit [Covenant], and is attached to it (בְּסוֹד הַיּוֹ״ד אֲשֶׁר הִיא בַּבְּרִית וְהִיא דְּבוּקָה בּוֹ), and the three that are at the head of the Atik in the Heikhal [Palace] of the Holy of Holies come to her from the Netzach, Hod, and Yesod of Abba and Imma (וְהַג׳ שֶׁבְּרֹאשׁ הָעַתִּיק שֶׁבְּהֵיכַל קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים בָּאִים לָהּ מנה״י דְּאַבָּא וְדָאִמָּא), and they are the Thirteen Attributes, in the mystery of seven and six of Abba and Imma (וְהֵם י״ג מִדּוֹת בְּסוֹד שֶׁבַע וְשֵׁשׁ דְּאַבָּא וְדָאִמָּא), but “King” without qualification, in the Heikhal [Palace] of Elohei Yisrael, is the head of the World of the Female (אֲבָל בַּמֶּלֶךְ סְתָם בְּהֵיכַל אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הוּא רֹאשׁ עָלְמָא דְּנוּקְבֵיהּ), and she has nothing upon which to rely (וְאֵין לָהּ עַל מַה לִסְמֹךְ), for the Mem and the Samekh are the eyes of the Male in His Appiryon [Palanquin], and it becomes Afarsemon [Persimmon Balsam] (כִּי הַמֵּ״ם וְהַסָּמֶ״ךְ הֵם עֵינֵי הַזָּכָר בָּאַפִּרְיוֹן שֶׁלּוֹ וְנַעֲשֶׂה אַפַרְסְמוֹן), were it not for the Netzach and Hod of the Heikhalot [Palaces] of the Male, which become eyes for her (לוּלֵי נֵצַח וְהוֹד שֶׁל הֵיכְלֵי הַזָּכָר הַנַּעֲשִׂית אֵלֶיהָ עֵינַיִם), and the mystery of the Thirteen Tikkunei Dikna [Rectifications of the Beard] are drawn to her, giving her support and sustenance (וְסוֹד י״ג תִּיקּוּנֵי דִּיקְנָא נִמְשָׁכִים אֵלֶיהָ וְהֵם נוֹתְנִים סַעַד וְסָמֶךְ אֵלֶיהָ), in the mystery of the Mem and the Samekh of the Afarsemon [Persimmon Balsam] that is in the Heikhal [Palace] of the Holy of Holies of the Male (בְּסוֹד מֵ״ם וְסָמֶ״ךְ שֶׁל הָאַפַּרְסְמוֹן אֲשֶׁר בְּהֵיכַל קֹדֶשׁ קָדָשִׁים שֶׁל הַזָּכָר), and at times they are the six steps to the Throne (וְלִפְעָמִים הֵם שֵׁשׁ מַעֲלוֹת לַכִּסֵּא), for she has no beard (כִּי אֵין לָהּ זָקָן), and from them spread forth six hundred thousand angels, corresponding to the number of the Camp of Yisrael (וּמֵהֶם מִתְפַּשְׁטִים שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף מַלְאָכִים כְּמִנְיַן מַחֲנֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל), and six hundred thousand stars, and six hundred thousand Marei Matnitin [Masters of the Mishnah] in the Heikhal [Palace] of Elohei Yisrael (וְשִׁשִּׁים רִבּוֹא כּוֹכָבִים וְשִׁשִּׁים רִבּוֹא מָארֵי מַתְנִיתִין שֶׁבְּהֵיכַל אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל), and the Samekh extends into the World of Yetzirah through Metatron, by means of the aforementioned six hundred thousand angels (וְהַסָּמֶ״ךְ הִיא מִתְפַּשֶׁטֶת בְּעוֹלָם הַיְצִירָה ע״י מַטַּטְרוֹן בְּהַשֵּׁשׁ מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף מַלְאָכִים הַנִּזְכָּרִים), and the six hundred thousand Marei Matnitin [Masters of the Mishnah] are in the World of Beri'ah, for if you reverse Mishnah you will find Neshamah [Soul], which is the World of Beri'ah (וְשִׁשִּׁים רִבּוֹא מָארֵי מַתְנִיתִין הֵם בְּעוֹלָם הַבְּרִיאָה כִּי הָפוֹךְ מִשְׁנָה וְתִמְצָא נְשָׁמָה שֶׁהוּא עוֹלָם הַבְּרִיאָה), and this is the mystery of the Vav of the final Heh of the Name Ben Dalet [the Four-Letter Name] (וְהוּא סוֹד הַוא״ו שֶׁל ה׳ אַחֲרוֹנָה שֶׁבַּשֵּׁם ב״ד), which comes from the Malkhut of Atzilut, which sent forth her Heh into the worlds of Beri'ah, Yetzirah, and Asiyah to guard them (הַבָּאָה מִן מַלְכוּת דַּאֲצִילוּת אֲשֶׁר שָׁלְחָה הַהֵ״א שֶׁלָּהּ בָּעוֹלָמוֹת בי״ע לְשָׁמְרָם). In the mystery of Vav-Dalet (בְּסוֹד ו״ד), for the Heh is divided in this manner (כִּי הַהֵ״י נֶחְלֶקֶת כָּךְ), in the mystery of Dodi [My Beloved] (בְּסוֹד דּוֹדִי). And it becomes, in Yetzirah and in Beri'ah, the aforementioned six hundred thousand (וְנַעֲשֵׂית בִּיצִירָה וּבִבְרִיאָה שִׁשִּׁים רִבּוֹא הַנִּזְכָּרִים), and in Asiyah there comes the Mem, which is the Dalet of the Heh, included within ten (וּבַעֲשִׂיָּה בָּאָה הַמֵּ״ם שֶׁהִיא הַדָּלֶ״ת שֶׁל הַהֵ״י כְּלוּלָה מֵעֶשֶׂר), and from it emerge four rows of Ofanim [Wheels], as it is said, “And behold, four Ofanim [Wheels] beside...” (וְיוֹצְאִים מִמֶּנָּה אַרְבַּע שׁוּרוֹת אוֹפַנִּים שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וְהִנֵּה אַרְבַּע אוֹפַנִּים אֵצֶל) (Ezekiel 1:15), and it corresponds to the Dalet of Asiyah (וְהִיא כְּנֶגֶד הַדָּלֶ״ת שֶׁל עֲשִׂיָּה), and they are called Samkhin [Supports] (וְהֵן נִקְרָאִים סַמְכִין), giving support and sustenance to the World of the Female (הַנּוֹתְנִים לְעָלְמָא דְּנוּקְבָא סַעַד וְסָמֶךְ), and they guard the entrances of the Merkavah [Chariot] (וְהֵם שׁוֹמְרִים מְבוֹאוֹת הַמֶּרְכָּבָה),