Daf 42b (דַּף מ״ב ע״ב)
As mentioned above (כַּנִּזְכָּר), because it is attached to this aforementioned Darkness (לִהְיוֹת שֶׁהוּא מְדוּבָּק בַּחֹשֶׁךְ הַזֶּה הַנִּזְכָּר), now he explains the mystery of the Holiness resting upon the power of impurity (וְעַתָּה אוֹמֵר סוֹד הַקְּדֻשָּׁה הַשּׁוֹרָה עַל כֹּחַ הַטֻּמְאָה), which is called Bohu (הַנִּקְרֵאת בֹּהוּ), for it is the mystery of the turbulent waters (שֶׁהִיא סוֹד הַמַּיִם הַזֵּידוֹנִים), and it is the Chesed [Kindness] of Ze'ir Anpin (וְהוּא חֶסֶד דִּזְעֵיר), and it is the Name ABGYTTZ, etc. (וְהוּא שֵׁם אַבְגִיתַ״ץ וְכוּ׳), it is the mystery of the Mayin Nukvin [Feminine Waters] (הוּא סוֹד מַיִין נוּקְבִין).p1-51 Therefore the Zohar says, “The Spirit is the Voice that rests upon Bohu, strengthens it, and directs it in everything that is necessary, and the mystery of this is, ‘The Voice of Hashem is upon the waters’” (לָכֵן אוֹמֵר הַזֹּהַר רוּחַ הוּא קוֹל דְּשָׁארֵי עַל בֹּהוּ וְאִתְקַיף לֵיהּ וְאַנְהִיג לֵיהּ בְּכָל מָה דְּאִצְטְרִיךְ וְרָזָא דָא קוֹל יְהוָה עַל הַמָּיִם) (Zohar 16a/Psalms 29:3).
Its explanation is: the Spirit is Ze'ir Anpin, who is called the Voice (פֵּרוּשׁוֹ רוּחַ הוּא זְעֵיר אַנְפִּין הַנִּקְרָא קוֹל), that is to say (כְּלוֹמַר), the Spirit is the Spelling in Full of Elohim (רוּחַ הוּא הַמִּלּוּי שֶׁל אֱלֹהִים), joined with the five Havayot of the Chesedim [Kindnesses], which sweeten the five Havayot of the Gevurot [Powers of Judgment] (הַמְחֻבָּר עִם ה׳ הֲוָיוֹת הַחֲסָדִים הַמְמַתְּקִים ה׳ הֲוָיוֹת גְּבוּרוֹת), and only the Chesedim [Kindnesses] are visible (וְאֵינָם נִרְאִים כִּי אִם הַחֲסָדִים), together with the Vav, which is the mystery of Ze'ir Anpin in every place, for when he has no Mochin [Mentalities], he is the six extremities (וְעִם ו׳ שֶׁהוּא סוֹד זְעֵיר בְּכָל מָקוֹם שֶׁהוּא הָיָה ו׳ קְצָווֹת כְּשֶׁאֵין לוֹ מוֹחִין), and this is the mystery of the Vav of the Name Havayah, whose numerical value is Kol [Voice] (וְזֶהוּ סוֹד ו׳ שֶׁל שֵׁם הוי״ה עוֹלֶה קוֹ״ל), or M"H in its squared form, namely its back aspect, whose numerical value is Kal [130] (אוֹ מ״ה בְּרִבּוּעוֹ דְּהַיְינוּ אֲחוֹרַיִים שֶׁלּוֹ עוֹלֶה ק״ל), and together with the Vav of Ze'ir Anpin it is also Kol [Voice] (וְעִם ו׳ שֶׁל זְעֵיר גַּם כֵּן הוּא קוֹ״ל), which raises the Speech and the letters from the mystery of the face of the Tehom [Deep] (הַמַּעֲלֶה הַדִּבּוּר וְהָאוֹתִיּוֹת מִסּוֹד פְּנֵי תְהוֹם), they are the drops of the Inner Light (הֵם טִפּוֹת שֶׁל אוֹר פְּנִימִי), namely the Chesedim [Kindnesses] of the Manin Tevirin [Shattered Vessels] (שֶׁהֵם חֲסָדִים דְּמָאנִין תְּבִירִין), which are called Faces because they are attached to the shattered vessels to sustain them (הַנִּקְרָאִים פָּנִים כִּי הֵם דְּבוּקִים בְּשִׁבְרֵי כֵּלִים לְהַחֲיוֹתָם), and we must raise them from the depths of the pit and the cistern (וְצְרִיכִים אָנוּ לְהַעֲלוֹתָם מֵעוֹמֶק בּוֹר וָדוֹת), and together, namely Kol [Voice] and Ruach [Spirit], equal Shin [300] (וּשְׁנֵיהֶם יַחַד דְּהַיְינוּ קוֹ״ל וְרוּ״חַ עוֹלִים שַׁ״ן), in the mystery of the thirty-two teeth that grind the Manna for the Tzaddikim [Righteous Ones] (בְּסוֹד ל״ב שִׁנַּיִם הַשּׁוֹחֲקִים מָן לַצַּדִּיקִים), and they are the thirty-two Paths of Chokhmah [Wisdom], separating the food from the refuse (וְהֵם ל״ב נְתִיבוֹת חָכְמָה הַבּוֹרְרִים אֹכֶל מִתּוֹךְ הַפְּסוֹלֶת), and the Shechakim [Heavens] are in the Heikhal [Palace] of Ahavah Rabbah [Great Love] (וְהַשְּׁחָקִים הֵם בְּהֵיכַל אַהֲבָה רַבָּה), within the Ze'ir Anpin of Beri'ah (שֶׁבִּזְעֵיר דִּבְרִיאָה), for there is the mystery of the Zivug [Union] (כִּי שָׁם הוּא סוֹד הַזִּוּוּג), and there is the Name M"H, as is known (וְשָׁם שֵׁם מ״ה כַּנּוֹדָע), and this Voice rests upon Bohu (וְהַקּוֹל הַזֶּה הוּא הַשּׁוֹרֶה עַל בֹּהוּ), weakening its power and taking away its life-force, namely the oppressed drops (וּמַחֲלִישׁ כֹּחוֹ וְלוֹקֵחַ חַיּוּתוֹ הֵם הַטִּפִּין הָעֲשׁוּקִים), and this is the meaning of, “and strengthened it” (וְזֶהוּ אוֹמְרוֹ וְאִתְקַיף לֵיהּ).
Notes
See Emek HaMelekh, Part III, Gate 16, Chapter 45 (רְאוּ עֵמֶק הַמֶּלֶךְ, ב, שַׁעַר טז, פֶּרֶק מה): “Every night, at the time of sleep, the souls fly upward (בְּכָל לַיְלָה בְּעֵת הַשֵּׁנָה הַנְּשָׁמוֹת פּוֹרְחוֹת לְמַעְלָה), also for the sake of the Mayin Nukvin [Feminine Waters] (גַּם כֵּן לְצֹרֶךְ מַיִין נוּקְבִין), to renew the old souls (לְחַדֵּשׁ הַנְּשָׁמוֹת הַיְשָׁנוֹת), as it is stated in the Zohar Chadash, Tikkunim (כְּדִאִיתָא בְּזוֹהַר חָדָשׁ בַּתִּיקּוּנִים), ‘The Name ABGYTTZ... concerning them it is said, “Each one had six wings”’ (שָׁם אַבְגִיתַ״ץ [...] עֲלַיְיהוּ אִתְמַר שֵׁשׁ כְּנָפַיִם שֵׁשׁ כְּנָפַיִם לְאֶחָד) (Isaiah 6:2). ‘This Name is a protection for the throne of the soul (וְהַאי שְׁמָא אִיהוּ סְגוּלְתָא לְכִסֵּאָה לְנִשְׁמָתָא), when it ascends above every night (כַּד סָלִיקַת לְעֵילָּא בְּכָל לֵילְיָא וְלֵילְיָא), to testify concerning a person's good deeds (לְאַסָּהֲדָא עַל עוֹבָדִין טָבִין דְּבַר נָשׁ), against the destroying angels, every harmful force, spirits, Lilin, and demons (מִמַּלְאֲכֵי חַבָּלָה וּמִכָּל מַזִּיקִין וְרוּחִין וְלִילִין וְשֵׁדִין), and by means of them it flies upward (וּבְהוֹן פָּרְחִית לְעֵילָּא), with two letters from each Name it covers its face from them (בִּשְׁתִּים אַתְוָון מִכָּל שֵׁם תְּכַסֶּה אַנְפָּהָא מִנַּיְיהוֹן), with two letters it covers its feet (וּבִשְׁתִּים אַתְוָון תְּכַסֶּה רַגְלָהָא), with two letters it flies upward (וּבִשְׁתִּים אַתְוָון פָּרְחִית לְעֵילָּא), and likewise for the Ruach [Spirit], and likewise for the Nefesh [Soul] (וְאוּף הָכִי לְרוּחָא וְאוּף הָכִי לְנֶפֶשָׁא). I have already explained elsewhere the mystery of this Name ABGYTTZ (וּכְבָר בֵּאַרְתִּי לְךָ בִּמְקוֹמוֹ סוֹד הַשֵּׁם אַבְגִיתַ״ץ הַזֶּה), and it is the nature of Fire to ascend upward (וְהוּא טֶבַע הָאֵשׁ הָעוֹלָה לְמַעְלָה), as it says in the Zohar, Parashat Beshallach, ‘That which ascends’ (כְּאוֹמְרוֹ בַּזֹּהַר פָּרָשַׁת בְּשַׁלַּח [שְׁמוֹת קל ע״ב] דָּא סָלִיק), for it raises that which must ascend (שֶׁהוּא מַעֲלֶה הַצָּרִיךְ לַעֲלוֹת), and concerning this it is said, ‘The Tzaddikim [Righteous Ones] shall walk in them’ (וְעַל זֶה נֶאֱמַר צַדִּיקִים יֵלְכוּ בָם) (Hosea 14:10), that is to say, they ascend above by means of the Name Mem-Bet [Forty-Two] (רָצָה לוֹמַר הוֹלְכִים לְמַעְלָה עַל יְדֵי שֵׁם מ״ב).
