Primary textDaf 48b (דַּף מ״ח ע״ב)

Daf 48b (דַּף מ״ח ע״ב)

So too, by countless separations (כֵּן לְהַבְדִּיל כַּמָּה אֶלֶף הַבְדָּלוֹת), with this impure spirit, when it robs souls (בָּרוּחַ הַטָּמֵא הַזֶּה כְּשֶׁעוֹשֵׁק נְשָׁמוֹת), see below in the explanation of the seven mountains and the seven rocks, where you will find all that you need (עַיֵּן לְקַמָּן בְּבֵיאוּרֵי ז׳ הָרִים וְז׳ סְלָעִים שָׁמָּה תִּמְצָא דֵּי צָרְכְּךָ), therefore the Name Shaddai rules over this storm wind (וְלָכֵן שׁוֹלֵט שֵׁם שַׁדַּ״י עַל הָרוּחַ סְעָרָה הַזֶּה), and subdues it according to His will so that it may not rob souls (וְכוֹפֶה אוֹתוֹ כִּרְצוֹנוֹ שֶׁלֹּא יַעֲשׁוֹק נְשָׁמוֹת), for Shaddai is Yesod [Foundation] everywhere (כִּי שַׁדַּ״י הוּא יְסוֹד בְּכָל מָקוֹם), and Metatron is likewise the mystery of Yosef (וְגַם מַטַּטְרוֹן הוּא סוֹד יוֹסֵף), therefore he is also called Na'ar [Youth] (וְלָכֵן נִקְרָא גַּם כֵּן נַעַר), as it is said, “Now he was a youth with the sons of Bilhah...” (שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וְהוּא נַעַר אֶת בְּנֵי בִלְהָה וְגוֹ׳) (Genesis 37:2), and in his hand is the flame of the turning sword (וּבְיָדוֹ לַהַב הַחֶרֶב הַמִּתְהַפֶּכֶת) (Genesis 3:24), transforming from a staff into a serpent and from a serpent into a staff (מִמַּטֶּה לְנָחָשׁ וּמִנָּחָשׁ לְמַטֶּה), for Na'ar [Youth] equals the numerical value of the three hundred and twenty Judgments (כִּי נַעַר עוֹלֶה ש״ךְ דִּינִין), namely ten times the thirty-two Elohim (עֶשֶׂר פְּעָמִים ל״ב אֱלֹהִים), and this is the sword in his hand (וְזֶהוּ הַחֶרֶב שֶׁבְּיָדוֹ), and he also ascends and descends with Yisrael (וְגַם הוּא עוֹלֶה וְיוֹרֵד עִם יִשְׂרָאֵל), and is renewed from old age into youth (וּמִתְחַדֵּשׁ מִזָּקֵן לְנַעַר), like the moon itself (כְּמוֹ הַלְּבָנָה עַצְמָהּ), and understand this (וְהָבֵן). But the Name Havayah does not rule over it (אֲבָל שֵׁם הוי״ה אֵינוֹ שׁוֹלֵט עָלָיו), for obviously it would nullify all its evil actions (כִּי פְּשִׁיטָא הָיָה הוּא מְבַטְּלוֹ מִכָּל פְּעוּלוֹתָיו הָרָעוֹת), and this will be in the future (וְזֶה יִהְיֶה לֶעָתִיד), when there will no longer be appellations, called wings (שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיוּ עוֹד כִּינוּיִים הַנִּקְרָאִים כְּנָפַיִם), but only the Name Havayah itself (אֶלָּא הַשֵּׁם הוי״ה עַצְמוֹ), in the mystery of, “Your eyes shall behold your Teacher” (בְּסוֹד וְהָיוּ עֵינֶיךָ רֹאוֹת אֶת מוֹרֶיךָ) (Isaiah 30:20). But the Name Shaddai is Yesod [Foundation] (אֲבָל שֵׁם שַׁדַּ״י הוּא יְסוֹד), and because in the Yesod are two channels (וּלְהִיוֹת כִּי בִּיסוֹד הֵם שְׁתֵּי צִנּוֹרוֹת), one for the seed, which it places in the treasury (אֶחָד לַזֶּרַע שֶׁנּוֹתֵן בָּאוֹצָר), and one for the urine, which is the dross of the silver (וְאֶחָד לְמֵי רַגְלַיִם שֶׁהֵם סִיגֵי הַכֶּסֶף), therefore the classes of Shedim [Demons] also receive from it (וְעַל זֶה כִּתּוֹת הַשֵּׁדִים הֵם מְקַבְּלִים גַּם כֵּן מִמֶּנּוּ), and there are Jewish Shedim [Demons], and there are Aramean Shedim [Demons] (וְאִית שֵׁדִין יְהוּדָאִין וְאִית שֵׁדִין אַרָמָאִין), therefore the Zohar says, “A mighty wind, shattering mountains and breaking rocks—not in the wind was Havayah; this Name was not in it, for Shaddai rules in the mystery of the side of Tohu” (לָכֵן אוֹמֵר הַזֹּהַר רוּחַ חָזָק מְפָרֵק הָרִים וּמְשַׁבֵּר סְלָעִים לֹא בָרוּחַ ידוד שְׁמֵיהּ דָּא לָא הֲוֵי בֵיהּ דְּהָא שַׁדַּי שָׁלְטָא בְּרָזָא דְּסִתְרָא דְּתֹהוּ). Its explanation is: “the side” is the mystery of the wine of the sediments in the Heikhal [Palace] of the Sediments of Wine (פּ׳ סִתְרָא הוּא סוֹד יַיִן שֶׁל הַשְּׁמָרִים שֶׁבְּהֵיכַל שִׁמְרֵי הַיַּיִן), where it is hidden and stored within the sediments (וְשָׁם הוּא גָּנוּז בְּתוֹךְ הַשְּׁמָרִים וְאָצוּר בְּתוֹכוֹ), and there is the hold of the Jewish Shedim [Demons] and the Aramean Shedim [Demons] (וְשָׁם אֲחִיזַת הַשֵּׁדִין יְהוּדָאִין וְשֵׁדִין אַרָמָאִין), and the Jewish princes have their hold in the Yesod [Foundation] (וְהַשָּׂרִין יְהוּדָאִין יֵשׁ לָהֶם אֲחִיזָה בִּיסוֹד), which is called Shaddai (הַנִּקְרָא שַׁדַּ״י), in the mystery of Shad-Yod (בְּסוֹד שַׁד י׳), namely the Covenant (הוּא הַבְּרִית), and understand this (וְהָבֵן), for in the Name Havayah there is no refuse (שֶׁבְּשֵׁם הוי״ה אֵין בּוֹ פְּסוֹלֶת).