Daf 54b (דַּף נ״ד ע״ב)
And there is no Zivug [Union] without the two Supports (וְאֵין זִוּוּג בְּלֹא הַתְּרֵין סַמְכִין), namely Tzevaot (דְּהַיְינוּ צְבָאוֹת), and there is no Zivug [Union] without the Covenant (וְאֵין זִוּוּג בְּלֹא הַבְּרִית), namely the Yesod [Foundation], which is the Heikhal [Palace] of Etzem HaShamayim [Essence of Heaven], called Shaddai (דְּהַיְינוּ יְסוֹד שֶׁהוּא הֵיכַל עֶצֶם הַשָּׁמַיִם הַנִּקְרָא שַׁדַּי), joining themselves with the Malkhut, called by the Name Elohim (הַמְזַוְּגִים עַצְמָם עִם מַלְכוּת הַנִּקְרָא בְּשֵׁם אֱלֹהִים), and all this comes from Abba and Imma (וְכָל זֶה בָּא מִן אַבָּא וְאִמָּא), from their Netzach and Hod (מִן נֵצַח וְהוֹד שֶׁלָּהֶם), which are called the two Supports (הַנִּקְרָאִים תְּרֵין סַמְכִין), supporting all the worlds (הַסּוֹמְכִים כָּל הָעוֹלָמוֹת), and are called by the Names Havayah and Ehyeh (וְנִקְרָאִים בְּשֵׁם יהו״ד וְאֶהְיֶה), whose Spellings in Full equal two times Luach [Tablet] in numerical value (אֲשֶׁר מִלּוּאֵיהֶם הֵם בְּגִי׳ שְׁתֵּי פְּעָמִים לוּ״ח), and they are the two Tablets (וְהֵם הַשְּׁנֵי לוּחוֹת), within which are included the entire Written Torah and Oral Torah (אֲשֶׁר בְּתוֹכָם נִכְלָלִים כָּל תּוֹרָה שֶׁבִּכְתָב וְשֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה), namely Ze'ir Anpin and Nukvah (הֵם זְעֵיר וְנוּקְבֵיהּ), and Havayah is also Ze'ir Anpin (וְגַם הוי״ה הוּא ז״א), and the two Supports are called Tzevaot in the World of Beri'ah (וְהַתְּרֵין סַמְכִין נִקְרָאִים צְבָאוֹת בְּעוֹלָם הַבְּרִיאָה), but in Atzilut they are more subtle than the Spellings in Full of Havayah itself (אֲבָל בַּאֲצִילוּת הֵם יוֹתֵר דַּקִּים מִמִּלּוּאֵי הוי״ה עַצְמָהּ), in Imma (בְּאִמָּא), and through Ze'ir Anpin, who joins himself with his Yesod [Foundation] through the Yesod [Foundation] of Abba (וְע״י זְעֵיר שֶׁמְּזַוֵּג עַצְמוֹ עִם הַיְסוֹד שֶׁלּוֹ ע״י יְסוֹד אַבָּא), which extends farther downward (שֶׁהוּא יוֹתֵר אָרִיךְ לְמַטָּה), for it is the Male, called Shari [שרי] (שֶׁהוּא זָכָר הַנִּקְרָא שָׁרִ״י), whose numerical value is two times Zaken [Elder] (שֶׁהוּא גִּי׳ ב׳ פְּעָמִים זָקֵן), namely “the elder, Aharon” (זָקֵן אַהֲרֹן).p1-55 For he receives the Atarin [Crowns] from the Dikna [Beard] of Atika [Ancient One] (כִּי הוּא הַמְקַבֵּל הָעַטְרִין מִדִּיקְנָא דְּעַתִּיקָא), and Ze'ir Anpin joins himself through these Atarin [Crowns] in his Yesod [Foundation] (וּמְזַוֵּג זְעֵיר עַצְמוֹ ע״י הָעַטְרִין הַלָּלוּ בִּיסוֹד שֶׁלּוֹ), with the Name Adonai, which is the Malkhut (עִם שֵׁם אֲדֹנָי שֶׁהִיא מַלְכוּת), and in exact correspondence the Zivug [Union] takes place in the World of Beri'ah (וּבִדְמוּתוֹ מַמָּשׁ הַזִּוּוּג הוּא בְּעוֹלָם הַבְּרִיאָה), through the two Supports and the Covenant (ע״י הַתְּרֵין סַמְכִין וְהַבְּרִית), and through the Heikhal [Palace] of Ahavah Rabbah [Great Love] and Ahavah Zuta [Lesser Love] (וְע״י הֵיכַל אַהֲבָה רַבָּה וְאַהֲבָה זוּטָא), and they are the limbs of the Merkavah [Chariot] (וְהֵם אֵיבָרֵי הַמֶּרְכָּבָה), and the four joints correspond to the four letters of the Name Havayah (וְד׳ פַּרְקִין כְּנֶגֶד ד׳ אוֹתִיּוֹת שֵׁם הוי״ה). And Eliyahu, who is Sandalphon (וְאֵלִיָּהוּ הוּא סַנְדַּלְפוֹן), also benefits from this Zivug [Union] (הוּא גַּם כֵּן נֶהֱנֶה מִזֶּה הַזִּוּוּג), for he continually raises the Mayin Nukvin [Feminine Waters] (כִּי הוּא מַעֲלֶה מַיִין נוּקְבִין תָּמִיד), through the arousal of Abba and Imma, and Ze'ir Anpin and Nukvah (בְּהִתְעוֹרְרוּת שֶׁל אַבָּא וְאִמָּא וּזְעֵיר וְנוּקְבֵיהּ), included within the three Names, Havayah, Ehyeh, and Adonai (הַנִּכְלָלִים בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה שֵׁמוֹת הוי״ה אֶהְיֶה אֲדֹנָי), which comprise twelve letters (שֶׁהֵם שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה אוֹתִיּוֹת), and he benefits from this Zivug [Union] through the two Atarin [Crowns] coming from Atika [Ancient One] (וְהוּא נֶהֱנֶה מִזֶּה הַזִּוּוּג ע״י הַתְּרֵין עַטְרִין הַבָּאִים מֵעַתִּיקָא), alluded to by the apex of the Yod (הַנִּרְמָז בְּקוֹצוֹ שֶׁל יו״ד), and it is this that causes everything (וְהוּא הַגּוֹרֵם הַכֹּל), for it is the spring from which both the upper and lower worlds draw (כִּי הוּא הַמַּעְיָן אֲשֶׁר מִמֶּנּוּ שׁוֹאֲבִים עֶלְיוֹנִים וְתַחְתּוֹנִים), and it is the one who rectifies the Cave (וְהוּא הַמְתַקֵּן הַמְּעָרָה), which is the mystery of Asiyah (אֲשֶׁר הִיא סוֹד הָעֲשִׂיָּה), which is Marah [Bitterness] (אֲשֶׁר הִיא מָרָ״ה), in the mystery of, “They could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter” (בְּסוֹד וְלֹא יָכְלוּ לִשְׁתּוֹת מַיִם מִמָּרָה כִּי מָרִים הֵם) (Exodus 15:23), and there the Judgments prevail (וְהַדִּינִים שָׁם מִתְגַּבְּרִים), for two times one hundred and twenty equals Mar [Bitter] in numerical value (כִּי ב׳ פְּעָמִים ק״ך הֵם בְּגִי׳ מָ״ר), and together with the five letters of Elohim they equal Marah [Bitterness] (וְה׳ אוֹתִיּוֹת אֱלֹהִים הֲרֵי מָרָה), and they are sweetened through the mystery of the Name M"H (וְנִמְתָּקִים בְּסוֹד שֵׁם מ״ה), and the mystery of the seventy Tikkunim [Rectifications] (וְסוֹד ע׳ תִּקּוּנֵי).
Notes
Compare Emek HaMelekh, Part 1, Gate 11, Chapter 3 (הַשְׁווּ עֵמֶק הַמֶּלֶךְ, א, שַׁעַר יא, פֶּרֶק ג): “There are two occurrences of the word ‘Zaken [Elder]’ in the verse, ‘the elder, Aharon’ (וְיֵשׁ ב׳ פְּעָמִים מִלַּת זָקֵן בַּפָּסוּק זָקֵן אַהֲרֹן), one next to the other (זֶה אֵצֶל זֶה), corresponding to Ein and Arich (כְּנֶגֶד אֵין וַאֲרִיךְ), whose thirteen Tikkunim [Rectifications] are mentioned (אֲשֶׁר נִזְכָּרִים הַי״ג תִּקּוּנִים שֶׁלָּהֶם), unlike Atika d'Atikin [Ancient of Ancients], whose beard is not mentioned (מַה שֶּׁאֵין כֵּן עַתִּיקָא דְּעַתִּיקִין, הַזָּקָן שֶׁלּוֹ לָא אִדְּכַר), and two times Zaken [Elder] equals Shaddai in numerical value (וּב׳ פְּעָמִים זָקֵן עוֹלֶה שַׁדַּי), and they are the breasts pouring forth milk upon all the Partzufim [Configurations] of Atzilut (וְהֵם הַשָּׁדַיִם הַמְּרִיקִים חָלָב עַל כָּל פַּרְצוּפֵי הָאֲצִילוּת), and through the Arichim [Long Ones] mentioned above (וְעַל יְדֵי אֲרִיךְ הַנִּזְכָּרִים), this is the mystery of the seven Tikkunim [Rectifications] together with the thirteen Tikkunim [Rectifications] (הוּא סוֹד הַז׳ תִּקּוּנִים עִם הַי״ג תִּקּוּנִים).”
