Daf 60b (דַּף ס׳ ע״ב)

It is the thread of Chesed [Kindness], a straight line extending from above downward to give life to everything that He created (הוּא חוּט שֶׁל חֶסֶד קַו יָשָׁר נִמְשָׁךְ מִלְמַעְלָה לְמַטָּה לְהַחֲיוֹת כָּל הַדְּבָרִים שֶׁבָּרָא אוֹתָם), and everything He created was rectified (וְנִתְקְנוּ כָּל שֶׁבָּרָא אוֹתָם), and all the Partzufim [Configurations] were rectified anew (וְנִתְקְנוּ כָּל הַפַּרְצוּפִים מֵחָדָשׁ), nevertheless the Kelim [Vessels] were likewise afterward emanated from the Name Elohim (אֲבָל עַל כָּל פָּנִים הַכֵּלִים הָיוּ נֶאֱצָלִים גַּם כֵּן אַחַ״כ מִשֵּׁם אֱלֹהִים), except that they were joined together with the Name Havayah, which is Mercy (רַק מְשֻׁתָּפִים הָיוּ בְּשֵׁם הוי״ה שֶׁהוּא רַחֲמִים), and this is the meaning of what the Zohar says, “When the power spread forth into the Supernal Heikhal [Palace], the mystery of Elohim” (וְזֶהוּ שֶׁאוֹמֵר הַזֹּהַר כֵּיוָן דְּאִתְפַּשַּׁט חֵילָא בְּהֵיכָלָא עִלָּאָה רָזָא דֶּאֱלֹהִים), this is the mystery of the Heh of the Name B"N [Fifty-Two], which descended in partnership with this Yod to emanate the Kelim [Vessels] through the power of the Name Elohim, which consists of five letters (זֶהוּ סוֹד הַה״י שֶׁל שֵׁם ב״ן שֶׁיָּרְדָה בְּשׁוּתָּפוּת עִם הַיוֹ״ד הַזֹּאת לְהַאֲצִיל הַכֵּלִים מִכֹּחַ שֵׁם אֱלֹהִים שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ ה׳ אוֹתִיּוֹת), and this Heh, through the power of the Yod, emanated these Kelim [Vessels] (וְזֹאת הַה״י בְּכֹחַ הַיוֹ״ד הֶאֱצִילָה כֵּלִים הַלָּלוּ), and afterward they were destroyed (וְאַחַ״כ נֶחְרְבוּ), but afterward everything was rectified through the power of Yehi Ohr [Let There Be Light] (אֲבָל אַחַ״כ נִתְקְנוּ הַדְּבָרִים בְּכֹחַ יְהִי אוֹר), which is the thread of Chesed [Kindness] (שֶׁהוּא חוּט שֶׁל חֶסֶד), in the mystery of A"B [72], S"G [63], M"H [45], and B"N [52], from which Atzilut, Beri'ah, Yetzirah, Asiyah were built (בְּסוֹד ע״ב ס״ג מ״ה ב״ן שֶׁנִּבְנוּ מֵהֶם אבי״ע), whose numerical value is Yehi Ohr [Let There Be Light] (שֶׁהוּא בְּגִי׳ יְהִי אוֹר), which is the partnership through which He associated with this Heh the Attribute of Mercy in all its aspects, namely the Names (שֶׁהוּא הַשּׁוּתָּפוּת שֶׁשִּׁתֵּף עִם הַה״י הַזֹּאת מִדַּת הָרַחֲמִים כֻּלָּם דְּהַיְינוּ הַשֵּׁמוֹת), and through this the power spread into the Supernal Heikhal [Palace] (וּמִכֹּחַ זֶה אִתְפַּשַּׁט חֵילָא בְּהֵיכָלָא עִלָּאָה), namely this Heh (שֶׁהִיא הַה״י הַזֹּאת), which is the Heikhal [Palace] of this Yod (אֲשֶׁר הִיא הֵיכָל אֶל הַיוֹ״ד הַזֹּאת), and it is the Nekudah [Point] within its Heikhal [Palace] (וְהִיא נְקוּדָּה בְּהֵיכָלָהּ), and this Heh is also the mystery of the Malkhut, namely the Atarah [Crown] of the Yesod [Foundation] (וְגַם הַה״י הַזֹּאת הִיא סוֹד מַלְכוּת דְּהַיְינוּ הָעֲטָרָה שֶׁל יְסוֹד), and it is the mystery of Adonai (וְהִיא סוֹד אֲדֹנָי), extending downward into the lower worlds (הַמִּתְפַּשֵּׁט לְמַטָּה בָּעוֹלָם בַּתַּחְתּוֹנִים), and Adonai equals Heikhal [Palace] in numerical value (וַאֲדֹנָי בְּגִי׳ הֵיכָל), but this is on a far higher level (אֲבָל זֶה הוּא לְמַעְלָה הַרְבֵּה), and this Name does not properly apply there in actuality as it does below (וְאֵין שַׁיָּךְ בּוֹ כָּל כָּךְ הַשֵּׁם הַזֶּה בְּפֹעַל כְּמוֹ לְמַטָּה), therefore it says “in the Supernal Heikhal [Palace]” (לָכֵן אוֹמֵר בְּהֵיכָלָא עִלָּאָה), because it is so greatly exalted (לִהְיוֹת שֶׁהוּא לְמַעְלָה הַרְבֵּה), and through this thread of Chesed [Kindness] extending below (וּמִכֹּחַ זֶה הַחוּט שֶׁל חֶסֶד שֶׁנִּתְפַּשַּׁט לְמַטָּה), it likewise spread into the Malkhut that is not known (נִתְפַּשַּׁט גַּם כֵּן בַּמַּלְכוּת דְּלָא אִתְיְדַע), there also being the Name Elohim (שָׁם הוּא גַּם כֵּן שֵׁם אֱלֹהִים), and there the Ten Utterances and the twenty-two letters were revealed (וְשָׁם הָיוּ מִתְגַּלִּים עֲשֶׂרֶת מַאֲמָרוֹת וְכ״ב אַתְוָון), in the mystery of the Thirty-Two Paths of Chokhmah [Wisdom] (בְּסוֹד ל״ב נְתִיבוֹת חָכְמָה), which are divided into the mystery of the Two Beginnings (שֶׁהַנֶּחְלָקִים לְסוֹד ב׳ רֵאשִׁית), namely the Alef of Ein divided into two (דְּהַיְינוּ הָאָלֶ״ף שֶׁל אֵין הַנֶּחְלֶקֶת לִשְׁנַיִם), and this too is alluded to in the mystery of the Supernal Heikhal [Palace] (וְזֶהוּ גַּם כֵּן בָּא בְּרֶמֶז בְּסוֹד הֵיכָלָא עִלָּאָה), for they extended only as far as there (כִּי עַד שָׁם נִתְפַּשְּׁטוּ), and from that point onward all the powers of Judgment of the Butzina d'Kardinuta [The Hard Spark] were revealed (וּמִשָּׁם וָאֵילָךְ נִתְגַּלּוּ כָּל כֹּחוֹת הַדִּינִין שֶׁל בּוּצִינָא דְּקַדְרִינוּתָא).