Daf 75b [Daf 74b] (דַּף ע״ה ע״ב [צ״ל ע״ד ע״ב])

Furthermore (עוֹד אֶלָּא), all the six supernal extremities served Him only as a passageway (כָּל הַשֵּׁשׁ קְצָווֹת הָעֶלְיוֹנוֹת מְשַׁמְּשׁוֹת לוֹ רַק בְּסוֹד מַעֲבָר לְבַד), like Light passing through six windows (כְּאוֹר הָעוֹבֵר דֶּרֶךְ שִׁשָּׁה חַלּוֹנוֹת), where the Light is diminished only because of the distance of the place (אֲשֶׁר יִתְמַעֵט הָאוֹר לְסִבַּת רִחוּק הַמָּקוֹם לְבַד), and it is not comparable to a Light before which screens are placed (וְאֵינוֹ דּוֹמֶה לָאוֹר אֲשֶׁר יָשִׂימוּ נֶגְדּוֹ מְסָכִים), for then the Light is greatly diminished because of the separating screens (כִּי יִתְמַעֵט הָאוֹר מְאֹד לְסִבַּת הַמְּסָכִים הַמַּבְדִּילִים), and this is the meaning of, “This Light shone from one end of the world to the other” (וְזֶהוּ שֶׁהָיָה אוֹר זֶה מַבְהִיק מִסּוֹף הָעוֹלָם וְעַד סוֹפוֹ). For it passed through all the six extremities without any enclothement (כִּי הָיָה עוֹבֵר כָּל הַשֵּׁשׁ קְצָווֹת בְּלִי שׁוּם הִתְלַבְּשׁוּת), only as a passageway alone (רַק מַעֲבָר לְבַד), and because of the wicked, who are not worthy to make use of the Supernal Chesed [Kindness] revealed without any enclothement (וּמִפְּנֵי הָרְשָׁעִים שֶׁאֵינָם רְאוּיִים לְהִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בְּחֶסֶד עִלָּאָה הַנִּגְלֶה בְּלִי שׁוּם הִתְלַבְּשׁוּת), and, God forbid, they would enclothe it in the Klipot (וְח״ו יַלְבִּישׁוּהוּ בַּקְּלִיפּוֹת), and would bring utterly holy Neshamot [Souls] into the Klipot, God forbid (וְיַכְנִיסוּ נְשָׁמוֹת קְדוֹשׁוֹת תַּכְלִית הַקְּדוּשָּׁה בַּקְּלִיפּוֹת ח״ו), therefore He concealed it and enclothed it in Tzedek [Righteousness] (לְפִיכָךְ גְּנָזוֹ וְהִלְבִּישׁוֹ בְּצֶדֶק), and Tzedek [Righteousness] is Yesod [Foundation] and Malkhut (וְצֶדֶק יְסוֹד וּמַלְכוּת), which are Tzaddikim [Righteous Ones] (שֶׁהֵם צַדִּיקִים), and this is the matter of “He made for it a covering” mentioned in the Zohar (וְזֶהוּ עִנְיַן עֲבִיד לֵיהּ חוּפָאָה הַנִּזְכָּר בַּזֹּהַר), concerning the verse, “I will arrange for You and watch” (בַּפָּסוּק אֶעֱרָךְ לְךָ וַאֲצַפֶּה) (Psalms 5:4).

And Behold, the Supernal Chesed [Kindness] revealed in the Holy Covenant (וְהִנֵּה חֶסֶד עִלָּאָה הַנִּגְלֶה בִּבְרִית קֹדֶשׁ), is not enclothed until it emerges outward (אֵינוֹ מִתְלַבֵּשׁ עַד צֵאתוֹ לַחוּץ), at the opening of the supernal organ (בְּפִי הָאַמָּה הָעֶלְיוֹנָה), and therefore below it does not impart impurity until it emerges outward, as is known (וּלְפִיכָךְ לְמַטָּה אֵינוֹ מְטַמֵּא עַד צֵאתוֹ לַחוּץ כַּנּוֹדָע), and immediately upon its emergence in the heat of the opening of the organ (וּמִיָּד בְּצֵאתוֹ בַּחֲמִימוּת פֶּה הָאַמָּה), it becomes enclothed in the Gevurot [Powers] (מִתְלַבֵּשׁ בָּהּ גְּבוּרוֹת), and harsh Judgment emerges (וְנָפִיק דִּינָא קַשְׁיָא), and this is what is written in the Zohar, “When it was concealed, harsh Judgment emerged” (וְז״שׁ בַּזֹּהַר כַּד אִגְנִיז נָפַק דִּינָא קַשְׁיָא). And there is yet another path concerning the concealment of this Ohr [Light] (וְיֵשׁ לוֹ עוֹד דֶּרֶךְ אַחֶרֶת בִּגְנִיזוּת אוֹר זֶה), but this is not its place (אֶלָּא שֶׁאֵין כָּאן מְקוֹמוֹ). “And just as the likeness of the Covenant is sown through forty-two pairings” (וּכְמָה דְּדִיּוּקְנָא דִּבְרִית אִזְדְּרַע בְּמ״ב זִוּוּגִין), behold, the likeness of the Covenant is the Nekudat Tziyon [Point of Zion] (הִנֵּה דִּיּוּקְנָא דִּבְרִית הִיא נְקוּדַת צִיּוֹן), included of five Gevurot [Powers] (הַכְּלוּלָה מֵה׳ גְּבוּרוֹת), corresponding to the Holy Covenant included of five Chesedim [Kindnesses] (דּוּגְמַת בְּרִית קֹדֶשׁ הַכָּלוּל מֵה׳ חֲסָדִים), and behold, for the Nekudat Tziyon [Point of Zion], the lower seed, which is Mayin Nukvin [Feminine Waters] (וְהִנֵּה לִנְקוּדַת צִיּוֹן זֶרַע תַּחְתּוֹן דְּאִיהוּ מַיִין נוּקְבִין), is made through forty-two pairings (נַעֲשֶׂה בְּמ״ב זִוּוּגִין), and this is the Name B"N [Fifty-Two] of forty-two (וְהוּא שֵׁם בֵּן מ״ב), which is drawn from the side of the Gevurot [Powers] (הַנִּמְשָׁךְ מִצַּד הַגְּבוּרוֹת), and these are the Mayin Nukvin [Feminine Waters] (וְהֵם הֵם מַיִין נוּקְבִין), for there is no drop that descends below without the deep rising opposite it with two drops (וְלִהְיוֹת כִּי אֵין לְךָ כָּל טִפָּה וְטִפָּה שֶׁיּוֹרֶדֶת לְמַטָּה שֶׁאֵין תְּהוֹם עוֹלֶה לִקְרָאתוֹ טִפַּיִם), from the mystery of the forty-two pairings (מִצַּד סוֹד מ״ב זִוּוּגִים), and indeed the reason for the matter is that there are seven doubles there (וְאָמְנָם טַעַם הַדָּבָר כִּי שָׁם ז׳ כְּפוּלוֹת), seven and seven castings (שִׁבְעָה וְשִׁבְעָה מוּצָקוֹת).