Daf 7b (דַּף ז׳ ע״ב)

“There it sowed seeds” (תַּמָּן זְרַע זַרְעִין), to bring forth (לְאוֹלָדָא), for the benefit of all the worlds (לְתוֹעַלְתָּא דְּעָלְמִין כֻּלְּהוּ), and this is the secret (וְרָזָא דָּא), “The holy seed is its stump” (זֶרַע קֹדֶשׁ מַצַּבְתָּהּ) (Isaiah 6:13). The matter is (הָעִנְיָן הוּא), that in the Seven Tikkunim (כִּי בְּז׳ תִּיקּוּנִים), are the twelve permutations of the Havayah (הֵם י״ב צֵרוּפֵי הוי״ה), and from there (מִשָּׁם), from Ein (בְּאֵין), come the twelve (בָּאִין הַתְּרֵין עַשְׂרִין), to Ze'ir Anpin (לְז״א), every day (בְּכָל יוֹם), and through them the union of “Shema Yisrael” and “Barukh Shem Kevod Malkhuto Le'olam Va'ed [Blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom forever and ever]” is accomplished (וְנַעֲשֶׂה הַזִּוּוּג שֶׁל שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּשְׁכַּמְל״ו עַל יָדָם), and through this his bed is made complete in the twelve tribes (וּבָזֶה נַעֲשֵׂית מִטָּתוֹ שְׁלֵמָה בְּי״ב שְׁבָטִים), corresponding to the twelve words (כְּנֶגֶד י״ב תֵּיבוֹת), that are in “Barukh Shem Kevod Malkhuto Le'olam Va'ed [Blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom forever and ever]” and “Shema Yisrael,” etc. (שֶׁהֵם בַּשְׁכַּמְל״ו וּשְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל וְכוּ׳). And from this Ze’ir Anpin and his Nukvah give birth (וּמִזֶּה מוֹלִידִים ז״א וְנוּקְבֵיהּ), through Names (בְּשֵׁמוֹת), and angels (וּמַלְאָכִים), and they are the secret of the Tefillin that the Holy One, Blessed Be He, puts on (וְהֵם סוֹד הַתְּפִילִּין שֶׁמַּנִּיחַ הַקב״ה), every day (הוּא בְּכָל יוֹם), and they are the twelve Havayot p1-3(וְהֵם י״ב הֲוָיוֹת), in [Reisha] d'Lo Ityada [The Unknowable Head] (בְּל״א), and there is the root of the twelve tribes (וְשָׁם שֹׁרֶשׁ הַי״ב שְׁבָטִים), in the secret of Yechidah (בְּסוֹד יְחִידָה), and from there they are drawn (וּמִשָּׁם הֵם נִמְשָׁכִים), for the seed comes from the Moach [Brain], as it were (כִּי הַזֶּרַע בָּא מִן הַמּוֹחַ כִּבְיָכוֹל), and goes out to all the worlds beneath it (וְיוֹצֵא אֶל כָּל הָעוֹלָמוֹת שֶׁתַּחְתָּיו), namely to Ze’ir Anpin (דְּהַיְינוּ אֶל זְעֵיר), in the secret of Tefillin (בְּסוֹד תְּפִילִּין), through Abba and Imma (עַל יְדֵי אַבָּא וְאִמָּא), and afterward they go out to his Nukvah (וְאַחַר כָּךְ יוֹצְאִים אֶל נוּקְבֵיהּ), and afterward to the twelve gates of the palaces of the Jerusalem Above (וְאַחַר כָּךְ אֶל י״ב שַׁעֲרֵי הֵיכְלֵי יְרוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁל מַעְלָה), which are in the World of Beri'ah (אֲשֶׁר בְּעוֹלַם הַבְּרִיאָה), in the secret of the twelve oxen that were beneath the Sea of Shlomo (בְּסוֹד י״ב בָּקָר אֲשֶׁר תַּחַת יָם שֶׁל שְׁלֹמֹה) (I Kings 7:25), and they are the dwelling place of the tribes (וְהֵם מְדוֹר הַשְּׁבָטִים), who stand as testimony for each and every righteous one (הָעוֹמְדִים לְעֵדוּת לְכָל צַדִּיק וְצַדִּיק), and call him (וְקוֹרְאִים אוֹתוֹ), when he comes from this world (כְּשֶׁבָּא מֵהָעוֹלָם הַזֶּה), and inform him to which Palace he should go (וּמוֹדִיעִים אוֹתוֹ לְאֵיזֶה הֵיכָל יֵלֵךְ), for he is from that tribe of that Palace (שֶׁהוּא מֵאוֹתוֹ שֵׁבֶט שֶׁל הֵיכָל הַהוּא), for the righteous one who is from Reuven enters the Palace of Reuven (כִּי הַצַּדִּיק אֲשֶׁר הוּא מֵרְאוּבֵן נִכְנָס אֶל הֵיכַל רְאוּבֵן), and this is the secret of the Jerusalem of the Future (וְז״ס יְרוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁלֶּעָתִיד), which the Holy One, Blessed Be He, will bring down from the Supernal World (שֶׁיּוֹרִידוֹ הַקב״ה מִן הָעוֹלָם הָעֶלְיוֹן), mentioned in Ezekiel (הַנִּזְכָּר בִּיחֶזְקֵאל), as it is said, “one gate of Reuven,” etc. (שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר שַׁעַר רְאוּבֵן אֶחָד וְגוֹ׳) (Ezekiel 48:31), and understand (וְהָבֵן).

Therefore there were twelve Shoham stones (וְלָכֵן הָיוּ י״ב אַבְנֵי שֹׁהַם), and twelve levels in prayer (וְי״ב מַדְרֵגוֹת בַּתְּפִלָּה), and the root of the twelve Havayot (וְשֹׁרֶשׁ הַי״ב הֲוָיוֹת), emerges from Notzer and Nakeh (יוֹצְאִים מִנּוֹצֵר וְנַקֵּה), the Upper Mazal and the Lower Mazal (מַזָּל עֶלְיוֹן וּמַזָּל תַּחְתּוֹן), in the secret of the striking (בְּסוֹד הַהַכָּאָה), namely, the power of the Judgments (דְּהַיְנוּ כֹּחַ הַדִּינִין), of the thirty-two membranes (שֶׁל הַל״ב קְרוּמִים), mentioned above (הַנִּזְכָּר), which are in Reisha d'Ein [the Head of Ein] (אֲשֶׁר בְּרֵישָׁא דְּאֵין), as stated above (כָּאָמוּר). The Zohar says (אוֹמֵר הַזֹּהַר), “This one struck that one” (בָּטַשׁ דָּא בְּדָא), that is to say, they strike one another (ר״ל מַכִּים זֶה בָּזֶה), and bring forth through striking (וּמוֹצִיאִים בְּדֶרֶךְ הַכָּאָה), these twelve Havayot (אֵלּוּ הַי״ב הֲוָיוֹ״ת), and they are the secret of the Tree of Life with its twelve boundaries (וְהֵם סוֹד עֵץ חַיִּים עִם י״ב גְּבוּלָיו), which is literally the secret of the seed together with Bnei Yisrael (שֶׁהוּא מַמָּשׁ סוֹד זֶרַע עִם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל), emerging from the Moach [Brain] of Atika Kadisha (הַיּוֹצֵא מִמּוֹחַ עַתִּיקָא קַדִּישָׁא), to the Covenant of all the worlds (אֶל הַבְּרִית שֶׁל כָּל הָעוֹלָמוֹת), and giving them power and life (וְנוֹתֵן לָהֶם כֹּחַ וְחַיּוּת), increasing the hosts of life and the holy seed (וּמוֹסִיף צִבְאוֹת חַיִּים וְזֶרַע קֹדֶשׁ), and weakening the forces of death and the seed of evildoers (וּמַחֲלִישׁ חַיְילֵי מָוֶת וְזֶרַע מְרֵעִים וּמֵאִים), for the twelve Havayot (כִּי הַי״ב הֲוָיוֹ״ת), are the root of the Neshamah of the Jewish person (הֵם שֹׁרֶשׁ הַנְּשָׁמָה שֶׁל בֶּן אָדָם הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִי), and the Ruach is from Eleh [These] (וְרוּחַ הוּא מֵאֵלֶּ״ה), from the letters of Elohim (שֶׁל אוֹתִיּוֹת אֱלֹהִים), in the secret of, “When the protection of Eloah [God] was over my tent” (בְּסוֹד כִּימֵי אֱלוֹהַּ יִשְׁמְרֵנִי) (Job 29:2), which the Elder says (שֶׁאוֹמֵר הַסָּבָא), in Parashat Mishpatim (פּ׳ מִשְׁפָּטִים). And in the Nefesh (וּבַנֶּפֶשׁ), the letters Yam [Sea] from Elohim shine (מְאִירִים אוֹתִיּוֹת יָ״ם מִן אֱלֹהִים), thus Havayah and Elohim (נִמְצָא הוי״ה וֶאֱלֹהִים), are sown from the Moach [Brain] (הֵם נִזְרָעִים מֵהַמּוֹחַ), and from them come Nefesh, Ruach, and Neshamah below (וּמֵהֶם בָּאִים נֶפֶשׁ רוּחַ נְשָׁמָה לְמַטָּה), spreading forth in a more complete stature (בְּהִתְפַּשְּׁטוּת בְּקוֹמָה שְׁלֵמָה), more substantial (יוֹתֵר עָב), in the secret that even Yechidah (בְּסוֹד שֶׁגַּם יְחִידָה), is included within five levels (כְּלוּלָה מֵה׳ מַדְרֵגוֹת), and likewise each one of the five Partzufim of the soul (וְכֵן כָּל אֶחָד מֵה׳ פַּרְצוּפֵי הַנְּשָׁמָה), and these Gevurot (וְהַגְּבוּרוֹת הַלָּלוּ), give measure even to this seed (נוֹתְנִים שִׁעוּר אַף בְּהַזֶּרַע הַזֶּה), so that there should be a union of Havayah and Elohim (כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּהְיֶה חִבּוּר בַּהוי״ה וֶאֱלֹהִים), within the Neshamah, Nefesh, and Ruach (בַּנְּשָׁמָה נֶפֶשׁ וְרוּחַ), and one should not nullify the other (וְלֹא יְבַטֵּל הָאֶחָד אֶת חֲבֵרוֹ), and in every place where they spread forth (וּבְכָל מָקוֹם שֶׁמִּתְפַּשְּׁטִים), even in Ze'ir Anpin (אַף בִּזְעֵיר).