Daf 9b (דַּף ט׳ ע״ב)

For the Lights are not revealed in their own place at all (כִּי הָאוֹרוֹת אֵינָם מִתְגַּלִּים בִּמְקוֹמוֹ כְּלָל), except below in Reisha d'Ein [the Head of Ein] (כִּי אִם לְמַטָּה בְּרֵישָׁא דְּאֵין), where it is divided into two Yod, Vavs (הִיא מִתְחַלֶּקֶת לִשְׁנֵי י״ו), and it is the head of all the revelation of the Judgments below (וְהִיא רֵישָׁא לְכָל גִּלּוּי הַדִּינִים שֶׁל מַטָּה), and there, in the Seven Tikkunim (וְשָׁם בְּז׳ תִּיקּוּנִים), the Chokhmah of Ein entered into the Gevurah of the Malkhut of Reisha d'Lo Ityada [The Unknowable Head] (נִכְנְסוּ חָכְמָה דְּאֵין בְּתוֹךְ גְּבוּרָה דְּמַלְכוּת דְּל״א), and it became Tala Di-Vdolcha [Dew of Crystal Purity] (וְנַעֲשֵׂית טַלָּא דִּבְדוֹלְחָא), and within this crystal (וְנִרְאֶה בַּבְּדוֹלַח הַזֹּאת), the gleams of their Light are seen (צִחְצוּחֵי אוֹרָם), which come through the power of the Gevurot (שֶׁבָּאִים מִכֹּחַ הַגְּבוּרוֹת). And all this was revealed (וְכָל זֶה גִּלָּה), by that Hidden One Who is not known (הַהוּא סְתִימָאָה דְּלָא אִתְיְדַע), in the secret of “Bara [He created]” (בְּסוֹד בָּרָא), which is the secret of “And Elohim created” (שֶׁהוּא סוֹד וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים) (Genesis 1:27). And because all the divisions of the Gevurot are in the eyes (וּלְהִיּוֹת שֶׁכָּל הִתְחַלְּקוּת הַגְּבוּרוֹת הֵם בָּעֵינַיִם), therefore they are alluded to in the Open Eye (לָכֵן הֵם נִרְמָזִים בְּעֵינָא פְּקִיחָא), through which the Holy One, Blessed Be He, watches below (שֶׁבּוֹ מַשְׁגִּיחַ הַקב״ה לְמַטָּה), and the acts of Providence are divided below (וּמִתְחַלְּקוֹת הַהַשְׁגָּחוֹת לְמַטָּה), into innumerable [Ein Sof] particulars (לְכַמָּה פְּרָטִים עַד אֵין סוֹף), according to the deeds of those below (לְפִי מַעֲשֵׂה הַתַּחְתּוֹנִים). And on the right are five Havayot of Chasadim (וְיֵשׁ בַּיָּמִין ה׳ הֲוָיוֹת חֲסָדִים), and on the left are five Havayot of Gevurot (וּבַשְּׂמֹאל יֵשׁ ה׳ הֲוָיוֹת גְּבוּרוֹת), and the five Havayot have the numerical value of Ayin [Eye] (וְה׳ הֲוָיוֹת עוֹלִים עי״ן), but here, in these Seven Tikkunim (אֲבָל כָּאן בְּז׳ תִּיקּוּנִים הַלָּלוּ), they become one Eye of mercy within mercy (הֵם נַעֲשִׂים עַיִן אֶחָד רַחֲמֵי גּוֹ רַחֲמֵי). Therefore it uses the expression “Bara [He created]” (וְלָכֵן אוֹמֵר לְשׁוֹן בָּרָא), to allude to the Yesod of the Open Eye p1-8(לִרְמוֹז עַל יְסוֹד שֶׁל עֵינָא פְּקִיחָא), which reveals its activity in supervising below (הַמְגַלֶּה פְּעֻלָּתוֹ לְהַשְׁגִּיחַ לְמַטָּה), for if you reverse the letters of “Bara [He created]” you find “Ever [Limb]” (כִּי הָפוֹךְ בָּרָא וְתִמְצָא אֵבֶר), the Covenantal Organ watches and illuminates below (הַבְּרִית הוּא הַמַּשְׁגִּיחַ וּמֵאִיר לְמַטָּה), and everything comes (וְהַכֹּל בָּא), from Adam Kadma'ah [Primordial Adam] (מֵא״ק), to this Palace (לְהֵיכָלָא דָא), namely the Malkhut of Reisha d'Lo Ityada [The Unknowable Head] (הוּא מַלְכוּת דְּל״א), and within it Elohim emerges (וּבְתוֹכוֹ אֱלֹהִים יוֹצֵא), from the letters MNTZPKH (מֵאוֹתִיּוֹת מנצפ״ך). “This Palace is called Elohim” (הֵיכָלָא דָא אִתְקְרֵי אֱלֹהִים), because there the thirty-two membranes included within the first Elohim of the aforementioned thirty-two are revealed (לְפִי שֶׁשָּׁם מִתְגַּלִּים הַל״ב קְרוּמִים הַכְּלוּלִים בֶּאֱלֹהִים הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁל הַל״ב הַנִּזְכָּר). And this is the secret of “Bereshit Bara Elohim” (וְרָזָא דָּא בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים) (Genesis 1:1), meaning (ר״ל), in this Beginning [Reshit], which is Reisha d'Ein [the Head of Ein] (בְּהָרֵאשִׁית הַזֶּה הוּא רֵישָׁא דְּאֵין), that Hidden One, namely Adam Kadma'ah [Primordial Adam], created (בָּרָא הַהוּא סְתִימָא הוּא א״ק), through the power of this Yod (בְּכֹחַ הַיּוֹ״ד הַזֹּאת), which brings forth the Hard Spark (הַמּוֹצִיאָה הַבּוּצִינָא דְקַדְרִינוּתָא), namely the letters MNTZPKH (הוּא אוֹתִיּוֹת מנצפ״ך), which emerge from it (אֲשֶׁר יוֹצְאִים מִמֶּנּוּ). The five letters of Elohim (ה׳ אוֹתִיּוֹת אֱלֹהִים), in this Palace (בְּהֵיכָל הַזֶּה), namely the Malkhut of Reisha d'Lo Ityada [The Unknowable Head] (הוּא מַלְכוּת דְּל״א), become a House and a Palace for Reisha d'Ein [the Head of Ein] (הַנַּעֲשִׂים בַּיִת וְהֵיכָל לְרֵישָׁא דְּאֵין). The Zohar says, “From it all the Ma'amarot [Utterances] were created” (זֹהַר דְּמִינֵיהּ כֻּלְּהוּ מַאֲמָרוֹת אִתְבְּרִיאוּ), all the thirty-two Elohim through the utterance “And He said” (כָּל הַל״ב אֱלֹהִים בַּדִּבּוּר וַיֹּאמֶר), were emanated in Reisha d'Ein [the Head of Ein] (נֶאֶצְלוּ בְּרֵישָׁא דְּאֵין), and when they come to Abba (וּכְשֶׁבָּאִים לְאַבָּא), they are revealed even more (מִתְגַּלִּים בְּיוֹתֵר), “in the secret of the spreading forth of this hidden Zohar” (בְּרָזָא דְּאִתְפַּשְּׁטוּתָא דְּזֹהַר סְתִים דָּא), its explanation being: in the secret of the spreading forth of the point of the hidden Zohar (פֵּירוּשׁ בְּסוֹד הִתְפַּשְּׁטוּת הַנְּקוּדָה דְּזֹהַר סְתִים), namely the radiance of the Zohar of this Yod (הִיא הִתְנוֹצְצוּת הַזֹּהַר שֶׁל הַיּוֹ״ד הַזֹּאת), in the Dikna [Beard] of Adam Kadma'ah [Primordial Adam], the Perfect One (בְּדִיקְנָא דְּאָדָם קַדְמָאָה הַשָּׁלֵם), in the secret of, “His cheeks are like a bed of spices” (בְּסוֹד לְחָיָיו כַּעֲרוּגַת הַבֹּשֶׂם) (Song of Songs 5:13), and it revealed all ten Ma'amarot [Utterances] (וְהוּא הָיָה מְגַלֶּה כָּל הַיּוֹ״ד מַאֲמָרוֹת), for ten times MNTZPKH (כִּי עֶשֶׂר פְּעָמִים מנצפ״ך), equals ten times Ma'amar [Utterance] (עוֹלֶה עֶשֶׂר פְּעָמִים מַאֲמָ״ר), each together with its kolel (כָּל אֶחָד עִם הַכּוֹלֵל שֶׁלּוֹ). Afterwards this Yod took the twenty-two letters (וְאַחַר כָּךְ הַיּוֹ״ד הַזֹּאת לָקְחָה הַכ״ב אוֹתִיּוֹת), and divided them into three parts (וְחִלְּקָם לִשְׁלֹשָׁה חֲלָקִים), then joined them again (חָזַר וְחִבְּרָם), with the ten Ma'amarot [Utterances] that it brought forth (עִם הָעֶשֶׂר מַאֲמָרוֹת שֶׁהוֹצִיאָה), namely its filling (דְּהַיְנוּ הַמִּלּוּי שֶׁלָּהּ), which is Vav, Dalet (הִיא דו׳), and they become the thirty-two Elohim (וְנַעֲשִׂים ל״ב אֱלֹהִים), and this is what they said in the Tikkunim (וְהַיְינוּ אָמְרוּ בַּתִּיקּוּנִים), “The twenty-two letters and the ten Ma'amarot [Utterances] are the thirty-two Elohim of the Work of Bereshit” (כ״ב אַתְוָון וְעֶשֶׂר אֲמִירָן אִינוּן ל״ב אֱלֹהִים דְּעוֹבָדָא דִּבְרֵאשִׁית) (Tikkunei HaZohar 76b). “If in this it is written, ‘Bara [He created]’” (אִי בְּהַאי כְּתִיב בָּרָא).