Daf 117a (דַּף קי״ז ע״א)
Rabbi Yose said (אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי), in this manner it is written (כְּגַוְּונָא דָא כְּתִיב), “I, Hashem, in its time, I will hasten it” (אֲנִי יְיָ בְּעִתָּהּ אֲחִישֶׁנָּה) (Isaiah 60). What is “in its time”? (מַהוּ בְּעִתָּהּ). At the appointed time of Hashem (בְּעֵת ה׳). When she will arise from the dust, then I will hasten it (דְּתָקוּם מֵעַפְרָא כְּדֵין אֲחִישֶׁנָּה). Rabbi Yose said (אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי), and with all this, one day I was silenced in stillness (וְעִם כָּל דָּא יוֹמָא חַד נֶאֱלַמְתִּי דוּמִיָּ״ה), because the Vav was removed from the Heh (בְּגִין דְּאִסְתַּלַּק וָא״ו מִן ה״א), and a voice was not found (וְקוֹל לָא אִשְׁתַּכַּח), then speech was silenced (כְּדֵין דִּבּוּר אִתְאַלָּם). And because of this she lay in the dust all that day (וּבְגִין כָּךְ הִיא שְׁכִיבַת בְּעַפְרָא כָּל הַהוּא יוֹמָא), this is the day of the Heh (דְּנָא דְּה״א). And who is it? The fifth millennium (וּמַאן אִיהוּ אֶלֶף חֲמִשָּׁאָה). And even though exile began before this fifth millennium entered (וְאַף עַל גַּב דְּאַקְדִימַת בְּגָלוּתָא עַד לָא יֵיעוּל הַהוּא אֶלֶף חֲמִשָּׁאָה), this is the secret of the Heh (רָזָא דְּה״א). And when the sixth millennium comes (וְכַד יֵיתֵי אֶלֶף שְׁתִיתָאָה), which is the secret of the Vav (דְּאִיהוּ רָזָא דְּוָא״ו), then the Vav will raise the Heh (כְּדֵין וָא״ו יוֹקִים לְה״א). At the time (בְּזִמְנָא), “for if you refuse to let them go...” (Exodus 9:2), six times ten—sixty souls (שִׁית זִמְנִין עֶשֶׂר שִׁתִּין נֶפֶשׁ), then the Vav is complete ten times (כְּדֵין שְׁלִימוּ וָא״ו עֶשֶׂר זִמְנִין), Vav six times ten p2-60(וָא״ו שִׁית זִמְנִין עֶשֶׂר), of Vav (דְּוָא״ו), Vav ascends in ten (וָא״ו סָלְקָא בְּעֶשֶׂר בְּי׳), and Vav descends into the Heh (וָא״ו נָחֲתָא בְּה״א).
The Vav was completed within the ten sixfold times (אִשְׁתְּלִים וָא״ו גּוֹ עֶשֶׂר שִׁית זִמְנִין), then they were sixty (כְּדֵין הֲווּ שִׁתִּין), to raise from the dust (לְאָקְמָא מֵעַפְרָא), and in each sixty of that sixth millennium (וּבְכָל שִׁתִּין וְשִׁתִּין מֵהַהוּא אֶלֶף שְׁתִיתָאָה), the Heh strengthens and ascends in her levels to be strengthened (אִתְתַּקַּף ה״א וְסַלְקָא בְּדַרְגּוֹי לְאִתְתַּקְּפָא). And in the six hundredth year of the sixth (וּבְשִׁית מְאָה שְׁנִין לִשְׁתִיתָאָה), the gates of wisdom above will open (יִתְפַּתְּחוּן תַּרְעֵי דְחָכְמְתָא לְעֵילָא), and the fountains of wisdom below (וּמַבּוּעֵי דְחָכְמְתָא לְתַתָּא), and the world will be rectified to enter into the seventh (וְיִתְתַּקַּן עַלְמָא לְאָעֳלָא בִּשְׁבִיעָאָה). Like a man who is prepared on the sixth day, as the sun sets, to enter the Sabbath (כְּבַר נָשׁ דְּמִתְתַּקַּן בְּיוֹמָא שְׁתִיתָאָה מֵכִי עָרַב שִׁמְשָׁא לְאֲעָלָא בְּשַׁבַּתָּא). Even so, likewise here (אוּף הָכִי נָמֵי). And your sign is (וְסִימָנִיךְ), “In the six hundredth year of the life of Noach… all the fountains of the great deep were broken open” (Bereshit 7) (בִּשְׁנַת שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה לְחַיֵּי נֹחַ וְגו׳ נִבְקְעוּ כָּל מַעְיְינוֹת תְּהוֹם רַבָּה).
Rabbi Yose said to him (אָמַר לֵיהּ רַבִּי יוֹסֵי), all this is a lengthening of time beyond what our companions have established p2-61(כָּל דָּא אֲרִיכוּ זִמְנָא יַתִּיר מִכְּמָה דְּאוּקְמוּהָ חַבְרַיָּיא), for it is one day of exile for Kenesset Yisrael, and no more (דְּאִיהוּ יוֹמָא חַד גָּלוּתָא דִּכְנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלָא יַתִּיר), as it is written (דִּכְתִיב), “He has made me desolate and faint all the day” (נְתָנַנִי שׁוֹמֵמָה כָּל הַיּוֹם דָּוָה) (Lamentations 1). He said to him (אָמַר לֵיהּ), so I have learned from Abba (הָכִי אוֹלִיפְנָא מֵאַבָּא), in the secrets of the letters of the holy Name (בְּרָזִין דְּאַתְוָון דִּשְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא), and in the days of the cycles of the world (וּבְיוֹמֵי דִּשְׁנֵי עַלְמָא), and in the days of Bereishit (וּבְיוֹמֵי דִבְרֵאשִׁית), and all is one secret (וְכֹלָּא רָזָא חָדָא אִיהוּ). And then will appear the rainbow in the cloud in radiant colors p2-62(וּכְדֵין יִתְחֲזֵי קַשְׁתָּא בַּעֲנָנָא בִּגְוָונֵי נְהִירִין), like a woman adorned for her husband (כְּאִתְּתָא דְּמִתְקַשְּׁטָא לְבַעֲלָהּ), as it is written (דִּכְתִיב), “and I will see it to remember the eternal covenant” (וּרְאִיתִיהָ לִזְכֹּר בְּרִית עוֹלָם) (Bereshit 9), and this has already been established and it is proper (וְהָא אוּקְמוּהָ וְשַׁפִּיר הוּא). “And I will see it” (וּרְאִיתִיהָ), in radiant colors as is fitting (בִּגְוָנִין נְהִירִין כְּדְקָא יְאוּת). And then “to remember the eternal covenant” (וּכְדֵין לִזְכֹּר בְּרִית עוֹלָם). Who is the eternal covenant? (מַאן בְּרִית עוֹלָם). This is Kenesset Yisrael (דָּא כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל), and Vav will join with Heh (וְיִתְחַבַּר וָא״ו בְּה״א), and He will raise her from the dust (וְיֵיקִים לָהּ מֵעַפְרָא), as it is said, “And Elohim remembered His covenant” (כְּמָא דְאַתְּ אָמֵר וַיִּזְכֹּר אֱלֹהִים אֶת בְּרִיתוֹ). This is Kenesset Yisrael, for she is the covenant (דָּא כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל דְּאִיהִי בְּרִית), as you say, “And it shall be for a sign of the covenant, etc.” (כְּמָא דְאַתְּ אָמֵר וְהָיְתָה לְאוֹת בְּרִית וְגו׳). When the Vav is aroused toward the Heh (כַּד יִתְעַר וָא״ו לְגַבֵּי ה״א), then upper beings will be awakened in the world (כְּדֵין אָתִין עִלָּאִין יִתְעָרוּן בְּעָלְמָא), and the children of Reuven are destined to be stirred (וּבְנוֹי דִרְאוּבֵן זְמִינִין דְּיִתְעָרוּן), battles in all the world (קְרָבִין בְּכָל עַלְמָא), and Kenesset Yisrael will be raised from the dust (וּכְנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל יוֹקִים לָהּ מֵעַפְרָא), and Kudsha Berikh Hu will remember her (וְיִדְכַּר לָהּ קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא). And Kudsha Berikh Hu will be found with her within the exile (וְיִשְׁתַּכַּח קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְגַבָּהּ גּוֹ גָּלוּתָא), according to the number of Vav, six times ten (כְּחוּשְׁבַּן וָא״ו שִׁית זִמְנִין י׳), ten times six years (עֶשֶׂר זִמְנִין שִׁית שְׁנִין), and then she will rise and the world will be remembered (וּכְדֵין תֵּיקוּם וְיִתְפַּקַּד עַלְמָא), to exact vengeance (לְמֶעְבַּד נוּקְמִין), and he who is defiled will be cast down (וּמַאן דְּאִיהוּ מָאִיךְ יִתְרְמֵי).
Notes
Sulam: “When the Vav is completed within ten,” etc. (אִשְׁתַּלֵּם וָ״ו גּוֹ עֶשֶׂר וְכוּ׳): when the Vav, which is the secret of Ze’ir Anpin, is completed from ten, six times (כְּשֶׁנִּשְׁלַם הַוָ״ו שֶׁהוּא סוֹד זְעֵיר אַנְפִּין מֵעֶשֶׂר שֵׁשׁ פְּעָמִים), which is the secret of the GR of Ruach that each extremity of the six extremities attains (שֶׁהוּא סוֹד גַּ״ר דְּרוּחַ שֶׁמַּשִּׂיג כָּל קָצֶה מִו״ק), and now in the sixth millennium, which is the secret of Chokhmah (וְעַתָּה בָּאֶלֶף הַשִּׁשִּׁי שֶׁהוּא סוֹד חָכְמָה), they are the aspect of Ruach of Chokhmah (הֵן בְּחִינַת רוּחַ דְּחָכְמָה), as explained above (כְּנַ״ל), then they are in the number sixty, to raise the Nukvah from the dust (אָז הֵם בְּמִסְפָּר שִׁשִּׁים לְהָקִים הַנּוּקְבָא מֵעָפָר). And in every sixty and sixty within the sixth millennium (וּבְכָל שִׁשִּׁים וְשִׁשִּׁים שֶׁבָּאֶלֶף הַשִּׁשִּׁי), the Heh is strengthened and rises in its levels to be strengthened (מִתְחַזֶּקֶת הַה״א וְנִתְעַלֵּית בְּמַדְרֵגוֹתֶיהָ לְהִתְחַזֵּק), and in six hundred years of the sixth millennium (וּבְשֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה לָאֶלֶף הַשִּׁשִּׁי), that is, when each extremity attains Mochin from Binah whose Sefirot are in hundreds (דְּהַיְינוּ בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁכָּל קָצֶה מַשִּׂיג מוֹחִין מִבִּינָה שֶׁסְּפִירוֹתֶיהָ בְּמֵאוֹת), which are six hundred (שֶׁהֵם שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת), as explained above (כְּנַ״ל), that now they are Neshama of Chokhmah, that is Binah of Chokhmah (שֶׁעַתָּה הֵם נְשָׁמָה דְּחָכְמָה דְּהַיְינוּ בִּינָה דְּחָכְמָה), the gates of Chokhmah above will open and the springs of Chokhmah below (יִפְתְּחוּ שַׁעֲרֵי הַחָכְמָה לְמַעְלָה וּמַעְיְנוֹת הַחָכְמָה לְמַטָּה), the GR of Binah are considered the gates of Chokhmah and the ZT of Binah are considered the springs of Chokhmah (הַגַּ״ר דְּבִינָה נִבְחָנוֹת לְשַׁעֲרֵי הַחָכְמָה וְהַז״ת דְּבִינָה נִבְחָנוֹת לְמַעְיְנוֹת הַחָכְמָה), and the world will then be rectified to enter the seventh millennium (וְיִתְתַּקֵּן הָעוֹלָם אָז לְהִכָּנֵס לָאֶלֶף הַשְּׁבִיעִי), which is the perfection of Malchut itself in the secret of Shabbat (שֶׁהוּא שְׁלֵמוּת הַמַּלְכוּת עַצְמָהּ בְּסוֹד שַׁבָּת), like a person who prepares himself on the sixth day at sunset to enter Shabbat (כְּאָדָם הַמְתַקֵּן עַצְמוֹ בְּיוֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁי בְּבוֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ כְּדֵי לְהִכָּנֵס בְּשַׁבָּת), so here as well (אַף כָּאן כֵּן). And your sign is (וְסִימָנְךָ): “in the six hundredth year of the life of Noaḥ… all the fountains of the great deep were split” (בִּשְׁנַת שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה לְחַיֵּי נֹחַ וְגו׳ נִבְקְעוּ כָּל מַעְיְנוֹת תְּהוֹם רַבָּה).
Sulam: “He said to him, Rabbi Yosei,” etc. (אָמַר לוֹ רַבִּי יוֹסֵי וְכוּ׳): he said to him, Rabbi Yosei (אָמַר לוֹ ר״י), behold this is a longer duration than what the companions said (הֲרֵי זֶה יוֹתֵר אֲרִיכוּת הַזְּמַן מִמַּה שֶּׁאָמְרוּ הַחֲבֵרִים), that the exile of Knesset Yisrael is only one day and no more (שֶׁהַגָּלוּת שֶׁל כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל הוּא רַק יוֹם אֶחָד וְלֹא יוֹתֵר), as it is written (שֶׁכָּתוּב): “He has made me desolate, all the day sick” (נְתָנַנִי שׁוֹמֵמָה כָּל הַיּוֹם דָּוֶה), and this is in the secret of the day of HaKadosh Barukh Hu, which is a thousand years, as explained above (וְהַיְינוּ בְּסוֹד יוֹמוֹ שֶׁל הַקב״ה שֶׁהוּא אֶלֶף שָׁנָה כְּנַ״ל). He said to him (אָמַר לוֹ), thus I learned from my father (כָּךְ לָמַדְתִּי מֵאָבִי), in the secret of the letters of the holy Name Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh (בְּסוֹד הָאוֹתִיּוֹת שֶׁל הַשֵּׁם הַקָּדוֹשׁ הוי״ה), and in the days of the years of the world and in the days of Bereshit (וּבִימֵי שְׁנוֹת הָעוֹלָם וּבִימֵי בְּרֵאשִׁית), and all is one secret (וְהַכֹּל סוֹד אֶחָד הוּא).
Sulam: “And then the rainbow will be seen,” etc. (כְּדֵין יִתְחֲזֵי קַשְׁתָּא וְכוּ׳): and then the rainbow will appear in the clouds in illuminating colors (וְאָז יִהְיֶה נִרְאֶה הַקֶּשֶׁת בֶּעָנָנִים בִּצְבָעִים מְאִירִים), like a woman who adorns herself for her husband (כְּמוֹ אִשָּׁה הַמְפָאֶרֶת אֶת עַצְמָהּ לְבַעְלָהּ), for the rainbow is the secret of the Nukvah (כִּי קֶשֶׁת הוּא סוֹד הַנּוּקְבָא), as explained above (כְּנַ״ל), as it is written “and I will see it” (שֶׁכָּתוּב וְרָאִיתִיהָ), “to remember the everlasting covenant” (לִזְכּוֹר בְּרִית עוֹלָם), and it has already been explained that it is beautiful (וּכְבָר בֵּאֲרוּהָ וְיָפָה הִיא), but “and I will see it” means in properly illuminating colors (אֲבָל וְרָאִיתִיהָ פֵּירוּשׁוֹ בִּצְבָעִים מְאִירִים כָּרָאוּי). Explanation (פֵּירוּשׁ): for before the redemption there are only three colors in the rainbow (כִּי מִטֶּרֶם הַגְּאֻלָּה אֵין בַּקֶּשֶׁת אֶלָּא ג׳ צְבָעִים), white, red, and green (לָבָן אָדוֹם יָרוֹק), which are Yud-Heh-Vav (שֶׁהֵם יה״ו), and its own aspect is lacking there (וּבְחִינַת עַצְמָהּ חֲסֵרָה שָׁם), but at the time of the redemption all four colors will shine in the rainbow (אֲבָל בְּעֵת הַגְּאֻלָּה יָאִירוּ כָּל ד׳ הַצְבָעִים בַּקֶּשֶׁת), for also her own aspect will shine equally with the three colors of Ze’ir Anpin (כִּי גַּם בְּחִינָתָהּ עַצְמָהּ תָּאִיר בְּשָׁוֶה עִם ג׳ גְּוָונִים דְּזְעֵיר אַנְפִּין), in the secret of “and the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun” (בְּסוֹד וְהָיָה אוֹר הַלְּבָנָה כְּאוֹר הַחַמָּה).