Daf 147b (דַּף קמ״ז ע״ב)

And blue rests within both this and that - in the copper and in the gold (וּתְכֵלֶת שַׁרְיָא בְּדָא וּבְדָא, בַּנְּחֹשֶׁת וּבַזָּהָב), because it is strengthened by two sides (וּבְגִין דְּאִתְתָּקַּף בִּתְרֵין סִטְרִין). blue is powerful (תְּכֵלֶת אִיהוּ תַּקִּיפָא), and none can rule over it for life (וְלֵית מַאן דְּשַׁלְטָא עָלֵיהּ לְחַיִין), for it is the Throne of Judgment, to rest within it the strong judgment (דְּאִיהוּ כֻּרְסְיָּיא דְּדִינָא לְשַׁרְיָא בֵּיהּ דִּינָא תַּקִּיפָא). And this is 'Bo El, Bo El', as it is written: 'And God (El) is indignant (Zo'em) every day' (וְדָא אִיהוּ ב״ו א״ל ב״ו א״ל דִּכְתִיב: וְאֵל זוֹעֵם בְּכָל יוֹם) (Psalms 7). But when mankind return with complete teshuvah p1-30(וְכַד אִתְהַדְרָן בְּנֵי נָשָׁא בְּתִיוּבְתָּא שְׁלֵימָתָא), His Name returns to Refa’el (אִתְהַדָּר שְׁמֵיהּ רְפָאֵ״ל), for healing is prepared for them from that harsh judgment (דְּהָא אַסְוָותָא אִזְדָּמַן לְהוּ מֵהַהוּא דִּינָא קַשְׁיָא).

And purple [argaman]: - this is gold and silver (וְאַרְגָּמָן: דָּא זָהָב וָכֶסֶף), which return to be unified as one (דְּאִתְהַדְרָן לְאַכְלְלָא כַּחֲדָא). Micha’el and Gavri’el are joined, one with the other (מִיכָאֵל וְגַבְרִיאֵל אִתְכְּלִילוּ דָּא עִם דָּא), intertwined one within the other (מְשֻׁלְּבָאן דָּא בְּדָא). And concerning this it is written: “He makes peace in His heights” (וְעַל דָּא כְּתִיב: עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם בִּמְרוֹמָיו) (Job 25). And because they are intertwined, one within the other (וּבְגִין דְּאִינּוּן מְשֻׁלְּבָאן דָּא בְּדָא), they are made into one body (אִתְעָבִידוּ גּוּפָא חַד).

And Crimson Worm- above (וְתוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי לְעֵילָּא), and it is integrated with Uri’el as before (וְאִתְכְּלִיל בְּאוּרִיאֵ״ל כְּמִלְּקַדְּמִין), to be grasped within blue and within purple (לְמֶהוֵי אֲחִידוּ גּוֹ תְכֵלֶת וּבְגוֹ אַרְגָּמָן). And six is above (וְשֵׁשׁ אִיהוּ לְעֵילָּא), and is integrated, as before, in the secret of Refa’el (וְאִתְכְּלִיל כְּמִלְּקַדְּמִין בְּרָזָא דִּרְפָאֵל), to be unified with the silver and with the gold (לְאִתְאַחֲדָא בַּכֶּסֶף וּבַזָּהָב).

Until here is the secret of the seven pillars above, within the seven pillars below (עַד הָכָא, רָזָא דְּז׳ עַמּוּדִין לְעֵילָּא, גּוֹ ז׳ עַמּוּדִים דִּלְתַתָּא). Klipah within Klipah, for guarding (קְלִיפָּה גּוֹ קְלִיפָּה, לִנְטוּרָא). And goats: behold we have established that these seven are brain to brain, and this is a Klipah to the brain (וְעִזִּים: הָא אוֹקִימְנָא דְּהָא אִלֵּין ז׳, מוֹחָא לְמוֹחָא, וְדָא אִיהוּ קְלִיפָּה לְמוֹחָא). “And rams’ skins dyed red” (וְעוֹרוֹת אֵילִים מְאָדָּמִים) (Exodus 25) - these are masters of shields (אִלֵּין אִינּוּן מָארֵי תְּרִיסִין), eyes flaming with fire-bolts (עַיְינִין מְלַהֲטִין בְּטִיסִין דְּנוּרָא), as it is said: “His eyes were as torches of fire” (כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר: וְעֵינָיו כְּלַפִּידֵי אֵשׁ) (Daniel 10). And they are called firmaments outside within a Klipah (וְאִקְרוּן רְקִיעִין לְבַר בְּגוֹ קְלִיפָּה). “And skins of Tachash” (וְעוֹרוֹת תְּחָשִׁים) (Exodus 25) - these are within, on the side of holiness (אִלֵּין אִינּוּן לְגוֹ בְּסִטְרָא קַדִּישָׁא), and they are unified in holiness, yet not truly unified (וְאִתְאַחֲדָן בִּקְדוּשָׁה, וְלָא אִתְאַחֲדָן). As we have said, that Avraham begot through another woman Tachash (כְּמָה דְאַמָרָן דְאַבְרָהָם הָא אוֹלִיד בְּאִינְתוּ אַחֲרָא תַּחַשׁ), as it is said: “And the Tachash” (כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר: וְאֶת תַּחַשׁ) (Exodus 25). And these are in the mother of Yishma’el, the brothers of Yishma’el (וְאִלֵּין אִינּוּן בְּאִימָא דְיִשְׁמָעֵאל אֲחוּהוֹן דְיִשְׁמָעֵאל), for just as there is a level in Esav, so too there is a level in Yishma’el (דְּכְּמָה דְּאִית דַּרְגָּא בְּעֵשָׂו, הֲכִי נָמֵי אִית דַּרְגָּא בְּיִשְׁמָעֵאל).

The mother of Yishma’el bore Tachash, and it came from the side of Avraham (אִימָא דְיִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹלִידַת לְתָּחַשׁ, וּמִסִּטְרָא דְאַבְרָהָם קַאֲתָּת), for the primordial light - MTZPTZ - at the time when light went out in all directions p1-31(דְהָא נְהוֹרָא קַדְמָאָה: מִצְפ״ץ בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּנָפַק נְהוֹרִין לְכָל סִטְרִין). Once that primordial light was sealed (כֵּיוָן דְּאִתְבְּסָם הַהוּא נְהוֹרָא קַדְמָאָה), Kudsha Berikh Hu concealed it (גָּנִיז לֵיהּ קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא). And for whom did He conceal it? For the Righteous (וּלְמָאן גָּנִיז לֵיהּ לְצַדִּיקַיָּיא) (Psalms 91:2). And who are they? Tzaddik and Tzedek (וּמָאן אִינּוּן צַדִּיק וְצֶדֶק), to form with that primordial light the fruits for the world (בְּגִין לְמֶעְבָּד בְּהַהוּא נְהוֹרָא קַדְמָאָה אִיבִּין לְעָלְמָא). And these fruits are destined to come into the world (וְאִינּוּן אִיבִּין דִּזְמִינִין לְמֵיתֵי לְעָלְמָא). For Avraham and Sarah made (Some say: from that light Avraham and Sarah made) fruits and souls, as it is written: “And the soul that they made in Charan” (דְהָא אַבְרָהָם וְשָׂרָה עָבְדוּ, (ס״א: וְאַבְרָהָם וְשָׂרָה מֵהַהוּא נְהוֹרָא עָבְדוּ, אִיבִּין וְנַפְשִׁין דִּכְתִיב: וְאֶת הַנֶּפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ בְּחָרָן) (Bereshit 12). And just as they made souls on the side of holiness, so too did one make a soul on the sitra achra (וּכְמָה דְּעָבְדוּ נַפְשָׁן בְּסִטְרָא דִּקְדוּשָׁה, הֲכִי נָמֵי עֲבַד נֶפֶשׁ בְּסִטְרָא אַחֲרָא), for if not for that awakening aroused by Avraham in the Sitra achra, converts would never be found in the world (דְּאִלְמָלֵא הַהוּא אִתְעָרוּ דְּאִתְעָר אַבְרָהָם בְּסִטְרָא אַחֲרָא, לָא אִשְׁתְּכָחוּ גִיוּרִין בְּעָלְמָא כְּלָל).

“And acacia wood” (וַעֲצֵי שִׁטִּים) (Exodus 25) - behold, we have established that they are Serafim who stand (הָא אוֹקִימְנָא דְּאִינּוּן שְׂרָפִים עוֹמְדִים), as it is said: “Serafim stand above Him” (כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר: שְׂרָפִים עוֹמְדִים מִמַּעַל לוֹ) (Isaiah 6). What is “above Him”? Above that Klipah (מַאי מִמַּעַל לוֹ? מִמַּעַל לְהַהִיא קְלִיפָּה). And if you say, this verse refers to Kudsha Berikh Hu (וְאִי תֵימָא: הַאי קְרָא בְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אִתְּמַר), behold it is said: “And I saw Hashem” - et precisely (וְהָא אִתְּמַר: וָאֶרְאֶה אֶת יְיָ׳ אֶת דַּיְיקָא) (Isaiah 6), in the same manner as is written in that verse: “And His train filled the palace,” et specifically, to elevate that Klipah (כְּגַוְונָא דָא דִּכְתִּיב בְּהַאי קְרָא: וְשׁוּלָיו מְלֵאִים אֶת הַהֵיכָל - אֶת דַּיְיקָא לְאַסְּגָאָה הַהִיא קְלִיפָּה). Since the secret of that Klipah is revealed, it is written: “Serafim stand above it” - above that Klipah (כֵּיוָן דְּאָמַר רָזָא דְּהַהִיא קְלִיפָּה, כְּתִיב: שְׂרָפִים עוֹמְדִים מִמַּעַל לוֹ - מִמַּעַל לְהַהִיא קְלִיפָּה).

'Oil for the Luminary' (Shemen LaMa'or) - this is the anointing of supernal greatness, which comes from above (שֶׁמֶן לַמָּאוֹר - דָּא מְשַׁח רְבוּת עִלָּאָה, דְּאַתְיָא מִלְּעֵילָּא). There are two oils (תְּרֵין שֶׁמֶן אִינּוּן), and these two - some say one - are above: one is called 'Oil of the Luminary' (Shemen HaMa'or) (וְאִינּוּן תְּרֵי, דּ״א: חַד לְעֵילָּא, דְּאִקְרֵי שֶׁמֶן הַמָּאוֹר), and one below, called 'Oil for the Luminary' (Shemen LaMa'or) (וְחַד לְתַתָּא, דְּאִקְרֵי שֶׁמֶן לַמָּאוֹר). 'Oil of the Luminary' (Shemen HaMa'or) is above, and it endures certainly, and never ceases for eternity (שֶׁמֶן הַמָּאוֹר אִיהוּ עִלָּאָה, דְּקַיְּימָא בְּוַדַּאי, וְלָא פָּסִיק לְעָלְמִין), and constantly overflows supernal greatness (וְתָדִיר מַלְיָא רְבוּת קֻדְשָׁא), and all blessings, and all lights, and all sparks - all are blessed and illuminated from there (וְכָל בִּרְכָּאן, וְכָל נְהוֹרִין, וְכָל בּוּצִינִין, כֹּלָּא אִתְבָּרְכָאן וְאִתְנַהֲרָן מִתַּמָּן). 'Oil for the Luminary' (Shemen LaMa'or) - at times it is filled, and at times not (שֶׁמֶן לַמָּאוֹר - לְזִמְנִין אִתְמַלְיָא, וּלְזִמְנִין לָא). Furthermore, we have learned: it is written (תוּ, הָא תָּנֵינָן: כְּתִיב): “And God made the two great luminaries…” (וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת שְׁנֵי הַמְּאֹרֹת הַגְּדוֹלִים) (Bereshit 1). And even though the Friends have already established this, so it is (וְאַף עַל גַּב דְּהָא אוּקְמוּהָ חַבְרַיָּיא, וְהָכִי אִיהוּ). But these are the two great luminaries: 'Oil of the Luminary' (Shemen HaMa'or) and 'Oil for the Luminary' (Shemen LaMa'or) (אֲבָל שְׁנֵי הַמְּאֹרֹת הַגְּדוֹלִים אִלֵּין: שֶׁמֶן הַמָּאוֹר וְשֶׁמֶן לַמָּאוֹר), the supernal world and the lower world (עָלְמָא עִלָּאָה וְעָלְמָא תַּתָּאָה), one male, and one female (חַד דְּכַר, וְחַד נוּקְבָּא). And whenever male and female come together as one (וְכָל זִמְנָא דִּדְכוּרָא וְנוּקְבָּא אַתְיָין כַּחֲדָא), both are called in the masculine language p1-32(תַּרְוַויְיהוּ קַרְיָין בְּלִישְׁנָא דִּדְכוּרָא). And because the supernal world is called “great” (וּבְגִין דְּעָלְמָא עִלָּאָה אִקְרֵי גָּדוֹל), for its sake, the lower world - which is unified with it as a totality - is also called “great” (בְּגִינֵיהּ עָלְמָא תַּתָּאָה דְּאִתְחַבָּר בַּהֲדֵיהּ בִּכְלָלָא - אִקְרֵי גָּדוֹל).