Daf 255b (דַּף רנ״ה ע״ב)

These all are appointed over the sustenance of the world (אִלֵּין כֻּלְּהוּ, מְמָנָן עַל קִיוּמָא דְּעָלְמָא), these — from among those who stand in the sustaining, those who were appointed, who weigh (אִלֵּין [מֵאִינּוּן דְּקַיְימִין בְּקִיוּמָא דְּאִינּוּן דְּאִתְנָסִיבוּ דְּשָׁקְלֵי]) — some say: who are weighed in the scale of male and female, this with that (ס"א: אִינּוּן דְּתִקְלֵי בְּמִתְקְלָא דְּכוּרִין וּנְקֵבִין, לְאִתְנַסְּבָא דָּא עִם דָּא). And these are called “Scales” (וְאִלֵּין אִקְרוּן מֹאזְנַיִם), and concerning this it is written (עַל דָּא כְּתִיב): “On scales they rise” (Psalms 62) (בְּמֹאזְנַיִם לַעֲלוֹת), not like those of which it is written (וְלָא אִינּוּן דִּכְתִּיב בְּהוּ): “Just scales” (Leviticus 19) (מֹאזְנֵי צֶדֶק) — those we have spoken of (דְּקַאמְרָן). All those that weigh this against that (כָּל אִינּוּן דִּשְׁקִילִין דָּא עִם דָּא), and no one outweighs the other (וְלָא שָׁקִיל דָּא יַתִּיר מִן דָּא), ascend and are joined as one (סַלְּקִין וְאִתְחַבְּרָן כַּחֲדָא), and they are the union of male and female as one (וְאִינּוּן חִבּוּרָא דִּדְכַר וְנוּקְבָּא כַּחֲדָא), and concerning this: “On scales they rise” (וְעַל דָּא: בְּמֹאזְנַיִם לַעֲלוֹת). And even though at times it happens that one side outweighs the other (וְאַף עַל גַּב דִּלְזִמְנִין מִסְתַּיְּיעָא מִלְּתָא, וְשָׁקִיל דָּא יַתִּיר מִן דָּא), they still ascend and unite as one (סַלְּקִין וּמִתְחַבְּרָן כַּחֲדָא), and this we have already established (וְהָא אוֹקִימְנָא).

The two supporters to the north side are Pathchi’el and Atari’el (אִינּוּן תְּרֵין סַמְכִין דְּלִסְטַר צָפוֹן, פַּתְחִיאֵ״ל, עֲטָרִיאֵ״ל), and each is appointed over twelve thousand other appointed ones (וּמְמָנָן כָּל חַד וְחַד עַל תְּרֵיסָר אַלְפִין מְמָנָן אַחֲרָנִין), and these are the stakes of the Mishkan (וְאִינּוּן יְתֵדוֹת הַמִּשְׁכָּן). And among those others we mentioned (וּבְאִלֵּין אַחֲרָנִין דְּקַאמְרָן), are the two supporters to the west side (אִינּוּן מְמָנָן תְּרֵין סַמְכִין אַחֲרָנִין דְּלִסְטַר מַעֲרָב): these are Pedati’el and Tomiha’el (אִינּוּן פְּדָתִיאֵ״ל תּוֹמִיהָאֵ״ל), and each was appointed over twelve thousand other appointed ones (וְאִתְמְנוּן כָּל חַד עַל תְּרֵיסָר אַלְפֵי מְמָנָן אַחֲרָנִין), and all of them are stakes of the Mishkan, as said above (וְכֻלְּהוּ יְתֵדוֹת הַמִּשְׁכָּן כִּדְקַאמְרָן).

These are the throwers of tears (אִלֵּין אִינּוּן דְּאוֹשְׁדֵי דִּמְעִין), over all those who separated from their wives in the beginning (עַל כָּל אִינּוּן דִּמְתָרְכֵי נְשֵׁיהוֹן קָמַיְיתָא). Because those seven blessings that were given to her (בְּגִין דְּאִינּוּן שֶׁבַע בִּרְכָאן דְּאִתְמְסָרוּ לָהּ), were nullified (אִתְעֲדָן), and did not endure (וְלָא אִתְקְיָּימוּ), because she was repelled (בְּגִין דְּאִתְתָּרָכָא), and they did not cleave, husband and wife, as one (וְלָא אִתְדְּבָקוּ בַּעֲלָהּ וְאִתְּתָא כַּחֲדָא). And because of this, all are throwers of tears (וְעַל דָּא כֻּלְּהוּ אוֹשְׁדֵי דִּמְעִין), who see those rejections (דְּאַחֲזֵי תִּירוּכִין), for those seven blessings were nullified from another place (דְּאִינּוּן שֶׁבַע בִּרְכָאן כְּמָה דְּאִתְעֲדָן מֵאֲתָר אַחֲרָא). Then, in that moment, a voice goes out and says (כְּדֵין בְּהַהִיא שַׁעֲתָא קָלָא נָפַק וְאָמַר): “Where is the bill of your mother’s divorce, whom I have sent away?” (Isaiah 50) (אֵי זֶה סֵפֶר כְּרִיתוּת אִמְּכֶם אֲשֶׁר שִׁלַּחְתִּיהָ).

The second palace — which we spoke of as encompassing the first palace (הֵיכָלָא תִּנְיָינָא, דְּקָא אַמָרָן דְּכָלִיל לְהֵיכָלָא קַדְמָאָה), to be united with it (לְאִתְיַיחֲדָא בֵּיהּ) — and all those beings (וְכָל אִינּוּן חֵיוָון), likewise has eight supporters as the first (הָכִי נָמֵי אִית לֵיהּ תְּמַנְיָא סַמְכִין כְּקַדְמָאֵי). And all of them are appointed, each one (וְכוּלְהוּ מְמָנָן, כָּל חַד וְחַד), over twelve thousand other appointed ones (עַל תְּרֵיסָר אַלְפֵי מְמָנָן אַחֲרָנִין), like those first ones, as we have said (כְּאִלֵּין קַדְמָאֵי כִּדְקַאמְרָן): two supporters to the east side (תְּרֵין סַמְכִין אִינּוּן לִסְטַר מִזְרָח), two supporters to the south side (תְּרֵין סַמְכִין לִסְטַר דָּרוֹם), and two supporters to the north side (וּתְרֵין סַמְכִין לִסְטַר צָפוֹן), and two supporters to the west side (וּתְרֵין סַמְכִין לִסְטַר מַעֲרָב). These two supporters to the east side (אִלֵּין תְּרֵין סַמְכִין דְּלִסְטַר מִזְרָח), are Yehadani’el and Gezuriyah (יְהָדָנִיאֵ״ל, גְּזוּרִיָּ״ה), twelve thousand appointed ones for each one (תְּרֵיסָר אַלְפֵי מְמָנָן דְּכָל חַד), and all of them are stakes (וְכֻלְּהוּ יְתֵדוֹת).

Those two supporters to the south side (אִינּוּן תְּרֵין סַמְכִין דְּלִסְטַר דָּרוֹם), are Ahariel and Barhiel (אָהֲרִיאֵ״ל, בָּרְהִיאֵ״ל), each and every one over twelve thousand, like the first ones (כָּל חַד וְחַד, אִינּוּן עַל תְּרֵיסָר אַלְפִין כְּקַדְמָאֵי). These are appointed over childbirth labor (אִלֵּין מְמָנָן עַל מַשְׁבֵּר), and they take the breaths of the birthing women (וְנַטְלֵי אִינּוּן קַלֵי דְּנָשִׁין), and place them before that palace (וּמַנְחָן לוֹן קָמֵי הַהוּא הֵיכָלָא). And when that Sitra achra comes to accuse at that time (וְכַד הַהוּא סִטְרָא אַחֲרָא אָתֵי לְקַטְרְגָא בְּהַאי שַׁעֲתָא), which is a time of danger (דְּאִיהוּ שַׁעֲתָא דְּסַכָּנָה), these stand and those breaths go up to the appointed one at the gate (קַיְימֵי אִלֵּין, וְעָאלִין הָנֵי קָלֵי לַמְמָנָא דְּעַל פִּתְחָא), and that Sitra achra is not able to accuse (וְלָא יָכִיל הַהוּא סִטְרָא אַחֲרָא לְקַטְרְגָא). But sometimes that Sitra achra comes first and enters and accuses, and is able to harm (וּלְזִמְנִין דְּקָדִים הַהוּא סִטְרָא אַחֲרָא וְעָאל וְקַטְרִיג, וְיָכִיל לְנַזְקָאָה).

These two supporters to the north side are Chalchaliel (some say: Silsilya’el) and Karsaphiah’el (אִלֵּין תְּרֵין סַמְכִין דְּלִסְטַר צָפוֹן, חַלְחָלִיאֵ״ל (ס״א: סַלְסֵלִיאֵ״ל, קַרְסָפִיהָאֵ״ל), each appointed over twelve thousand others (אִינּוּן מְמָנָן כָּל חַד עַל תְּרֵיסָר אַלְפִין אַחֲרָנִין). To the west side are Sugadyah (some say: Sugriyah) and Gedaryah (דְּלִסְטַר מַעֲרָב אִינּוּן, סוּגַדְיָ״ה (ס״א: סוּגְרִיָּ״ה, גְּדַרְיָ״ה), and these over twelve thousand others (וְאִלֵּין עַל תְּרֵיסָר אַלְפֵי אַחֲרָנִין). And these are appointed over the blood of the covenant (וְאִלֵּין מְמָנָן עַל הַהוּא דָּמָא דִּבְרִית), when that child is circumcised on the eighth day (כַּד אִתְגְּזַר הַהוּא וַלְדָא לִתְמַנְיָּא יוֹמִין), and these take that blood (וְאִלֵּין נַטְלֵי הַהוּא דָּמָא), and place it before this palace (וּמַנְחָן לֵיהּ קָמֵי הַאי הֵיכָלָא). And when wrath is stirred in the world (וְכַד רוּגְזָא אַתְעַר בְּעָלְמָא), Kudsha Berikh Hu gazes upon that blood (אַשְׁגַח קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עַל הַהוּא דָּמָא), and permission is not given to the Sitra achra to ascend there (וְלָא אִתְיְהִיב לְהַהוּא סִטְרָא אַחֲרָא רְשׁוּ לְאַעַלָא תַּמָּן).

Come and see (תָּא חֲזֵי): at the time that this person is circumcised on the eighth day (בְּזִמְנָא דְּאִתְגְּזַר הַהוּא בַּר נָשׁ לִתְמַנְיָא יוֹמִין), and Shabbat, the Holy Kingship, rests upon him (וְשָׁרַאת עָלֵיהּ שַׁבָּת, מַלְכוּת קַדִּישָׁא), that foreskin that is cut and cast out (הַהִיא עָרְלָה דְּגַזְרִין וְשָׁדָאן לֵיהּ לְבַר), then that Sitra achra stands (כְּדֵין קַיְימָא הַהוּא סִטְרָא אַחֲרָא), and sees that this one is his portion from this Korban (וְחָמָא דְּהַאי אִיהוּ חוּלָקֵיהּ מִקָּרְבְּנָא דָּא), then he is broken (כְּדֵין אִתְבַּר), and he cannot dominate or accuse over him (וְלָא יָכִיל לְשַׁלְּטָאָה וּלְקַטְרֵגָא עֲלוֹי), and he ascends and becomes an advocate for Yisrael (וְסָלִיק וְאִתְעֲבָד סַנֵּיגוֹרְיָא עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל), before Kudsha Berikh Hu (קָמֵי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא).

The third palace (הֵיכָלָא תְּלִיתָאָה), this is the palace that stands to include and to unify within it that second palace (הֵיכָלָא דָּא דְּקַיְּימָא לְאַכְלְלָא, וּלְיַחֲדָא בֵּיהּ הַהוּא הֵיכָלָא תִּנְיָינָא), and that Ruach, and all those beings within it (וְהַהוּא רוּחָא, וְכָל אִינּוּן חֵיוָון דְּבֵיהּ), all of them are encompassed and unified, this one with that one (כֻּלְּהוּ כְּלִילָן וְאִתְיַיחֲדָן דָּא בְּדָא). And they are one Ruach, including this in that (וְאִינּוּן חַד רוּחָא דְּכָלִיל דָּא בְּדָא); likewise, it has eight supporters (הָכִי נָמֵי אִית לֵיהּ תְּמַנְיָא סַמְכִין), to the four directions of the world (לְאַרְבַּע סִטְרִין דְּעָלְמָא), and all of them are called the stakes of the Mishkan (וְכֻלְּהוּ אִקְרוּן יְתֵדוֹת הַמִּשְׁכָּן).

Two supporters on the south side: Shachni’el and Azuzya (תְּרֵין סַמְכִין דְּלִסְטַר דָּרוֹם, אִינּוּן שַׁכְנִיאֵ״ל, עֲזוּזְיָ״ה) — some say: and these are appointed over twelve thousand other appointed ones, each like the others (ס״א: וְאִינּוּן מְמָנָן עַל תְּרֵיסָר אַלְפֵי מְמָנָן אַחֲרָנִין, כָּל חַד כְּאִינּוּן אַחֲרָנִין). Two supporters on the east side: Yehodiya and Azri’el (תְּרֵין סַמְכִין דְּלִסְטַר מִזְרָח, יְהוֹדִיָ״ה, עַזְרִיאֵ״ל), and these stand, each and every one, over twelve thousand other appointed ones (וְאִלֵּין קַיְימֵי כָּל חַד וְחַד, עַל י״ב אַלְפֵי מְמָנָן אַחֲרָנִין), and all of them are called the stakes of the Mishkan (וְכֻלְּהוּ אִקְרוּן יְתֵדוֹת הַמִּשְׁכָּן). And these are appointed over that breath of the children who learn Orayta, to sustain the world (וְאִלֵּין אִתְמָנוּן עַל הַהוּא הֲבָל דְּתִינוֹקוֹת דְּלָעָאן בְּאוֹרַיְתָא, לְקַיְּימָא עָלְמָא). And these take that breath and raise it above (וְאִלֵּין נַטְלֵי הַהוּא הֲבָל, וְסַלְקֵי לֵיהּ לְעֵילָּא). And every breath of those children who learn Orayta to sustain the world (וְכָל הֲבָל וַהֲבָל דְּאִינּוּן תִּינוֹקוֹת דְּלָעָאן בְּאוֹרַיְתָא לְקַיְּימָא עָלְמָא), from it is made one Ruach (אִתְעָבִיד מִנֵּיהּ רוּחָא חֲדָא), and that Ruach ascends above (וְסַלְּקָא הַהוּא רוּחָא לְעֵילָּא), and is crowned with a holy crown (וְאִתְעַטָּר בְּעַטָרָא קַדִּישָׁא), and is appointed as guardian of the world (וְאִתְמָנָא נְטוּרָא דְּעָלְמָא), and so are all of them (וְכֵן כֻּלְּהוּ).