Daf 15b (דַּף ט״ו ע״ב)

Ehyeh is YHV (אַהְיֶ״ה אִיהוּ יה״ו), and the Vav, which includes the six directions (ו׳ דְּאִיהוּ כְּלִילָא דְשִׁית סִטְרִין), in them He seals the six directions (דִּבְהוֹן חָתִים שִׁית סִטְרִין). And these are YHV, HVY, VHY, VYH, HYV, YVH (וְאִינוּן יה״ו הו״י וה״י וי״ה הי״ו יו״ה). YHV takes the right side, which is Chesed (יה״ו נָטִיל לֵיהּ יְמִינָא דְאִיהוּ חֶסֶ״ד), and is sealed in it with Chokhmah (וְחָתִים בֵּיהּ לְחָכְמְתָא). And with it, whoever desires to become wise should turn to the south (וּבֵיהּ הָרוֹצֶה לְהַחְכִּים יַדְרִים). HVY takes the left side, which is Gevurah (הו״י נָטִיל לִשְׂמָאלָא דְאִיהוּ גְבוּרָה), and is sealed in it with wealth (וְחָתִים בֵּיהּ לְעוּתְרָא). And with it, whoever desires to become rich should turn north (וּבֵיהּ הָרוֹצֶה לְהַעֲשִׁיר יַצְפִּין). VHY turns to the east (וה״י פָּנָה לְמִזְרָח), and takes the Middle Pillar (וְנָטִיל לֵיהּ עַמּוּדָא דְאֶמְצָעִיתָא), and is sealed in it with children (וְחָתִים בֵּיהּ בָּנֵי). VYH takes the right thigh (וי״ה נָטִיל לֵיהּ יַרְכָא יְמִינָא), and looks above (וְאִסְתַּכַּל בֵּיהּ לְעִילָא), and is sealed in it with life (וְחָתִים בֵּיהּ חַיֵּי). HYVv takes the left thigh (הי״ו נָטִיל לֵיהּ יַרְכָא שְׂמָאלָא), and looks below (וְאִסְתַּכַּל לְתַתָּא), and is sealed in it with sustenance (וְחָתִים בֵּיהּ מְזוֹנֵי).

Looking above, toward Chokhmah (אִסְתַּכַּל לְעִילָא לְגַבֵּי חָכְמָה), it is bound with the right thigh (וְאִתְקַשַּׁר בְּיַרְכָא יְמִינָא), and is sealed in it with life (וְחָתִים בֵּיהּ חַיִּים), for about Chokhmah it is said: “And wisdom gives life to those who have it” (בְּגִין דְּחָכְמָה עֲלֵיהּ אִתְּמַר וְהַחָכְמָה תְּחַיֶּה בְעָלֶיהָ) (Ecclesiastes 7). Looking above, toward Imma Ila’ah (אִסְתַּכַּל לְעִילָא לְגַבֵּי אִימָּא עִלָּאָה), it is bound with the left thigh (וְאִתְקַשַּׁר בְּיַרְכָא שְׂמָאלָא), and is sealed in it with sustenance (וְחָתִים בֵּיהּ מְזוֹנֵי). YVH turns to the west, with the Tzaddik (יו״ה פָּנָה לְמַעֲרָב בְּצַדִּיק), which is mixture (דְּאִיהוּ עִרוּב), for there all the forces are mingled (דְּתַמָּן מִתְעָרְבִין כָּל חֲיָילִין). And it is included in eighteen letters (וְאִתְכְּלִיל בְּחַ״י אַתְוָון), which are YHV, HVY, VYH, HYV, YVH, VHY (דְּאִינוּן יה״ו הו״י וי״ה הי״ו יו״ה וה״י). These are eighteen letters (אִלֵּין אִינוּן י״ח אַתְוָון), in which “the Life of Worlds” is called (דִּבְהוֹן חַ״י עָלְמִין אִתְקְרֵי). And in them the Tzaddik is called “the Life of Worlds” (וְצַדִּיק בְּהוֹן אִתְקְרֵי חַ״י עָלְמִין). All these combinations depend on Imma Ila’ah (כָּל הֲוַויּוֹת אִלֵּין מֵאִמָּא עִלָּאָה תַלְיָין), who is life (דְּאִיהִי חַיִּים). And the Tzaddik, upon His Name, is called “Life” (וְצַדִּיק עַל שְׁמֵיהּ אִתְקְרֵי חַ״י). The Chayot of the Merkavah are called by Her Name (חַיּוֹת הַמֶּרְכָּבָה עַל שְׁמָהּ אִתְקְרִיאוּ), because Imma Ila’ah is life (בְּגִין דְּאִיהִי אִימָּא עִלָּאָה חַיִּים). As you say: “She is a tree of life to those who grasp her” (כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמַר עִץ חַיִּים הִיא לַמַּחֲזִיקִים בָּהּ) (Proverbs 3). And She is the Merkavah for Chokhmah (וְאִיהִי מֶרְכָּבָה לְחָכְמָה).

Malkhut - there is the Heh (מַלְכוּת תַּמָּן ה׳), and in Her the Name YHVH is called in completion (וּבָהּ אִתְקְרֵי יהו״ה בִּשְׁלִימוּ). Seven times She is called with it (שִׁבְעָה זִמְנִין אִתְקְרִיאַת בָּהּ): YHVH, YHVH, YHVH, YHVH, YHVH, YHVH, YHVH (יהו״ה יהו״ה יהו״ה יהו״ה יהו״ה יהו״ה יהו״ה). And in them are twenty-eight letters, about which it is said (וְאִית בְּהוֹן כ״ח אַתְוָון דְּאִתְּמַר בְּהוֹן) (Numbers 14): “And now, please, let the power of Hashem be great” (וְעַתָּה יִגְדַּל נָא כֹּ״חַ יהו״ה). And in these seven Names She is called Bat-Sheva (וּבְאִלֵּין שִׁבְעָה שְׁמָהָן אִתְקְרִיאַת הִיא בַת שֶׁבַע). And about them it is said (וַעֲלַיְיהוּ אִתְּמַר) (Psalms 119): “Seven times a day I praise You” (שֶׁבַע בַּיּוֹם הִלַּלְתִּיךָ).

YH - thirty-two times (י״ה תְּלָתִין וּתְרֵין זִמְנִין), in thirty-two Elohim (בִּתְלָתִין וּתְרֵין אֱלֹהִי״ם). These are the thirty-two paths of Chokhmah (אִינוּן ל״ב נְתִיבוֹת חָכְמָה). Aleph with YH - “Where is the place of His glory?” (א׳ עִם י״ה אַיֵּ״ה מְקוֹם כְּבוֹדוֹ). And the enlightened ones - they are the palaces and forms of the Garden of Eden (וְהַמַּשְׂכִּילִים אִינוּן הֵיכָלִין וְצִיּוּרִין דְּגִנְּתָא דְעִדֶן), all engraved and embroidered in letters (כֻּלְּהוּ מְצוּיָירִין וּמְרוּקָמִין בְּאַתְוָון).

Aleph, the form of the concealed palace, which is Anochi (א צִיּוּרָא דְהֵיכָלָא גְנִיזָא דְאִיהִי אָנֹכִ״י), which rises to the reckoning of the Throne (דְסָלִיק לְחוּשְׁבַּן כִּסֵּ״א). And it is engraved with Nekudot (וְאִיהוּ מְצוּיָיר בְּנִקּוּדִין), which are like the stars that shine in the firmament (דְּאִינוּן כְּכֹכְבַיָּא דְנַהֲרִין בִּרְקִיעָא). And in them are engraved the Neshamot, the Ruchin, and the Nefashin of the Righteous (וּבְהוֹן מְצוּיָירִין נִשְׁמָתִין וְרוּחִין וְנַפְשִׁין דְּצַדִּיקַיָּא). And its form is in this manner, this is the image of the Kamatz (וְצִיּוּרָא דִילֵיהּ כְּגַוְונָא דָא א דָּא אִיהִי דִיּוֹקְנָא דְקָמֵץ), which is a spark and a firmament (דְּאִיהוּ נִיצוֹץ וְרָקִיעַ). The spark is a star (נִיצוֹץ אִיהוּ כֹּכָב), and about it is said: “A star shall go forth from Ya'akov” (וַעֲלֵיהּ אִתְּמַר דָּרַךְ כֹּכָב מִיַּעֲקֹב) (Numbers 24), “and a scepter shall rise from Yisrael” (רָקִיעַ וְקָם שֵׁבֶט מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל). The spark is the star, the sun that shines in the firmament (נִיצוֹץ אִיהוּ כֹּכָב חַמָּה דְנַהֲרָא בִּרְקִיעָא), a crown upon its head (עֲטָרָה עַל רֵישֵׁיהּ). Below, Aleph is divided in this manner (לְתַתָּא אִתְפַּלַּג א כְּגַוְונָא דָא), the moon beneath the firmament (א סִיהֲרָא דִתְּחוֹת רָקִיעַ), and both in this image (וְתַרְוַיְיהוּ בְּצִיּוּרָא דָא). When Samael comes to gaze upon her (כַּד יֵיתֵי סמא״ל לְאִסְתַּכָּלָא בָהּ), she looks upward (לְתַתָּא אִסְתַּכְּלַת לְעִילָא), and her face is concealed from him (וְאִתְכְּסִיאַת אַנְפָּהָא מִנֵּיהּ). And the brightness of her face turns from him downward (וְהָדְרַת אַנְפָּהָא מִנֵּיהּ לְתַתָּא), and she is distanced from him (וְאִיהִי אִתְרַחֲקָא מִנֵּיהּ). At that time: “Blow the shofar at the New Moon, at the covered time for our festival” (בְּהַהוּא זִמְנָא תִּקְעוּ בַחֹדֶשׁ שׁוֹפָר בַּכֶּסֶה לְיוֹם חַגֵּנוּ) (Psalms 81). At the month, in the month when the moon is covered (בְּאָן יַרְחָא בְּיַרְחָא דְאִתְכַּסְיָא בֵיהּ סִיהֲרָא). And who is it that covers over her? Hashem (וּמָאן הוּא דִמְכַסֵּי עֲלָהּ יהו״ה). Thus Aleph ascends in reckoning (דְּכֵן סְלִיק א בְּחֻשְׁבַּן), Yod above, Yod below, and Vav in the middle (י׳ לְעִילָא י׳ לְתַתָּא ו׳ בְּאֶמְצָעִיתָא), and He guards her (וְאִיהוּ נָטִיר לָהּ). This is what is written: “I am Hashem, that is My Name…” (הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב אֲנִי יהו״ה הוּא שְׁמִי וְגוֹ׳) (Isaiah 42).

Bet - the palace for the point (בּ הֵיכָלָא לִנְקוּדָה). Her roof is the firmament (גַּג דִּילָהּ אִיהוּ רָקִיעַ), and it is the Petach. About it is said: “Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain” (וְאִיהוּ פַּתַח עֲלֵיהּ אִתְּמַר נוֹטֶה שָׁמַיִם כַּיְרִיעָה) (Psalms 104). And it is the Vav that covers over the upper point, the lower point, and the middle point (וְאִיהוּ ו׳ דִּמְכַסֵּי עַל נְקוּדָה עִלָּאָה וְתַתָּאָה וְאֶמְצָעִיתָא), in this manner: (כְּגַוְונָא דָא וִֹּ). Some say Aleph (נ״א א), some say Bet (נ״א ב).

Tzadi - two sparks of the letter Tzadi (צ תְּרֵין נִצּוֹצוֹת דְּאָת צ), these are the Tzere (אִינוּן צֵרִ״י). The two heads of the Tzadi (תְּרֵי רֵאשִׁין דְּצ) - these are the two Ayin (אִינוּן תְּרֵין דְּע).