Daf 64a (דַּף ס״ד ע״א)

And two chambers are in the heart (וּתְרֵין בָּתִּין אִית בְּלִבָּא), one brings forth vapor, and one brings forth vapor (חַד אַפִּיק הֲבַל, וְחַד אַפִּיק הֲבַל). And these are the upper Hei and the lower Hei (וְאִינוּן ה׳ עִלָּאָה ה׳ תַּתָּאָה), in the two chambers of the heart (בִּתְרֵי בָּתֵּי לִבָּא), which correspond to the First House and the Second House (דְאִנּוּן לָקֳבֵל בַּיִת רִאשׁוֹן וְשֵׁנִי). The Vav is the voice that goes out from both of them (ו׳ קוֹל דְּנָפִיק מִתַּרְוַיְיהוּ). The Yod is the speech that rests in the mouth (י׳ דִּבּוּר דְּשַׁרְיָא בְּפוּמָא). Of it is said: By the word of Hashem were the heavens made (וַעֲלֵיהּ אִתְּמַר בִּדְבַר יְהוָ״ה שָׁמַיִם נַעֲשׂוּ) (Psalms 33). And it is one speech that includes the ten sayings (וְאִיהוּ דִבּוּר חַד דִּכְלִיל עֲשַׂר אֲמִירָן). And the secret of the matter: Once has Elohim spoken, twice have I heard this (וְרָזָא דְמִלָּה אַחַת דִּבֶּר אֱלֹהִים שְׁתַּיִם זוּ שָׁמַעְתִּי) (Psalms 62), to show in it that the ten commandments were said in one utterance (לְאַחֲזָאָה בָּהּ דַּעֲשַׂר דִּבְּרָן בְּדִבּוּר חַד אִתְאֲמָרוּ). Twice—these are “I am” and “You shall not have” (שְׁתַּיִם זוּ אִלֵּין אָנֹכִי וְלֹא יִהְיֶה לְךָ). And it is one, one between them (וְאִיהוּ אֶחָד חַד בֵּינַיְיהוּ). And this is what we said, that upon these two depend the positive and the negative commandments (וְדָא אִיהוּ דְאַמְרָן דִּבְתַרְוַיְיהוּ תַלְיָין פִּקּוּדִין דַּעֲשֵׂה וְלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה). And Kudsha Berikh Hu speaks from both of them, to give glory to the Torah (וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא מִתַּרְוַיְיהוּ מַלִּיל לְמֵיהַב יְקָרָא לְאוֹרַיְיתָא).

For He in one speech said all (דְּהָא אִיהוּ בְּדִבּוּרָא חַד אָמַר כֹּלָּא). And why is it said: Twice have I heard this? This is one, reckoned in calculation (וְלָמָה אָמַר שְׁתַּיִם זוּ שָׁמַעְתִּי, ז״וּ אֶחָ״ד, הֲוִי בְּחוּשְׁבַּן), for they are two Torahs (דִּתְרֵי תוֹרוֹת הֲווֹ). And Kudsha Berikh Hu is one between them, and His Name is one (וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא חַד בֵּינַיְיהוּ וּשְׁמֵיהּ חָד). And from the two utterances went out one voice, and it was divided into seventy voices (וּמִתְּרֵין דִּבּוּרִין נָפַק קָלָא וְאִתְפַּלֵּג לְשַׁבְעִין קָלִין), corresponding to the seventy faces (לָקֳבֵל שַׁבְעִין אַנְפִּין). And He slew with them the seventy nations who did not accept the Torah (וְקָטַל בְּהוֹן שַׁבְעִין אוּמִין עַל דְּלָא קַבִּילוּ אוֹרַיְיתָא). And with the two utterances He slew the two nations, Esav and Yishma‘el, who did not want to accept the Torah (וּבִתְרֵין דִּבּוּרִין קָטִיל לִתְרֵין אוּמִין, דְּאִינוּן עֵשָׂו וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל דְּלָא בָּעוּ לְקַבְּלָא אוֹרַיְיתָא). For Kudsha Berikh Hu is one (דְּהָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא חַד אִיהוּ), and He did not speak with those voices and utterances of Anokhi except to show His Name and His glory in the Torah (וְאִיהוּ לָא הֲוָה מְמַלֵּל בְּאִלֵּין קָלִין וְדִבּוּרִין דְּאָנֹכִי, אֶלָּא לְאַחְזָאָה דִשְׁמֵיהּ וִיקָרֵיהּ הֲוָה בְאוֹרַיְיתָא). And because of this Kudsha Berikh Hu spoke from it - some say: in judgment (וּבְגִין דָּא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא מַלִּיל מִינָהּ [נ״א בדינא]) - in order that all the nations of the world should tremble from those who engage in it (בְּגִין דְּיִתְזַעֲזַעוּן כָּל אוּמִין דְּעָלְמָא מֵאִלֵּין דְּמִשְׁתַּדְלִין בָּהּ). And because of this Kudsha Berikh Hu said to Moshe: This is My Name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations (וּבְגִין דָּא אָמַר קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְמֹשֶׁה זֶה שְׁמִי לְעֹלָם וְזֶה זִכְרִי לְדוֹר דּוֹר) (Exodus 3). My Name, with Yod-Hei, is the 365 negative commandments (שְׁמִי עִם י״ה שְׁס״ה פִּקּוּדִין דְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה). My memorial, with Vav-Hei, is the 248 positive commandments (זִכְרִי עִם ו״ה רְמַ״ח פִּקּוּדִין דַּעֲשֵׂה). To show that the Torah was created in the Name of Kudsha Berikh Hu, and upon His Name it is called (לְאַחְזָאָה דְאוֹרַיְיתָא בִשְׁמָא דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אִתְבְּרִיאַת, וְעַל שְׁמֵיהּ אִתְקְרִיאַת). This is what is written: Everyone that is called by My Name, etc. (הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב כָּל הַנִּקְרָא בִּשְׁמִי וְגוֹ׳) (Isaiah 43). And upon it rests Kudsha Berikh Hu, and from it He spoke at Sinai (וּבָהּ שַׁרְיָיא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וּמִינָהּ מַלִּיל בְּסִינַי). And there is the supernal Torah, in which there is not called creation but only Atzilut of His own (וְאִית אוֹרַיְיתָא עִלָּאָה דְלָא אִתְקְרֵי בָּהּ בְּרִיאָה אֶלָּא אֲצִילוּתָא דִילֵיהּ). And she and He are entirely one (וְהִיא וְהוּא כֹּלָּא חָד). And every person who engages in the Torah, the Name of Kudsha Berikh Hu is there (וְכָל בַּר נַשׁ דְּאִשְׁתַּדַּל בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא שְׁמֵיהּ דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא תַּמָּן). How much more so, how much more so, in the Holy Luminary (כָל שֶׁכֵּן וְכָל שֶׁכֵּן בְּבוֹצִינָא קַדִּישָׁא).

And the Holy Luminary, surely, your mouth is Sinai (וּבוֹצִינָא קַדִּישָׁא וַדַּאי פִּימָךְ אִיהִי סִינַי). Seven vapors that go out from your mouth, the Shekhinta rests upon them (שֶׁבַע הֲבָלִים דְּנָפְקִין מִפּוּמָךְ שְׁכִינְתָּא שַׁרְיָא עֲלַיְיהוּ). For she is the daughter of seven (דְאִיהִי בַּת שֶׁבַע). These are the seven Names of the explicit Name (דְּאִינוּן שֶׁבַע שְׁמָהָן דִּשְׁמָא מְפָרַשׁ), which is the Name of forty-two letters (דְּאִיהוּ שְׁמָא דְאַרְבְּעִין וּתְרֵין אַתְוָון). And from it ascends the voice, which is the Middle Column (וּמִנֵּיהּ סָלִיק קוֹל דְּאִיהוּ עַמּוּדָא דְאֶמְצָעִיתָא). And it is elevated into seventy voices (וְאִסְתַּלַּק לְשַׁבְעִין קָלִין). For she indeed ascends into seven (דְּאִיהִי וַדַּאי בֵּיהּ סָלְקָא לְשֶׁבַע), which is the upper Hei, the pure air, the air of the land of Yisrael, which makes wise (דְּאִיהִי ה׳ עִלָּאָה, אַוִּירָא דַכְיָא, אַוִּירָא דְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל דְּאִיהִי מַחְכִּים), from the side of Chokhmah, which is Yod (מִסִּטְרָא דְחָכְמָה דְאִיהִי י׳). And in her the Vav ascends to ten, six times (וּבָהּ סְלִיק ו׳ לְעִשֶׂר ו׳ זִמְנִין). And the two Heis are the Hei of vapor from within and the Hei of vapor from without (וּב׳ הֵהִי״ן אִינוּן ה׳ הֲבַל מִלְּגָאו ה׳ הֲבַל מִלְּבָר). And both of them are in the heart and in the mouth (וְתַרְוַיְיהוּ אִינוּן בְּלִבָּא וּבְפוּמָא). They are the ten commandments of Kudsha Berikh Hu (אִינוּן עֲשַׂר דִּבְּרָן דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא). And in them the heart and the mouth are equal (וּבְהוֹן אִינוּן לִבָּא וּפוּמָא שָׁוִין). And whoever engages in the Torah, then it is necessary that his mouth and his heart be equal (וּמָאן דְּאִתְעַסַּק בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא כְּדֵין צָרִיךְ דִּיְהֵא פוּמָא וְלִבָּא שָׁוִין). And not for naught did the Masters of the Mishnah establish: Whoever is not inwardly like his outward self, let him not enter the house of study (וְלַאו לְמַגָּנָא אוּקְמוּהוּ מָארֵי מַתְנִיתִין, כָּל מִי שֶׁאֵין תּוֹכוֹ כְּבַרוֹ אַל יִכָּנֵס לְבֵית הַמֶּדְרָשׁ).

The two Hehs are surely the two utterances (תְּרֵין הֵהִי״ן וַדַּאי אִינוּן תְּרֵין דִּבּוּרִין), of which it is said: Twice have I heard this (דְּאִתְּמַר בְּהוֹן שְׁתַּיִם זוּ שָׁמַעְתִּי) (Psalms 62). The Vav is the voice that goes out from them (ו׳ קָלָא דְנָפִיק מִנַּיְיהוּ). Of it is said: A voice of words you heard (וַעֲלֵיהּ אִתְּמַר קוֹל דְּבָרִים אַתֶּם שֹׁמְעִים) (Deuteronomy 4). And this voice goes out from the two utterances, which are the Heh–Heh (וְהַאי קוֹל נָפִיק מִתְּרֵין דִּבּוּרִין דְּאִיהוּ ה״ה), which include the ten commandments (דִּכְלִילָן עֲשַׂר דִּבְּרָן): five on one tablet (ה׳ בְּלוּחָא חֲדָא), and they were arranged next to them: Your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, all the men of Yisrael (וַהֲווֹ מְסַדְּרִין לְגַבַּיְיהוּ רָאשֵׁיכֶם שִׁבְטֵיכֶם זִקְנֵיכֶם וְשׁוֹטְרֵיכֶם כֹּל אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל) (Deuteronomy 29).

Behold five on the first tablet (הָא חָמֵשׁ בְּלוּחָא קַדְמָאָה). On the second tablet were arranged with them five other orders (בְּלוּחָא תִנְיָינָא הֲווֹ מְסַדְּרִין לְגַבַּיְיהוּ חָמֵשׁ תִּקּוּנִין אָחֳרָנִין), which are: your little ones, your wives, and your stranger, from the hewer of your wood to the drawer of your water (דְּאִינוּן טַפְּכֶם נְשֵׁיכֶם וְגֵרְךָ מֵחֹטֵב עִצֶיךָ עַד שֹׁאֵב מֵימֶיךָ). This is the Heh (דָּא אִינוּן ה׳).

Behold the two utterances in which are included the ten (הָא תְּרֵין דִּבּוּרִין דִּכְלִילָן בְּהוֹן עֲשֶׂר). And the voice that went out from them included them, and this is the Vav (וְקָלָא דַהֲוָה נָפִיק מִנַּיְיהוּ הֲוָה כְלִיל לוֹן וְדָא ו׳), included in six times, as it is written: Good, in the six days of Creation (כְּלִיל ו׳ זִמְנִין דִּכְתִיב טוֹב בְּשֵׁשֶׁת יְמֵי בְּרֵאשִׁית). Here there is a gap (כָּאן חֲסֵר). And it was ascending from them in the letter Yod (וְאִיהִי הֲוָה סָלְקָא מִנַּיְיהוּ בְּאָת י׳). Six times ten are sixty (ו׳ זִמְנִין י׳ אִינוּן שִׁתִּין). It is found that they are the ten sayings (אִשְׁתַּכַּח דְּאִיהִי י׳ אֲמִירָן). Not ascending to the seventy-two Names (דְּלָא הוָה סָלִיק לְע״ב שְׁמָהָן).

The two Hehs are the two utterances, and in them ten, behold twelve (ה׳ ה׳ תְּרֵין דִּבּוּרִין וּבְהוֹן עֲשֶׂר הָא תְּרֵיסַר). The Vav rises in the letter Yod (ו׳ הוּא סְלִיק בְּאָת י׳). Six times ten are sixty, behold seventy-two (ו׳ זִמְנִין י׳ דְּאִינוּן שִׁתִּין הָא ע״ב). And if you will say: that in the Torah He spoke and no more (וְאִי תֵּימָא דִּבְאוֹרַיְיתָא מַלִּיל וְלָא יַתִּיר), there is no place above or below where He did not speak from it (לָא אִשְׁתַּכַּח אֲתַר לְעִילָא וְתַתָּא דְּלָא מַלִּיל מִנֵּיהּ). Even among the angels, for it is not found that there is any other God in the world (אֲפִילוּ בְּמַלְאָכִין, דְּלָא אִשְׁתַּכַּח דֶּאלֹ״ה אָחֳרָא אִית בְּעָלְמָא). And He spoke in the throne-this is what is written: Anokhi (I) (וּמַלִּיל בַּכָּרְסַיָּיא, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב אָנֹכִי). And thus Anokhi ascends into the calculation of the throne (וְהָכִי סְלִיק אָנֹכִי לְחֻשְׁבַּן כִּסֵּא). And afterward He spoke in the angels (וּלְבָתַר מַלִּיל בְּמַלְאָכִין). This is what is written: And all the people saw the voices (הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב וְכָל הָעָם רֹאִים אֶת הַקּוֹלֹת) (Exodus 20). Of them it is said: For a bird of the heavens shall carry the voice (דַּעֲלַיְיהוּ אִתְּמַר כִּי עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם יוֹלִיךְ אֶת הַקּוֹל וְגוֹ׳) (Ecclesiastes 10).