Daf 73a (דַּף ע״ג ע״א)

The Twenty-Ninth Tikkun

תִּקּוּנָא עֶשְׂרִין וְתִשְׁעָא

Bereshit bara Elohim (בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אלהי״ם), Bet is the point in His palace (ב׳ נְקוּדָה בְּהֵיכָלֵיהּ). About it, it is said (עֲלֵיהּ אִתְּמַר) (Song of Songs 4:12), a locked garden, my sister, bride, a locked spring, a sealed fountain (גַּן נָעוּל אֲחוֹתִי כַלָּה גַּל נָעוּל מַעִיָן חָתוּם). Who is the sealed fountain? This is the point (מָאן מַעִיָן חָתוּם דָּא נְקוּדָה). Who is the locked one of her? This is Vav, which seals the palace, and with it is made Mem closed (מָאן נִיהוּ נָעוּל דִּילָהּ, דָּא ו׳ דְּסָתִים לְהֵיכָלָא וּבָהּ אִתְעֲבִיד ם סְתִימָא). She is the great Mem, from “of the increase of the dominion” (אִיהִי ם רַבְּתָא מִלְּםַרְבֵּה הַמִּשְׂרָה) (Isaiah 9:6). And about this point it is said (וְהַאי נְקוּדָה עֲלָהּ אִתְּמַר) (Job 28:21), and it is hidden from the eyes of all living and concealed from the bird of the heavens (וְנֶעִלְמָה מֵעִינֵי כָל חָי וּמֵעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם נִסְתָּרָה).

And this point, from the right side it is called love (וְהַאי נְקוּדָה מִסִּטְרָא דִיְמִינָא אִתְקְרִיאַת אַהֲבָה), and from the left side it is called Yirah (וּמִסִּטְרָא דִשְׂמָאלָא אִתְקְרִיאַת יִרְאָה), and from the side of the middle pillar it is called Orayta (וּמִסִּטְרָא דְעַמּוּדָא דְאֶמְצָעִיתָא אִתְקְרִיאַת אוֹרַיְיתָא). And it is mitzvah (וְאִיהִי מִצְוָה), for the middle pillar includes both of them (דְּעַמּוּדָא דְאֶמְצָעִיתָא כְּלִיל תַּרְוַיְיהוּ). For it is Vav that includes Yod-Heh, which are right and left (בְּגִין דְּאִיהוּ ו׳ כְּלִיל י״ה דְּאִינוּן לִימִינָא וּשְׂמָאלָא). And it is Vav in the middle including both (וְאִיהוּ ו׳ בְּאֶמְצָעִיתָא כְּלִיל תַּרְוַיְיהוּ). And the lower Shekhinta is mitzvah, which is included from four letters (וּשְׁכִינְתָּא תַּתָּאָה מִצְוָה כְּלִילָא מֵאַרְבַּע אַתְוָון). She is called Yod from the side of Chokhmah (אִיהִי אִתְקְרִיאַת י׳ מִסִּטְרָא דְחָכְמָה), Heh from the side of Imma Ila’ah (ה׳ מִסִּטְרָא דְאִימָּא עִלָּאָה), and she is called Orayta from the side of the middle pillar (וְאִתְקְרִיאַת אוֹרַיְיתָא מִסִּטְרָא דְעַמּוּדָא דְאֶמְצָעִיתָא). This is what is written (הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב) (Proverbs 8:22), Hashem created me at the beginning of His way (יהו״ה קָנָנִי רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֹ). His way is the way of Vav (דַּרְכּוֹ דֶּרֶךְ ו׳).

Kanani [He acquired me]—this is her Ken [nest] (קָנָנִי דְּאִיהוּ קֵן דִּילָהּ). And because she is included from all four, she is called mitzvah (וּבְגִין דָּא אִיהִי כְלִילָא מִכֻּלְּהוּ אַרְבַּע אִתְקְרִיאַת מִצְוָה). Mitzvah-its letters in ATBSH are Yod-Heh (מ״ץ בְּאוֹתִיּוֹת אַ״תּ בַּ״שׁ אִיהוּ י״ה). Yod-Mem Heh-Tzadi (י״ם ה״ץ). And in her are included the positive and negative commandments (וּבָהּ כְּלִילָן פִּקּוּדִין דַּעֲשֵׂה וְלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה). The negative commandments are from the side of judgment, which is Elohim, and there are Yod-Heh (פִּקּוּדִין דְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה מִסִּטְרָא דְּדִין דְּאִיהוּ אלהי״ם דְּתַמָּן י״ה). And about this it is said (וַעֲלָהּ אִתְּמַר) (Exodus 3:15), this is My Name (זֶה שְׁמִי), and this has already been established (וְהָא אוּקְמוּהוּ). The positive commandments are from the side of the right, which is mercy, included in Avraham (פִּקּוּדִין דַּעֲשֵׂה מִסִּטְרָא דִיְמִינָא דְאִיהוּ רַחֲמֵי דִּכְלִילָן בְּאַבְרָהָם). And about them it is said (וַעֲלַיְיהוּ אִתְּמַר) (Habakkuk 3:2), in wrath, remember mercy (בְּרוֹגֶז רַחֵם תִּזְכּוֹר).

Sava arose from behind the wall (קָם סָבָא חַד מִבָּתַר טוּלָא [כותלא]), and said (וְאָמַר), Rabbi, Rabbi, Holy Luminary (רַבִּי רַבִּי בּוֹצִינָא קַדִּישָׁא), arise, light the lamp, which is mitzvah (קוּם אַדְלֵיק שְׁרַגָּא דְאִיהִי מִצְוָה), the holy Shekhinta (שְׁכִינְתָּא קַדִּישָׁא). About her it is said (דַּעֲלָהּ אִתְּמַר) (Leviticus 6:6), a perpetual fire shall burn upon the altar, it shall not be extinguished (אֵשׁ תָּמִיד תּוּקַד עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ לֹא תִכְבֶּה). And about her it is said (וַעֲלָהּ אִתְּמַר) (Exodus 27:20), to cause the lamp to ascend continually (לְהַעֲלֹת נֵר תָּמִיד). The lamp of Hashem is surely called (נֵר יהו״ה אִתְקְרִיאַת וַדַּאי), the light that shines in the soul of man (אוֹר דְּנָהִיר בֵּיהּ נִשְׁמַת אָדָם). Arise, light in it (קוּם אַדְלֵיק בָּהּ).

Rabbi Shimon arose on his feet (קָם רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן עַל רַגְלוֹי), and sat for a moment (וְיָתִיב רִגְעָא חֲדָא), and said (וְאָמַר), Master of the worlds, You are Master of kings and Revealer of secrets (רִבּוֹן עָלְמִין דְּאַנְתְּ אִיהוּ מָארֵי מַלְכִין וְגָלֵי רָזִין). May it be Your will that words be arranged in my mouth (יְהֵא רַעֲוָא דִילָךְ לְסַדְרָא מִלִּין בְּפִימָאִי), to fulfill in me this verse (לְקַיְימָא בִּי הַאי קְרָא) (Exodus 4:12), and I will be with your mouth (וְאָנֹכִי אֶהְיֶה עִם פִּיךָ), that I not enter before You in shame (דְּלָא אֵעוּל בְּכִסּוּפָא קֳדָמָךְ). He opened and said (פָּתַח וְאָמַר).

The Thirtieth Tikkun

תִּקּוּנָא תְּלָתִין

Bereshit-who is Reshit? This is Chokhmah (בְּרֵאשִׁית מָאן רֵאשִׁית דָּא חָכְמָה), this is the inner point (דָּא נְקוּדָה דִלְגַאו), of which it is said (דְּאִתְּמַר בָּהּ) (Psalms 45:14), all the glory of the king’s daughter is within (כָּל כְּבוּדָּה בַת מֶלֶךְ פְּנִימָה). And this is Yirah, which is the first commandment (וְדָא יִרְאָה דְּאִיהִי פִּקּוּדָא קַדְמָאָה). And about it, it is said (וַעֲלָהּ אִתְּמַר) (Proverbs 1:7), Yirat Hashem is the beginning of knowledge (יִרְאַת יהו״ה רֵאשִׁית דָּעַת). And it is hinted at in the word Bereshit (וְאִיהִי רְמִיזָא בְמִלַּת בְּרֵאשִׁית). And there is an evil Yirah, a strap to strike the guilty (וְאִית יִרְאָה רָעָה רְצוּעָה לְאַלְקָאָה לְחַיָּיבַיָּא). And this point is the sign of Shabbat, and of festivals, and the sign of tefillin, and the sign of the covenant of circumcision (וְהַאי נְקוּדָה אִיהִי אוֹת שַׁבָּת וְיוֹמִין טָבִין וְאוֹת דִּתְּפִלִּין וְאוֹת דִּבְרִית מִילָה). That strap is the evil Yirah, it is the foreskin (הַהִיא רְצוּעָה אִיהִי יִרְאָה רָעָה אִיהִי עָרְלָה).

Happy is he who removes it from himself (זַכָּאָה אִיהוּ מָאן דְּאַעֲבַר לָהּ מִנֵּיהּ), for then the strap has no permission to strike him (דְּלֵית לָהּ רְשׁוּ לִרְצוּעָה לְאַלְקָאָה לֵיהּ). And this point-about it, it is said (וְהַאי נְקוּדָה עֲלָהּ אִתְּמַר) (Exodus 31:14), those who profane it shall surely die (מְחַלֲלֶיהָ מוֹת יוּמָת). What are “those who profane it”? (מַאי מְחַלֲלֶיהָ). Rather, one who brings a foreign domain into her space (אֶלָּא מָאן דְּאַעִיל רְשׁוּ נוּכְרָאָה בְּחָלָל דִּילָהּ), which is Reshut HaYaḥid [the private domain] (דְּאִיהִי רְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד). About this it is said (דַּעֲלָהּ אִתְּמַר) (Numbers 19:20), that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, for he has defiled the sanctuary of Hashem (וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִיא מִתּוֹךְ הַקָּהָל כִּי אֶת מִקְדַּשׁ יהו״ה טִמֵּא). And all is hinted at in this word Yirah-Brit, Shabbat (וְכֹלָּא אִתְרְמִיז בְּהַאי תֵּיבָה יִרְאָ״ה בְּרִי״ת שַׁבָּ״ת).

In this manner: Yirat in Bereshit (כְּגַוְונָא דָא יִרְאַ״ת בְּרֵאשִׁי״ת), Brit in Bereshit (בְּרִי״ת בְּרֵאשִׁי״ת), Shabbat in Bereshit (שַׁבָּ״ת בְּרֵאשִׁי״ת). And this point is Reshit (וְהַאי נְקוּדָה אִיהִי רֵאשִׁית). Hashem created me, Reshit of His way (יהו״ה קָנָנִי רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֹ) (Proverbs 8:22). In this manner, Bereshit (כְּגַוְונָא דָא בְּרֵאשִׁית). All is one point (כֹּלָּא אִיהִי נְקוּדָה חֲדָא), it is Reshit (אִיהִי רֵאשִׁית), and it is the sign of the covenant (וְאִיהִי אוֹת בְּרִית), and it is the sign of Shabbat (וְאִיהִי אוֹת שַׁבָּת), and it is Yirat Hashem (וְאִיהִי יִרְאַת יהו״ה). Who is her space, the letter Bet (מָאן חָלָל דִּילָהּ ב). Vav is her husband (ו׳ אִיהוּ בַּעִילָהּ). In him she is guarded and sealed in exile (בֵּיהּ אִיהִי נְטִירָא וּסְתִימָא בְּגָלוּתָא). This is what is written (הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב) (Ezekiel 47:1), and it shall be… (יִהְיֶה).