Daf 86a (דַּף פ״ו ע״א)

Sava arose after the shadow of Rabbi Shimon (קָם סָבָא בָתַר טוּלָא דְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן), and he said: Rabbi, Rabbi, this verse thus I hear it (וְאָמַר רַבִּי רַבִּי, הַאי קְרָא הָכִי שְׁמַעִינָא לֵיהּ). “Lift up on high your eyes” (שְׂאוּ מָרוֹם עִינֵיכֶם), lift up, as in “Lift up your hands in holiness” (שְׂאוּ כְּמוֹ שְׂאוּ יְדֵיכֶם קֹדֶשׁ) (Psalms 134:2). And this is “Holiness, Yisrael, to Hashem, the first” (וְדָא קֹדֶשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל לַיְהו״ה רֵאשִׁית) (Jeremiah 2:3). His exalted height is the supernal Keter (מָרוֹם דִּילֵיהּ כֶּתֶר עִלָּאָה). Mi, this is the supernal Imma, who created the world with Eleh (מִי אִימָּא עִלָּאָה דְבָרָא עָלְמָא בְּאֵלֶּה). Who are Eleh [these]? “These are the heads of the house of their fathers” (מָאן אֵלֶּה, אֵלֶּה רָאשֵׁי בֵית אֲבוֹתָם) (Exodus 6:14). And they are the three Patriarchs (וְאִינוּן תְּלַת אֲבָהָן). “He brings forth their host by number” (הַמּוֹצִיא בְמִסְפָּר צְבָאָם) (Isaiah 40:26), these are the hosts of the heavens, which are Netzach and Hod (אִלֵּין צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם דְּאִינוּן נֶצַח וָהוֹד). What is their number? (מַאי מִסְפָּר דִּלְהוֹן). Rather, it is the number and reckoning of all, this is the supernal Shekhinta (אֶלָּא מִסְפָּר וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן דְּכֹלָּא דָא שְׁכִינְתָּא עִלָּאָה). “To all of them by name He calls” (לְכֻלָּם בְּשֵׁם יִקְרָא) (Isaiah 40:26), this is the lower Shekhinta (דָא שְׁכִינְתָּא תַּתָּאָה). Of her it is said to Moshe: “For you I have known by name” (דְאִתְּמַר לְמֹשֶׁה בְּגִינָהּ וָאֵדָעֲךָ בְּשֵׁם) (Exodus 33:17).

“From the abundance of might” (מֵרוֹב אוֹנִים) (Isaiah 40:26), this is what is said of him: “And may they multiply into a multitude in the midst of the earth” (הַהוּא דְאִתְּמַר בֵּיהּ וְיִדְגּוּ לָרוֹב בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ) (Bereshit 48:16). And this is the Tzaddik (וְדָא צַדִּיק). And he is “Mighty in power,” the man, the Tzaddik (וְאִיהוּ אַמִּיץ כֹּחַ אִישׁ צַדִּיק). His power is the power of the work of Bereshit (כֹּחַ דִּילֵיהּ אִיהִי כֹּחַ דְּעוֹבָדָא דִבְּרֵאשִׁית). Of this it is said: “And now, let the power of Hashem be great” (דְּאִתְּמַר בָּהּ וְעַתָּה יִגְדַּל נָא כֹּחַ אֲדֹנָי) (Numbers 14:17). “Not missing from the Shekhinta forever” (לֹא נֶעֱדָּר מִשְּׁכִינְתָּא לְעָלַם). And this and this, all is truth (וְהַאי וְהַאי כֹּלָּא קְשׁוֹט). Seventy faces to the Orayta (שַׁבְעִין אַנְפִּין לְאוֹרַיְיתָא)

He said to him: Sava, Sava (אָמַר לֵיהּ סָבָא סָבָא), “From the abundance of might and mighty in power” - there is Adam Kadma’ah (מֵרוֹב אוֹנִים וְאַמִּיץ כֹּחַ תַּמָּן אָדָם קַדְמָאָה). There are Avraham, Yitzchak, and Ya'akov (תַּמָּן אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב). There are Moshe and Aharon (תַּמָּן מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן). There are David and Shlomo (תַּמָּן דָּוִד וּשְׁלֹמֹה). And the twelve tribes (וּתְרֵין עֲשַׂר שִׁבְטִין). And all the souls of the six hundred thousand of Yisrael (וְכָל נִשְׁמָתִין דְּשִׁתִּין רִבּוֹא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל). And of all the supernal and lower generations (וּדְכָל דָּרִין עִלָּאִין וְתַתָּאִין), of whom it is said: “But with those who are here with us standing this day…” (דְּאִתְּמַר בְּהוֹן כִּי אֶת אֲשֶׁר יֶשְׁנוֹ פֹּה עִמָּנוּ עוֹמֵד הַיּוֹם וְגוֹ׳) (Deuteronomy 29:14). All of them are there (כֻּלְּהוּ תַּמָּן). No man is missing, not one lacking of their number (אִישׁ לֹא נֶעֱדָּר לֹא חָסֵר מִנַּיְיהוּ חַד מֵחֻשְׁבָּנָא). In the likeness of the host of the heavens (כְּגַוְונָא דִצְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם). And furthermore, “From the abundance of might” - this is the Kohen (וְעוֹד מֵרוֹב אוֹנִים דָּא כַהֲנָא), of whom it was said: 'Priest of On' (דְאִתְּמַר בֵּיהּ כֹּהֵן אוֹן). “And mighty in power” - this is Elohim, which is the supernal Imma (וְאַמִּיץ כֹּחַ דָּא אֱלֹהִי״ם דְּאִיהִי אִימָּא עִלָּאָה), who clothed Herself in Gevurah and created the world with the quality of judgment (דְאִתְלַבְּשַׁת בִּגְבוּרָה וּבָרָא עָלְמָא בְּמִדַּת הַדִּין). And because of this, He is strong, mighty in power (וּבְגִין דָּא אִיהוּ גִבּוֹר אַמִּיץ כֹּחַ). “No man is missing” - this is Ya’akov (אִישׁ לֹא נֶעֱדָּר דָּא יַעֲקֹב), of whom it is said: “And Ya'akov was a simple man” (דְּאִתְּמַר בֵּיהּ וְיַעֲקֹב אִישׁ תָּם) (Bereshit 25:27). What is said in these three, is said in the three above, and is said in the three below (מַה דְּאִתְּמַר בִּתְלַת אִלֵּין, אִתְּמַר בִּתְלַת עִלָּאִין, וְאִתְּמַר בִּתְלַת תַּתָּאִין). The number of them all - Shekhinta is the number of the days (מִסְפָּר דְּכֻלְּהוּ שְׁכִינְתָּא אִיהִי מִסְפַּר הַיָּמִים).

The Fiftieth Tikkun

(תִּקּוּנָא חֲמִשִּׁין)

Bereshit Bara Elohim (בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִי״ם). Rabbi Shimon opened and said (פָּתַח רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן וְאָמַר): “Lift up on high your eyes and see who created these” (שְׂאוּ מָרוֹם עֵינֵיכֶם וּרְאוּ מִי בָרָא אֵלֶּה) (Isaiah 40:26). The initials of “Lift up on high your eyes” (רָאשֵׁי תֵּיבִין שְׂאוּ מָרוֹם עֵינֵיכֶם) are Shacharit, Minchah, Arvit (שַׁחֲרִית מִנְחָה עַרְבִית), the three prayers (תְּלַת צְלוֹתִין). Regarding them it is said: “Behold, all these things does God twice, three times with a man” (עֲלַיְיהוּ אִתְּמַר הֶן כָּל אֵלֶּה יִפְעַל אֵ״ל פַּעֲמַיִם שָׁלֹשׁ עִם גָּבֶר) (Job 33:29). Because they are the Chariot of the three Patriarchs (בְּגִין דְּאִינוּן מֶרְכָּבָה דִתְלַת אֲבָהָן). Regarding them it is said: “These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created” (וַעֲלַיְיהוּ אִתְּמַר אֵלֶּה תוֹלְדוֹת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ בְּהִבָּרְאָם) (Bereshit 2:4).

Eleh [these] invalidates the former ones (אֵלֶּה פִּסֵּל אֶת הָרִאשׁוֹנִים). Eleh [these] certainly invalidates the former who said: “These are your gods, O Yisrael” (אֵלֶּה וַדַּאי פָּסִיל לְקַדְמָאִין דְּאָמְרוּ אֵלֶּה אֱלֹהֶי״ךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל) (Exodus 32:4). For these are the offspring of Tohu (דְּאִנּוּן תּוֹלָדִין דְּתֹהוּ), which is hinted in the initials of “generations of the heavens and the earth” (דְאִתְרְמִיז בְּרָאשֵׁי תֵּיבִין תּוֹלְדוֹת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ תֹּה״וּ). And they are five kinds of whom it is said “in them He created” (וְאִינוּן חָמֵשׁ מִינִין דְּאִתְּמַר בְּהוֹן בְּה׳ בָּרְאָם): Amalekim, Gibborim, Nephilim, Anakim, Refa’im (עֲמָלֵקִים גִּבּוֹרִים נְפִילִים עֲנָקִים רְפָאִים). And because of this, the Heh labored for them, because with Heh He created them, the Heh of Avraham (וּבְגִין דָּא טָרְחַת ה׳ בְּגִינַיְיהוּ בְּגִין דִּבְּה׳ בָּרָאם ה׳ דְאַבְרָהָם). Regarding her it is said: “He did not create it for Tohu, He formed it to be inhabited” (וַעֲלָהּ אִתְּמַר לֹא תֹהוּ בְרָאָהּ לָשֶׁבֶת יְצָרָהּ) (Isaiah 45:18), to make habitation from them (לְמֶעֱבַד יִשּׁוּבָא מִנַּיְיהוּ).

And because of this Heh, Eleh, which are the three Patriarchs, established the three prayers (וּבְגִין הַאי ה׳, אֵלֶּה דְאִינוּן תְּלַת אֲבָהָן תַּקִּינוּ תְלַת צְלוֹתִין), to bring down within them to Kudsha Berikh Hu (לְנַחְתָא בְּהוֹן לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא), to raise up Shekhinta within them, which is the small Heh (לְסַלְקָא לִשְׁכִינְתָּא בְּהוֹן דְּאִיהִי ה׳ זְעִירָא). For the Middle Column is the body (דְּעַמּוּדָא דְאֶמְצָעִיתָא אִיהוּ גוּפָא), and its two arms, right and left, hold her (וּתְרֵין דְּרוֹעִין דִּילֵיהּ יְמִינָא וּשְׂמָאלָא, דִּבְהוֹן אֲחִיד בָּהּ). And upon the body she ascends (וְעַל גּוּפָא אִסְתַּלְּקַת). And who raises her upon the body? Mi (who), the supernal Imma (וּמָאן סָלִיק לָהּ עַל גּוּפָא מִ״י אִימָּא עִלָּאָה). “Who created these” (מִי בָרָא אֵלֶּה). And when she ascends, all the supernal hosts ascend with her (וְכַד סָלְקַת סָלְקִין עִמָּהּ כָּל צְבָא דִלְעִילָא). This is what is written: “He brings forth their host by number” (הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב הַמּוֹצִיא בְמִסְפָּר צְבָאָם) (Isaiah 40:26). And all Yisrael, who are six hundred thousand, are joined in the supernal host (וְכָל יִשְׂרָאֵל דְּאִינוּן שִׁתִּין רִבּוֹא מִתְיַחֲסִין בַּצָּבָא דִלְעִילָא). To all of them by name He calls (לְכֻלָּם בְּשֵׁם יִקְרָא). All of them are called by the name of the supernal host (כֻּלְּהוּ אִתְקְרִיאוּ עַל שֵׁם צְבָא דִלְעִילָא). Not one is missing from the reckoning (אִישׁ לֹא נֶעֱדָּר מֵחוּשְׁבָּנָא).