זוהר, בראשית י״דZohar, Bereshit 14

Segment 1א׳

וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלהִים נַעֲשֶׂה אָדָם (תהילים כ״ה:י״ד) סוֹד יְיָ לִירֵאָיו וְגו' פָּתַח הַהוּא סָבָא דְסָבִין וְאָמַר, שִׁמְעוֹן שִׁמְעוֹן מָאן הוּא דְּאָמַר וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלהִים נַעֲשֶׂה אָדָם. (ויאמר אלהים) מַאי נִיהוּ הָכָא הַאי אֱלֹהִים. אַדְהָכִי פָּרַח הַהוּא סָבָא דְסָבִין וְלָא חָמָא לֵיהּ. וּכְמָה דִשְׁמַע רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן דְּהֲוָה קָרֵי לֵיהּ שִׁמְעוֹן וְלָא רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, אָמַר לְחַבְרוֹי וַדַּאי הַאי הוּא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא דְּאִתְּמַר בֵּיהּ (דניאל ז׳:ט׳) וְעַתִּיק יוֹמִין יָתִיב. הָא כְּעַן אִיהוּ שַׁעֲתָא לְמִפְתַּח בְּהַאי רָזָא. דְּוַדַּאי הָכָא אִית רָזָא דְּלָא אִתְיְהִיב רְשׁוּ לְאִתְגַּלְיָא. וּכְעָן מַשְׁמַע דִּרְשׁוּתָא אִתְיְהִיב לְאִתְגַּלְּיָא.

AND GOD SAID, LET US MAKE MAN. It is written, “The secret of the Lord is to them that fear him” (Ps. 25, 14). That most reverend Elder opened an exposition of this verse by saying ‘Simeon Simeon, who is it that said: “Let us make man?” Who is this Elohim?’ With these words the most reverend Elder vanished before anyone saw him. R. Simeon, hearing that he had called him plain “Simeon”, and not “Rabbi Simeon”, said to his colleagues: ‘Of a surety this is the Holy One, blessed be He, of whom it is written: “And the Ancient of days was seated” (Dan. 7, 9). Truly now is the time to expound this mystery, because certainly there is here a mystery which hitherto it was not permitted to divulge, but now we perceive that permission is given.’

Segment 2ב׳

פָּתַח וְאָמַר לְמַלְכָּא דְּהֲוָה לֵיהּ כַּמָּה בִּנְיָינִין לְמִבְנֵי. וְהֲוָה לֵיהּ אוּמָנָא. וְהַהוּא אוּמָנָא לָא הֲוָה עֲבַד מִדָּעַם אֶלָּא מֵרְשׁוּ דְמַלְכָּא כְּמָא דְאַתְּ אָמֵר, (משלי ח׳:ל׳) וָאֶהְיֶה אֶצְלוֹ אָמוֹן. מַלְכָּא וַדַּאי אִיהוּ חָכְמָה עִלָּאָה לְעֵילָא. וְעַמּוּדָא דְאֶמְצָעִיתָא (איהו) מַלְכָּא לְתַתָּא. אֱלֹהִים אוּמָנָא לְעֵילָא וְדָא אִימָא עִלָּאָה. אֱלהִים אוּמָנָא לְתַתָּא וְדָא שְׁכִינְתָּא (תקונים ע"ב דף צ"ז א) דִלְתַתָּא.

He then proceeded: ‘We must picture a king who wanted several buildings to be erected, and who had an architect in his service who did nothing save with his consent. The king is the supernal Wisdom above, the Central Column being the king below: Elohim is the architect above, being as such the supernal Mother, and Elohim is also the architect below, being as such the Divine Presence (Shekinah) of the lower world.

Segment 3ג׳

וְאִתְּתָא לֵית לָהּ רְשׁוּ לְמֶעְבַּד מִדָּעַם בְּלָא רְשׁוּת בַּעֲלָהּ. וְכָל בִּנְיָינִין דְּהֲווּ בְּאֹרַח אֲצִילוּתָא הֲוָה אָמַר אַבָּ"א בְּאֲמִירָה לְגַבֵּי אִמָּ"א יְהֵא כְּדֵין וּכְדֵין, וּמִיָּד הֲוָה. כְּמָא דְאַתְּ אָמֵר וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלהִים יְהִי אוֹר וַיְהִי אוֹר. וַיֹּאמֶר הֲוָה אָמַר לֵאלהִים, יְהִי אוֹר. מָארֵי דְבִנְיָינָא אִיהוּ אוֹמֵר וְאוּמָנָא עָבִיד מִיָּד. וְהָכִי כָּל בִּנְיָינִין בְּאֹרַח אֲצִילוּתָא הֲוָה אָמַר יְהִי רָקִיעַ, יְהִי מְאֹרֹת, וְכֹלָּא אִתְעֲבִיד מִיָּד.

Now a woman may not do anything without the consent of her husband. When he desired anything built in the way of emanation (aziluth), the Father said to the Mother by means of the Word (amirah), “let it be so and so”, and straightway it was so, as it is written, “And he said, Elohim, let there be light, and there was light”: i.e. one said to Elohim, let there be light: the master of the building gave the order, and the architect carried it out immediately; and so with all that was constructed in the way of emanation.