זוהר, האדרא זוטא מ׳Zohar, Idra Zuta 40

Segment 1א׳

עַד דְּאִתְפָּרְשָׁא מִסִּטְרוֹי. וְאָתִיאַת לְאִתְחַבְּרָא עִמֵּיהּ אַפִּין בְּאַפִּין. וְכַד מִתְחַבְּרָן מִתְחַזְיָין חַד גּוּפָא מַמָּשׁ. מֵהָכָא אוֹלִיפְנָא, דְּכַר בִּלְחוֹדוֹי, אִתְחֲזֵי פְּלַג גּוּפָא, וְכֻלְּהוּ (וכלא איהו) רַחֲמֵי. וְכַךְ נוּקְבָּא. וְכַד מִתְחַבְּרָן כַּחֲדָא, אִתְחֲזֵי כֹּלָּא חַד גּוּפָא מַמָּשׁ, וְהָכִי הוּא. אוּף הָכָא, כַּד דְּכַר אִתְחַבָּר בְּנוּקְבָּא, כֹּלָּא הוּא חַד גּוּפָא, וְעָלְמִין כֻּלְּהוּ בְּחֵידוּ, דְּהָא כֻּלְּהוּ מִגּוּפָא שְׁלִים מִתְבָּרְכָן.

Until she was separated from his sides, and came to be joined with him face to face. And when they are joined, they appear as truly one body. From here we learn: a male alone appears as half a body, and all of them are mercy (a variant reads: and all of it is mercy); and so the female. And when they are joined together, all appears as truly one body; and so it is. Here too, when the male is joined with the female, all is one body, and all the worlds are in joy, for all of them are blessed from a whole body.

Segment 2ב׳

וְהַיְינוּ רָזָא, (שמות כ׳:י״א) עַל כֵּן בֵּרַךְ יְיָ' אֶת יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת וַיְקַדְּשֵׁהוּ. דְּהָא אִשְׁתְּכַח כֹּלָּא בְּחַד גּוּפָא שְׁלִים, דְּהָא מַטְרוֹנִיתָא אִתְדַבְּקַת בְּמַלְכָּא, וְאִשְׁתְּכַח גּוּפָא חַד. וְעַל כֵּן בִּרְכָאן מִשְׁתַּכְּחִין בְּהַאי יוֹמָא. וּמֵהָכָא, מַאן דְּלָא אִשְׁתְּכַח דְּכַר וְנוּקְבָּא, אִקְרֵי פְּלַג גּוּפָא, וְלֵית בִּרְכָתָא שַׁרְיָא בְּמִלָּה פְּגִימָא וַחֲסֵירָא, אֶלָּא בַּאֲתָר שְׁלִים, בְּמִלָּה שְׁלִים, וְלָא בְּפַלְגּוּת מִלָּה, וּפַלְגּוּת מִלָּה לָא אִתְקְיָים לְעָלְמִין, וְלָא אִתְבָּרְכָן לְעָלְמִין.

And this is the mystery of “Therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it” (Ex. 20, 11): for all is found in one whole body, for the Matrona has cleaved to the King, and one body is found. And therefore blessings are found on this day. And from here: whoever is not found male and female is called half a body; and blessing does not rest upon a thing that is blemished and lacking, but only in a whole place, upon a whole thing, and not upon half a thing; and half a thing does not endure for ever, and is not blessed for ever.

Segment 3ג׳

נוֹי דְּנוּקְבָּא, כֹּלָּא מִנּוֹי דִּדְכוּרָא הוּא. וְהָא אוֹקִימְנָא מִלֵּי, וְאִשְׁתְּמוֹדְעָן בֵּינֵי חַבְרַיָיא. מֵהַאי נוּקְבָּא מִתְאַחֲדָן כָּל אִינּוּן דִּלְתַתָּא. מִנָּהּ יַנְקִין, וּבָהּ תָּבִין, וְהִיא אִתְקְרִיאַת אֵם לְכֻלְּהוּ. כְּמָה דְּאַחֲרָא אֵם לְגוּפָא, וְכָל גּוּפָא מִנָּהּ (ס"א לגנתא וכל גנתא מנה) יַנְקָא. כַּךְ הַאי אֵם לְכֻלְּהוּ אַחֲרָנִין דִּלְתַתָּא.

The beauty of the female is all from the beauty of the male. And we have already explained these words, and they are known among the Companions. From this female all those below take hold. From her they suck, and to her they return, and she is called mother to all of them. Just as the other is mother to the body, and the whole body (a variant reads: to the garden, and the whole garden) sucks from her, so this one is mother to all the others below.