זוהר, תרומה נ״דZohar, Terumah 54

Segment 1א׳

רעיא מהימנא תַּנָאִין וְאָמוֹרָאִין אִתְכְּנָשׁוּ כֻּלְכוּ, דְּהָא קָא מָטוּ שַׁעֲתָא, לְתַקְּנָא בֵּיהּ מָאנֵי מַלְכָּא, (ס"א לאזהרא ולאתתקנא) לְאַנְהָרָא לְאִתְתַּקְנָא קָמֵיהּ, דְּאִינּוּן: מַשְׁכְּנָא, מְנַרְתָּא, פָּתוֹרָא, מַדְבְּחָא, כִּיוֹר, וְכַנוֹ, אֲרוֹן, וְכַפּוֹרֶת, וּכְרוּבִים, וְכֹלָּא בְּשֶׁקֶל. וּבְגִין דָּא מָנֵּי לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, זֶה יִתְּנוּ.

Ra'aya Meheimna. Tannaim and Amoraim, gather, all of you, for the hour has come to set in order by it the vessels of the King, to make them shine and be set in order before Him — which are: the Tabernacle, the candlestick, the table, the altar, the laver and its base, the ark and the mercy-seat and the cherubim; and all of it by the shekel. And therefore He commanded Israel, “This they shall give.”

Segment 2ב׳

קָם תָּנָא חֲדָא וְאָמַר, (ודאי) רַעְיָא מְהֵימָנָא וַדַּאי הָכִי הוּא, וְלָךְ מָנֵּי לְמֶעְבַּד כֻּלְּהוּ, הֲדָא הוּא דִּכְתִּיב, וְעָשִׂיתָ מְנוֹרָה. וְעָשִׂיתָ שֻׁלְחָן. וְהָכִי בְּכֹלָּא, וּרְאֵה וַעֲשֵׂה, וּמִכֹּלָּא לָא אִתְקָשֵׁי לְךָ לְמֶעְבַּד, אֶלָּא תְּלַת מִלִּין דִּרְשִׁימִין בְּאַתְוָון דִּשְׁמֶךָ, מְ"נוֹרָה, שְׁ"קָלִים, הַ"חֹדֶשׁ. אֲמַאי אִתְקָשֵּׁי לָךְ.

A tanna stood and said: (clearly this is) the faithful shepherd, clearly here he is, and to you God has commanded to do [make] all, as it is written: "and you will do the menorah" "and you will do the table"and so with all, and you see and you do. And nothing was hard for you, with the exception of three things that are hinted in the letters of your name: Menorah SHekalim and HaChodesh. Why were those hard for you?

Segment 3ג׳

אֲמַר לֵיהּ, סָבָא סָבָא, אַתוּן מְפִיקִין קוּשְׁיָא דָּא דְּאִתְקָשֵׁי לִי, מִן מִקְשָׁה תֵּיעָשֶׂה הַמְּנוֹרָה. וַדַּאי מָאנָא דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, אִיהִי שְׁכִינְתָּא, דְּאִיהִי מָאנָא לְשַׁמְּשָׁא לְבַעְלָהּ, אִיהִי מְנַרְתָּא דִּילֵיהּ, דְּאִתְּמַר בֵּיהּ, (תהילים קי״ט:קס״ד) שֶׁבַע בַּיוֹם הִלַּלְתִּיךָ, דְּאִינּוּן: הַגְּדוּלָה, וְהַגְּבוּרָה, וְהַתִּפְאֶרְת, וְהַנֵּצַח, וְהַהוֹד, יְסוֹד, וּמַלְכוּת. שֶׁבַע כְּלִילָא.

He [Moshe] said to him [the tanna]: grandpa, grandpa, y'all learned this difficulty for me (1) from the verse "of hammered work the menorah shall be made [implication is of itself, and not by Moshe]" (Exodus 25:31). Clearly the vessel of the Holy One of Blessing is the Shechinah, and she is the vessel that helps Her husband, she is His menorah, as it is written about Him: "I praise You seven times each day [for Your just rules]" (Ps. 119:164) - and they are: Gedulah, and Gevurah, and Tiferet, and Netzach, and Hod, Yesod and Malchut. A group of seven.