Zohar Hasulam - Chukat - p. 10 - 11 - parag. 27-30
Chukat: Verse 27
פָּתַח ר"ש וְאָמַר, הַמְשַׁלֵּחַ מַעְיָנִים בַּנְּחָלִים וְגוֹ.' יַשְׁקוּ כָּל חַיְתוֹ שָׂדָי וְגוֹ.' הָנֵי קְרָאֵי דָּוִד מַלְכָּא בְּרוּחָא קַדִּישָׁא אַמָרָן, וְאִית לְאִסְתַּכְּלָא בְּהוּ. ת"ח, בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּחָכְמְתָא עִלָּאָה בָּטַשׁ בִּגְלִיפוֹי, אע"ג דְּהִיא טְמִירָא בְּכָל סִטְרִין, פָּתַח וְאִתְנְגִיד מִנֵּיהּ חַד נַהֲרָא, מַלְיָא בְּתַרְעִין עִלָּאִין.
Rabbi Shimon opened the discussion with the verse: "He sends the springs into the valleys...they give drink to every wild beast..." (Tehilim 104:10-11). These verses were uttered by King David in the Holy Spirit, and they require studying. Come and behold: there was a time when the higher wisdom imprinted its engravings, MEANING AT THE MOMENT WHEN THE HIGHER CHOCHMAH AND BINAH UNITED TOGETHER, even though THE HIGHER CHOCHMAH is the most hidden of all the hidden, SINCE IN HIGHER CHOCHMAH AND BINAH, WHICH ARE ABA AND IMA ABOVE, THE YUD DOES NOT EMERGE FROM THE AIR. It is an opening from which flows a river full of higher gates, THAT IS BINAH.
Chukat: Verse 28
כְּמַבּוּעָא וּמְקוֹרָא דְּמַיָא דְּמָלֵּי קוּזְפָא רַבָּא מִנֵּיהּ, וּמִתַּמָּן אִתְמַשְּׁכָן מַבּוּעִין דְּנַחֲלִין וְנַהֲרִין בְּכָל סְטָר, כַּךְ הַאי, בְּחַד שְׁבִיל דָּקִיק דְּלָא אִתְיְידַע, מָשִׁיךְ וְנָגִיד הַהוּא נָהָר דְּנָגִיד וְנָפִיק, וּמְמַלֵּי לְהַהוּא נַחֲלָא עֲמִיקָא, וּמִתַּמָּן אִתְמַשְּׁכָאן מַבּוּעִין וּנְחָלִין, וְאִתְמַלְּיָין מִנֵּיהּ. הה"ד, הַמְשַׁלֵּחַ מַעְיָנִים בַּנְּחָלִים וְגוֹ.' אִלֵּין נַהֲרֵי עִלָּאֵי קַדִּישָׁא דְּאֲפַרְסְמוֹנָא דַּכְיָיא, וְכֻלְּהוּ אִתְשַׁקְיָין כְּחַד מֵהַהוּא נְבִיעָא דְּנַחֲלָא עִלָּאָה קַדִּישָׁא דְּנָפִיק וְנָגִיד.
HE COMPARES THIS SUBJECT MATTER OF ABA AND IMA ABOVE AND YISRAEL-SABA AND TEVUNAH to a spring and source of water that fills up a huge lake. From there, FROM THE LAKE, flow springs, streams and rivers in every direction, TO THE RIGHT AND TO THE LEFT. Similarly, this ABA AND IMA AND YISRAEL-SABA AND TEVUNAH flows through a certain narrow path that is not known, MEANING AT THE UNION OF YESOD'S ABA AND IMA ABOVE, WHO ARE NOT REVEALED, IN WHOM THE YUD DOES NOT EMANATE FROM THE AIR. That river emerges continuously and emanates FROM EDEN. THROUGH THIS EXITING AND ENTERING, it fills that deep stream - MEANING YISRAEL-SABA AND TEVUNAH, SIMILAR TO THE HUGE LAKE OF WATER THAT IS FILLED UP FROM THE SPRING AND SOURCE THAT ARE ABA AND IMA ABOVE. From there, springs and streams continue TO ZEIR ANPIN AND MALCHUT, and from it they are filled up WITH CHOCHMAH AND CHASSADIM. This is what it is written: "He sends the springs into the valleys" (Ibid.). These are the higher sanctified rivers OF ZEIR ANPIN of pure balsam, SINCE IT IS THE SECRET OF THE PURE AIR THAT CHESED, GVURAH AND TIFERET OF ZEIR ANPIN RECEIVE FROM ABA AND IMA ABOVE. THAT IS THE SECRET OF THE PURE BALSAM AND THAT IS WHAT IS MEANT BY: "THEY FLOW BETWEEN THE HILLS," WHICH ARE CHESED, GVURAH AND TIFERET OF ZEIR ANPIN, CALLED 'MOUNTAINS.' AND FROM IT MALCHUT RECEIVES. And all, ZEIR ANPIN AND MALCHUT, drink together from that spring of the higher sanctified stream that continues to flow, WHICH IS YISRAEL-SABA AND TEVUNAH.
Chukat: Verse 29
לְבָתַר, יַשְׁקוּ כָּל חַיְתוֹ שָׂדָי, הַיְינוּ דִּכְתִּיב וּמִשָּׁם יִפָּרֵד וְהָיָה לְאַרְבָּעָה רָאשִׁים. הָנֵי ד' רָאשִׁין, אִלֵּין אִינּוּן חַיְתוֹ שָׂדָי, כְּלָלָא דְּכָל אִינּוּן מַשִׁרְיָין, וְכָל אִינּוּן חַיָּילִין, דַּאֲחִידָן בְּהוּ שָׂדַי, אַל תִּקְרֵי שָׂדָי, אֶלָּא שַׁדָּי. דְּהוּא נָטִיל, וְאַשְׁלִים שְׁמָא מִיְּסוֹדָא דְּעָלְמָא.
AFTER ZEIR ANPIN AND MALCHUT DRINK, "they give to drink to every wild beast" that which is written: "and from thence it was parted, and branched into four streams (lit. 'heads')" (Beresheet 2:10). These four heads are "every wild (lit. 'field,' Heb. sadai) beast," WHICH ARE FOUR CREATURES, LION, OX, EAGLE AND MAN, WHICH ARE THE CHARIOT OF MALCHUT. They are the inclusion of all the camps and legions THAT ARE IN BRIYAH, YETZIRAH AND ASIYAH to which Shadai, THAT IS METATRON THAT IS CALLED 'SHADAI,' is attached, WHO IS ABOVE ALL OF THEM. Do not pronounce it Sadai WITH SIN, but rather Shadai, WITH SHIN, which is METATRON that receives and perfects IN HIMSELF the Name from Yesod, the Foundation of the world. This is SINCE THE NAME SHADAI IS IN YESOD OF ZEIR ANPIN, AND METATRON, BEING A CHARIOT TO YESOD OF ZEIR ANPIN, RECEIVES THIS NAME.
Chukat: Verse 30
יְשְׁבְּרוּ פְרָאִים צְמָאָם, אִלֵּין אִינּוּן דִּכְתִּיב בְּהוּ, וְהָאוֹפַנִּים יִנָּשְׂאוּ לְעוּמָּתָם כִּי רוּחַ הַחַיָּה בָּאוֹפַנִּים, מַאן חַיָּה. אֶלָּא אִלֵּין חַיְתוֹ שָׂדָי, אַרְבַּע אִינּוּן, וְכָל חַד וְחַד לְחַד סִטְרָא דְּעָלְמָא. וְהַהוּא אִקְרֵי חַיָּה, וְאוֹפַנִּים לָקֳבֵיל כָּל חַד וְחַד. וְלָא אַזְלִין אֶלָּא מֵרוּחַ דְּהַהִיא חַיָּה דְּאָזִיל עָלַיְיהוּ וְכַד אִלֵּין מִתְשַׁקְיָין מֵהַהוּא שַׁקְיוּ עִלָּאָה, כָּל שְׁאַר חַיָּילִין אַחֲרָנִין אִשְׁתַּקְיָין, וְאִתְרַוָון, וּמִשְׁתָּרְשָׁן בְּשָׁרְשַׁיְיהוּ, וְאִתְאַחֲדָן אִלֵּין בְּאִלֵּין, בְּדַרְגִּין יְדִיעָן. הה"ד, עֲלֵיהֶם עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם יִשְׁכּוֹן וְגוֹ.' מַשְׁקֶה הָרִים מֵעֲלִיּוֹתָיו וְגוֹ.' אִלֵּין שְׁאַר דַּרְגִּין עִלָּאִין.
"The wild asses quench their thirst" (Tehilim 104:11). These are the ones about whom it is written: "and the wheels were lifted up along with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels" (Yechezkel 1:20). What is "the living creature?'' These are the wild beasts, which are four, and each one of them is in one direction OF THE FOUR DIRECTIONS of the world, and is called a 'living creature.' There are FOUR wheels to each one OF THE FOUR CREATURES, and none OF THE WHEELS move except from the spirit of the living creature that goes over it, MEANING EACH ONE OF THE WHEELS FROM THE CORRESPONDING SPIRIT IN THE CREATURES. When these LIVING CREATURES AND WHEELS are imbued with that higher drinking liquid, all the rest of the legions are fed and saturated and are rooted in their sources, and they unite with each other at certain levels. This is what is written: "beside them dwell the birds of the sky...He waters the hills from His upper chambers..." (Tehilim 104:12-13). These are the rest of the higher levels.
