Zohar 2:140b

 

“And you shall bring me an offering” (Ex. 25-2). And you shall bring for me and an offering is not written, in order to show that everything is one with no separation. The workmanship of the mishkan is in a supernal manner, this according to that, in order to include the shekhinah in all aspects, above and below, here, in this world. The workmanship [of the mishkan] is like the creation of the body, to encompass the spirit within it, and this is the shekhinah, which is encompassed above and below, and this is the Holy Spirit, which always flows and ascends within the mystery of the body to cause the kernel to dwell within the husk, all as is appropriate. This spirit of holiness is made within the body in order to encompass within it another supernal, pure and brilliant spirit, and everything is united and encompassed this within that, and ascends this within that and is united with this world, which is the final external husk.

Translated by Hartley Lachter

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