126. Rabbi Chiya and Rabbi Yosi came and prostrated before him, and kissed his hands. They wept and said, Upper and lower images raise their heads through your merit. The Holy One, blessed be He, made terrestrial Jerusalem, WHICH IS MALCHUT, in the likeness of celestial Jerusalem, WHICH IS BINAH. And He made the outer walls of the Holy City and its gates. One cannot enter until the gates are opened for him. One cannot ascend until the steps to the outer walls are prepared. Who can open the gates of the Holy City? And who can repair the steps to the outer walls? This is Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, who opens the gates of the secrets of Wisdom and repairs the upper levels. And it is written, "Every one of your males shall appear before the Master Hashem" (Shemot 34:23). Who is before the Master Hashem? This is Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. For he who is a memory (Heb. zecher) of the remembrances, THAT IS, HE IS THE ASPECT OF THE MALE (HEB. ZACHAR) OF THE SUPERNAL MOCHIN THAT ARE CALLED 'REMEMBRANCES (HEB. ZICHRONOT),' WHICH ARE OF THE MOCHIN OF ABA AND IMA, has to appear before Him.
126. אָתוּ ר' חִיָּיא ור' יוֹסֵי, אִשְׁתְּטָחוּ קָמֵיהּ, וְנָשְׁקוּ יְדוֹי. וּבָכוּ וְאָמְרוּ, גְּלִיפִין עִלָּאִין וְתַתָּאִין, זַקְפָן רֵישָׁא בְּגִינָךְ, עָבֵד קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא יְרוּשָׁלַיִם לְתַתָּא, כְּגַוְונָא דִּלְעֵילָּא. עָבֵד שׁוּרֵי קַרְתָּא קַדִּישָׁא וְתַרְעוֹי. מַאן דְּעָיֵיל, לָא עָיֵיל, עַד דְּיִפְתְּחוּן תַּרְעִין. מַאן דְּסָלִיק, לָא סָלִיק, עַד דְּיִתְתַּקְנוּן דַּרְגִין דְּשׁוּרֵי מַאן יָכִיל לְמִפְתַּח תַּרְעִין דְּקַרְתָּא קַדִּישָׁא, וּמַאן יָכִיל לְאַתְקְנָא דַּרְגִּין דְּשׁוּרֵי, דָּא רשב"י, דְּאִיהוּ פָּתַח תַּרְעִין דְּרָזֵי דְּחָכְמְתָא, וְאִיהוּ אַתְקִין דַּרְגִּין עִלָּאִין, וּכְתִיב יֵרָאֶה כָּל זְכוּרְךָ אֶת פְּנֵי הָאָדוֹן יְיָ.' מַאן פְּנֵי הָאָדוֹן יְיָ,' דָּא רשב"י, דְּמַאן דְּאִיהוּ דְּכוּרָא מִן דְּכֻרְנָיא, בָּעֵי לְאִתְחֲזָאָה קָמֵיהּ.