Kabbalah · Zohar
Zohar, Terumah 98/ספר הזהר·
א(שמות כ״ז:י׳) וָוִי הָעַמּוּדִים וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶם כָּסֶף. רַבִּי יִצְחָק אָמַר, וָוִי הָעַמּוּדִים, הָא אֲמֵינָא כָּל אִינּוּן דְּמִתְאַחֲדָן מִקִּטְרֵי קַיָּימִין עִלָּאִין, אִקְרוּן וָוִי הָעַמּוּדִים. וְכָל אִינּוּן דִּלְתַתָּא, תַּלְיָין מֵאִינּוּן וָוִים. מַאי ווִים. שִׁתָא בְּגוֹ שִׁתָא, וּמִתְאַחֲדָן וּמִתְשַׁקְיָין מִחוּטָא דְּשִׁדְרָה, דְּקָאִים עָלַיְיהוּ. וּבְסִפְרָא דִּצְנִיעוּתָא תָּאנָא, וָוִים לְעֵילָּא, וָוִים לְתַתָּא, וְכֻלְּהוּ בְּמַתְקְלָא חַד סַלְּקִין.
1THE HOOKS OF THE PILLARS AND THEIR FILLETS SHALL BE OF SILVER. Said R. Isaac: ‘I presume that the “hooks of the pillars” symbolize all those who are attached to the supernal unifying pillars,1 above them. and that all those who are below depend on them. What is the significance of the word vavim (hooks; also the letter vau, the numerical value of which is six)? Six within six (vv), all united and nourished by the Spine which is set over them. And we have learnt in the Book of the Hidden Mystery (Sifra di-zenintha) this dictum: “Hooks above, hooks below (six above, six below), all comprehended in one meaning and one name, having one and the same significance.”