Zohar, Terumah

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פָּתַח וְאָמַר (שמות כ״ה:ג׳) וְזֹאת הַתְּרוּמָה אֲשֶׁר תִּקְחוּ מֵאִתָּם זָהָב וָכֶסֶף וּנְחֹשֶׁת. הַאי קְרָא אִיהוּ לְסִטְרָא עִלָּאָה, וְאִיהוּ לְסִטְרָא תַּתָּאָה. אִיהוּ לְסִטְרָא עִלָּאָה, בְּסִטְרָא דִּקְדוּשָּׁה. וְאִיהוּ לְסִטְרָא תַּתָּאָה, בְּסִטְרָא אַחֲרָא. תָּא חֲזֵי, כַּד בָּרָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עָלְמָא, שָׁארֵי לְמִבְרֵי מִסִּטְרָא דְּכַסְפָּא, דְּאִיהוּ יְמִינָא, בְּגִין דְּהַהוּא כַּסְפָּא הֲוָה מִלְּעֵילָּא. וּבְעוֹבָדָא דְּמַשְׁכְּנָא, דְּאִיהוּ כְּגַוְונָא דִּילֵיהּ, שָׁארֵי מִסִּטְרָא דִּשְׂמָאלָא, וּלְבָתַר מִסִּטְרָא דִּימִינָא. בְּגִין דְּמַשְׁכְּנָא מִסִּטְרָא דִּשְׂמָאלָא הֲוָה, וְעַל דָּא שָׁארֵי הָכָא מִסִּטְרָא דִּשְׂמָאלָא, וְהָתָם מִסִּטְרָא דִּימִינָא, וְזֹאת הַתְּרוּמָה וְגוֹ'.

The Zohar; London, Soncino Press, 1933

Then he continued, saying: AND THIS IS THE OFFERINC WHICH YE SHALL TAKE OF THEM: GOLD AND SILVER AND BRASS. This verse applies both to the higher side, the side of holiness, and to the lower, the “other” side. Observe that when the Holy One created the world, He began to create from the side of silver, that is, Mercy, which is the right side, because that silver was above; but in the work of the Tabernacle, which was built according to its prototype (the universe), He began His creation from the left side and then proceeded to the right side, because the Tabernacle was from the left side.