Made in God's Image and the Names Used at Creation

... “[T]here would have been [good reason] to say, ‘And H’ (YHVH) created the human’. What is Elohim? Rather, the Shekhinah is called Elohim. And about this soul/n’shamah that is in the human, it says... ‘b’tsalmo’ – in the image of the Shekhinah”

... “One who guards/protects [circumcision], he is compared as partner to Me, in My image. About him it is said: ‘And Elohim created the human in His image’, because a person who guards the b’rit merits [receiving] Malkhut

‘Let us make Adam/ a human’—to whom did the Cause of causes say this to? The Cause of causes said [it] to none other than YudHe’ Va’v He’, which is [drawn] from out of ten Sefirot.”