And the mystery of the matter: ‘The Tree of Life was five hundred years long,’cxlvBereishyt Rabbah 15:6, Shir HaShirim Rabbah 6:21 – and between each one is five hundred years, and the thickness of each one is five hundred years,cxlviSee BT Pesaḥim 94b for all of them add up on ‘the scale’, of five, five to every side.
And the mystery of the matter: (Ex. 26: 26–27) And you shall make poles of acacia wood, five for the planks of one side of the Tabernacle...... and five poles for the planks of the other side of the Tabernacle...... and five poles for the planks of the side of the Tabernacle for the ‘rear-parts’ to the west.... for the rear-parts – these are ‘the thighs of truth’☉Netzaḥ-Hod,... to the west (yamah) – what is ‘to the west?’ – this is the Higher Shekhinah, that of which is stated: (Ez. 1:22) And the image upon the heads of the ḥayah, a firmament...