And the mystery of the matter: (Song. 2:5) Support me among barrels... And when it descends below tzerei ֵ, it is made into a segol ֶ, and about it is stated:... furnish me with apples.
And what are these ‘wine-barrels’ (ashishot)? They are the two ‘fires’ (ishot), which are man (iysh) and woman (ishah) – the white fire (esha) and the red fire. For Father and Mother are found there – Who are Y-Q, and they are ‘the faces of judgement’ and ‘the faces of mercy’.
Why does She (Malkhut) wish to be supported there? Because they are the two colours of the rose: white and red, mercy and judgement, which are Ḥesed and Gevurah.