Talmud Bavli Bava Batra on the 'Double' Cave of Mechpelah

"Rabbi Bana'ah would mark the boundaries of burial crypts, so that people would not inadvertently walk over them and contract tumah (ritual impurity). When he reached the crypt of Abraham and sought to enter in order to measure its dimensions, he found Eliezer, the servant of Abraham, standing at the front of the entrance. Rabbi Bana'ah said to him, 'What is Abraham doing?' He replied, 'He is lying in the arms of Sarah, and she is peering at his head.' Rabbi Bana'ah said, 'Go and tell Abraham that Bana'ah is standing at the entrance.' Abraham said to him, 'Let him enter. It is well known that there is no physical desire in this world.' Rabbi Bana'ah entered the crypt, surveyed its dimensions and departed.

"When he reached the nearby crypt of Adam, and attempted to enter to measure its dimensions, a Heavenly voice came forth and proclaimed, 'You have gazed at the likeness of My image [i.e. Jacob]. Do not gaze at My image itself [i.e. Adam]. Rabbi Bana'ah replied: 'But I want to mark the extent of the crypt in order to ascertain the precise dimensions.'

"The heavenly voice responded, 'As the dimensions of the outer crypt (where the Patriarchs and Matriarchs were buried), whose size you have already determined, so are the dimensions of the inner crypt, in which Adam is buried. There is no need for you to enter and measure. And according to the one who says that the 'double' cave of Machpelah was configured as two rooms, one atop the other: As the dimensions of the upper room, in which the Patriarchs and Matriarchs are buried, so are the dimensions of the lower room, in which Adam is buried. Either way, no additional measurements need be taken.'

"Rabbi Bana'ah said, 'I glimpsed Adam's two heels from outside the crypt, and they were like the two orbs of the sun."

-- Talmud Bavli, Bava Batra 58a

Sefer HaZohar on Abraham's Circumcision and The Covenant

"Rabbi Hiyya opened, 'The blossoms have appeared on the earth, the time of singing has arrived; the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land' (Shir haShirim 2:12). 

"'The voice of the turtledove is heard in our land', for the word of the blessed Holy One was absent from the world until Adam was created.  As soon as Adam appeared, everything appeared.  Once he sinned, everything disappeared from the world and the earth was cursed.

"Noah arrived, but later, 'he drank of the wine and became drunk' (Gen. 9:21).  The inhabitants of the world came and sinned before the blessed Holy One, so the powers of the earth disappeared as before, and so they remained until Abraham arrived.

"As soon as Abraham arrived in the world, immediately, 'the blossoms appeared on earth' - all powers of earth were arrayed and revealed.

"'The time of pruning has arrived' - when the blessed Holy One told him to circumcise himself.  The moment that the covenant manifested in Abraham through circumcision, this entire verse was fulfilled, the world was firmly established, and the word of the blessed Holy One was openly revealed, as is written, 'YHVH appeared to him' (Gen. 18:1)."

-- Sefer HaZohar 1:98a

Mishnah Sanhedrin on the Mold of the First Adam

"Therefore was man created singly, to teach you that whoever destroys a single life from Israel is considered by Scripture as if he had destroyed an entire world; and that whoever preserves a single life from Israel is considered by Scripture as if he had preserved an entire world. [...]

"And to teach the greatness of the Holy One, Blessed is He: For a man mints many coins from one mold, and they are all similar to one another; but the King of kings, the Holy One, Blessed is He, minted all men from the mold of the First Adam, and not one of them is like his fellow man. Therefore each and every one is obligated to say, 'For my sake was the world created'."

-- Mishnah, Sanhedrin 4:5


"ISRAEL" - this is Metatron on the Spiritual plane, about whom it is said, "Your name is Jacob. Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name." (Genesis 35:10).

"AN ENTIRE WORLD" - this is Metatron on the Physical plane, about whom it is said, "the whole earth is full of His glory." (Isaiah 6:3).

"THE MOLD OF THE FIRST ADAM" - this is Metatron on the Astral plane, about whom it is said, "and on the likeness of the throne, was a likeness like the appearance of a man upon it above." (Ezekiel 1:26).  

Sefer haZohar on Adam as the Supernal Chariot

"For He made the image of the chariot of the supernal Adam, He descends there, and is called in that image, YHVH, so that He might be recognized in all aspects."

-- Sefer haZohar (Ra'aya Meheimna), 2:42b (transl. Tishby)

The "image" is the pattern of the Tree diagram, in the shape of "supernal Adam", with the 22 paths of letters. "He" - this is Ain Sof - He descends into this "image", which is called YHVH. Yod - Keter & Hokhmah, the crown of the head and the left brain of Adam. Heh - Binah, the right brain of Adam. Vav - Hesed through Yesod, the torso, arms & legs of Adam. Heh - Malkut, the feet of Adam. In this single body, the chariot below upon which rests that which is above, "all aspects" are unified as one.