In its turn, this expansion can be further expanded, and we will get a Name that consists of twenty-seven letters (אלף למד פי - הי יוד - יוד ויו דלת - הי יוד). Note that when given a choice of spelling a vav, we spelled it with a yud, vav-yud-vav (ויו). However, we could also spell it with alef, vav-alef-vav (ואו). If we do that, we will arrive at a different expansion of the Name of God, with alef (אלף למד פי - הי אלפ - יוד ואו דלת - הי יוד), and it, too, will have twenty-seven letters.
These twenty-seven are the same gematria as the words "clear" or "Zach" (זך). The two-thirds division is found in many places. It indicates that we are dealing with an entity with three parts. For example, the Jewish people are composed of three groups, Kohanim, Levites, and Israelites. The Tanach comprises the Torah, Prophets (Neviim), and Writings (Ketuvim). The Kohens give people a three-fold blessing. Every week, one should repeat the Torah portion of the week three times: two in the original Hebrew and one in the Aramaic translation of Onkelos.
The two-thirds here, represented by the two expansions of the Name of God and the words "clear," hint at the two-thirds of the Beauty of the Cosmic Man, Zeir Anpin, which are revealed to his female counterpart, the Cosmic Woman. When they are made known to the Cosmic Woman through his Foundation, which acts as a seal of their union, the purpose of the oil, "to bring out the light," becomes known, and "Light" is the Cosmic Woman. The phrase "clear illuminating oil to bring up the light (in the Menorah)" is thus a hint to their supernal union.
Art: The Menorah by Luigi Ademollo
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