It is said about the passuk of Shema Yisrael that it represents the upper union. This union is described as the union between the first two letters of HaShem's name I realized today that שמע ישראל ה אלקינו ה אחד has the gematria 1118 which seems to me it can be broken down like so:
Two candles (נר x 2), man(איש), woman(אישה), and their union(1)
Through the union of a man and woman, the י and ה come together, leaving two fires (אש), to light the two candles (נר) of Shabbath, the perfect completion of the world.
This is the upper union.
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