## Ba'al Shem Tov, Terumah

###### Ba'al Shem Tov, Terumah 7:1
[Ba'al Shem Tov, Terumah 7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ba%27al%20Shem%20Tov/s/Terumah/r/7:1)

קבלנו ממרן אלקי הבעל שם טוב הקדוש שקרש הוא ציור אדם, בת עין, נקודה הפנימיית, המציירת כל כח ציור אדם ומקשרת אבריו על ידי שתי ידות סוד אות ש, וב' פעמים צי"ר עולה קרש, ומשם נצטיירין נשמות הצדיקים וכו':
(אוצר החיים פ' שמיני דפ"ח ע"א).

**Ami Silver, 2020:**
We received from our Master, the Baal Shem Tov, that the *keresh* is the image of a human being, [which is made up of] the pupil of the eye,⁶ and the word *bat* (ש’ בת). This is the secret of the human eye, which has three colors (white, red, and blue/brown), corresponding to the three lines of the *shin* and the pupil of the eye, called in Hebrew, the *bat ayin* (literally: “daughter of the eye”). These four aspects also correspond to the four worlds, Atzilus, Beriyah, Yetzirah and Asiyah, the four letters of the Tetragrammaton, all of which are reflected in the human form. The Baal Shem Tov is teaching that a human being is comprised of different forces, represented by the letter *shin*, which are all united in his essence, which corresponds to the pupil of the eye. [which is] the inner point that configures the whole force of the human likeness, and binds together all his limbs by means of the two hands, which is the mystery of the letter *shin*. For the word “image” (ציר), when multiplied by two, has the numerical value of “*keresh*.” From there, the souls of the Righteous are formed.
*Otzar HaChayim*, p. 88a

footnotes:
⁶ The Tikunei Zohar (p. 126b) teaches that the word “Shabbat” can be divided into two words: the letter shin