“Matan B’Seiter (Charity Given in Secret) Subdues Anger.” (Proverbs 21:14)

Behold, the letter peh appears six times in the Hebrew alphabet. That is, an alePh cannot be pronounced without a Peh, and it is also impossible to pronounce a kaPh, an end- kaPh, a Peh, an end- Peh, and a kuPh without a Peh. Thus the Hebrew alphabet contains six pehs .

The numerical value of six times the letter peh is four hundred and eighty, the same value as LYLYT (Lilith).

When, God forbid, a man experiences an emission that renders him spiritually impure, then the aforementioned kelipah (evil force) leeches sustenance from the alphabet—i.e., from the pehs— equal to the value of its name. This turns the PÆh into APh (anger).

Therefore our Sages, of blessed memory, taught: If a man and a woman are worthy, the Divine Presence resides in their midst. If they are unworthy—that is, if he is spiritually impure—a fire consumes him (Sotah 17a). Know and see, these peh -letters themselves (i.e., aleph, kaph, end- kaph, peh, end- peh, kuph) have the same numerical value as AiSh (fire), and they exact punishment from him.

But when a person gives charity anonymously, he redeems the sparks of holiness from the kelipah. The APh reverts to a PÆh.

This is the meaning of: “Charity given in secret yikhpeh aph (subdues anger).”

[The meaning of yiKhPeH is] as in “KoPheH a utensil over it” (Pesachim 6a) {which connotes haPhiKhaH, (inverting)}. This is “yiKhPeH APh”—he subdues and inverts the APh, so that it becomes PÆh. [This is wondrous.]