Her Master, it is stated of Her: (Prov. 1:28) they shall seek me early * *and then... they shall find me.

But at night, which is exile, when She is without Her Master, and She is a domain¹ unto Herself, it is stated of Her:² ‘Do not become known to the authorities¹’. And therefore, did David say: (Ps. 132:4–5) I will not give sleep to my eyes... etc... Until I find a place for Y”Y.

footnotes: ¹ reshut ² Mishnah Avot 1:10 ¹ reshut

Until here is the mystery of qametz¹, which is the mystery of higher and lower Thought [Var. high and low], which is ‘the point in the domain of Her Master’, Who is ו¹ – the firmament.

footnotes: ¹ ָ ¹ Vav

And a pataḥ¹, which is without a point, is a domain unto itself, and a point without a pataḥ, is a domain unto itself.

footnotes: ¹ ַ

For just as letters are male and female, so are vowel-points male and female, but letters are to vowel-points, like the body in relation to the spirit.

And so is a point in a Vav¹, such as ḥolem¹ or ḥireq¹ or shureq¹. A ḥolem above ו¹ makes it a ז¹, a ḥireq below is made a tail – Gimel¹. A shureq in the middle, the tip of the letter Dalet¹, a tip in the middle. And all is one: (Is. 44:6) I am first and I am last, and besides Me there is no god.

footnotes: ¹ ו ¹ ֹ ¹ ִ ¹ ּ ¹ Vav ¹ Zayin ¹ ג ¹ ד

The shva¹ – what is it? (Ez. 1:16) ... as would be ‘a wheel² *within a wheel’...

• And they are: (Gen. 1:16) *... the great luminary...... and the small luminary... *And they are ‘body and covenant’, and corresponding to them are sun and moon, which correspond to Higher and Lower Mother.

footnotes: ¹ ׃ ² ophan

(Ez. 1:15) And behold one wheel on the earth next to the ‘angelic-beasts’¹ ... This is the point under the segol², the point that is below, next to the ḥayot which are tzerei², (Gen. 1:16) ... the two great luminaries...

footnotes: ¹ ḥayot ² ֶ ² ֵ

And so it is in the midst of the ophanim – shureq¹. One ophan² above, and one ophan below – and the Middle Pillar, it is between them.

footnotes: ¹ וּ ² wheel

And behold one wheel on the earth... (Ez. 1:16) – this is ḥireq¹, which is below.

footnotes: ¹ ִ

Each ‘spark’ is a י¹, and each ‘firmament’ is a ו¹.

footnotes: ¹ Yod ¹ Vav

YQVQ with shva¹ , ḥolem¹ , qametz¹ [shva, ḥolem, qametz] shva² is judgement, qametz² is mercy, left and right, from there the Torah is given, which is the Middle Pillar².

footnotes: ¹ ְ ¹ ֹ ¹ ָ ² Gevurah ² Ḥesed ² Tipheret

And when It the Divine Name is vowelled shva, qametz, ḥolem, It is alluded to by: (Ps. 91:14) For he has desired¹ Me, and I will rescue him... * *and (Deut. 10:15) Only in your fathers did Y”Y desire¹ ...

footnotes: ¹ ḤaShaQ ¹ ḤaShaQ

From the aspect of א¹ which is composed of יוי¹², which adds up to YQVQ², was the blessed Holy One, and His Name, alone with the crown³ – before the world was created – until it arose in thought to create Adam, who is the י¹ at the top of the א¹, a ‘crown’ above and a ‘point’ below.

footnotes: ¹ Aleph ¹ Yod-Vav-Yod ² 26 ² 26 ³ Keter ¹ Yod ¹ Aleph

And through the vowel-points of the letters, are made known all the sephirot. For there are nine vowel-points, and in them there are 14¹ sparks, and upon them is stated: (Ex. 14:8) *... and the Children of Israel, went out with a high ‘hand’*¹².

footnotes: ¹ YaD ¹ yad ² 14

And they correspond to the joints of the 5 fingers, which are 14¹¹. And 2 ‘firmaments’ are there: one from qametz², and one from pataḥ², corresponding to the two limbs¹ of the arm. And each spark is a joint, and it is a measure, and a ‘firmament’ is a ‘cubit’¹ of 6 tephaḥs and a ‘reed’¹, and ‘the line of measure’.

footnotes: ¹ YaD ¹ hand ² ָ ² ַ ¹ qanei ¹ amah ¹ qaneh

The cantillation-notes are from the crown, and they are the top of the Middle Pillar. The vowel-points are from the brain, and they are ‘the blessings upon the head of the righteous’, as it says: (Prov. 10:6) *Blessings to the head of the righteous-one... *And they are the 3 drops that are drawn from the brain, towards the covenant of circumcision.

The letters are from the aspect of Higher Mother, and all are incorporated in Malkhut.

And the vowel-points to the letters are like a soul to the body. For a body is like a horse to the rider. And the letters are open to the vowel-points to receive them, and upon them it is stated: (Ez. 1:11) ... and their wings were separated from above... to receive vowel-points upon them, and a vowel-point, in every place, is a heavenly echo¹.

footnotes: ¹ bat qol

The cantillation-notes are weapons of war.

Rapheh¹ is above the letters, and upon it is stated: (Ez. 1:22) And the image upon the heads of theḥayah, was of a firmament, like the hue of the awesome ice, extended over their heads from above.

footnotes: ¹ ֿ

‘Extended’ – this is rapheh, ... extended over the heads of the ḥayot, which are [YQV”Q – 4] letters, surely.

Dagesh¹ is inside the letters, like this: יּקּוּקּ, Rapheh¹ is outside, like this: יֿקֿוֿקֿ, and they are like ‘a bridle² and curb’ for the letters, and of them: (Ez. 1:14) And the ḥayot were running and returning... running– with dagesh, and returning – with rapheh.

footnotes: ¹ ּ ¹ ֿ ² meteg