Sixth Tiqun

Be-REiShYT¹

footnotes: ¹ In-the-beginning

Rabbi Shim’on arose, and he said to Elijah: [Var. Elijah!] ‘Elijah! I adjure you by the holy kingdom¹, She Who has fallen in exile! Take permission not to depart from us! For the Shekhinah and Her host are watching out for you, the ministering angels – of whom it is stated: (Is. 33:7) Behold their mighty-ones are shouting outside, [screaming] outside their chambers: “There is none to receive the prayers of Israel!”

footnotes: ¹ Malkhut

Many birds are chirping, in prayers, towards their mother, those that are nesting upon the earth, who are watching out for you! And they are all called ‘birds’, after the name of the bird’s nest, which is Holy Mother, of whom it is stated: (Deut. 22:6) When a bird’s nest will happen to be before you... And upon Her it is stated: (Ps. 84:4) Even the bird has found a home¹ ...

footnotes: ¹ bayit

And this is the letter Beiyt¹ of Be-REiShYT, of which it is stated: (Prov. 24:3) In wisdom² will a house be built...

footnotes: ¹ ב ² ḥokhmah

(Ps. 84:4) ... and the freedom of the nest is hers... * *this is Higher Mother, the ‘jubilee’, of which is stated: (Lev. 25:10) And you shall proclaim freedom throughout the land...

When the bird has found a home, which is the Temple, and it becomes built and fixed, then immediately, freedom– which is the Higher Shekhinah – finds [Var. there is found] a nest for Herself, above [Var. from above]. And immediately: (Ps. 84:4) ... who has placed¹ *her chicks... *– these are her six¹ sons, – six sephirot – which are ‘the six days of active work’, all of whom fly up towards Her, on the many Festivals and appointed times and holydays. And the chicks, who are Israel below, all fly up with Her in exile.

footnotes: ¹ shatah ¹ shyt

And when they are but ‘eggs’, for they do not have the wings of positive commandments, with which to fly, it is stated of Her: (Deut. 22:6) ... do not take the mother upon the children. If so, what is the meaning of when a nest will happen to be... ? But when the Shekhinah has no ‘place’, in which to reside there permanently, She goes about by happenstance. And this is:¹ ‘Anyone who sets a permanent place for his prayer... etc.’

footnotes: ¹ BT Berakhot 6b

As souls act, so does the Shekhinah abide with them: a soul which is habitual in prayer or in Torah, is a permanent place for the Shekhinah to abide therein. But a soul which is not habitual in prayer or in Torah, unless encountered through happenstance, so, She also, abides upon it through happenstance.

And this is: when a bird’s nest happens before you... etc. (Deut. 22:6) * *For surely, the soul [Var. that prayer] is a bird’s nest, [and so, that soul of a person is called ‘a bird’s nest’] and the body is a ‘nest’ for the soul.

And thus souls, which are Her ‘maidens’, for they are called (Ps. 45:15) *... the virgins following her, her companions... *dwell in bodies, which are their nest, by way of happenstance, when they are not habitually in synagogues and houses of study. And this is: When a bird’s nest ‘happens’ before you... (Deut. 22:6)

And furthermore: The ‘bird’s nest’ above is the Throne, and Her nest below is Metatron. And regarding it is stated: (Num. 14:18) ... and will surely not acquit¹ *... *The word qan¹ is there, and this is: (Naḥ. 1:2) ... jealous¹ and revenging¹ ...

footnotes: ¹ naqeh ¹ nest ¹ qano ¹ noqem

When a nest in which to abide is not found, then (Deut. 22:6) ... *on the way... *This is that of which it is stated: (Josh. 5:4) ... they died in the desert ‘on the way’, in their going out from Egypt.

And furthermore: ... on the way...– this is the burial of Rachel, which is upon a crossroads¹, and upon it is stated: (Jer. 9:1) *Would that I had a guests’*¹ *lodging in the desert... *And they are ‘the 2 messiahs’, who shall pass through there, when they come to redeem Israel.

footnotes: ¹ pharashat aurḥin ¹ aurḥim

(Deut. 22:6) ... in any tree...– this is ‘the tree of life’, of which it is stated: (Prov. 3:18) *It is a tree of life to them that take hold of it... *And upon it is stated: (Deut. 20:19) ... because the human is a tree of the field...

And furthermore: (Deut. 22:6) ... in any tree...– this is the Righteous-One, Who is: (Gen. 1:11) *... a tree making fruit of its kind... *And this is the Sabbath day, for it is there that is the coupling of the Shekhinah with the blessed Holy One. And there, She has [Var. He has] relief, and upon that is stated: (Ps. 1:3) *And it shall be as a tree planted by rivulets of water, that will give its fruit in its season... *This is ‘the time of the Righteous-One’, which is Sabbath eve. For from the Righteous-One fly-forth new souls in Israel – on the Sabbath eve – which are called [Var. therefore, they are called], ‘new faces’.

Chicks – these are the scholars, for whose sake the Shekhinah resides upon Israel, or eggs – these are the school children, for whose sake the Shekhinah resides upon Israel, and these are ‘the Masters of Scripture’. And when they are occupied in Torah or in precept¹, – which are the blessed Holy One and the Shekhinah – and cause Them to join as one, they inherit souls from there, and they are called ‘children’ of the blessed Holy One.

footnotes: ¹ mitzvah

Because ‘the Masters of Scripture’ and ‘the Masters of Mishnah’, they are from Her wings