of Her wings, and therefore: (Deut. 22:6) *... and the mother is lying upon the chicks, or on the eggs... *She is lying upon them with Her four wings, of which it is stated: (Ez. 1:6) ... and four wings...

The small-faced sucklings [Var. infants], each one has four faces, and Mother lies upon them, above them, and at times She is upon them, and at times She withdraws from them.

But children who are from the innards, [Var. over whom it is stated: (Jer. 31:19) therefore my innards are moved for him], beloved children, over whom Her ‘innards are moved’, who are the Masters of Qabalah, of them it is stated: (Deut. 22:6) ... do not take the mother upon the children, for Mother does not depart from them for ever.

For surely, the blessed Holy One is ‘Torah’, and the Shekhinah is ‘mitzvah’¹. Worthy is the one who is occupied in them to unite Them!

footnotes: ¹ precept

And thus, (Ex. 20:8) *Remember...*and (Deut. 5:12) *Observe... *are the blessed Holy One and His Shekhinah. Worthy is the one who unifies them on the Sabbath day, which is Yesod, and with the love and fear of Y-H, which are Father and Mother. [Remember and Observe] These correspond to: the phylacteries¹ of the head – Yod², and the phylacteries of the hand – Hei², male and female.

footnotes: ¹ tephilin ² י ² ה

And worthy is he who unites Them in ‘the recitation of the Shm’a’, in fear and love. For when Israel strives, in the Written Torah and in the Oral Torah, in love and fear, it is stated of them: Do not take the mother upon the children. (Deut. 22:6)

But when they are not striving in them, in love and fear, it is stated of them: You shall surely send away the mother... (Deut. 22:7)

When Israel keeps the Sabbath, with Remember and Observe, in fear and love, it is stated of them: (Deut. 22:6) *Do not take the mother upon the children... *And if not, it is written of them: (Deut. 22:7) *You shall surely send away... etc. *– two dismissals.

And when Israel unite the blessed Holy One, through the phylacteries of the hand, and through the phylacteries of the head, in fear and love, it is stated of them: (Deut. 22:6) ... do not take the mother upon the children, and if not, then (Deut. 22:7) You shall surely send away...

And when they fulfil the precept of the covenant of circumcision, and remove the foreskin from themselves, and perform the act of pri’ah, in fear and love, it is stated of them: Do not take the mother upon the children, (Deut. 22:6) and if not, then You shall surely send away the mother... (Deut. 22:7)

When they are united in their couplings, with the sanctification of marriage and the 7 blessings, which are their unity, in sanctity and in blessing, it is stated of them: Do not take the mother upon the children... (Deut. 22:6) * *but if not, then You shall surely send away... (Deut. 22:7)

And Israel, they are in exile, in the ‘other’ domain, for when they do not unite in their couplings, with the rites of sanctification and the 7 blessings, which are their unity in sanctity and blessing, then instead of holiness – impurity resides upon them, and instead of blessing – cursing resides upon them, and instead of unity – separation resides upon them.

And this causes exile for the Shekhinah, who is driven from Her place and from Her nesting, which is Jerusalem. It is this that is written: ... (Is. 50:1) *and through your sins was your mother sent away. *Two ‘sendings’ are implied by (Deut. 22:7) You shall surely send¹ *... *– one from the First Temple, – and one from the Second Temple.

footnotes: ¹ shaleiaḥ te-shalaḥ

And should you say, that the blessed Holy One is not driven with them, therefore, Scripture states: (Prov. 27:8) *Like a bird wandering from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place *– so as to guard Her in exile, from the foreign domain.

It is this that is written: (Is. 42:8) I am Y”Y, that is My Name, and My glory I shall not give to another... etc. ... to another...– this means another god, this is Samael, ... to idols...– those appointed over the seventy nations.

And because of Her, the blessed Holy One is: (Song. 7:6) ... a king imprisoned in tresses¹. He is imprisoned with them, through the phylacteries of the head, which is the glory of the head, for the phylacteries of the head, are in the place of ‘the channels¹ of the brain’, – and this is the meaning of:... imprisoned in tresses¹, and He is bound¹ with them, through the phylacteries of the hand, through the tie of the hand. And this is as is written: (Ez. 24:17) ... bind¹ your headdress upon you...

footnotes: ¹ re-hatim ¹ re-hitei ¹ re-hatim ¹ ḥavush ¹ ḥavosh

And because He is bound with them in exile, it is stated¹ of Him: ‘A prisoner does not release himself from prison’. And the Shekhinah, She is His prison, because of Her love, He is ‘imprisoned’ in Her. And the mystery of the word is: (Song. 1:13) A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, between my breasts he shall lodge...

footnotes: ¹ BT Berakhot 5b

And because of this, whoever wants to apprehend the King, does not have permission to apprehend Him, except through the Shekhinah. It is this that is written: (Jer. 9:22–23) Let not boast... etc. Except through this¹ ... etc.

footnotes: ¹ zot

And when Aaron would enter the Holy of Holies, on the Day of Atonement, through Her he would enter, as is written: (Lev. 16:3) In this¹ manner shall Aaron come to the sacred, For She is: (Ps. 119:126) It is a time to act forHa*-Shem...*

footnotes: ¹ zot

And Moses, because of Her, existed in the world [Var. this world, after he died]. It is this that is written: (Deut. 33:1) And this¹ is the blessing which... etc. And through Her, he effected the ten plagues against Pharaoh. It is this that is written: (Ex. 9:16) *And yet, because of ‘zot’*¹ , I have raised you up...

footnotes: ¹ zot ¹ this

And Jacob, because he knew, that the whole desire of the King is in Her, instructed his children about Her, that they should not enter before the King, except through Her. And all their requests, in prayer and supplication to the King, should be through Her. It is this that is written: (Gen. 49:28) ... and this¹² is what their father spoke to them...

footnotes: ¹ zot ² Malkhut