He is ‘the crownlet’¹ above the letter, the crownlet of the Scroll of the Torah, because of Her it is stated:² ‘and one who uses the crown shall perish’.

footnotes: ¹ taga ² Mishnah Avot 1:13

And She is the vowel-point of qametz¹, lower half of an א¹, like this: His unity. Above, it is like this: , a crownlet upon the Scroll of the Torah, below, like this: , a vowel-point of the Torah, and because of Her it is stated: (Is. 46:10) He tells the end from the beginning...

footnotes: ¹ ָ ¹ Aleph

When She is a ḥayah¹ *between them, they angels say:² ‘From His place He shall turn in mercy to His people’. When She ascends from them, they ask: ‘Where is the place of His glory to praise Him?’ And at that time, when She ascends, all the ḥayot*¹ ** (Ez. 1:24) ... let down their wings.

footnotes: ¹ angelic-beast ² Sabbath Service: Qedushah of Musaph ¹ angelic ‘beasts’

And when does She ascend above? When Israel stands in the ‘standing’ prayer. (ibid.) It is this that is written: When they stand, they let down their wings. For She ascends to the Infinite, to request sustenance from the Cause of all causes. And when She descends, She descends full of all good things. At that time: the angelic beasts¹ open their wings towards Her [Var. to receive Her with joy], in many songs and praises [Var. to receive Her with joy].

footnotes: ¹ ḥayot

And in which place does She descend? In the letter ו¹, which is in the middle of the letter א¹ [Var. Middle Pillar], to which they call ‘Hear YiSRaEL²!’ composed of the letters ShYR EL².

footnotes: ¹ Vav ¹ Aleph ² Israel ² Song of God

And at that time, when She descends, what is written of the ḥayot? (Ez 1:24) And I heard the voice of their wings...

Arose Elijah and said: ‘Rabbi! Rabbi! Go back over what you said! Certainly, when She ascends, all the ḥayot¹ are chirping towards Her, with many songs and praises. And She ascends above all of them to the Infinite, it is this that is written: (Prov. 31:29) Many daughters have done valiantly, but you have risen above them all.

footnotes: ¹ angelic-beasts

Until Israel calls to Her below, through the recital of the Shm’a, that She should descend towards them. And through Whom do they call to Her? Through Her coupling partner, who is Vav¹ – ‘Israel the Elder’. And He is ShYR² EL² anagram of Yisrael, – His song, for if they did not call to Her through it, She would not descend towards them.

footnotes: ¹ ו ² Song-of ² God

And at that time, when She descends, they bind Her below with the phylactery¹ of the hand, that She may be bound with Him. And the mystery of the word: (Gen. 44:30) ... and his soul is bound-up¹ with his soul, and the binding¹ of both-of-them, is the vowel-point shureq² below, and above it is the cantillation note shalshelet² – the phylacteries¹ upon His head.

footnotes: ¹ tephilah ¹ qeshurah ¹ qesher ² · ² ֓ ¹ tephilin

In the mystery of the cantillation notes, She is called ‘a movement’, from the aspect of a vowel-point, She is ‘unity’. And one needs to lengthen Her, with ‘a movement’¹ [Var. with teru’ah], – which is the cantillation note revi’a² – up-to the Infinite above, and one needs to lower Her, to influence with the vowel-point ḥireq² endlessly, to cause Her to reign over those below.

footnotes: ¹ te-nu’ah ² ֗ ² ִ

And with the vowel-point shureq¹, one needs to unite Her with Her Husband, and with the vowel-point ḥolem¹, She is the crownlet upon His head. And with the vowel-point ḥireq¹, She is the throne beneath Him. And with the vowel-point shureq¹, She is a unity with Him, like this: וִּׁ.

footnotes: ¹ ּ ¹ ֹ ¹ ִ ¹ ·

And when She is above, She is a crown upon His head, and She is ‘daughter’ [Var. descending] beneath His feet, and She is in unity with Him in his lap, She becomes a ּ¹ – His binding². And when She wants to smash the husks, which are the idolatrous icons, She is called by the vowel-point shva¹ [Var. shever² ] – the cantillation note te-vir¹, and through Her: (Ex. 23:24) ... you will surely smash² their idols.

footnotes: ¹ shureq ² qishura ¹ ׃ ² breakage ¹ ֛ ² shaber

But Her unity is through the vowel point shureq וּ , which is Yesod – the ‘life-force of the worlds’¹, the ‘ḥaiy’¹² blessings of prayer.

footnotes: ¹ ḥaiy’almin ¹ life ² 18

When They are in singular unity, Israel needs to rise in prayer, silently, and the mystery of the matter: ‘Bring it to her in silence.’¹

footnotes: ¹ BT Pesaḥim 56a

And because of this, when Israel stand in the ‘standing’ prayer, to arouse towards Her the 18¹¹ blessings in silence, to pour-out blessings for Her, it is stated of the angelic beings¹: (Ez. 1:24) ... when they stand, they let down their wings. For their wings [Var. voice] should not be heard, like the case of Hannah, of whom it is stated: (1 Sam. 1:13) ... and her voice could not be heard...

footnotes: ¹ life ¹ ḥaiy ¹ ḥayot

And thus are Israel required, to couple with their partners in silence, with humility, with fear, with trembling and with sweat, with shame. As the earlier sages have established:¹ ‘like one is forced to do the act by ashed²’ – which is the SheD from ShaDaY², for at that time, it passes by the gate.

footnotes: ¹ BT Nedarim 20b ² demon ² Almighty

And this is the mystery of the mezuzah, of which it is stated: (Deut. 6:9) And you shall write them, upon the mezuzot¹ of your houses. It is written as singular mezuzat, comprising zaz mavet¹.

footnotes: ¹ doorposts ¹ ‘death moves away’

And if he lets his voice be heard, then immediately: (Gen. 4:7) *... sin crouches at the entrance... *And not only that, but he is of little faith. And not for nought did the earlier sages establish: ‘those who raise their voice in prayer are of little faith’.¹

footnotes: ¹ BT Berakhot 24b

At that time: when the blessed Holy One unites with His Shekhinah, all the ḥayot receive blessings one from the other, and all are in holiness¹.

footnotes: ¹ qedushah

And thus, they the sages enacted rites of ‘consecration’¹ and blessings for a bride, corresponding to the blessing, and the holiness, and the unity, of the blessed Holy One.

footnotes: ¹ qiddushin

So it is required of Israel, that their acts of unity be in holiness and in blessing. And thus will all their sustenance be in blessing and holiness, and ‘there is no holiness within less than ten’,¹ which is the letter Yod²³.

footnotes: ¹ BT Megillah 23b ² י ³ 10