And because the ring is a י¹ which appears like this: ם¹, a bride is consecrated with it, and it is required to be placed upon her finger, which is an image of the letter ו¹, and it is made into a ז¹. And two witnesses are required who correspond to ה-ה¹. And when the ring is on the top of the finger, and it is made into a ז¹², that is the time she should be blessed, with the seven blessings which a bride inherits.

footnotes: ¹ Yod ¹ final-Mem ¹ Vav ¹ Zayin ¹ Hei-Hei ¹ Zayin ² 7

At that time, when they are united: (Song. 1:2) *He shall kiss me with the kisses of his mouth... *What are the kisses of his mouth? His two lips and her two lips – these are the ‘four wings’ of the angelic-beasts – of which it is stated: (Ez. 1:6) ... and four wings to each of them.

And when they are combined, – his ‘two faces’ with her ‘two faces’, and the four arms of both-of-them – it is stated of them: (ibid.) And four faces to one, and four wings to each of them...

And these are: the four faces of YQV”Q, the four wings of ADNY – in one composition: Y-A-Q-D-V-N-Q-Y¹.

footnotes: ¹ 91

When the letters are joined, they are called ‘ḥashmal’¹ – Ḥayot angelic beingse*SH me-MaLe-lan* fire-speaking.² At times they are quiet¹, at times they are speaking¹. And because of them it is stated:³ ‘Greater is one who answers ‘amen’⁴ than the one who blesses’, for they unite bride and groom, the ‘eight letters’⁴ as one.

footnotes: ¹ electrum ² BT Ḥagigah 13b ¹ ḥashot ¹ me-male-lot ³ BT Berakhot 53b ⁴ 91 ⁴ 91

There are four ḥayot [they are ‘ADNY’] – and they are: lion, ox, eagle, human.

Lion receives upon itself י¹ in the brain, and when it is on the right – of which it is stated: (Ez. 1:10) ... and the face of a lion to the right of the four of them – then ‘one who wants to become wise should head south.’²

footnotes: ¹ Yod ² BT Baba Batra 25b

The ox is to the left, corresponding to the heart. Hei¹ is the breath of the heart, there is Hei¹: (Job 37:22) From the north, the ‘golden’ *shall come... *When Hei¹ is in the heart, then ‘one who wants to become wealthy should head north.’²

footnotes: ¹ ה ¹ ה ¹ ה ² ibid.

Y-Q are fear and love, Father and Mother, the right and left arm, (Ex. 34:6) And He passed-by¹ *... *– Ḥesed² and Gevurah² – which amount to the 72¹ words and 216¹ letters, of ‘the 72 Names’. And this is the mystery of: va-ya’avor¹ the letters of ’ibur¹²,**incorporating both-of-them.

footnotes: ¹ vaya’avor ² 72 ² 216 ¹ ’A-B ¹ R-Y-V ¹ and-He-passed-by ¹ gestation ² 288

ו¹ – this is Torah, which resides in the mouth, and with the spirit of the mouth it flies above the ‘eagle’. For the ‘eagle’ is the nose, its two wings are the two lips, and upon it is stated: (Ecc. 10:20) *... For the bird of the heavens will carry the voice, and the one who has wings will tell a thing... *– and this is ‘the Middle Pillar’².

footnotes: ¹ Vav ² Tipheret

For Ḥokhmah and Binah are ‘hidden’, in the brain and the heart, in love and fear.

But the Torah, without fear and love, does not fly upwards. [Var. and with this eagle]

And upon Keter depends ‘children, life and sustenance’, for it is the mazal of all, and itself is not dependent upon any mazal. And therefore, they established:¹ ‘children, life and sustenance do not depend upon merit, but they do depend upon mazal’ – for Ḥesed² is merit.

footnotes: ¹ BT Mo’ed Qatan 28a ² benevolence

The ‘lesser Hei’ is: (Ez. 1:5) *the human image *– with it YQV”Q is perfected, and She [Hei¹ ] is the holy Malkhut – She is mitzvah² – the performance of commandments – for She resides in ‘the 248 limbs’.

footnotes: ¹ ה ² precept

And regarding Torah and precept, it is stated of them: (Deut. 29:28) *... and the revealed things are for us... *And Torah and precept without fear and love, cannot ascend to stand before Y-Q.

She¹ is comprised of everything, and above all is ADaM²³, – YOD QE VAV QE³ – this is ‘thought’ – for everything ascends to the Infinite, but through Malkhut everything is completed, above and below.

footnotes: ¹ Malkhut ² human ³ 45 ³ 45

And it is comprised of ‘the 4 sections’, of the recital of the Shm’a, which are 248 words, together with the words ‘God the faithful King...’ And so that no interruption is made, they instituted that the prayer leader would repeat: the final words “Y”Y your God, is truth”.

And when Israel say the Shm’a, then surely [Var. the Masters of] the ḥayot lower their wings. In which place? In the ‘wings’ of precept, of which it is stated: (Deut. 22:12) ... upon the four corners of your garment, with which you cover yourself, – which is like the coat of the ephod priestly garment, upon which are bells and pomegranates, corresponding to the knots and ties of tzitzit, while the edges of the coat correspond to ‘the wings of mitzvah¹’.

footnotes: ¹ precept

And these five knots, correspond to ‘Hear¹ O Israel Y”Y ELQYNU Y”Y’, which correspond to the 5 strings of David’s harp, which played by itself,² 13 ‘ties’ – as the numerical value of the word ‘one’¹³ – for the voice of song rises at the word eḥad¹.

footnotes: ¹ Shm’a ² BT Berakhot 3b ¹ eḥad ³ 13 ¹ one

And this is 18, between ties and knots, on each side, which add up to 72. And this is: (Is. 16:5) And the throne is established with kindness¹. Ḥesed is 72 in gematria. Anyone who wraps himself in the ‘wrapping’ of precept, is as if he has prepared a throne for the blessed Holy One – and they are Y-A-Q-D-V-N-Q-Y.

footnotes: ¹ ḥesed

For each one, four faces and four wings – adding up to 64, and with the eight letters of Y-A-Q-D-V-N-Q-Y, they add up to 72.

And the ‘wings of precept’ tzitzit fringes