heads.

And about it is stated: (Song. 7:6) *Your head is upon you like the Carmel *– and this is the ‘phylacteries of the head’, ... and the braid¹ *of your head is like purple *– this is the ‘phylacteries of the hand’. And in them they praise the daughter¹ with this ashrey¹.

footnotes: ¹ dalat ¹ bat ¹ happy

It is this that is written: (Gen. 30:13) *... in ‘my happiness’*¹ , because daughters have rendered me happy¹.

footnotes: ¹ oshri ¹ ishruni

Who is worthy of raising Her to there? (Ps. 1:1) ... he that¹ *has not walked in the counsel of the wicked *– which is evil advice, from the side of: (Gen. 2:17) ... the tree of knowledge of good and evil...

footnotes: ¹ asher

(Ps. 1:1) ... and in the way of sins he has not stood... What is the way of sins? That of which it is stated: (Prov. 30:20) So is the way of an adulterous woman, she eats and wipes her mouth... etc.

(Ps. 1:1) *... and who has not sat in the company of mockers... *Who is the company of mockers? This is Lylyt – ‘mother of the mixed multitude’,¹ who contaminates in her ‘sitting’² like a menstruant. And so does the mixed multitude, contaminate the righteous through their company², when they ‘sit’ amongst them like a menstruant.

footnotes: ¹ Z 1:27b ² moshavah ² moshavam

And whoever cleaves to this ashrei¹, which is the crown and head of the Torah, it is stated of him: (Ps. 1:3) *And he shall be like a tree planted by rivulets of water... *– and this is the Tree of Life, of which it is stated:... *and its leaves shall not wither *– and this is the first tiqun.

footnotes: ¹ fortunate

The second type of music is with ‘song’¹ – this is Ḥokhmah – composed of ShaR¹ and Yod². And there are three Yods – י־י־י, – and they are the top and end and middle of the letter י². And they are alluded to in the concealed Name, which is YOD QeY VAV QeY³.

footnotes: ¹ shyr ¹ sings ² י ² Yod ³ 63

With these three, King David praised the Daughter of the King¹. It is this that is written: (Ps. 121:1) *A song La-Ma’alot*² *... *Lamed³⁴ degrees² there are, specifically, – there are thirty levels, through which Daughter ascends towards Father.

footnotes: ¹ Malkhut ² of degrees ³ ל ⁴ 30 ² ma’alot

With five strings of the harp – which are the ‘five mentions’ of the Name, with which Y”Y is mentioned five times in this Psalm 121: one is my help is from Y”Y (ibid.) , 2 is may Y”Y guard you, 3 is Y”Y is your shade, 4 is may Y”Y protect you from all evil, 5 is may Y”Y guard your going out and your coming in.

And with them does the King say [Var. the King comes], to the bride: (Is. 10:30) Lift your voice in joy, O daughter of the waves¹ * *– daughter of ten ‘rollings’¹, through which YOD QE VAV QE ascends in ten forms of music, and with the four angelic-beasts¹ that ascend, [Var. which are] of YQV”Q [Var. YOD QE VaV QE] – with simple song, doubled, tripled, quadrupled – which is YQV”Q.

footnotes: ¹ galim ¹ galgalim ¹ ḥayot

For its sound ascends like the waves of the sea – and the waves of the sea above are ten circles, and upon them it is stated: (Song. 5:14) His hands are wheels of¹ gold, filled with tarshish. With two arms of the Daughter, and in which there are six parts, and they are ‘the six levels of the throne’: (1 King. 10:19) Six ‘degrees’ to the throne.

footnotes: ¹ gelilei

And when ו¹ ascends through them, the seraphim are aroused towards it, to receive it with their wings.

footnotes: ¹ Vav

It is this that is written: (Is. 6:2) Seraphim standing above it, six wings... etc. And the one who ascends upon their wings, and flies with them, is Vav¹², comprising the six words of the Unity: (Deut. 6:4) *Hear O Israel... *And because of it, is stated: (Ecc. 10:20) For the bird of the heavens... etc.

footnotes: ¹ ו ² 6

And when Daughter ascends, She ascends through the two arms, – which are Ḥesed and Gevurah – in which there are six parts, which are the letter Vav¹². And the mystery of the matter: (Song. 2:6) His left-hand is beneath my head, and his right-hand embraces me...

footnotes: ¹ ו ² 6

When this [Var. in this ] song ascends, it ascends in the six words which are Hear O Israel... etc.(Deut. 6:4) And when it descends, it descends in six, which are: “Blessed is the Name of His Kingdom’s Glory for ever and ever.”¹

footnotes: ¹ Liturgical: the recital of the Shm’a

And when the melody rises in pitch, it ascends in six, and when it lowers, it lowers in six, and about them it is stated: (Song. 5:15) His thighs are pillars of shesh¹¹.

footnotes: ¹ marble ¹ six

And ten wheels are Yod¹², which correspond to ten fingers, which strum the music, five in five, and they are Hei-Hei¹² which ascend through Yod³, through the six levels, which is the letter Vav², in which they rise and descend.

footnotes: ¹ י ² 10 ¹ ה־ה ² 5,5 ³ hand ² 6

And it is like a ladder, of which it is stated: (Gen. 28:12) ... and behold a ladder was set in the earth... etc., ... and behold angels of ELQYM were ascending and descending in it¹ *...*meaning ‘in ו’² * *And all is YQVQ, YOD QE VAV QE – YaD¹³, (1 Sam. 19:9) ... and David was playing by hand¹.

footnotes: ¹ BO ² Vav ¹ hand ³ 14 ¹ yad

Vav¹ is the body, its wings are Hei-Hei¹, its head is Yod¹, through it, ascends the voice of music.

footnotes: ¹ ו ¹ ה־ה ¹ י

And furthermore: Vav¹ is the candelabrum². ה־ה¹ are (Ex. 25:32) ... three branches of the menorah from one of its sides... etc. ו¹ is the middle of the menorah the candle upon its top is י¹ when it sits on the letter ו¹, it is made into the letter ז¹³. And the mystery of the matter: (Num. 8:2) ... the seven candles shall illuminate, thus corresponding to the menorah which is Vav¹ and the six branches of the menorah which are: ה־ה¹ – formed by six ‘Vavs’.

footnotes: ¹ ו ² menorah ¹ Hei-Hei ¹ Vav ¹ Yod ¹ Vav ¹ Zayin ³ 7 ¹ ו ¹ Hei-Hei

And the mystery of the matter: (Zech. 4:2) *... seven and seven pipes... *until they add up to 14¹, which are the 14 letters of YQVQ YOD QE VAV QE – and this is... *and David playing by ‘hand’*¹². (1 Sam. 19:9)

footnotes: ¹ YaD ¹ yad ² 14

YaD¹ corresponding to YaD², and [the lesser] letter Hei³ ascends through the letter Vav³, after which Vav³² ascends through Yod³², six times ten, until it adds up to sixty.

footnotes: ¹ hand ² 14 ³ ה ³ ו ³ ו ² 6 ³ י ² 10

And they are ‘the cleaving letters’ of the recitation of the Shm’a, for the sake of which it is stated:¹ ‘Anyone who places a space between the cleaving letters – they cool down

footnotes: ¹ BT Berakhot 15b