whom she protects, it is stated of him: (Ps. 91:5) You shall not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, (Ps. 91:4) With his limb¹ *He will cover you... *– this is ‘the limb’¹ of ‘the living’¹, – the Righteous-One².

footnotes: ¹ evrato ¹ eiver ¹ ha-ḥaiy ² Yesod

(Ps. 91:4) *... and beneath His wings you will take shelter... *these are Hei-Hei¹, for the letter Zayin¹ is a Vav¹ which is *his limb... *comprised of Yod-Vav¹, its body is ו¹, its head is י¹, its wings are ה־ה¹, and thus: beneath His wings you will take shelter...

footnotes: ¹ ה־ה ¹ ז ¹ ו ¹ י־ו ¹ Vav ¹ Yod ¹ Hei-Hei

(ibid) ... shield and armour is His truth, shield and armour are Higher¹ and the Lower¹ Shekhinah, His truth – this is the Middle Pillar¹, its head is Higher Ḥokhmah. The Righteous-One¹ is “in His image, like His likeness”.

footnotes: ¹ Binah ¹ Malkhut ¹ Tipheret ¹ Yesod

Worthy is the one who keeps the covenant of circumcision¹, and the Torah, which is the Middle Pillar¹, because both-of-them defend him: one in this world, and one in the world that is coming.

footnotes: ¹ Yesod ¹ Tipheret

Tiqun Fourteen

(Gen. 1:1) Be-REiYShYT¹ Upon it is stated: (Ex. 23:19) The first¹ of the first-fruits of your land, you shall bring to the house of Y”Y ELoQeYKha, you shall not cook a kid in its mother’s milk.

footnotes: ¹ In-the-beginning ¹ reishyt

Come and see: It is stated about Higher Ḥokhmah¹: (Ex. 13:2) *Sanctify to Me every firstborn... *For all ‘first-fruits’¹ are called for its sake: and from there the Shekhinah is called ‘first born’¹. It is Ḥokhmah, specifically, upon which it is stated: (Ez. 44:30) ... the ‘first’ of all, the first fruits of everything...

footnotes: ¹ wisdom ¹ bikkurim ¹ be-khorah

And Her first born son is ‘the first’ of everything, – this is Vav¹, the Middle Pillar. (Ex. 23:19) *The first of the fruits of your land... *– the two pillars of truth². What is “your land”? It is the Lower Shekhinah². And they are... all, the first fruits of everything (Ez. 44:30) *... *– from the aspect of the Righteous-One, Who is ‘all’³.

footnotes: ¹ ו ² Netzaḥ-Hod ² Malkhut ³ kol

And the Shekhinah is the earth, in which trees grow and flourish, about which it is stated: (Jer. 23:5) *... a righteous sprout... *which is: (Gen. 1:11) a fruit tree.

A great and mighty tree is the Middle Pillar, herbs and grasses, who are the sages, sprout from there like a garden, because She is the Oral Torah.

And what waters and irrigates [Var. and multiplies], with it, the trees and the herbs and the grasses? (Song. 4:15) the well-spring of the gardens – which is Ḥokhmah, the first of everything, the first born of all. And from where does the well-spring of water emerge? From ‘the house of Y”Y’. It is this that is written: (Joel 4:18) ... and a well-spring shall go forth, from the House of Y”Y...

And because of this: (Ex. 23:19) *The ‘first’*¹ of the fruits of your land, you shall bring to the house of Y”Y ELoQeYKha. And similarly, with ‘the first’ of goats and sheep. It is this that is written: (Deut. 18:4) ... and the first of the fleece of your flock, you shall give to Him. And next to:... the first of the first fruits of your land... etc., it is written (Ex. 23:19) *... do not cook a kid in its mother’s milk... *What is one to do with the other?

footnotes: ¹ reishyt

Arose Rabbi Shim’onupon his feet. He opened with a loud voice and said: ‘Elijah! Elijah! Descend here with permission of your Master, and enlighten the eyes of these elders, on that matter, so that they should not come to eat meat with milk!’

Meanwhile, Elijah descended and did not delay. He said: ‘Holy Lamp! Behold this mystery is most certainly the mystery, of: (Deut. 22:10) You shall not plough with an ox and a donkey together. When the first-born – which is Israel, the Middle Pillar – do not bring it the fruit to the house of Y”Y, then milk becomes mixed with meat, and it causes the mingling of ox and donkey, and this is a ‘forbidden-mixture’¹, of a species with one that is not of its own species.’

footnotes: ¹ kilayim

Said Rabbi Shim’on: ‘Elijah, Elijah! And yet the ox is from the side of purity, and the donkey is from the side of defilement. This is a**‘forbidden-mixture’ of good and evil! But milk is from the side of purity, and meat is also from the side of purity.’

He said to him: ‘Most certainly, that is how it is. But this mystery is made known through this verse: (Gen. 1:24) *... Let the earth bring forth the ‘living soul’*¹ , of *each creature to its species... *For even though they are of the side of purity, they are all male and female, and they are pairs, and one who takes from that which is not of his species type about that subsequent child that is composed of both-of-them, it is stated: (Ex. 23:19) do not cook a kid in its mother’s milk.’

footnotes: ¹ nephesh ḥayah

Said the holy lamp: ‘Now surely the matter is in its place, and this is the clarification of the matter. And this is: (Ex. 22:28) Your ‘fullness’ and your ‘tear’ offerings do not delay... * *And it is said:¹ ‘Lest another precede him through mercy or prayer.’

footnotes: ¹ BT Mo’ed Qatan 18b

This sin, when a man mingles ‘the drop’ of the firstborn, through coupling with ‘menstruant maidservant, gentile, whore’, for this causes another to take his true coupling partner. And it is ‘measure for measure’.