I shall give thanks to YaQ, Who is the crown¹ above all.

footnotes: ¹ keter

(Ps. 118:20) זֵה¹ ...– this is צֵרי¹, and they are ‘the two pillars of truth’ ... the righteous shall enter therein– this is the Righteous-One, which is ‘the sign of the covenant’ in both-of-them. It is the ḥireq² beneath tzeirei², and it is the shureq² – the binding¹ of both-of-them. [shureq² with the letter Vav² is the binding of male and female].

footnotes: ¹ ‘This’ ¹ tzeirei ² . ² ֵ ² ּ ¹ qishura ² ּ ² ו

And because of this: (Ps. 118:21) I will give thanks to You, for You have answered me, and You have been for me a salvation, – this is uttered by the Shekhinah, Who is from the aspect of the Righteous-One, a shureq¹ in relation to Her Husband – His binding.

footnotes: ¹ ּ

And She is the ḥireq¹ beneath the tzeirei¹, the ‘two pillars of truth’, and She is segol¹ beneath two arms, and She is ḥolem¹ above, in Keter.

footnotes: ¹ ִ ¹ ֵ ¹ ֶ ¹ ֹ

And because of this: (Ps. 118:22) The stone which the builders rejected, has become the head of the corner. All of them the angels say: (Ps. 118:23) *From Y”Y was ‘this’*¹ , it is wondrous in our eyes. When She is the ‘head of the corner’, She is called ‘head’, and about Her it is stated: (Song. 7:6) Your head is upon you like the Carmel...

footnotes: ¹ zot

When She ascends towards the King, many angels and many souls ascend with Her, which are Her ‘hairs’, which hang from Her like grapes in a cluster.

And many angels and souls illuminate before Her, who are called: (Prov. 15:3) ... the eyes of Y”Y. And about them it is stated: (Job 34:21) For His eyes are upon the ways of man...

And many fulfilled precepts ascend before Her, through all of which She is called: (Ps. 19:9) ... the precept¹ of Y”Y is pure, enlightening the eyes.

footnotes: ¹ mitzvah

And many angels ascend with Her, who are called the ‘ears of Y”Y’, who are appointed over the voices of prayers, and over human conversation, to hear prayers.

And many angels ascend with Her, who are called ‘the face of Y”Y’, of whom it is stated: (Ez. 1:10) And the image of their faces, the face of a human¹ etc. – shining with many colours.

footnotes: ¹ adam

And many angels ascend with Her, who are called ‘spirits’¹ and ‘fires’, of whom it is stated: (Ps. 104:4) He makes winds¹ His messengers, His servants are a blazing fire, [Var. they are] which are appointed over the scent and smoke of sacrifices, and they are the ‘masters of the nose’.

footnotes: ¹ ruḥin ¹ ruḥot

And many ‘masters of voices and speech’ of the mouth, ascend with Her, of whom it is stated: (Ecc. 10:20) ... for the bird of the heavens shall carry the voice, and those with wings shall tell a word.

And many ‘masters of the neck’ ascend with Her, for it is there that are ‘windpipe and oesophagus’, who are appointed over sacrifices and prayers [Var. of prayers], of which it is stated: (Num. 28:2) *My offering, My bread for My ‘fires’*¹ *... *and these are called ‘fires’¹.

footnotes: ¹ ishaiy ¹ ishiym

And many angels ascend with Her that are called ‘masters of hands’, of whom it is stated: (Ez. 1:8) And the hands of a man beneath their wings...

And many ‘masters of the body’ ascend with Her, of whom it is stated: (Dan. 10:6) And its body like tarshish.

And many ‘masters of the covenant’ ascend with Her, of whom it is stated: (Ez. 1:28) *Like the appearance of the rainbow... *– and they are the ‘masters of signs’.

And many ‘masters of feet’ ascend with Her, of whom it is stated: (Ez. 1:7) ... and their feet, a straight foot...

And when He is in Her chamber, all the prophets ascend there and knock at the gates, and they say: (Ps. 51:17) “ADNY! Open my lips...”

In the first three blessings of prayer, they make request for their soul, to enter through them to be before the Cause of causes, for it is there that is the life of the soul.

The middle blessings of prayer are appointed over requests, to ask their desires about the needs of the body.

In the last three blessings of prayer, they receive the response to all requests, from the King.

And above all of them, the hand writes, and below all of them, the hand signs. It is this that is written: (Job 37:7) And by the hand of every man he seals...

A hand writes – the Written Torah, which is to the right, a hand signs – the Oral Torah, which is to the left.

About the written Torah, which is to the right, it is stated: (Ex. 14:8) *... and the Children of Israel came out with a high hand... *– and this is the Middle Pillar, which is the Torah that was given from the right-hand, for Ḥokhmah is there.

The Oral Torah, – where the Lower Shekhinah is – is called ‘mouth’ from the aspect of the Righteous-One. Because thus does the word peh¹², add up to the numeric-value of the wordmilah¹¹², which is ‘every mouth’.

footnotes: ¹ mouth ² 85 ¹ word ¹ circumcision ² 85

And because of this: And by the hand of every man he seals... (Job 37:7) * *And She¹ is to the left, for Higher Mother is there, of whom it is stated: ‘sign us for life!’ And the Righteous-One¹, because of Her, is called, ‘the book of life’,

footnotes: ¹ Malkhut ¹ Yesod