as we say:¹ ‘And in the book of life... etc.’

footnotes: ¹ Liturgical: High Holidays

Behold the chamber is opening!

Here come the prophets, the ‘masters of the feet’, who are knocking at the gate, and are speaking to he who closes the chamber, Sagron, who is called ADNY – his name is as the name of his Master.¹ They say to him: (Ps. 51:17) “ADNY, open my lips!” ‘Open the gates of the chamber!’

footnotes: ¹ See BT Sanhedrin 38b

At that time, the guardians of the gate enter the presence of the King, and they say to Him:

‘Master of the worlds! Behold the masters of the feet are knocking at the gate, they are the ‘emissaries of precept’, who stand in ‘the standing prayer’ before you.’

At that time, He gives them permission to enter.

The Queen, who is ‘the precept’¹ of the King, the custodian of all precepts, instructs merit before the King on their behalf, and says to Him:

footnotes: ¹ mitzvah

‘Master of the World! Here are those who stand before You in prayer. It is necessary to grant them their requests.’

At that time, a voice goes out towards the masters of the feet and says: “ (Ez. 2:1) *Son of man! Stand upon your feet and I shall speak with you...” ‘*Speak with Me of your request, through the twelve intermediate blessings of prayer, and it shall be granted to you in the last three blessings!’

The Queen receives his request.

And one is required to return three steps backwards¹ so as not to turn one’s shoulders² to the King.

footnotes: ¹ BT Yoma 53b ² See BT Yoma 53a

These then exit, and Sagron closes the door after them.

Now, the ‘masters of signs’ are knocking at the entrance, saying: “ADNY! Open¹ my lips!” (Ps. 51:17) * Open* – this is Patḥon.

footnotes: ¹ tiphtaḥ

And these are the masters of the 18¹ blessings of prayer, from the aspect of the ‘life-force¹ of the worlds’, who unite the blessed Holy One and the Shekhinah there, for the Righteous-One² is the ninth, from above to below, and from below to above.

footnotes: ¹ ḥaiy ¹ ḥaiy ² Yesod

Nine vowel points: nine cantillation notes. And about them it is stated: (Gen. 1:17) *And ELQYM placed them, in the firmament of the heavens... *– and this is the Righteous-One in which are all vowel-points, ... to illuminate the earth... (ibid.) * *– this is the Shekhinah – Who is comprised of all letters.

Immediately, the ‘masters of requests’ knock at the gate.

Many guardians of the gate enter before the King and say: ‘Master of the Universe! Behold the ‘righteous masters’ – masters of prayer, who bless you with the 18 blessings, are seeking to enter before You.

Immediately, He instructs to open for them, and to grant its the group’s request.

And these are the ‘masters of the signs’, from the aspect of those of whom it is stated: (Gen. 1:14) *... and they shall be for ‘signs’*¹ and seasons, and for days and for years.

footnotes: ¹ otot

And these are they who worship on their knees, through the ‘life-force¹ of the worlds’, [all] with 18¹ blessings towards the Shekhinah.

footnotes: ¹ ḥaiy ¹ ḥaiy

These then exit.

Then the ‘masters of the stature’ are knocking at the entrance, those who are kneeling and worshiping the King in prayers. As they have said:¹ ‘All who bend the knee, bend the knee at ‘Blessed’, and all who stand straight, stand straight at the Name.’

footnotes: ¹ BT Berakhot 12a

One bends the knee in relation to ADNY, through the Righteous-One, of which it is stated: (1 King. 2:45) *And King Solomon is ‘blessed’... *And one stands up straight in relation to YQV”Q, to join the two-of-them together, like this: Y-A-Q-D-V-N-Q-Y.

And upon all of them does the Shekhinah instruct merit.

And these, when their souls ascend above, many angels receive them upon their wings, and elevate them, to the gate of the chamber of the King.

As soon as they knock at the entrance, they instruct merit before the King on their behalf, and the King instructs to open for them. And these are they that utter silently before the King, and ask from him their requests in silence. They are ‘individuals’ before the King, and the King grants them their requests.

Immediately: the Queen takes hold of them, and instructs merit on their behalf before they exit from the chamber, and She says:

‘Master of the Universe! These are they who cover me, with the wrapping of the precept of tzitzit, with five knots and thirteen ‘segments’ on each side, and with thirty-two ‘branches’ of the precept.

Immediately: The blessed Holy One instructs the angels of the supernal chariot, to take them on their wings, and to fly with them from place to place, and to shield them, from all damaging forces and harmful angels.

These then exit and others are knocking at the gate.

Immediately: the guardians of the gates enter and say:

‘Master of the Universe! ‘The masters of the hands’, who bind the phylactery of the hand, upon their left arms in prayer, and phylacteries upon the head, are desirous of entering.’

And these are they who give a gift to You with the right-hand, which is TZeDaQaH¹. Tzadi²³ stands for ninety times amen, Dalet²³ stands for four liturgical recitations of ‘Sanctity’¹, Quph²³ stands for one hundred blessings, Hei²³ stands for five books of the Torah,

footnotes: ¹ charity ² צ ³ 90 ² ד ³ 4 ¹ Qedushah ² ק ³ 100 ² ה ³ 5

– and immediately, He instructs them to open for them.

At that