the four ‘Sanctifications’¹, that a person says each day.

footnotes: ¹ Qedushah

And furthermore: (Ez. 2:1) ... *Stand upon your feet!... *– in the first blessings.

(Esth. 5:6) *... and what is your request? Up to half the kingdom... *– in the intermediate blessings.

... and it shall be done – in the final blessings, for it is there that a person is like a servant, who receives a reward from his master and then departs.

These then exit, for the King has granted their request, then others are knocking at the door, the ‘masters of the covenant of circumcision’, who are saying: (Ps. 51:17) ADNY! Open my lips...

Worthy are Israel, for they are the feet of the Shekhinah, Who stands upon them in prayer, in the ‘standing’ prayer. For She is most surely upon them, a prayer uttered standing, and she stands upon them in exile.

And why does She stand over them? Because they cause YQVQ to descend towards Her, upon which it is stated:¹ ‘All who straighten-up², straighten-up at the Name’, for through It the Name is a person required to erect the Shekhinah.

footnotes: ¹ BT Berakhot 12a ² zoqeph

And those who do not erect Her with the Name YQV”Q, in their prayer, or in [Var. their] Torah precepts, She screams about them: (Lam. 1:14) Y”Y has placed me, in the hands of those against whom I cannot rise-up.

For Her support is with two arms – which are Ḥesed and Gevurah. And her standing is with two thighs – which are Netzaḥ and Hod.

And Her straightening-up is with the body – which is the Middle Pillar¹ – YQVQ is its Name. And thus: ‘all who straighten-up, straighten-up at the Name’. And Her unity is with the Righteous-One.

footnotes: ¹ Tipheret

And because of those through whom She cannot stand-up in prayer, and through whom She has no support, nor standing erect through them in the exile, She is made depressed by them.

And the mystery of the matter: (Prov. 10:1) The son of a wise man gladdens a father, and the son of a fool is the despair of his mother. And because of this: (Gen. 6:6) *... and He was sad at heart... *[and why... at heart... ? If this is a foolish man, he is the despair of his mother ]

And why does all this affect his mother and not his father? But this is ‘a higher mystery’.

Positive precepts are from the right-hand side, for Hokhmah is there – as the Masters of the Mishnah have established:¹ ‘One who wishes to become wise should head southwards...’

footnotes: ¹ BT Baba Batra 25b

And negative precepts are from the left-hand side, for Higher Mother¹ is there, of them: (Dan. 9:19) *ADNY hear! ADNY forgive! ADNY listen! Act without delay... *– on the Day of Atonement.

footnotes: ¹ Binah

And when they do not return in repentance, those who transgress negative precepts, which are from the left-hand side, it is stated of them: (Prov. 10:1) *... and the son of a fool is the despair of his mother... *Because Mother is there, to the left, And the heart is to the left, [and the mystery of the matter] and therefore: (Gen. 6:6) ... and he was sad at heart.

And there are two HVYHs: to the right and to the left, like this: Y-Q-Q-V and Y-V-Q-Q.

Yod¹ is to the right, and of it: (Prov. 3:19) Y”Y in wisdom² established the Earth... Father with Daughter, higher Hei¹ with Son, which is Vav¹ – the phylacteries upon his head. It is this that is written: (Is. 62:8) *... and by the arm of His strength... *– these are the phylacteries² of the head,³ for wherever the letter Hei¹ is upon Vav¹, it is Mother.

footnotes: ¹ י ² ḥokhmah ¹ ה ¹ ו ² tephilin ³ BT Berakhot 6a ¹ ה ¹ ו

And this is the mystery, of the ‘rising and descending offering’. For Hei¹ ascends towards Yod¹, and Hei¹ descends towards Vav¹. And if not for this HVYH: Y-Q-Q-V – which is alluded to in this verse: (Jer. 9:23) *... rather in ‘this’*² should boast the self-praiser, that he understands and knows *Me...*acronym Y-H-H-V – people would not know about ‘the ascending and descending offering’.

footnotes: ¹ ה ¹ י ¹ ה ¹ ו ² zot

[For when a person does not bring near¹, the letter Hei² together with Yod², Hei² together with Vav², then who is ascending and descending? Who would know which is the Hei² that is Daughter [Var. Mother], that is supposed to ascend towards Father, and which is the Hei² that is Mother [Var. Daughter] that descends towards Son?]

footnotes: ¹ qariv ² ה ² י ² ה ² ו ² ה ² ה

[Var. And when a person sees, that if Hei¹ is together with Yod¹ and Hei¹ is together with Vav¹, then who is ascending and descending? Who would know which is the Hei¹ that is Mother, which is supposed to ascend towards Father, or which is Hei¹ that is Daughter, that descends towards Son?]

footnotes: ¹ ה ¹ י ¹ ה ¹ ו ¹ ה ¹ ה

But because of this HVYH, which is Y-Q-Q-V, where the Hei¹ that is upon the Vav¹, She is Higher Mother, and through which it is understood, of the lower Hei¹ that is beneath Yod¹, that She is Daughter.

footnotes: ¹ ה ¹ ו ¹ ה ¹ י

And this is the mystery of that sacrifice: that one is required to elevate Hei¹ towards Yod¹, and to cause Hei¹ to descend towards Vav¹.

footnotes: ¹ ה ¹ י ¹ ה ¹ ו

YVQQ: Yod¹ is to the right-hand side: Ḥokhmah, Vav¹ is the written Torah, (Deut. 33:2) ... from His right hand a fiery-law for them. And this is what they say: ‘the brain of the son is drawn from the brain of the father’.

footnotes: ¹ י ¹ ו

Higher Hei¹ is to the left-hand side, and from there is given the Oral Torah, which is lower Hei¹.

footnotes: ¹ ה ¹ ה

Worthy are Israel, who know the supernal mysteries of the HVYHs, through which prayers ascend in the breaths of their mouths, and through which those forces descend appropriately.

For when a person elevates His Shekhinah through his prayer, the blessed Holy One descends upon him. It is this that is written: (Ex. 20:24) ... in every place where I cause mention of My Name, I shall come to you, and I shall bless you.

Worthy are Israel, who are the feet of the Shekhinah, to rise-up with Her, whether in comfort or in trouble.

For when they are undergoing judgement,