on ‘the Day of Judgement’, which is New Year¹, She stands with them for judgement, for they stand Her up with their prayers, for upon them it is written: (Prov. 6:22) In your walking it will guide you, in your lying-down it will watch over you, and in your waking-up it is your conversation...

footnotes: ¹ Rosh Ha-Shanah

For in every place that Israel causes to stand – in each-and-every precept – the Shekhinah, She stands for their sake in every oppression and trouble: whether on the way, whether in settlement, whether on the sea. And this is: in your walking – in the desert – it will guide you. It is this that is written: (Ps. 85:14) Righteousness shall go before him and shall place his steps along the way. ... in your lying-down...– in settlement – it will watch over you... (Prov. 6:22) * ... and in your waking-up* – to sail [Var. to go] on the sea – it is your conversation.

And furthermore: ... in your walking...– in this world¹ –... it will guide you. ... in your lying-down...– in the grave –... it will watch over you... ... and in your waking-up...– at the resurrection of the dead – it is your conversation.

footnotes: ¹ BT Sotah 21a

These then exit, and behold others are knocking at the entrance. And these are the ‘masters of the feet’, from the aspect of the feet of the blessed Holy One, of which it is stated: (Zech. 14:4) *And his feet shall stand on that day... *And about them it is stated: (Ex. 12:37) ... about six hundred thousand pairs of legs, of men, apart from children.

These then exit, and behold others are entering, from the aspect of those of whom it is stated: (Ez. 1:7) *And their legs were a straight leg... *‘Circular’ legs are a straight leg... * *And there are other legs, which are square, of the Ophanim, of whom it is stated: (Ez. 1:17) Upon their four sides in their going they went... For of them: (Ez. 1:14) And theḥayot were rushing forward and back, like the appearance of the flash¹ *... *And those ‘circular legs’ are like vowel-points – for the letters, which are ‘square legs’.

footnotes: ¹ bezeq

And a prophet who is from their aspect, there his spirit would ascend, and from there he would hear all that he was to hear. It is this that is written: (Ez. 2:1) And He said to me: ‘Son of man! Stand upon your feet and I shall speak with you.

And furthermore: (Ez. 2:2) And there came into me a spirit¹,*when He spoke to me, and it stood me upon my feet, and I heard it speaking to me...

• (Ez. 3:12) And a wind¹ lifted me and I heard behind me... etc. Because these levels are from the aspect of the Shekhinah – of which it is stated: (Ex. 33:23) ... and you shall see My back parts¹ *... *– he said: (Ez. 3:12) ... and I heard behind me¹ ...

footnotes: ¹ ru-aḥ ¹ ru-aḥ ¹ aḥoraiy ¹ aḥaraiy

What is (Ez. 3:12) ... the sound of a great noise¹ ...?* *For there is noise, and there is noise. There is a noise of which it is said: (1 King. 19:11) *... Y”Y is not in the noise... *for the blessed Holy One does not come there. And there is a noise that in which He does come there.

footnotes: ¹ ra’ash

But ra’ash¹ switched in letters is ’eres¹. As it is stated: (Ps. 41:4) ... Y”Y shall sustain him, upon the bed¹ *of languishing... *And this is: (ibid.) *... his entire laying-down, You have transformed in his sickness... *For ra’ash has been transformed to ’eres. And what is ’eres? It is ’eser¹ through the switching of letters. And this is the Shekhinah, Who is ‘the totality of the ten sephirot’, for about Her it is stated:² ‘There is no sanctity with less than ten’.

footnotes: ¹ noise ¹ bed ¹ ’eres ¹ ten ² BT Megillah 23b

For She resides at the head of a sick person,¹ and because of Her: *Y”Y shall sustain him... *And with what? ... upon the bed² *of our sickness *– upon His Shekhinah specifically.

footnotes: ¹ BT Shabbat 12a ² ’eres

And if the Shekhinah is not there, then a tempest is there, which storms a person’s body, of which it is written: (Jon. 1:4) *... and the ship was about to break up... *– which is ‘the body’ of the ship.

When the Shekhinah is not supporting it, a tempest overturns it and breaks it. And whenever the Shekhinah supports it, then a voice emerges immediately: (Ez. 2:1) *Son of Man! Stand upon your feet... *And he rises from his illness, and goes out from judgement, – complete in his body, complete in his money.

These then exit, and then others are knocking at the entrance and are saying: “ (Ps. 51:17) *ADNY! Open my lips...” *And these are they that support the Shekhinah, with many feet of the appointed times of pilgrimage and festivals. And when they enter, the blessed Holy One praises Her through them: (Song. 7:2) How beautiful are your steps¹ in sandals, O daughter of the noble one...

footnotes: ¹ phe-’amayikh

For these are they of whom it is stated: (Ex. 23:17) Three occasions¹ in the year, each of your males shall appear...

footnotes: ¹ pe-’amym

[And we expound:¹ phe’-amayikh² frompe’-amim². And... shoes² **– these are the ‘shutting in’² of the Passover, and the ‘shutting in’ of the Festival of Assembly², and ‘the shutting in’ of the Festival of Tabernacles.

footnotes: ¹ See Shir HaShirim Rabbah 7:4; Yalqut Shim’oni Bemidbar Ch.29, Remez 782 ² your-steps ² occasions ² ne-’alayim ² ne-’ilah ² ’Atzeret

... the curves of your thighs... (Song. 7:2) * *– these are]

[Var. And we expound... your shoes... from... feet... The blessed Holy One said: ‘How beautiful you are in thesene-’alayim¹’, Which are thene-’ilah¹ of Passover, And the closing of the Festival of Assembly, And the closing of the Festival of Tabernacles.

footnotes: ¹ shoes ¹ closing

*... the curves of your thighs... *– these are of the aspect of ‘the two pillars of truth’, of which it is stated: (Song. 5:15) *His thighs are pillars of ‘shesh’*¹¹. And these are the six levels of prophecy.]

footnotes: ¹ marble ¹ six

From the aspect of the letter Vav¹², which is the Righteous-One, – it is the pillar that supports them. And it is six, corresponding to: (1 King. 10:19) *Six steps to the throne... *And it amounts through the letter Yod¹² to sixty, like the sixty-six wheels that surround the throne, and they are S-O¹² of the word YeSOD³², and behold they have established that Y-D¹³² remains. Of it: (Hos. 12:11) By the hand³ *of the prophets I will be imagined... *And this is the Shekhinah – the ‘hand’ that signs, from the aspect of the Righteous-One, a hand that writes, from the aspect

footnotes: ¹ ו ² 6 ¹ י ² 10 ¹ סו ² 66 ³ foundation ² 80 ¹ יד ³ hand ² 14 ³ yad