(Ps. 111:6) The power¹ of His deeds, He has related to His people.

footnotes: ¹ ko-aḥ

And this is the 28¹¹² parts, of the hands of ‘the Higher King’, which are KOZU BMUKhSZ KOZU – a denoting of the higher unity – which is YQV”Q ELQYN”U YQV”Q. And because this power has been withdrawn from Israel, it is stated of them: (Lam. 1:6) ... and they went without ‘ko-aḥ*’*¹² before the pursuer.

footnotes: ¹ Ko-aḤ ¹ power ² 28 ¹ power ² 28

YOD QE VAV QE¹ are the ten fingers, of which it is stated: (Song. 5:14) His hands are wheels of gold, in which there are ko-aḥ¹ parts, which are the 28 letters of the act of creation.

footnotes: ¹ 45 ¹ 28

And because of this: You are Y”Y my God. (Is. 25:1) And what is You? That of which is stated: (Ps. 93:2) Established¹ is Your throne of then¹ , You are eternal...

footnotes: ¹ nakhon ¹ az

And what is**NaKhON¹ ? This first Nun² of nakhon is the Faithful-One¹ ‘seated’, and second Nun² of nakhon is the Faithful-One ‘standing’. In the middle: Khaf Vav³ – it is this that is written: (Is. 44:13) Like the glory¹ of a man, to dwell in the house. And what is ‘from then’¹ ? But that of which it is stated: Then¹ shall you call out and Y”Y will answer (Is. 58:9) . And what is az¹³ ? These are the 8 letters which are: Y-A-Q-D-V-N-Q-Y³, which amount to the numeric-value of AMeN³.

footnotes: ¹ established ² נ ¹ ne-eman ² ן ³ 26 ¹ tipheret ¹ az ¹ az ¹ then ³ 8 ³ 91 ³ 91

And this is: ‘one who answers ‘amen’ with all his power¹,’² – with that ko-aḥ¹. And because of this, the Masters of the Mishnah established:³ ‘For someone who answers “Amen!” with all his strength, they tear up a seventy-year decree against him.’

footnotes: ¹ koḥo ² BT Shabbat 119b ¹ power ³ X See ibid.

And because of that, it is stated: (Ps. 93:2) *Established is Your throne from then, You are eternal... *And of that: (Lam. 5:19) You Y”Y, You shall dwell forever... You¹ – that of which it is stated:² ‘Our Father, our King, our Father are You!’ And what is meant by ‘our Father’? The Merciful Father.

footnotes: ¹ atah ² Liturgical: ‘The Supplication (Taḥanun)’ Prayer, Spanish Rite

And He comprises all the letters of the Torah. And what are they? The Written Torah – the Middle Pillar – and about that, it is stated: ‘Blessed are ATaH¹’.

footnotes: ¹ You

And when Israel stands in ‘the standing prayer’¹, He sits upon the throne. And because of that, it is stated at that time: You Y”Y shall sit forever, Your throne is for every generation. And what is: for every generation? It is that of which it is stated: (Ecc. 1:4) A generation goes, and a generation comes, and the earth stands forever.

footnotes: ¹ ’amidah

And there is no ‘generation’¹ less than sixty myriads. And who are they? Moses, who is weighted at sixty myriads, like Israel, and his level is of ‘the looking glass that illuminates’.

footnotes: ¹ dor

[Var. This teaching belongs at: *She continued to give birth... which is on p ]

(Lev. 16:3) With ZOT¹ shall Aaron come to the sacred...

footnotes: ¹ this

Come see: No man can ‘produce favour’ from Y”Y except with ‘this’¹², upon which it is stated: (Prov. 18:22) He who has found a woman has found goodness, and he has produced favour from Y”Y.

footnotes: ¹ zot ² Malkhut

And this is: (Ps. 119:126) *It is time to act for Y”Y... *And there are many ‘times’. And about them it is stated: (Lev. 16:2) *... and he shall not come at just any time... *And Solomon said: (Ecc. 3:4) ... and a time to laugh... etc. which are 28¹¹ r28› occurrences of ‘time’¹.

footnotes: ¹ Ko-aḤ ¹ power ¹ ’eit

And about this, the blessed Holy One said: And he shall not come at just any time to the sacred... (Lev. 16:2) * *– which is: (Jer. 2:3) Holy is Israel to Y”Y.

And when the Shekhinah, who is called zot¹, is with Israel – as it says: (Lev. 26:44) *And also even ‘this’*¹ , when they are... etc. – what are they saying to Her? (Song. 6:1) *Whence has your beloved gone, O beautiful among women? To where has your beloved turned, that we may seek Him with You? *– with many supplications and prayers, with tzitzit and tephilin, with Sabbaths and with festivals, for about them it is stated: (Ex. 31:17) *Between Me and between the Children of Israel, it is an everlasting sign *– the sign of the covenant of circumcision – the sign of Sabbath and festivals – and the sign of the phylacteries¹.

footnotes: ¹ this ¹ zot ¹ tephilin

About Her it is stated: (Ps. 32:6) *Upon ‘this’*¹ should every pious-one pray to You, at the time of Your finding, (Prov. 18:22) And he who has found a woman has found goodness, and has produced favour from Y”Y.

footnotes: ¹ zot

And Jacob blessed his children with zot¹. It is this that is written: (Gen. 49:28) *... and ‘this’*¹ is what their father spoke to them...

footnotes: ¹ ‘this’ ¹ zot

And David, with zot, produced favour from Y”Y, when he made war with his enemies. As it says: (Ps. 27:3) *If a camp would encamp against me... etc., ... in ‘this’*¹ will I trust.

footnotes: ¹ zot

And the prophet, when he saw Israel in exile, saw no respite for them except for the sake ofzot¹. [and the redemption of Israel will not come except through ‘this’] It is this that is written: (Lam. 3:21) *‘This’*¹ I shall return to my heart, therefore, I shall hope.

footnotes: ¹ ‘this’ ¹ zot

And Judah was not blessed except throughzot. It is this that is written: (Deut. 33:7) *And ‘this’*¹ to Judah...

footnotes: ¹ zot

And Moses did not bless Israel except withzot: (Deut. 33:1) *And ‘this’*¹ is the blessing...

footnotes: ¹ zot

And whoever does (Ex. 7:23) *not set his heart also to ‘this’,*¹, about him it is written: (Ps. 92:7) *An ignoramus will not know, and a fool will not understand ‘this’*¹.

footnotes: ¹ zot ¹ zot

And since the human produces its will through Her, and comprehends the Name through Her – which is the mystery of: Upon this should every pious-one pray... (Ps. 32:6) * *– upon ‘this’¹ specifically! – for the sake of Ha-Shem Who is upon ‘this’¹.

footnotes: ¹ zot ¹ zot

Why did they the sages establish the morning prayer service, for a particular measure? And so with the afternoon prayer service – for a particular measure, and so with the evening service – for a particular measure, and so on Sabbath – for a particular measure, and so on a festival – for a particular measure, and on the ‘Ten Days of Repentance’ – for a particular measure.

But that which it says upon ‘this’¹, it shows that HVYH is upon each-and-every sephirah,

footnotes: ¹ zot