the sign¹ in the Righteous-One, which is included in the word et², which is the Lower Shekhinah, composed of all the letters from Aleph² to Tav².

footnotes: ¹ ot ² את ² א ² ת

And it includes the first three blessings of prayer, and the three last. And it includes two: Vav-Vav¹², of which it is stated: (Ex. 28) ... upon its two edges, and it is joined, which are [Var. and they are] the 12 blessings of prayer, that are called ‘the middle-ones’. And all are 18³³ blessings, that are included in ה¹, for they are three Vavs¹², [Var. of which it is stated: YOD QE VAV QE² ] which is ‘the two faces’.

footnotes: ¹ ו־ו ² 6-6 ³ ḥaiy ³ life ¹ Hei ¹ ו ² 18 ² 45

And this is ‘the dimension of stature’, of which it is stated: (Ex. 26:16) *Ten cubits is the length of the plank... *With what does it add up to ten? With the letter Yod¹².

footnotes: ¹ י ² 10

Arose one elder – he began a discourse and said: ‘Hei¹ specifically has within it three Vavs¹², which are the 18³ blessings, like this: , of which it is stated: (Prov. 10:6) Blessings are upon the head of ‘the righteous-one’...

footnotes: ¹ ה ¹ ו ² 18 ³ ḥaiy

What is the head of the righteous-one? This is the Middle Pillar, in which reside the 18 blessings of higher Hei¹, and from where they are extended to the lesser Hei¹, by means of the Righteous-One².

footnotes: ¹ ה ¹ ה ² tzadiq

And because of this, ‘body¹ and covenant¹ are considered as one.’²

footnotes: ¹ Tiperet ¹ Yesod ² See Sepher ha-Bahir Ot 168

The Vav¹ which is between Hei-Hei¹ is the ‘dimension of stature’, and it is a cubit² and amounts [Var. which amounts], through the letter Yod¹³, to ten cubits, of which is stated: (Ex. 26:16) ... ten cubits is the length of a plank, and a cubit and half a cubit is the width of one plank. This is Vav¹ and Yod¹, which is in the mystery of the letter Zayin¹, through which all ‘crownlets’² are called.

footnotes: ¹ ו ¹ ה־ה ² amah ¹ י ³ 10 ¹ ו ¹ י ¹ ז ² tagin

(Ex. 28:7) ... two shoulder pieces adjoining, – this is ‘the higher shoulder’ and ‘the lower shoulder’, which are right and left, and they are Hei-Hei¹, ... to its two edges...– these are Vav-Vav¹, and with them Hei-Hei¹ is joined. And because of this:... to its two ends, and it is joined.

footnotes: ¹ ה־ה ¹ ו־ו ¹ ה־ה

In every place, ‘a cubit’ is Vav¹². And because of this, it is six handbreadths³,⁴ and ‘half a cubit’ is Yod¹, for two Yods are the dimension of a cubit, and the letter Yod² – its measure is 3 handbreadths, and this is the letter Gimmel¹².

footnotes: ¹ ו ² 6 ³ tephaḥ ⁴ BT Menaḥot 97a ¹ י ² 10 ¹ ג ² 3

And ten cubits is the measure of the human body, corresponding to the ten things words, that are stated of ‘the cup of blessing’,¹ of which, at this time, there remain only four, [Var. for the Vav² has withdrawn, and there remains Dalet² from ‘DU³ faces’, And the measure of all, Vav² in the letter Yod², ascends to ten] as they the sages have determined.⁴

footnotes: ¹ BT Berakhot 51a ² ו ² ד ³ two ² ו ² י ⁴ ibid.

And they are all alluded to in the body like this: in the right arm are two cubits from section to section, and thus also two in the left arm – behold four. And so it is with the two thighs, there are 4 – behold 8. And in the body, there are two, thus ten. This is: ten cubits is the length of a plank¹... (Ex. 26:16) It is ‘the connection’¹, through switching the letters, between connection to connection.

footnotes: ¹ qeresh ¹ qesher

(Ex. 26:26–27) *And five poles to the planks of one side of the Tabernacle *– they are the five fingers of the right hand, *... and five poles to the planks of the other side of the Tabernacle *– the 5 fingers of the left hand.

And they, the 5 fingers, are all the measure of the poles, and they are: (Is. 40:12) Who has measured the waters with His step... etc. And they have already established the meaning of this. And they are: 5 Alephs: אָ אֵ אֹ אִ אֻ – these five vowel-points, which are called qametz¹, tzerei¹, ḥolem¹, ḥireq¹, shureq¹, are in the mystery of ELQYM², for thus they add up in numeric-value. And the mystery of ELQYM is MaLEi³ -QaH², and this is [Var. Y-H-V] certainly Binah. And so it is with the mystery of the 5 Alephs, included in the lower Hei¹².

footnotes: ¹ ָ ¹ ֵ ¹ ֹ ¹ ִ ¹ ֻ ² 86 ³ full-of ² 86 ¹ ה ² 5

And these letters are three: soul¹, spirit¹, and animating-soul¹.

footnotes: ¹ neshamah ¹ ruaḥ ¹ nephesh

The lesser Hei is the body, the receptacle of them all, like a wick¹ [Var. the thread of Hei² ], in which are united the three colours of a candle flame, which is: (Prov. 20:27) A candle of Y”Y is the soul of man.

footnotes: ¹ petilah ² ה

An olive from the olives – this is the Righteous-One¹, of which it is stated: (Ex. 27:20) *... pure olive oil, crushed... *For it grinds up with these letters [Var. olives], which are the limbs of the body. And this is the covenant of circumcision, in relation to the Shekhinah which is called**GaD.

footnotes: ¹ Yesod

And the mystery of the matter: (Num. 11:7) And the manna was as coriander¹ *seed... *with that Yod² it is made into GYD¹. And why is she called gad¹ ? Because She is comprised of the 7 sephirot, which equal the numeric-value of gad³¹.

footnotes: ¹ gad ² י ¹ vein ¹ coriander ³ 7 ¹ coriander

And why is it called manna¹ ? Because they all: (Ex. 16:15) ... did not know what it is¹. For the blessed Holy One caused**MaN¹ to descend for them, which is like white coriander seed: (Num. 11:7) *... and its colour as the colour of bdellium *– which is white from the right-hand side, (Ex. 16:31) *... and its taste was like wafers made with honey *– from the left-hand side. Mah-hu¹ – comprised of ten letters which are:

footnotes: ¹ man ¹ mah-hu ¹ manna ¹ What it is