The ring has ascended from the Aleph¹ of *ZaRQ-A, *to receive upon it the precious stone which is the ‘drop’, and immediately: (ibid.) ... and it irrigated all the face of the earth.

footnotes: ¹ א

When it ascends, it ascends through Mother, which is the Aleph¹ of ADNY EQY”Q.

footnotes: ¹ א

And upon Whom does it ascend? Upon the Middle Pillar, which is Vav¹ – for it is wound around it, like a ring on a finger.

footnotes: ¹ ו

And it ascends in the Dalet¹ of ADNY, which are the two arms and two thighs, until it ascends to the letter Yod¹, which is Father, – Ḥokhmah, higher Yod – because it is from there that it is taken. It is this that is written: (Prov. 3:19) Y”Y in wisdom² has established the earth.

footnotes: ¹ ד ¹ י ² ḥokhmah

And it takes from the irrigating flow above, in its tip above, and in the middle, and its tip below.

And when it descends, it descends comprised of three drops. At that time, it is stated of it: the cantillation holekh segolta¹. And it is called Y-Y-Y¹ – with three Yods.

footnotes: ¹ ֒ ¹ י־י־י

The higher Yod is upon the head of א¹, which is Keter, High above all high-ones, after which, it descends through the middle, and it takes from there [through the Middle Pillar] [Var. in the middle], after which it descends below, to Her place, י¹ which is below the א¹.’

footnotes: ¹ Aleph ¹ Yod ¹ Aleph

Arose the young man from behind the shade. He said: ‘Rabbi! Rabbi! Behold the drop is descending! Take the bow in your hand – which is like a finger with a ring upon it – take it and direct it [Var. throw] towards it, that it may be accepted upon it!

For when it ascends from below to above, upon the head of the letter Vav¹, it is like a spear: ו¹, it is lengthened along it, like the sceptre of a star.

footnotes: ¹ ו ¹ Vav

And when it ascends even higher, the י¹ resides upon it, and it is made into ז¹, – surely this is ‘a crownlet on top’, of the Scroll of the Torah.

footnotes: ¹ Yod ¹ Zayin

Since it descends, one needs to direct ‘the bow’ towards Her, which is the Righteous-One, and from it the bow, it the drop descends, and is shot into its place.

And take the sword, For that [for this] drop, it is cut into three drops, because it goes on to become a segolta¹.

footnotes: ¹ ֒

For when it descended upon Her it was Yod¹, following which it is cut into three, to become a crownlet and a crown, upon the head of the three Patriarchs, so that it will be the crown of Torah, and the crown of the Priesthood, and the crown of Kingship, and this is the mystery of ¹, and the three crownlets upon it.

footnotes: ¹ י ¹ Shyn

For the head of the sword is Yod¹, the body of the sword is Vav¹, its two edges blades are Hei-Hei¹, its sheath is ADNY.

footnotes: ¹ י ¹ ו ¹ ה־ה

[and the sword of YQV”Q]

And when YQVQ is without Its Shekhinah, It is judgement that cuts from every side. When It enters Its sheath, It is made into mercy and does not ‘cut judgements’. And the mystery of the sword in its sheath, is Y-A-Q-D-V-N-Q-Y, so it surely is.

And when YQV”Q is without Its Shekhinah, it is stated of it: (Deut. 4:24) ... *for Y”Y ELoQeYKha is a consuming fire... *For It takes from Gevurah to burn the world: Yod¹ is made into a burning coal, Vav¹ is the flame of the coal, Hei and Hei¹: one is the five colours, the second is the five lights that shine through them.

footnotes: ¹ י ¹ ו ¹ ה־ה

And when higher Hei is withdrawn from lower Hei, She says: (Song. 1:6) *Do not look at me for I am blackened... *But when it shines with Her colours, it is stated of Her: (Gen. 9:16) ... And I shall see it to remember the eternal covenant.

The Tannaim and the Amoraim above arose, and they said: ‘Rabbi! Rabbi! How powerful is your sling! For you have raised Her to the Infinite! And you have caused Her to descend to bestow to endless levels!’

He Rabbi Shim’on opened as before and said: ‘ (Mic. 6:2) Hear, O mountains, the argument of Y”Y...’

He said to them: ‘Patriarchs! O Patriarchs! Great mountains! Listen! For of this stone, which was hewn from these your mountains, which is the crown upon the head of all of them, ...and the ‘mighty-ones’... (ibid.) * *which is a crown upon them all, She raises ‘an argument’ about you for the sake of Her Husband.

For She is a well-spring, stopped-up like a stone, until Her husband arrives, it does not give its waters, for tongues are like hammers that strike upon that rock, and there is not one of them, that extracts the flow from Her, except Her Husband, who knows how to draw it out for Her.’

Opened Rabbi Shim’on and said: ‘Worthy is he who prays, and knows how to elevate his will above, for his mouth produces Holy Names, and his fingers write mysteries.

And when the Names ascend