(ibid.) Happy is the nation, those who know the te-ru’ah.

Another word: (Ex. 32:18) *... the sound of ‘distress’*¹ I hear – this is the ‘responding’¹ of I hear, for She cries out every day above – She and Her children – and they call to Him twice, evening and morning: (Deut. 6:4) Hear O Israel...

footnotes: ¹ ’anot ¹ ’inuya

And every person who has distress¹ over the Shekhinah – Who is ‘the poor-one’¹ in exile, distant from Her husband – and calls to Him every day: Hear O Israel, so that He may descend towards Her, certainly, about him it is stated:... the sound of distress¹ I hear (Ex. 32:18) , – the sound of distress¹ of this ‘poor-one’¹ – I hear.

footnotes: ¹ ’inui ¹ ’anya ¹ ’anot ¹ ’inuya ¹ ’anya

‘One’ rises in the sling – and this is the Lower Shekhinah, and one in the bow – this is the covenant, the Righteous-One. About it is stated: cantillation-notes shophar holekh¹, pazer gadol¹. Its arrows are the righteous of Israel, who have accepted the covenant, and in whose merit they go forth out of exile.²

footnotes: ¹ ֣ ¹ ֡ ² See Pirqei d-Rabbi Eli’ezer Ch.28

And the mystery of the matter: (Gen. 47:23) ... *behold there is seed for you... –*which are the drops.

This is or: Another word regarding zarqa¹:

footnotes: ¹ ֘

Those Tannaim and Amoraim above rose, and they blessed him, and they said: ‘May the shield¹ [Var. crown¹ ] protect you, from arrows in the exile! About you it is stated: (Ps. 91:5) Do not fear the terror of the night, from the arrow that flies by day. And may the bow and arrow of the side of holiness protect you: (Ps. 91:4) ... and under his wings you shall take refuge, His truth is an encompassing shield.

footnotes: ¹ matarah ¹ ’atarah

Shield¹ – this is the Lower Shekhinah, encompassing – this is the Higher Shekhinah, His truth – this is the Middle Pillar.’

footnotes: ¹ tzinah

Arose he and said: ‘Tannaim! Tannaim! May the Mishnah be your help, that you do not change from mercy to judgement.

Halakhah¹ goes to your right, with which to overcome your enemies, qabalah¹ will accept your prayers, braiyta¹ will extract you and your children from exile, and from the enslavement and judgement of that one who is appointed over the exile, – over your children.’

footnotes: ¹ ‘going’ ¹ ‘acceptance’ ¹ ‘external’

As soon as he had blessed them, he ascended to his place.

Rabbi Shim’on arose first, he opened a discourse and said: ‘Tanna! Tanna! Guard yourself, for the sling is with you – and this is the Shekhinah, and through it are thrown three stones, which are the three higher drops of the brain, which are Y-Y-Y¹, and are included in Ḥokhmah, in Tevunah² and in Da’at.’

footnotes: ¹ י־י־י ² Binah

He said to him: ‘Rabbi! (Num. 24:21) ... you place your nest in the rock¹, for the bow is with you, which is the sign of the covenant. Guard yourself from its arrows which are three: V-V-V², which numerically add up to 18¹, and this is ‘the life-force¹³ of the worlds.’

footnotes: ¹ sel’a ² ו־ו־ו ¹ ḥaiy ¹ ḥaiy ³ 18

A second tanna arose and said to him: ‘There is a teaching that assists you, with a spear¹ which is comprised of the four scriptural sections, and this Vav²³ which is the Middle Pillar, comprising the six words of the Unity, and the 248¹ words within it: (Num. 24:21) ... and you place your nest in the rock.

footnotes: ¹ rumḥa ² ו ³ 6 ¹ RaMaḤ

For the cantillation-note *qarnei parah*֟ is with you, who are ‘the two prophets of truth’.

Upon them it is stated: (Ps. 132:17) *... I will cause to flourish a horn for David... *‘and cause the flourishing of a horn of salvation’.¹

footnotes: ¹ Liturgical: The ‘Standing’ Prayer of 18 Blessings

From the aspect of the Shekhinah, it is called qarnei parah¹², from the aspect of the ox: (Deut. 33:17) *... and the horns of the re-eim are his horn... *and they are the first and second messiah: Yod¹ and Vav¹, the First and Second Temples, Hei-Hei¹.

footnotes: ¹ ֟ ² ‘horns of a cow’ ¹ י ¹ ו ¹ ה־ה

And the Shekhinah takes a robe of red fire, and is coloured by it, and She is called ‘red’.

(Num. 19:2) ... a perfectly red cow... * Red*, certainly, from the aspect of Gevurah, perfectly¹, from the aspect of He of whom it is stated: (Gen. 17:1) ... walk before Me and be perfect¹.

footnotes: ¹ te-mimah ¹ tamim

... that which has no blemish... (Num. 19:2) * *from the aspect of Jacob, in whom there was no refuse,¹ of whom it is stated: (Gen. 25:27) ... and Jacob was a perfect² *man... *Jacob above, and in his likeness, Jacob below. ... upon which no yoke has been placed... (Num. 19:2) * *of the servitude of the exile, because She is called Higher Shekhinah.

footnotes: ¹ BT Shabbat 146a ² tam

And moreover: but She is called ‘Sabbath’, for She is forbidden in work, because She is called ‘freedom’¹.

footnotes: ¹ ḥerut

And because of Her, Solomon said: (Ecc. 7:23) ... I said I shall become wise, and it or She is far from me – because of the red cow, ‘who purifies the defiled, and defiles the pure who is occupied with it.’

And the mystery of the matter: (Job 14:4) Who can make pure from defilement? Not one! – it purifies the defiled from the right-side, for the priest, of the right-side, is called ‘a pure man’, for to the side [Var. for the side] of the right is the water of the Torah – even though he is impure he is purified in it. ‘And it defiles the pure’ – this is Gevurah, on whose side Samael fell from his holiness, and that which was pure became defiled, because he rules