it is stated of Her: (Ruth 3:7) ... and she uncovered¹ his feet and lay down. She lay down in the dust.

footnotes: ¹ va-te-gal

Woe to the person, whose soul has descended to beneath his feet, for at that time it is stated of his mazal: (Amos 5:2) *She has fallen, she shall no longer rise-up... *And it has no rising or ascent, except by the hand of the blessed Holy One, for the holy Name goes to the right and raises Her up.

And the mystery of the matter: (Ruth 3:13) Stay the night, and it shall be in the morning, if he will redeem you,thengood¹ , he shall redeem, ... good...– which is the covenant – shall redeem, *... and if he shall not wish to redeem you, then ‘I’*¹ shall redeem you, as Y”Y lives, lie down until the morning, The ‘I’ which is Higher Mother, the (Ex. 20:2) ‘I’¹ of the exodus from Egypt.

footnotes: ¹ tov ¹ Anokhi ¹ Anokhi

(Ruth 3:13) ... as Y”Y lives lie down until the morning, which is the right-side, in which is the power of the Written Torah, which is the Middle Pillar, for the Written Torah is given from the right-side, and from the left-side is given the Oral Torah, which is ‘female’.

And because of this ‘good’¹, the Righteous-One, ‘the life-force¹ of the worlds’, is from the left-hand side, for it is ‘the mighty-one¹ who conquers his evil inclination’² – which is Samael.

footnotes: ¹ tov ¹ ḥaiy ¹ gibor ² Mishnah Avot 4:1

And because of this: ‘the left-hand rejects,’¹ and with the right-hand it raises, because one who is fallen should only be raised with the right hand, and because of this: As Y”Y lives, lie down until the morning.

footnotes: ¹ BT Sotah 47a

And the left-hand side is the New Year, and the right-hand side is Passover, and through it was ‘the oath of 14¹¹ days’ – and this is: (Ex. 17:16) ... for a hand is upon the throne of YaQ...

footnotes: ¹ yad ¹ hand

And regarding that time, She says: (Song. 1:6) *Do not look upon me for I am blackened *– do not look upon me from the left-hand side, of Isaac, for I am in blackness through it.

It is this that is written: (Gen. 27:1) ... and his eyes were dimmed ‘from seeing’, ...from seeing¹ *...*into the redemption specifically, which is the light of the ‘visions’¹ of prophecy, of which it is stated: (Ez. 1:1) ... the heavens were opened, and I saw ‘visions’ of ELQYM. And this is the meaning of... and his eyes were dimmed ‘from seeing’ (Gen. 27:1) * *– from the side of ‘the left’, and it is stated at that time of the blessed Holy One: (Is. 50:3) I shall dress the heavens with blackening...

footnotes: ¹ mei-re-ot ¹ mare-ot

A candle¹ is the letter Hei²³, five colours shine in it, and they are white, red, green and black, and blue. Vav² is the light of the candle from inside.

footnotes: ¹ ner ² ה ³ 5 ² ו

Samael is darkness¹, the snake is ‘blackening’¹, and upon him is stated: I shall dress the heavens with blackening, and of his female:... and sackcloth I shall make their covering. (ibid.)

footnotes: ¹ ḥoshekh ¹ qadrut

Woe to the soul when it becomes enclothed in their blackness! (Gen. 27:1) And upon it is stated:... and his eyes were dimmed from seeing...

And these are ‘the dark-ones’ that cover the eyes, that do not have permission to gaze, at the blessed Holy One and His Shekhinah.

And of the light and candle, which shine [Var. that have darkened] in them, it is stated of them: (Ecc. 12:3) *... and those who look through the windows have darkened... *As Qohelet said: (Ecc. 12:2) While the sun and the light shall not yet darken... etc.

And of ‘light and candle’ it is stated: (Prov. 6:23) *For a candle is precept, and the Torah is light... *And why do they become darkened in them? It is because they have not been striving in Torah and precept, in love and fear, which are the letters of the Name Y-Q.

And as soon as they strive in them with fear and love, the blessed Holy One has made an oath by Y-H, which are fear and love, to remove them from the world of the soul, because those ‘dark-ones’ cause separation between Y-Q and V-Q. As they have established the meaning of that which is written: (Ex. 17:16) ... for a hand is upon the throne of YaH...

And at that time, it is stated of humanity: ‘the heavens have donned darkness etc.’. And at that time, when darkness and the blackening are removed from the soul, then immediately: (Ps. 150:6) Every soul shall praise YaH...

And who are these ‘dark-ones’? They are Samael and the snake. And what causes them to rule over them? But the mystery of the verse teaches: (Is. 59:2) *Because your sins have separated, between you and your God... *And David said because of them: (Ps. 119:18) Reveal¹ *tomy eyes, and I shall behold wonders from Your Torah*.

footnotes: ¹ gal

And at that time, whereas the dark-ones were ruling over the lights of the eyes, the lights are now transformed and rule over the dark-ones.

And the mystery of the matter: Cantillation-notes: Shophar¹, me-hupakh¹, qadmah¹, zaqeph qatan¹ * *– that of which it is stated: (Gen. 32:11 ) I am made small² *, from all the kindnesses and from all the truth... *It is straightened-up and called: the cantillation-note zaqeph gadol¹². And there is no truth but Torah. It is this that is written: (Mal. 2:6) The teaching² of truth was in his mouth...

footnotes: ¹ ֣ ¹ ֚ ¹ ֨ ¹ ֔ ² qatonti ¹ ֕ ² great upright ² Torah

And at that time, the throne is transformed from ‘judgement’ to ‘mercy’,¹ and this is the mystery, which the Masters of the Mishnah have established:² ‘the righteous transform the attribute of judgement to the attribute of mercy’.

footnotes: ¹ See Vayiqra Rabbah 29:9 ² see BT Sukkah 14a

And at that time, it will be considered as though the world had newly been created, and the lights will be arranged as they are meant to be. It is this that is written: (Gen. 1:5) And ELQYM called the light ‘day’, and the darkness He called ‘night’.

*And ELQYM called the light ‘day’... *– this is Israel, whose regime will be at the time of redemption, and the wicked shall remain [Var. go] in the darkness – it is this that is written:... and the darkness He called ‘night’. And it is stated of the right-hand side