and left-hand side: (Gen. 1:5) *... and it was evening, and it was morning, one day *– which is the evening of Isaac, and the morning of Abraham.

At that time, as the soul was held tight between the legs, it is this that is written: (Ruth 3:7) ... and she uncovered his feet and lay down, for she has returned to the heart, which is like Jerusalem.

At that time: ‘the heart sees’. It is this that is written: (Is. 30:20) ... and your Teacher shall no longer be obscured¹ , and your eyes shall see your Teacher. ‘The heart hears’, for the sacrificial service and the cherubs return to the Temple, of which it is stated: (Numbers 7:89) ... and he heard the voice speaking to him, from above the coverof the Ark*, from between the two cherubs*.

footnotes: ¹ yikaneph

And of all clouds [Var. which are greater and lesser Rome] that are covering prayers, it is this that is written: (Lam. 3:44) You have covered Yourself in cloud, that no prayer should pass * *– they the clouds pass away, and the eyes shine, which are the First and Second Temples, through which prayers ascend.

For when Israel are made filthy, by the defilements of other nations, then the soul, which is the Shekhinah, says: (Song. 1:6) *Do not look upon me for I am blackened *– and prayer falls. It is this that is written: (Amos 5:2) She has fallen, she shall not rise again, the virgin of Israel.

And when she falls, she lies down in the dust between the legs. And behold they have established this, as the meaning of: (Ruth 3:7) *... and she uncovered his feet and she lay down... *And She prays to the blessed Holy One, that He will raise Her up from the dust. It is this that is written: (Ruth 3:9) And you will spread your wing¹ over your maidservant, because you are a redeemer.

footnotes: ¹ khe-naphekha

At that time: (Ruth 3:8) ... and the man¹ was afraid, and he turned aside¹ *... *He of whom it is stated: (Ex. 15:3) Y”Y is a man¹ *of war... *What is the meaning of va-yilaphet¹ ? As it says: (Job 6:18) The paths of their way were turned aside¹ ...

footnotes: ¹ iysh ¹ va-yilaphet ¹ iysh ¹ he-turned-aside ¹ ye-laphtu

At that time, the blessed Holy One will arrive and say to Her: (Ruth 3:13) Stay the night, and it shall be in the morning... Stay the night – which is the left-hand side, *... and it shall be in the morning... *which is mercy, the right-hand side, from where light shines. It is this that is written: (Gen. 44:3) The morning became light...

(Ruth 3:13) *... if he shall redeem you, ‘good’, he shall redeem... *‘If Israel will perform good deeds through You, to raise You from between the legs, then ‘good’. You will be redeemed by the hand of ‘Higher Israel’, Who is Your ‘good’¹ husband, specifically, but if they do not perform good deeds through You, then: (ibid.) ‘I’¹ shall redeem You.’

footnotes: ¹ tov ¹ Anokhi

And behold they have established the meaning of: (ibid.) *As Y”Y lives! Lie down until the morning... *The oath is with ‘lives!’¹, which includes the 18¹ blessings of prayer, Lie down until the morning...–**until that streaming-light.

footnotes: ¹ ḥaiy ¹ ḥaiy

For at that time, prayer will be a streaming-light in the heart and in the eyes. And because it is upon the 18 blessings of prayer, that redemption depends, and through which it is revealed – which is Yesod, the ‘life-force¹ of the worlds’ – it is stated of it: (2 Chron. 7:16) ... and my eyes, and my heart will be, there, all the days.

footnotes: ¹ ḥaiy

*... and my eyes and my heart will be... *– he mentions eyes and heart, because a person, in his prayer, his eyes should be downwards, towards the soul, which is the Shekhinah, Who is trapped in exile, while his heart should be upwards, to the blessed Holy One.¹

footnotes: ¹ See BT Yevamot 105b

And the mystery of the matter: (Ps. 25:15) My eyes are always towards Y”Y, for He takes my feet out of the net. And his heart is upwards, to take revenge upon’Amaleq. It is this that is written: (Is. 63:4) For a day of vengeance is in My heart... ... in My heart...– specifically. With it He is destined to take revenge, as He took revenge upon Egypt.

For My heart¹² is the Name of forty-two. With the Name A-V-G-Y-T-Tz – He took Israel out of exile, with the Name Q-R-’A S-T-N – which is the second Name, of the second day – with it He split the sea, and of this Name it is stated: (Gen. 1:6) ... ‘Let there be a firmament, in the midst of the waters... ’ * *N-G-D-Y-Kh-Sh – (Ex. 34:10) *... ‘in front of’*¹ *all your people, I shall do wonders...’ *With each Name, He took revenge upon Egypt.

footnotes: ¹ libiy ² 42 ¹ neged

And redemption depends upon the heart, of which it is stated:¹ ‘the heart sees’. And because of this: For a day of vengeance is in My heart... (Is. 63:4) * *Vengeance with what? With *My heart... *– with Y-H, of which it is stated: (Ps. 150:6) Every soul will praise YaH. And about which it is stated: (Ex. 17:16) ... for a hand is upon the throne of YaH...

footnotes: ¹ Qohelet Rabbah 1:36

And redemption depends upon the heart, of which it is stated: ‘the heart sees...’ And because of this, the Masters of the Mishnah have established:¹ ‘To my heart I have revealed it, but to My limbs I have not revealed it’. What is the meaning of ‘to My heart’?

footnotes: ¹ See BT Sanhedrin 99a

But the Written Torah is called ‘My heart’, and the Oral Torah is called ‘mouth’. And the Masters of the Mishnah established, that from the heart to the mouth it is not revealed. ‘To My heart¹² I have revealed it’ – this is the Name of 72 Names, and they are ‘the seventy faces of the Torah’,³ that are suspended from the letter Beiyt⁴².

footnotes: ¹ le-libiy ² 72 ³ Bemidbar Rabbah 13:15 ⁴ ב ² 2

And the Torah has a head, and a body, and a heart and a mouth and limbs, just as it is with Israel. For there are ‘heads’ – the heads of the People – and from among whom are ‘eyes’.

It is this that written: (Num. 15:24) *And it shall be, if from the eyes of the assembly... *and there is from among them a ‘heart’, to which correspond the seventy of the Sanhedrin, together with Moses and Aaron over them, of whom there is never lacking, in the world, like them.¹ And this is ‘to My heart I have revealed’, but of the others, who are like the remaining limbs, it is stated of them: ‘and to My limbs I have not revealed’.

footnotes: ¹ See Bereishyt Rabbah 56:7

And so it is, in the Torah, the seventy faces are suspended from two Torahs: the Written Torah and the Oral Torah.

And in exile: (Hos. 10:2) Their heart¹² divided, which are the 72 righteous-ones, who are like the Sanhedrin. And the mystery of the matter: (Is. 30:18) ... happy are all who wait ‘for Him’¹². ‘... for Him’ in numeric-value amounts to thirty-six, and they are the 36 righteous in the Land of Israel, and 36 righteous outside the Land of Israel – and this is the meaning of Their heart¹² divided. (Hos. 10:2)

footnotes: ¹ libam ² 72 ¹ lo ² 36 ¹ libam ² 72

And who divided their heart?