At that time, the blessed Holy One will say to Israel: (Gen. 27:4) And make delicacies *for Me *– with the desire of the Shekhinah – such as I have loved – from the positive precepts, and the Shekhinah prepares ‘prayer foods’ with Israel, which are sacrificial-offerings.

And at the time that She prepares food for the King, She gives them Israel counsel to be aroused with the ram’s horn, with which the blessed Holy One is destined to gather Israel, from exile, from the four sides of the world. It is this that is written: ‘Blow on the great shophar for our freedom, and raise the banner to gather our exiles’.¹ And he the agent of darkness thinks that it is his day of judgement, and he flees.

footnotes: ¹ Liturgical: Morning Service, The ‘Standing’ Prayer

Until that time, the blessed Holy One extends patience to the wicked, but in the end, He ceases to tolerate them, and destroys them from the world, and this is: ma-arikh¹, tarḥa¹, soph pasuq¹.

footnotes: ¹ ֥ ¹ ֖ ¹ ֽ

And furthermore: shophar holekh¹, re-vi’a¹, darga¹, trei ta’amei¹. At the time that the wicked are destroyed from the world, prayer ascends in music of four types, which are: simple song – which is Y, double song – which is YQ, triple song – which is YQV, and quadruple song – which is YQVQ.

footnotes: ¹ ֣ ¹ ֗ ¹ ֧ ¹ ֦

In the Name of YQVQ, prayer, which is the Shekhinah, ascends.

Torah is with music, the Shekhinah is with music, Israel goes up from exile with music. It is this that is written: (Ex. 15:1) Then¹ will sing Moses, and the Children of Israel, this song to Y”Y...

footnotes: ¹ az

Prayer, which is the Shekhinah, ascends towards the King with ten ‘remembrances’, and with ten ‘coronations’, and with ten ‘trumpet blasts’, which are Yod-Yod-Yod¹. And ten classes of angels become aroused towards them, and raise them towards the ten sephirot.

footnotes: ¹ י־י־י

And the musical tunes ascend from them the angels, in quadrupled form, from the aspect of the cantillation note re-vi’a¹ through the four ḥayot¹, and they are: (Ps. 104:25) ... creatures¹ *small with large... *They are eight, and they are Y-A-Q-D-V-N-Q-Y, and about them it is stated: Then¹² shall Moses sing... (Ex. 15:1)

footnotes: ¹ ֗ ¹ angelic-beasts ¹ ḥayot ¹ az ² 8

When the blessed Holy One shall be with His Shekhinah in the eight ḥayot, which are angelic-beasts of fire – sometimes silent, sometimes speaking – and all of them clapping their wings in song, and the music is through them [Var. ascending], with four faces to each side being four-fold, it is this that is written: (Ez. 1:6) And four faces to each one, and four wings to each one of them. To each ḥayah¹ there are eight – between faces and wings – corresponding to the eight with which Moses praised with az¹².

footnotes: ¹ angelic-beast ¹ ‘then’ ² 8

And David, because of this, made an instrument of eight strings, and he praised the blessed Holy One with eight. It is this that is written: (Ps. 12:1) *To the conductor: on the eighth... *– and eight letters, to each one there are eight, all amounting to 72 – Y-A-Q-D-V-N-Q-Y – eight, and suspended from them are 64, eight to each one, all amounting to 72, this is the mystery of ḥashmal.

And there is music which ascends through ten – and this is: YOD QE VAV QE, and about them it is stated: (Song. 5:14) *His hands are wheels of gold... *And there is music that ascends through six, it is this that is written: (Song. 5:15) *His thighs are pillars of ‘shesh’*¹¹.

footnotes: ¹ marble ¹ six

(Is. 26:4) *... YaQ YQV”Q the rock of ages *– Y-Q¹, Y-Q, Y-Q – ADaM²¹.

footnotes: ¹ 15 ² human ¹ 45

Four wings of lion, ox, eagle, the chariot [Var. YQVQ YQVQ YQVQ] – Y-H Y-H Y-H which equals ADaM¹. The second: Y”Q YQV”Q. Y”Q YQV”Q. Y”Q. Y-H-V-H Y-H-V-H Y-H-V-H

footnotes: ¹ 45

YQV”Q is above them all: Y”Q YQV”Q – Ḥokhmah-Binah, Keter is (Ex. 3:14) EQYeQ¹ that which EQYeQ, and about them it is stated: (Is. 6:2) *Seraphim are standing above it, six wings, six wings to each one... *– and this is A-V-G-Y-T-Tz, with two it covers its face – for Israel, so that their enemies cannot see them, *and with two it covers its feet *– so that ‘the deed of the calf’ be not mentioned,² and with two it will fly – from exile. It is this that is written: (Ex. 19:4) ... and I raised you upon eagles’ wings, and I brought you to Me.

footnotes: ¹ I-will-be ² Midrash Tanḥuma, Emor Ch.16

And there is music which ascends with two – such as ‘hale-luyah’¹. And there is music which ascends with one letter – such as ‘hale-liY’¹ – with Yod². And there is music that ascends with five, such as Hei²³, and this has been stated of the harp of five strings. But music, – which ascends through six, which are A-V-G-Y-T-Tz – it is from Vav²³. And there is that music which ascends with three – and this is Y-H-V³, which is EQYeQ³, and music ascends through it, with the horn blasts: te-qi’ah, she-varim, te-ru’ah.

footnotes: ¹ Praise-YaH! ¹ Praise! ² י ² ה ³ 5 ² ו ³ 6 ³ 21 ³ 21

In te-qi’ah: it is a long sounding note, until he raises it towards the right-hand side, which is Ḥesed.

In she-varim: he raises the sound of the note towards Gevurah, for Y-Q – in right and left – is there, and it descends from it in joy, in wisdom and wealth, as they have established:¹ ‘whoever wants to become wise should head southwards, to become wealthy, he should head northwards.’

footnotes: ¹ BT Baba Batra 25b

In te-ru’ah: he raises the sound of the note towards the Middle Pillar, and the King would descend from it towards