of which: (Lev. 13:21) *... and it is not lower than the skin and it is dim, *– and this is the ‘lowness’ of the soul in the body.

N-R: [Var: When] The soul and spirit and animating-soul are exiled¹ in the liver, the gallbladder, and the spleen, all those limbs of the body, which are the holy People, all of them are distressed in bitterness, because of the soul, her place is the brain, the holy dove¹.

footnotes: ¹ it-galyan ¹ yonah

The soul is an eagle, through which this dove is sustained, with many prayers and services.

The boat of Jonah¹¹ is the cranium, and there are many appointed-ones in this ship who direct it, and they are ears, eyes, nose, mouth, – there are seven ‘appointed-ones’, and they add up to ‘the seventy languages that were in the ship of Jonah’.²

footnotes: ¹ yonah ¹ dove ² Midrash Tanḥuma, Vayiqra Ch.8

And the ‘dove’ is prayer – Lower Shekhinah, the ‘eagle’ through which it is sustained – is Higher Shekhinah.

If Israel do not strive in the prayers and supplications and services, of the eagle, which is the lung, then immediately: (Jon. 1:4) And Y”Y threw a great wind¹ *to the sea *– which is ‘the wind of the storm’. (Is. 63:14) ... the spirit¹ of Y”Y will guide him...– at first – the wind¹ that blows in the wings of the eagle, which is the Middle Pillar, through which the eagle flies up in by means of these two lips, the ru-aḥ¹¹ that blows in everything – this is the wind of the nose.

footnotes: ¹ ru-aḥ ¹ ru-aḥ ¹ ru-aḥ ¹ wind ¹ spirit

This wind, in whichever place it is, is where the Higher and Lower Shekhinah are found, it is the Vav¹ that blows in the wings of the lung, and upon the heart. For it is there that: (Prov. 20:27) *A candle of Y”Y... *this is: ‘soul’ in the brain, ‘spirit’ in the wings of the lung, ‘animating-soul’ in the heart.

footnotes: ¹ ו

And sometimes, these three are in the three facets of ‘intellect’ – and ‘thought’ rides upon them, which is ‘the human’¹, And thus three are in the heart.

footnotes: ¹ adam

NeR¹ – an acronym of Neshamah¹ and Ru-aḥ¹ – the ‘wind’¹ that blows ‘N-R’ through them, in ‘the two chambers of the heart’, and they are Nephesh¹ and Ru-aḥ¹, the symbol for which is N-R.

footnotes: ¹ candle ¹ soul ¹ spirit ¹ ruḥa ¹ animating-soul ¹ spirit

And it is this Vav¹ that blows through the arms, in their six parts, and it blows in the two thighs, through six parts, of which it is stated: (Song. 5:15) *His thighs are pillars of ‘shesh’*²², and upon that it is stated: (Is. 11:2) And the spirit of Y”Y shall rest upon him.

footnotes: ¹ ו ² marble ² six

When the limbs of the body are directed by this spirit, through the holy Torah, through the precepts of the Torah, then the ‘boat’ is led to any direction that a person wishes, as it says: (Ez. 1:12) ... to wherever the spirit¹ was to go, they would go, for the ‘boat’ is the head, and it is the heart, and it is the body.

footnotes: ¹ ru-aḥ

And if the limbs of the body, who are the masters of the ship – who are the holy People – are not conducting themselves in accordance with the Torah – which is soul¹ – and in precept¹ – which is animating-soul¹ – then the spirit flies away from between them.

footnotes: ¹ nishmata ¹ mitzvah ¹ naphsha

At that time: (Jon. 1:4) And Y”Y cast a great wind¹ to the sea... which is the ‘the wind of storm’, which is the decree of harsh judgement, which storms the body of the person, who is Israel, and Israel are then in the storm, and the boat, which is the body,... threatens to break up.

footnotes: ¹ ru-aḥ

Right then: (Jon. 1:5) *... and Jonah descended to the lower parts of the ship... *– this is the Lower Shekhinah, of which it is stated: (Ruth 3:7) ... and she uncovered his feet and she lay down – she lay down in the dust. And this is: (Jon. 1:5) ... and he lay down and he slept. And why did She fall? Because the spirit¹ had flown up from Her, which is the Middle Pillar that was supporting Her, and She fell.

footnotes: ¹ ru-ḥa

And at that time, it is stated of Her: (Lam. 1:1) *How She sits alone... *And what has caused Her descent? It is because Israel have neglected Torah and precept.

At that time, when She has descended between the legs, Israel, Her children, are held tight between the legs, and they are in sickness and disease.

At that time, when the body – which is Israel – is in the house of the sick, and the Shekhinah – who is the ‘dove’¹ – is with them, what is written of it? (Jon. 1:6) And the captain¹ *approached him... *– he that destroys¹ flesh in the house of the sick.

footnotes: ¹ yonah ¹ rav ha-ḥovel ¹ ḥavil

And furthermore: who is the captain? He of whom it is stated: (Ex. 22:25) If you surely sequester as security¹ * your friend’s garment... ḥavol*¹ in the First Temple, taḥbol¹ – in the Second Temple, and he is the captain of all the directors of the ship.

footnotes: ¹ ḥavol taḥbol ¹ sequester ¹ surely-sequester

And what did he the captain say to him Jonah? ‘ (Jon. 1:6) *... Get up! Call to your God!’ *– for judgements are coming upon you, and upon your children. Behold the ‘masters of debts’ are gathering, they are surrounding your boat, they who are the evil winds. Look to your merits! – at those limbs which strive in the Torah and in good deeds – and they will return the Higher Shekhinah, – Who is ‘repentance’ – to be upon you, and She shall protect you.

For about Her it is stated: (Deut. 32:11) *Like an eagle that arouses its nest, *– this is Jerusalem, *upon its chicks it will hover *– who are Israel, it shall spread its wings – upon them, on Sabbath and festivals, and because of Her they bless on those days: