because the Righteous-One¹, ‘the life-force of the worlds’, is the ‘poor man’ that is bound through the right-hand, which is Passover, just like Israel of whom it is stated: (Ez. 16:7) ... and you were naked and bare.

footnotes: ¹ Yesod

And this Jonah¹ is the dove¹ of Noah’s ark.

footnotes: ¹ Yonah ¹ yonah

Another word: (Jon. 2:11) And Ha-Shem said to the fish and it vomited Jonah onto dry land...

An Elder arose from behind the shade, he began and said: (Num. 11:7) And the manna was like seed of coriander¹ ... * What is ‘seed of coriander’? But ‘GaD’¹ is right and left, composed of Ge-mol¹ andDalim*¹.² ... like seed of coriander...– this is Jonah¹, commencing with Yod³ specifically – the white drop, through which gad is completed, and is made into gyd¹⁴.

footnotes: ¹ gad ¹ coriander ¹ bestowing ¹ paupers ² See BT Shabbat 104a ¹ Yonah ³ י ¹ membrum ⁴ Yesod

And therefore, of this seed, which is the holy drop, it is stated:... and it vomited Jonah onto dry land, (Jon. 2:11) which is the ‘female’. And from that which was ‘dry land’ – Hei¹ – is called ‘earth’², to produce seeds and fruits. It is this that is written: (Gen. 1:10) And ELQYM called the dry land ‘earth’...

footnotes: ¹ ה ² eretz

... and the gathering¹ of waters He called ‘seas’ – this is: (Jer. 14:8) The hope¹ of Israel is his saviour, in a time of trouble...

footnotes: ¹ miqveh ¹ miqveh

The source of the flow, is from that seed that is drawn from ‘higher brain’, and this [Var. and that] drop is a small Yod¹, when Aleph¹ emerges from the brain, which is Ḥokhmah, every sephirah takes its portion, until it is divided into 9 points.

footnotes: ¹ י ¹ א

And when each one takes its portion, a tenth remains of all those drops, which is taken by that ‘dry land’, which is: (Num. 28:5) *... a tenth of an eiphah of fine flour... *and because of that, we tithe.

And that drop is lengthened in the Middle Pillar, and is made into ‘seed’ – a Vav¹² which includes six directions. And just as all the sephirot take their portion from that drop Yod, so they take from the seed [Var. from that seed] which is Vav¹. When it is small it is made into six, when it takes of Yod¹² it amounts to sixty: six times ten. But each of all the sephirot is nine, and with Malkhut, each one is completed to ten.

footnotes: ¹ ו ² 6 ¹ ו ¹ י ² 10

And all is drawn towards the membrum¹ – which is the Righteous-One² – and from it to that ‘dry land’. And at that time, when it deposits all into her, She is called ‘Noah’s ark’.

footnotes: ¹ gyd ² Yesod

And the mystery of the matter: (Gen. 8:4) *And the ark came to rest in the seventh month... *– that which was Hei¹, the dry land, is made into HEi¹ – ‘the’¹² seventh².

footnotes: ¹ ה ¹ ה־א ¹ ה ² ha ² she-vi-’iy

And this is... and the ark came to rest in the seventh month. And it... came to rest...– specifically in the seventh month. And this is: gyd¹², the Righteous-One, ‘the life-force of the worlds’, because from there emerged seed, for ‘this dry land’.

footnotes: ¹ membrum ² Yesod

And whoever brings out this seed, which is the flow from above, without bringing it to ‘this dry land’, causes a separation in that flow. It is as if, as it were, the flow of the Shekhinah has been interrupted, and the flow of ‘the other side’ is increased, which are the waters of the flood, it is this that is written: And the waters prevailed, (Gen. 7:19) exceedingly much, upon the earth...

At that time, when there is no flow in that dry land which is ‘heavy’¹, it is made opposite-of-heavy ‘light’¹, to be withdrawn from upon Israel, and it is stated of it: (Gen. 7:17) ... and it lifted up from the earth. And it did not descend until the seventh month, when She becomes filled with Her merits, and ‘heavy’ She descends, it is this that is written: (Gen. 8:4) And the ark came to rest in the seventh month, which is Tishrei, the left arm.

footnotes: ¹ kveidah ¹ qalah

For if they Israel would emerge from exile in it Tishrei, they would emerge in death, and there would not remain except: (Jer. 3:14) ... one from a town, and two from a family. ... one from a town...– like Noah, ... and two from a family...– like Shem and Japheth. And from the others: (Gen. 7:9) Two, two... (Gen. 7:2) *... seven, seven... *– from those ‘people of the land’, who are likened to animals and birds and beasts.

And these are they that honour holy days and festivals, which are two, two – the two days: one of New Year, and one of the Festival of Weeks, – the two days of Purim,¹ *... seven, seven... *– these are the seven days of Passover, and the seven days of Tabernacles.

footnotes: ¹ See BT Megillah 16b

Or: those who pray with the 18¹¹ blessings of prayer, every day,

footnotes: ¹ ḥaiy ¹ life