of right and left.

At that time: smoke will be aroused towards the left, to remove Samael from there, and immediately another smoke ascends, which is the smoke of the incense, [it is the ‘totality’ of the Torah, its binding is the positive commandments] to bind and bring close together the right in the left, for the pillar of smoke is the Middle Pillar, [in love, and the negative precepts in fear] the pillar of the incense.

What is His incense? The Lower Shekhinah, for She ascends in many good odours and perfumes. And when She ascends towards Him, it is stated of Her: (Song. 3:6) Who is this¹ , ascending from the desert? etc. Who is this – that ascends through them – this is the lower Hei², ‘zot’¹ ascends in MiY¹.

footnotes: ¹ zot ² ה ¹ ‘this-one’ ¹ ‘who’

*... perfumed with myrrh and frankincense... *– the two pillars of truth¹, ...*of all the powder of the peddler, *– this is the Righteous-One, who includes all, He is ‘the peddler’²¹ and She is His powder. It is this that is written: (Gen. 2:24) *... and he shall cleave to his wife... *and through it She ascends towards Her husband.

footnotes: ¹ Netzaḥ-Hod ² rokhel ¹ Yesod

The Lower Shekhinah is the incense¹ of the blessed Holy One, and She is His offering¹, His altar, through which Israel prepare the foods of the sacrifices, of prayers to the blessed Holy One, which are to correspond to: the sacrifice of the morning, and the sacrifice of late afternoon, and the sacrifice of the innards and entrails – which are consumed all night.²

footnotes: ¹ qe-toret ¹ qorban ² See BT Berakhot 26b

And it is the offering of ‘the additional service’¹, which is the Righteous-One, and it is the offering of Sabbaths and Holy Days. For there is no offering¹ [‘nearness’¹ of the holy people to the blessed Holy One, on Sabbath and Festival], except through Her. It is this that is written: (Lev. 16:3) *With ‘zot’*¹ *shall Aaron come to the sacred...

• (Jer. 9:22–3) *And let not the boaster praise himself, except in ‘this’*¹ *... *She is His ‘residence’¹, for Her sake He resides amongst them, it is this that is written: (Ex. 25:8) *And make for Me a ‘sanctuary’*¹ , and I shall reside¹ amongst them etc.

footnotes: ¹ musaph ¹ qorbana ¹ qe-rivu ¹ this ¹ zot ¹ mashkona ¹ miqdash ¹ shakhanti

She is His ark, and He is the Scroll of the Torah, concealed inside Her.

She is His ‘menorah’¹, and (Ex. 35:14) *‘... the candelabrum of ‘illumination’*¹, of that of which it is stated: (Prov. 6:23) ... and Torah is light¹.

footnotes: ¹ candelabrum ¹ ma-aur ¹ aur

And She is a candle, that burns before Him, as it says:... (Lev. 24:2) to kindle a perpetual candle, and She is Bathsheba¹, the candelabrum comprising seven ‘lamps’. She is a candle to Him from the side of the left. And He is a light to Her from the side of the right, and of both-of-them it is stated: (Prov. 6:23) For a candle is precept and Torah is light...

footnotes: ¹ daughter of-seven

She is His sanctification of betrothal¹ from the side of the left, because holiness is of the aspect of the Levites, as it says: “and you shall sanctify the Levites”, and about that it is stated:² ‘be thou sanctified to me¹ with ‘this’ ring’.

footnotes: ¹ qidushin ² See BT Qiddushin 5b ¹ me-qudeshet

And She is His blessing, from the right-hand side, which is the priesthood¹. It is this that is written: (Num. 6:23) thus¹ , will you bless the Children of Israel...

footnotes: ¹ ke-hunah ¹ koh

And She is called Hiskalah¹, from the aspect of the Righteous-One, who iskol¹ – and this is KaLaH comprised of kol and the letter Hei², because it³ is the covenant that unites both-of-them, and from the aspect of the Righteous-One, He is Her unity, for He is the tip of the letter Dalet² of EḤaD¹, which connects between the letters A-Ḥ² and the letter Dalet².

footnotes: ¹ bride ¹ all ² ה ³ Yesod ² ד ¹ One ² ח–א ² ד

And She is His prayer, from the aspect of ‘the life-force¹ of the worlds’, which is the 18¹ blessings of prayer.

footnotes: ¹ ḥaiy ¹ ḥaiy

She is ‘the sign’¹ of Sabbaths and Holy Days.² Sabbath is the totality of the three Patriarchs, because She is BaT¹, who is included in the 3 branches of the Patriarchs, who are the letter ש³.

footnotes: ¹ ot ² See BT Menaḥot 36b ¹ daughter ³ Shyn

She is His ‘defined-area’¹. And She is His ‘domain’¹ – an ‘individual domain’, whose height is ten – and this is: YOD QE VAV QE, and its width is four: which are YQV”Q.

footnotes: ¹ te-ḥum ¹ re-shut

He is Her ’EYRUV, from the aspect of right and left, which are A-B¹ R-Y-U¹, which are Ḥesed¹ and Gevurah¹. And She is His ‘evening service’², His ‘pregnancy’².

footnotes: ¹ 72 ¹ 216 ¹ 72 ¹ 216 ² ’aravit ² ’ibur

She is the prayer-shawl¹ of the blessed Holy One, and, in Her, the blessed Holy One is enwrapped, as it says: (Ps. 104:2) *You enwrap light like a garment... *And She is the tzitzit of the Righteous-One, Who is ‘the poor-one in exile’, it is this that is written: (Ps. 102:1) A prayer for a pauper when he enwraps...

footnotes: ¹ talit

A poor-one, certainly, for only in it, is He enwrapped, because She: (Ex. 22:26) *alone is his covering, it is his garment for his ‘skin’*¹ *... *– this is the leather of phylacteries, of which it is stated: (Gen. 3:21) And Y”Y ELQYM made for Adam, and his wife, tunics of leather¹ , and He dressed them.

footnotes: ¹ ’or ¹ ’or

The four ‘housings’ of the head are EQYeQ, four scriptural sections which are: (Ex. 13:2) Sanctify to Me... (Ex. 13:11) *And it will be, when He shall bring you...

• (Deut. 6:4) Hear O Israel... (Deut. 11:13) *And it will be, if you listen... *– this is YQVQ.

The four ‘housings’ of the hand – this is ADNY, the four scriptural sections – this is YQV”Q. And in them are 42 mentions of HVY”H in the eight scriptural sections, of which it is stated: (Num. 12:9) *Y”Y ‘in them’*¹² ... * *This is: (Ex. 22:26) *Because... it is the garment for his skin... *and She is the tekhelet¹ of the tzitzit.

footnotes: ¹ bam ² 42 ¹ blue

She is the mystery of levirate marriage¹, His levirate in exile: Y-B M-H B-Y M-H.

footnotes: ¹ yibum