the Shekhinah, for She is the unity of the blessed Holy One. And instead, there rules over him a ‘shed’¹,² who is ‘another’¹.

footnotes: ¹ demon ² See Midrash Tanḥuma, Tzav Ch.14 ¹ aḥer

Specifically, the Yod¹ of ShaDaY – it is the tip of the Dalet¹ of EḤaD², and if he is false, the tip of the Dalet¹ of EḤaDis removed, and there remains AḤeR².

footnotes: ¹ י ¹ ד ² ‘One’ ¹ ד ² ‘another’

And because of this, the verse says: (Ex. 34:14) *For you shall not bow down to another god etc... *And at the time when there rules over a person a demon – who is ‘another god’ – he becomes enslaved to it with all kinds of afflictions. And this sin causes Israel to become enslaved, by the nations of the world.

And whoever protects the sign of covenant, in which ever place it is, whether the covenant of circumcision, whether Sabbath and Festivals, the blessed Holy One protects him, because of it, in every place, and shields him from his enemies, like Moses, of whom it is stated: (Ps. 91:1) ... in the shadow of ShaDaY¹ he will abide...

footnotes: ¹ Almighty

And like Esther, whom He concealed from Aḥashverosh, who was uncircumcised and impure. And He put in her stead a ‘double’¹, in her replicated image, – it is this that is written: (Esth. 2:13) ... whatever she would say... etc. (Esth. 2:14) In the evening she would come, and in the morning she would return, to the house of women – *‘the second’*¹ ...

footnotes: ¹ shenit ¹ sheni

And He protected her from Haman the wicked, it is this that is written: (Ps. 32:7) *... preserve me from trouble... *for he Haman is the adversary and the enemy. And because of this jealousy – that the blessed Holy One protected Esther with His sign, for She is His ‘sanctification’¹, for there is no sanctification less than ten² – ten lower crowns of ‘the other side’, became enclothed, in the ten sons of Haman, for ‘another god’ is there. For Haman had said: (Esth. 3:9) ... and ten thousand talents of silver I will weigh... etc. – and all to take revenge upon Esther and her people, of whom it is stated: (Esth. 5:1) And Esther dressed regally¹ ...

footnotes: ¹ qedushah ² BT Megillah 23b ¹ malkhut

And the blessed Holy One gave them up into her hand, and into the hand of her people, (Esth. 9:25) ... and they hanged him and his sons upon the tree. And he had made: (Esth. 5:14) ... a treegallows*of 50 cubits height... *And the blessed Holy One took revenge upon him and his sons, through the Higher Shekhinah – Who had struck the Egyptians with fifty blows.

And furthermore: the Shekhinah is called ‘charity’¹, and the blessed Holy One is ‘the Master of Charity’, and in exile She is poor, and Her children are poor.

footnotes: ¹ tzedaqah

And the blessed Holy One, as it were, is poor, when He is outside His place, and because of Her it is stated: (Is. 33:7) Behold their mighty-ones have shouted outside... etc.

And in which place is He poor and is She poor? In the Righteous-One¹ which is the covenant, and because Israel sinned through it below, it is: (Job 14:11) *... a river dried up and parched *– in the First and Second Temples. And the Shekhinah is dry and parched in it, because they caused to be gathered-up from it¹, the ‘higher waters’, and the Shekhinah was left dry. It is this that is written: (Gen. 1:9) ... Let the waters be gathered, from beneath the heavens to one place, that the dry land may be seen...

footnotes: ¹ Yesod ¹ Yesod

And anyone who performs charity to the impoverished, causes that river which is drawn from Eden, – which is Higher Mother – ... (Gen. 2:10) *to irrigate the garden... *which is the letter Dalet¹ meaning poor², impoverished.

footnotes: ¹ ד ² dalah

And a pauper is the Sabbath day, and whoever maintains it with ‘the delight of the Sabbath’, causes the irrigation of the Dalet¹², and that pauper becomes filled and is called ‘river’. And whoever has the ability to perform the ‘delight² of the Sabbath’, and does not do so, delight becomes transformed to a plague² of leprosy for him, and his house and wealth are destroyed.

footnotes: ¹ ד ² ‘poor-one’ ² ’oneg ² neg’a

And so, a poor woman is the Oral Torah, surely, and She is qabalah¹, when She ‘receives’ from the Master of Charity, Who is the Written Torah. When She goes towards Him to receive, She is called halakhah¹, when She receives from Him, She is called qabalah.

footnotes: ¹ ‘receiving’ ¹ ‘going’

And at that time, She distributes what they give Her to Her servants and children, and to Her young maidens, as it says: (Prov. 31:15) *... and she gives provision to her household, and a portion to her maidens *– and they receive one from the other, from that which they receive from Her.

The Master of Receiving¹ is the Middle Pillar, and She receives from Him. And in what place does She receive from Him? In the right-side, because of Her is stated: ‘for Your right hand is extended to receive those who return’.²

footnotes: ¹ qabalah ² Liturgical: Penitentiary Prayer (taḥanun)

Halakhah is from the left-hand side, qabalah