*pilgrimages you will celebrate for Me in the year... *and because of it (Ex. 23:17) *... all of your males will be seen... *to fulfil: (Ex. 20:8) Remember and (Deut. 5:12) *Observe *– Remember¹ for a male, and Observe¹ for a female, all those who go to gaze at [Var. to be included in] the Shekhinah, should give Her a present¹ – it is this that is written: (Deut. 16:16) ... and they will not be seen before Ha-Shem empty handed.

footnotes: ¹ zakhor ¹ shamor ¹ dorona

And one should rejoice in Her – it is this that is written: (Deut. 16:14) And you shall rejoice in your festival, for She is called ‘the joy of the blessed Holy One’, and one who goes to see Her, should guard himself from sadness, which is Lylyt, who is darkness, depression, sheol, spleen – for she is ‘blemish’¹ – and upon that it is stated: (Lev. 21:18) ... whoever has a blemish will not approach.

footnotes: ¹ moom

(Deut. 16:17) Each man according to his ability to give¹ *... *– this is the Higher Shekhinah, upon Whom it is stated: (Prov. 21:14) A gift¹ *in secret will subdue anger... *Because She is concealed, the world to come is called ‘a gift’¹, and about that is stated:² ‘Moses will rejoice in the giving¹ of his portion’, because: (Ecc. 3:13) ... it is the gift¹ of ELQYM.

footnotes: ¹ matnat ¹ matan ¹ matanah ² Liturgical: Sabbath Morning ‘Standing’ Prayer ¹ matnat ¹ matat

(Deut. 16:17) *... as the blessing of Y”Y your God which He has given you *– this is the Lower Shekhinah, one from the right-hand side – blessing, and one from the left-hand side – gift.

And furthermore: the Shekhinah is the calculation of seasons¹, and zodiacal constellations¹, and calendrical months and leap years.

footnotes: ¹ te-quphot ¹ mazalot

There are Four ‘severities’¹, which are called ‘the four seasons’¹, and to each season three months, and in them are twelve zodiacal constellations, and they correspond to the twelve tribes of Israel, and all are bound in this Name of ADNY – it is the Lower Shekhinah Who is ‘severe’¹, through the four ‘seasons’¹, which are from the left-side – strong and severe, and they are: ALePh DaLeT NuN YoD.

footnotes: ¹ te-quphan ¹ tequphot ¹ taqipha ¹ tequphinn

And all the twelve constellations are ‘hard’¹, from the aspect of judgement, and because sustenance comes from them, the Masters of the Mishnah have said:² ‘Difficult¹ is the sustenance of a person like the splitting of the Red Sea’ – which was split into twelve splittings.³

footnotes: ¹ qashin ² BT Pesaḥim 118a ¹ qashin ³ Pirqei d-Rabbi Eli’ezer Ch.41

And there are four ‘seasons’: two arms and two thighs, the twelve constellations, are the twelve parts that are in them, and corresponding to them, are the twelve months of the year,¹ and they are Vav-Vav²³, – the mystery of the ’ibura⁴⁴ – and this is the thirteenth month, this is: Aleph², and this is VAV²³ – a year of thirteen months.

footnotes: ¹ Pirqei d-Rabbi Eli’ezer Ch.5 ² ו־ו ³ 6–6 ⁴ leap-year ⁴ gestation ² א ² ואו ³ 13

And through it, one needs to equate the solar year with the lunar year, and to unite them with the ‘middle way’, – which is the Middle Pillar.

And if a person knows how to count intercalate, and to equate the solar year with the lunar year, and to unite them, he knows when Passover will be in the ‘month of Aviv’¹, and with this he unites Father and Mother, Son and Daughter. It is this that is written: (Deut. 4:6) *And you will observe and you will do, for it is your ‘wisdom’*¹ *and your ‘understanding’*¹ ... And you will observe, and you will do – this is V-Q, for it is your wisdom and your understanding – this is Y-Q.

footnotes: ¹ Spring ¹ ḥokhmah ¹ binah

And in what are Father, Mother, Son and Daughter equal? In א¹, which is Higher Keter, about which the moon said:² ‘It is impossible for two kings to use one crown’.

footnotes: ¹ Aleph ² BT Ḥullin 60b

And because of that we say, on Sabbath and Festivals and New Moons: ‘A crown¹ they shall give You, Y”Y ELQYNU, the angels amassed above...’² – King¹ and kingdom¹.

footnotes: ¹ keter ² Liturgical: from the ‘Additional Service’ ¹ melekh ¹ malkhut

And furthermore: She is the precept of ‘the slaughter of animals, which is kasher¹ when performed by strangers¹ [Var. women]’,² for there are people who are compared to animals, for of those who do not strive in Torah, one needs to make of them ‘sacrificial-offerings’, of prayers, that they be offered to the blessed Holy One.

footnotes: ¹ fit ¹ zarim ² See BT Berakhot 31b and Zevaḥim 32a

And if they are offered in prayers to the blessed Holy One, and suffer many afflictions, then it is this that is written: (Ps. 44:23) For over you we are killed all the day, we are considered as flock for the slaughter, – they appear as if: (Ex. 20:24) And you shall slaughter upon it, your burnt offerings and your peace offerings... etc. For this saves them from the death of the Angel of Death, it is this that is written: (Ps. 36:7) Man and beast You will save, Y”Y.

And of those whose actions are like the beasts of the field, who eat without prayer, their death will be like the beasts of the field, and the Angel of Death slaughters them, measure for measure.

And not only that, but with a defective knife he slaughters them, and they are called ‘carcass’¹, and about them it is stated: (Is. 26:19) ... my corpses¹ will arise...

footnotes: ¹ ne-veilah ¹ ne-veilah

What is ‘a defective knife’? This is Samael – another god. A defective knife it is specifically called, and it is ‘the defect’ of the ‘poison of death’, the torn-one and the carcass.