Chapter Forty-Six (פֶּרֶק אַרְבָּעִים וְשִׁשָּׁה)

The letter Tzadi (אוֹת הַצַּדִּ״י) consists of two points together in the mystery of du-partzufin [two configurations] (הֵם שְׁתֵּי נְקֻדּוֹת יַחַד בְּסוֹד דּוּ״י פַּרְצוּפִין), their backs joined together (אֲחוֹרֵיהֶם מְדוּבָּקִים יַחַד), and their faces—one toward the east and one toward the west (וּפְנֵיהֶם זֶה לְצַד מִזְרָח וְזֶה לַמַּעֲרָב). So is the Tzadi (כֵּן הַצַּדִּ״י): the Yod of the Nun turns its face toward the east (הַיּו״ד שֶׁל הַנ׳ הוֹפֶכֶת פָּנֶיהָ לְצַד מִזְרָח), and the Yod upon the Nun, its face is toward the west (וְהַיּו״ד שֶׁעַל הַנ׳ פָּנֶיהָ לַמַּעֲרָב), and these are the two points (וְאֵלּוּ ב׳ הַנְּקֻדּוֹת). The right one is made in the form of a Nun, weighed down by the Yod upon it (הַיְמָנִית נַעֲשֵׂית בְּצוּרַת נ׳ מִכְּבַד הַיּו״ד שֶׁעָלֶיהָ), and this is a hint to this world, whose providence and influence come from the back (וְזֶה רֶמֶז לָעוֹלָם הַזֶּה שֶׁהַשְׁגָּחָתוֹ וְהַשְׁפָּעָתוֹ הוּא מֵאֲחוֹרִים). And not so in the World to Come, after the resurrection (וְלֹא כֵן הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא אַחַר הַתְּחִיָּה), which will be face to face (שֶׁיְּהֵא פָּנִים בְּפָנִים). And a hint to this is the Milui [Spelling] of Tzadi, which is Dalet–Yod (וְרֶמֶז לָזֶה הַמִּלּוּי שֶׁל צַדִּ״י שֶׁהִיא דַּ״י), for the face of the Dalet looks and gazes at the Yod before it—face to face (שֶׁפְּנֵי הַדָּלֶת צוֹפָה וּמַבִּיטָה בַּיּו״ד שֶׁלְּפָנֶיהָ פָּנִים בְּפָנִים).