Chapter Two (פֶּרֶק שֵׁנִי)

You must further know (עוֹד צָרִיךְ אַתָּה לָדַעַת) (Kanfei Yonah, Part 3, Siman 47), that the worlds are all in the form of spheres (כִּי הָעוֹלָמוֹת הֵם כֻּלָּם בִּדְמוּת כַּדּוּרִיִּים), and are placed one upon another (וּמוּנָחִים זֶה עַל זֶה), meaning to say (רָצָה לוֹמַר), one above another (זֶה לְמַעְלָה מִזֶּה). And that hollow space between sphere and sphere (וְאוֹתוֹ הֶחָלוּל שֶׁבֵּין כַּדּוּר לְכַדּוּר), is filled with holy Names (הוּא מָלֵא שֵׁמוֹת הַקֹּדֶשׁ), and they are Names of the permutations of Elohim and their fillings (וְהֵם שֵׁמוֹת צֵרוּפֵי אֱלֹהִים וּמִלּוּאֵיהֶם). And you must know (וְצָרִיךְ שֶׁתֵּדַע), that the Name Elohim filled with Yudin (כִּי שֵׁם אֱלֹהִים בְּמִלּוּי יוּדִי״ן), which rises in the attribute of mercy (הָעוֹלֶה בְּרַחֲמִים), and also the Name MTZPTZ (וְגַם שֵׁם מַצְפַּ״ץ), comes with its fillings and its permutations in the hollow space (בָּא עִם מִלּוּאָיו וְצֵרוּפָיו בֶּחָלוּל), that exists between the sphere of Beri’ah and Atzilut (מַה שֶּׁיֵּשׁ בֵּין כַּדּוּר הַבְּרִיאָה לַאֲצִילוּת). And that hollow space between Yetzirah and Beri’ah (וְאוֹתוֹ הֶחָלוּל שֶׁבֵּין יְצִירָה לִבְרִיאָה), is governed by the Name Elohim filled with Alephin (שׁוֹלֵט בּוֹ שֵׁם אֱלֹהִים בְּמִלּוּי אַלְפִי״ן), whose value is Eretz [Earth] (הָעוֹלֶה אָרֶץ), as it is said (שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר): “Arise, O Elohim, judge the earth, for You shall inherit all the nations” (קוּמָה אֱלֹהִים שָׁפְטָה הָאָרֶץ כִּי אַתָּה תִנְחַל בְּכָל הַגּוֹיִם) (Psalms 82:8), which are the dominion of other gods (אֲשֶׁר הֵם מֶמְשֶׁלֶת אֱלֹהִים־אֲחֵרִים). And this Name Elohim (וְשֵׁם אֱלֹהִים זֶה), is alluded to in the Zohar, Parashat Bereshit (הוּא מְרֻמָּז בַּזֹּהַר פָּרָשַׁת בְּרֵאשִׁית), “five mighty leaves that surround the rose” (חָמֵשׁ עָלִין תַּקִּיפִין דְּסָחֲרִין לְשׁוֹשַׁנָּה), which is Malchut (שֶׁהִיא מַלְכוּת), the maiden who cries out in the city (נַעֲרָה הַצּוֹעֲקָה בָעִיר), and this Name Elohim (וְשֵׁם אֱלֹהִים זֶה), becomes for her a savior from all her sides (נַעֲשֶׂה לָהּ מוֹשִׁיעַ מִכָּל סִטְרָהָא). As it is said concerning her (שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר עָלֶיהָ): “Like a rose among the thorns” (כְּשׁוֹשַׁנָּה בֵּין הַחוֹחִים) (Song of Songs 2:2), these are the Klipot (הֵם הַקְּלִיפּוֹת), “so is My beloved among the daughters” (כֵּן רַעְיָתִי בֵּין הַבָּנוֹת) (Song of Songs 2:2), for they send their lights to the Malchut of Beri’ah, Yetzirah, and Asiyah to save them (שֶׁשּׁוֹלְחוֹת אוֹרוֹתֵיהֶָ לְמַלְכוּת דְּבִי״ע לְהַצִּילָם), and understand this (וְהָבֵן). And that hollow space between Yetzirah and Asiyah (וְאוֹתוֹ הֶחָלוּל שֶׁבֵּין יְצִירָה לַעֲשִׂיָּה), is governed by the Name Elohim filled with Hehin (שׁוֹלֵט בּוֹ שֵׁם אֱלֹהִים בְּמִלּוּי ה ההי״ן), whose value is Ratzah [He favored] (הָעוֹלֶה רָצָה), and may He save us from every trouble (וְהוּא יַצִּילֵנוּ מִכָּל צָרָה). And each filling of one Name from these three aforementioned ones (וְכָל מִלּוּי שֵׁם אֶחָד מִשְּׁלָשְׁתָּן הַנִּזְכָּרִים), has nineteen thousand and four hundred permutations that are generated from it (יֵשׁ לוֹ י״ט אֶלֶף וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת צֵרוּפִים הַנּוֹלָדִים מִמֶּנּוּ), and this calculation is because these fillings contain doubled letters (וְזֶה הַחֶשְׁבּוֹן הוּא מִפְּנֵי שֶׁיֵּשׁ בְּהַמִּלּוּאִים הַלָּלוּ אוֹתִיּוֹת כְּפוּלוֹת), for if they were not doubled (שֶׁאִם לֹא הָיוּ כְּפוּלוֹת), the number of permutations would increase more and more (יַעֲלֶה הַצֵּרוּף יוֹתֵר וְיוֹתֵר).

And you, the student (וְאַתָּה הַמְעַיֵּן), go and calculate (צֵא וַחֲשֹׁב), that each one of these aforementioned Names Elohim, together with all of its various permutations (כָּל אֶחָד מִשֵּׁמוֹת אֱלֹהִים הַנִּזְכָּר עִם כָּל מִינֵי צֵרוּפָיו), serves in one world (מְשַׁמֵּשׁ בְּעוֹלָם אֶחָד). Thus, in the World of Beri’ah (הַיְנוּ שֶׁבְּעוֹלָם הַבְּרִיאָה), the Name Elohim of Yudin serves with all its various permutations (מְשַׁמֵּשׁ שֵׁם אֱלֹהִים דְּיוּדִי״ן עִם כָּל מִינֵי צֵרוּפָיו), and in the World of Yetzirah (וּבְעוֹלָם הַיְצִירָה), the filling of Alephin and its permutations (מִלּוּי אַלְפִי״ן וְצֵרוּפָיו), and all its permutations spread throughout the six extremities of the world (וְכָל צֵרוּפָיו מִתְפַּשְּׁטִים בְּשֵׁשׁ קְצָווֹת הָעוֹלָם), and beyond it, for that world as well (וְחוּצָה לוֹ לְעוֹלָם הַהוּא גַּם כֵּן), in order to protect it from the Klipot (לְהָגֵן אוֹתוֹ מִן הַקְּלִיפּוֹת), so that they shall not ascend and shall not arise to grasp holiness (לֹא יַעֲלוּ וְלֹא יָקוּמוּ לֶאֱחֹז בַּקֹּדֶשׁ). And the permutations of Elohim stand and are divided in the secret of six wings (וְצֵרוּפֵי אֱלֹהִים עוֹמְדִים וְנֶחְלָקִים בְּסוֹד שֵׁשׁ כְּנָפַיִם), in such a manner (בְּאֹפֶן), that there are found for each and every wing (שֶׁנִּמְצָא לְכָל כָּנָף וְכָנָף), three thousand and two hundred and forty-three myriads and two thousand and four hundred permutations (שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים וּרְמ״ג רִבּוֹא וּשְׁנֵי אֲלָפִים וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת צֵרוּפִים), to cover the holiness (לְכַסּוֹת הַקְּדֻשָּׁה), in order to fulfill (כְּדֵי לְקַיֵּם): “And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death” (וְהַזָּר הַקָּרֵב יוּמָת) (Numbers 1:51). And this is in the World of Beri’ah (וְזֶהוּ בְּעוֹלָם הַבְּרִיאָה). Likewise, in the World of Yetzirah (וְכֵן בְּעוֹלָם הַיְצִירָה), there is the Name Elohim of Alephin and its permutations (יֵשׁ בְּשֵׁם אֱלֹהִים דְּאַלְפִי״ן וְצֵרוּפָיו), in the secret of six wings and no more (בְּסוֹד שֵׁשׁ כְּנָפַיִם וְלֹא יוֹתֵר), and likewise in the World of Asiyah (וְכֵן בְּעוֹלָם הָעֲשִׂיָּה), with the Name Elohim of the filling of Hehin (בְּשֵׁם אֱלֹהִים דְּמִלּוּי הֵי״ן). And every permutation is called by the term Parsa [Partition] (וְכָל צֵרוּף הוּא נִזְכָּר בִּלְשׁוֹן פַּרְסָה), as Rabbi Yishmael the Kohen Gadol said (כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל): “Two hundred and thirty-six thousand myriads of Parsaot [Partitions]” (רל״ו אֲלָפִים רִבּוֹא פַּרְסָאוֹת), which are mentioned in Shiur Komah [The Measure of the Stature] and similar texts (הָאֲמוּרִים בְּשִׁיעוּר קוֹמָה וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָהֶם), every Parsa [Partition] being one permutation of a Name (כָּל פַּרְסָה הוּא צֵרוּף שֵׁם אֶחָד). And the explanation of the word Parsa [Partition] is (וּפֵירוּשׁ מִלַּת פַּרְסָה), Peh, Resh [280] [from Parsa] separately (פַּר לְחוּד), which is the secret of MNTZPKH (סוֹד מנצפ״ך), whose value is two hundred and eighty (הָעוֹלֶה פ״ר), the secret of the Dinim [Judgments] (סוֹד הַדִּינִים), and “Samekh, Mem [65] [from Parsa]” separately (וְסָ״ה לְחוּד), which is the secret of the Name Adonai (הוּא סוֹד שֵׁם אֲדנ״י). Therefore the foot is called Parsah [Hoof] (וְלָכֵן נִקְרָא הָרֶגֶל פַּרְסָה), because it is an additional limb attached to the body (לְפִי שֶׁהוּא פֶּרֶק נוֹסָף עַל הַגּוּף). And likewise the upper Parsa [Partition] that we mentioned (וְכֵן פַּרְסָה עֶלְיוֹנָה שֶׁאָמַרְנוּ), is an addition to the essence of the world (הוּא צֵרוּף נוֹסָף עַל עֶצֶם הָעוֹלָם), concerning which it is expounded (אֲשֶׁר הוּא נִדְרָשׁ בּוֹ), namely the hollow sphere that we mentioned (וְהַיְנוּ כַּדּוּר הֶחָלוּל שֶׁאָמַרְנוּ), which is filled with letters and permutations (שֶׁהוּא מָלֵא אוֹתִיּוֹת וְצֵרוּפִים), which are called Parsaot [Partitions] (הַנִּקְרָאִים פַּרְסָאוֹת), by way of allegory (בִּלְשׁוֹן מָשָׁל). From this the wise man will hear and increase learning (מִמֶּנּוּ יִשְׁמַע חָכָם וְיוֹסֶף לֶקַח) (Proverbs 1:5), Yaakov shall rejoice and Yisrael shall be glad (יָגֵל יַעֲקֹב יִשְׂמַח יִשְׂרָאֵל) (Psalms 14:7). Blessed be Hashem forever, Amen and Amen (יִתְבָּרַךְ י״י לְעוֹלָם אָמֵן וְאָמֵן).