Chapter Eighteen (פֶּרֶק שְׁמוֹנָה עָשָׂר)

In it shall be explained the tenth Tikkun of the Tikkunei Dikna [Rectifications of the Beard] of the Reisha DeEin [Head of Nothingness], called “You shall give truth to Yaakov” (בּוֹ יִתְבָּאֵר תִּיקּוּן עֲשִׂירִי מִתִּיקּוּנֵי דִיקְנָא דְּרֵישָׁא דְאֵין הַנִּקְרָא תִּתֵּן אֱמֶת לְיַעֲקֹב) (Micah 7:20). And from the outside it is clothed by the tenth Tikkun of Arich Anpin, whose name is “Bearer of iniquity” (וּמִבַּחוּץ מַלְבִישׁוֹ תִּיקּוּנָא עֲשִׂירָאָה דַאֲרִיךְ שְׁמוֹ נוֹשֵׂא עָוֹן).

The tenth Tikkun of the Tikkunei Dikna [Rectifications of the Beard] of the Reisha DeEin [Head of Nothingness] is called “You shall give truth to Yaakov” (הַתִּיקּוּן הָעֲשִׂירִי מִתִּקּוּנֵי דִיקְנָא דְּרֵישָׁא דְאֵין שְׁמוֹ תִּתֵּן אֱמֶת לְיַעֲקֹב) (Micah 7:20), and from the outside it is clothed by the tenth Tikkun of Arich Anpin, whose name is “Bearer of iniquity” (וּמִבַּחוּץ מַלְבִישׁוֹ תִּיקּוּן עֲשִׂירִי שֶׁל אֲרִיךְ שְׁמוֹ נוֹשֵׂא עָוֹן). And this is what it says in Sifra deTzniuta (וְזֶהוּ אוֹמְרוֹ בְּסִפְרָא דִצְנִיעוּתָא), “They cover the precious and great throat” (חַפְיָין עַל גְּרוֹנָא דִיקִירוּ רַבְרְבָא), and these are the hairs that cover the palate and the throat of Arich Anpin (וְהֵם הַשְּׂעָרוֹת הַמְכַסִּים הַחֵךְ וְהַגָּרוֹן דַא״א), and those of the Reisha DeEin [Head of Nothingness] within them illuminate these from within (וְאֵלּוּ דְאֵין בְּתוֹכָם מִבִּפְנִים מְאִירִים לְאֵלּוּ). And they are two Tikkunim included within one Tikkun (וְהֵם תְּרֵין תִּיקּוּנִים הַכְּלוּלִים בְּתִיקּוּן אֶחָד), in the secret of the lower two-thirds of the Keter of the Reisha DeEin [Head of Nothingness], which are concealed (בְּסוֹד שְׁנֵי שְׁלִישֵׁי הַתַּחְתּוֹנִים שֶׁל הַכֶּתֶר דְאֵין הַמְכֻסִּים), which are inner lights for this palate and throat (אֲשֶׁר הֵם אוֹרוֹת פְּנִימִיּוֹת לְאֵלּוּ הַחֵךְ וְהַגָּרוֹן), and cause the hairs covering the palate and the throat to grow (וּמַצְמִיחִים שְׂעָרוֹת הַחוֹפִים עַל הַחֵךְ וְהַגָּרוֹן). For the Tikkunim broke forth in the Gulgalta [Skull] of the Keter (כִּי הַתִּיקּוּנִים בָּקְעוּ בַּגֻּלְגּוֹלֶת שֶׁל הַכֶּתֶר), namely the upper third of the Keter of the Reisha DeEin [Head of Nothingness], which is revealed (שְׁלִישׁ הָעֶלְיוֹן דְּכֶתֶר שֶׁל רֵישָׁא דְאֵין הַמְגֻלֶּה), and within it are seven Tikkunim together with this beard (וּבוֹ ז׳ תִּיקּוּנִים עִם הַזָּקָן הַזֶּה), and the upper third of the Keter causes these hairs to grow in the palate and the throat (וְהַשְּׁלִישׁ הָעֶלְיוֹן שֶׁל כֶּתֶר מַצְמִיחַ בַּחֵךְ וְהַגָּרוֹן הַשְּׂעָרוֹת הַלָּלוּ).

And the matter is (וְהָעִנְיָן הוּא), that beneath the Mocha Setima’ah [Concealed Brain] of Arich Anpin are the palate and the throat (כִּי תַּחַת הַמּוֹחָא סְתִימָאָה דַאֲרִיךְ הֵם הַחֵךְ וְהַגָּרוֹן), and they are its Chokhmah and Binah (וְהֵם חָכְמָה וּבִינָה שֶׁלּוֹ), and they are truly in the manner of male and female (וְהֵם כְּעֵין דְּכַר וְנוּקְבָא בֶּאֱמֶת), and receive influx from the hairs of the throat (וּמַשִּׂיגִים שֶׁפַע מִשַּׂעֲרוֹת הַגָּרוֹן). And the aforementioned palate (וְהַחֵךְ הַנִּזְכָּר), which is the length of the neck (שֶׁהוּא אֹרֶךְ הַצַּוָּאר), for this Arich Anpin is one above the other (שֶׁאֲרִיךְ אַנְפִּין זוֹ לְמַעְלָה מִזוֹ), and the aforementioned palate and throat (וְהַחֵךְ וְהַגָּרוֹן הַנִּזְכָּר), effect a union through these hairs (עוֹשִׂים זִוּוּג עַל יְדֵי הַשְּׂעָרוֹת הָאֵלֶּה), which cause influx to flow down to them through the tongue of Arich Anpin (הַמַּזִּילִים אֲלֵיהֶם שֶׁפַע עַל יְדֵי הַלָּשׁוֹן דַא״א). And this union is described by the expression of eating (וְזֶה הַזִּוּוּג הוּא מְכוּנֶה בִּלְשׁוֹן אֲכִילָה), in the secret of “Eat, O friends” (בְּסוֹד אִכְלוּ רֵעִים) (Song of Songs 5:1), and it is for the sake of the additional increase of these two aforementioned Mazalot (וְהוּא לְצוֹרֶךְ תּוֹסֶפֶת שֶׁל שְׁנֵי הַמַּזָּלוֹת הָאֵלֶּה הַנִּזְכָּרִים), the upper Mazal and the lower Mazal (מַזָּל עֶלְיוֹן וּמַזָּל תַּחְתּוֹן). And the place of Abba and Imma is beneath the throat (וּמְקוֹם אַבָּא וְאִמָּא תַּחַת הַגָּרוֹן), namely the windpipe of Arich Anpin (דְּהַיְינוּ הַקָּנֶה שֶׁל אֲרִיךְ), and the throat becomes a Keter for both of them (וְהַגָּרוֹן נַעֲשֵׂית כֶּתֶר לִשְׁנֵיהֶם). And the two Mazalot cover them from their head to their feet (וְהַשְּׁנֵי מַזָּלוֹת חוֹפִים עֲלֵיהֶם מֵרֹאשָׁם עַד רַגְלָם), for they reach until the navel (כִּי הֵם מַגִּיעִים עַד הַטִּיבּוּר), and these hairs cause this union to grow (וְאֵלּוּ הַשְּׂעָרוֹת מַצְמִיחִים הַזִּוּוּג הַזֶּה), until Abba and Imma unite through it (עַד שֶׁמִּזְדַּוְּגִין מִמֶּנּוּ אַבָּא וְאִמָּא), and crown crowns upon Ze’ir Anpin (וּמְעַטְּרִין עֲטָרוֹת לִזְעֵיר), and therefore its name is “You shall give truth to Yaakov” (וְלָכֵן שְׁמוֹ תִּתֵּן אֱמֶת לְיַעֲקֹב) (Micah 7:20), meaning that it gives true influx to Yaakov, who is Ze’ir Anpin (פֵּירוּשׁ שֶׁנּוֹתֵן שֶׁפַע אֱמֶת לְיַעֲקֹב שֶׁהוּא זְעֵיר), and from him is born true seed, the Neshamot [souls] of Yisrael (וּמִמֶּנּוּ נוֹלָד זֶרַע אֱמֶת נִשְׁמוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל). For this influx flows down from the Tiferet of the Reisha DeLa Ityada [the Unknowable Head], which is called Truth (לָזֶה הַשֶּׁפַע נוֹזְלִים מִן ת״ת דְלָא אִתְיְדַע הַנִּקְרָא אֱמֶת), and it is the membrane of the brain (וְהוּא קְרוּם שֶׁל הַמּוֹחַ), and it opens its membrane and causes the Tala deVedolcha [Crystal Dew] to flow below upon Ze’ir Anpin through this Tikkun (וּפוֹתֵחַ קְרוּמוֹ וּמַזִּיל טַלָּא דִבְדוֹלְחָא לְמַטָּה עַל זְעֵיר דֶּרֶךְ הַתִּיקּוּן הַזֶּה). And this is what it says in the Idra Rabba (וְזֶהוּ אוֹמְרוֹ בְּאַדְרָא רַבָּא): “The tenth Tikkun: hairs descend beneath the beard and cover the throat beneath the beard” (תִּקּוּנָא עֲשִׂירָאָה נַחְתִּין שַׂעֲרָא תְּחוֹת דִיקְנָא וְחַפְיָין בְּגְרוֹנָא תְּחוֹת דִּקְנָא). “Arise, Rabbi Yehudah” (קוּם רַבִּי יְהוּדָה). “Rabbi Yehudah arose and opened and said: ‘And they shall enter into the caves of the rocks and into the holes of the earth because of the fear of Hashem Tzevaot and because of the glory of His majesty, when He arises to terrify the earth’” (קָם רַבִּי יְהוּדָה פָּתַח וְאָמַר וּבָאוּ בִּמְעָרוֹת צֻרִים וּבִמְחִלּוֹת עָפָר מִפְּנֵי פַחַד י־י צְבָאוֹת וּמֵהֲדַר גְּאוֹנוֹ בְּקוּמוֹ לַעֲרֹץ הָאָרֶץ) (Isaiah 2:19). “‘Because of the fear of Hashem’—this is fear” (מִפְּנֵי פַחַד י־י הָא אִתְיָרֵא), of the one who is outside (דְּמָאן דְּאִיהוּ לְבַר), namely Ze’ir Anpin (שֶׁהוּא ז״א), “‘the fear of Hashem’ is his designation” (פַחַד י־י אִקְרֵי), for he is outside the clothing of the Holy Dikna [Beard] (שֶׁהוּא לַחוּץ מֵהִתְלַבְּשׁוּת דִיקְנָא קַדִּישָׁא), and is always called outside the body (נִקְרָא לְעוֹלָם לְבַר מִגּוּפָא), and they do not clothe Arich Anpin except through Yisrael Saba and Tevunah (וְאֵינָם מַלְבִּישִׁים אֲרִיךְ כִּי אִם עַל יְדֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל סָבָא וּתְבוּנָה), and they are outside the Tikkunim of the Holy and Precious Dikna [Beard] (וְהֵם חוּץ לְתִיקּוּנִים דְּדִיקְנָא קַדִּישָׁא וְיַקִּירָא). And Ze’ir Anpin is called “the fear of Hashem” (וּזְעֵיר אַנְפִּין נִקְרָא פַחַד י־י), for he is judgment (שֶׁהוּא דִּין), and he will execute judgment upon the nations on the day when Mashiach is revealed (וְיַעֲשֶׂה דִּין בָּאֻמּוֹת בְּיוֹם שֶׁיִּתְגַּלֶּה מָשִׁיחַ), and will bring terror into the world (וְיוֹלִיד בֶּהָלוֹת בָּעוֹלָם), and therefore at that time he is called “the fear of Hashem” (וְלָכֵן נִקְרָא בְּאוֹתוֹ פַּעַם פַחַד י־י). And Havayah is Ze’ir Anpin (וַהֲוָיָה הוּא זְעֵיר אַנְפִּין), who is formed from Netzach, Hod, and Yesod of Atika (הַנַּעֲשֶׂה מִנה״י דְעַתִּיקָא), and Netzach, Hod, and Yesod are called “Hashem Tzevaot” (וְנה״י נִקְרָאִים י־י צְבָאוֹת), and also from Netzach, Hod, and Yesod of Abba and Imma (וְגַם מִנה״י דְאַבָּא וְאִמָּא). But above, everything is mercy in the Reisha DeEin [Head of Nothingness] and Arich Anpin (אֲבָל לְמַעְלָה הַכֹּל רַחֲמִים בְּאֵין וַאֲרִיךְ), and it is not called “the fear of Hashem” (וְאֵינוֹ נִקְרָא פַחַד י־י). “And because of the glory of His majesty” (וּמֵהֲדַר גְּאוֹנוֹ), these are the hairs beneath the beard (אִינוּן שַׂעֲרֵי דְּתְחוֹת דִּקְנָא), and they are called “the glory of His majesty” (וְאִתְקְרוּן הֲדַר גְּאוֹנוֹ), twofold (תְּרֵי). And these hairs are male and female (וְאֵלּוּ הַשְּׂעָרוֹת הֵם זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה), covering the palate and the throat (הַחוֹפִים עַל הַחֵךְ וְהַגָּרוֹן), and causing a union between the palate and the throat through the tongue (וְגוֹרְמִים זִוּוּג בֵּין הַחֵךְ וְהַגָּרוֹן עַל יְדֵי הַלָּשׁוֹן). And the word “glory” refers to the adorned hairs (וּמִלַּת הֲדַר הֵם הַשְּׂעָרוֹת הַמְהֻדָּרִים), and the word “His majesty” refers to other hairs (וּמִלַּת גְּאוֹנוֹ הֵם שְׂעָרוֹת אֲחֵרִים), and they are in the secret of male and female (וְהֵם בְּסוֹד זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה). Therefore he said two hairs of the palate and the throat (לָכֵן אָמַר תְּרֵי שַׂעֲרוֹת דְּחֵךְ וְהַגָּרוֹן), and the throat is Binah (וְהַגָּרוֹן הִיא בִּינָה), which encompasses them (שֶׁהִיא כּוֹלֶלֶת אוֹתָם), while the hairs of the palate are in the secret of “a female shall encompass a male” (הַשְּׂעָרוֹת שֶׁל הַחֵךְ בְּסוֹד נְקֵבָה תְּסוֹבֵב גָּבֶר) (Jeremiah 31:21). And these hairs cause the union of the two Atarot [Crowns] descending to Ze’ir Anpin (וְאֵלּוּ הַשְּׂעָרוֹת הַגּוֹרְמִים זִוּוּג תְּרֵין עַטְרִין הַיּוֹרְדִים לִזְעֵיר אַנְפִּין), therefore they are called “the glory of His majesty” (לָכֵן נִקְרָאִים הֲדַר גְּאוֹנוֹ), for all his dominion and his union with his Nukvah come only from the hairs of this Tikkun (שֶׁכָּל מֶמְשַׁלְתּוֹ וְזִוּוּגוֹ עִם נוּקְבֵיהּ רַק בָּא מִן הַשְּׂעָרוֹת הַתִּיקּוּן הַזֶּה). And one who has a beard possesses majesty of countenance (וּמִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ זָקָן יֵשׁ לוֹ הַדְרַת פָּנִים), and does not become effeminate (וְאֵינוֹ סָרִיס), in the secret of Yosef, “beautiful in form and beautiful in appearance” (בְּסוֹד יוֹסֵף יְפֵה תֹאַר וִיפֵה מַרְאֶה) (Genesis 39:6). And through this, Ze’ir Anpin and its Nukvah unite (וְעַל יְדֵי זֶה מִזְדַוְּגִים זְעֵיר וְנוּקְבֵיהּ), therefore it is called “the glory of his majesty” of Ze’ir Anpin (לָכֵן נִקְרָא הֲדַר גְּאוֹנוֹ שֶׁל זְעֵיר אַנְפִּין), “when He arises to terrify the earth” (בְּקוּמוֹ לַעֲרֹץ הָאָרֶץ) (Isaiah 2:19), which is the Shekhinah (שֶׁהִיא הַשְּׁכִינָה), and He will cut off the tyrants from her (וִיזַמֵּר עָרִיצִים מִמֶּנָּה). And it is said, “To take hold of the corners of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it” (וְנֶאֱמַר לֶאֱחֹז בְּכַנְפוֹת הָאָרֶץ וְיִנָּעֲרוּ רְשָׁעִים מִמֶּנָּה) (Job 38:13), these are the judgments and the Klipot that cling to her (הֵם הַדִּינִים וְהַקְּלִיפּוֹת הָאֲחוּזִים בָּהּ). And this is the tenth Tikkun, called “You shall give truth” (וְזֶהוּ תִּיקּוּן עֲשִׂירִי הַנִּקְרָא תִּתֵּן אֱמֶת) (Micah 7:20). And concerning this Tikkun, the prophet said, “You shall give truth” (וְעַל זֶה הַתִּיקּוּן אָמַר הַנָּבִיא תִּתֵּן אֱמֶת), namely true seed and true influx to Ze’ir Anpin, who is called Yaakov (דְּהַיְינוּ זֶרַע וְשֶׁפַע אֱמֶת לִזְעֵיר הַנִּקְרָא יַעֲקֹב), and through it he becomes a man (וְעַל יָדוֹ נַעֲשֶׂה אִישׁ), and he has arousal for the union (וְיֵשׁ לוֹ הִתְעוֹרְרוּת לַזִּוּוּג), as I shall explain in the Gate of the Tikkun of Ze’ir Anpin and its Nukvah (כַּאֲשֶׁר אֲבָאֵר בְּשַׁעַר תִּיקּוּן זְעֵיר וְנוּקְבֵיהּ), with the help of the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shekhinah (בְּעֶזְרַת קב״ה וּשְׁכִינְתֵיהּ). Blessed is Hashem and blessed forever, Amen and Amen (בָּרוּךְ יְ־יָ וּמְבֹרָךְ לְעוֹלָם אָמֵן וְאָמֵן).