Chapter One Hundred Three (פֶּרֶק מֵאָה וּשְׁלֹשָׁה)

Know (דַּע), that “this opposite that did Elohim make” (כִּי זֶה לְעֻמַּת זֶה עָשָׂה אֱלֹהִים) (Ecclesiastes 7:14/Kanfei Yonah, Part One, Chapter Seventy-Two). You already know (כְּבָר יָדַעְתָּ), that the Mochin [Supernal Intellects] of Leah are four Ehyeh (הַמּוֹחִין שֶׁל לֵאָה הֵם ד' אֶהְיֶ״ה), two in Milui [Filling] of Yudin (שְׁנַיִם בְּמִלּוּי יוּדִי״ן), and one in Milui [Filling] of Alephin (וְא' בְּמִלּוּי אַלְפִי״ן), and one in Milui [Filling] of Hehin (וְא' בְּמִלּוּי הֵהִי״ן). And Leah is called Medat [Measure] (וְלֵאָה נִקְרֵאת מְדַת), on account of the four Alephin (עַל שֵׁם ד' אַלְפִי״ן), which are in these four Ehyeh (שֶׁהֵם בְּאֵלּוּ הָאַרְבָּעָה אֶהְיֶ״ה), which equal Medat [Measure] (שֶׁעוֹלִים מְדַת), and this is what the verse says (וְזֶהוּ מַה שֶּׁאָמַר הַכָּתוּב), “and what is the measure of my days” (וּמִדַּת יָמַי מַה הִיא) (Psalms 39:5). And opposite this (וּלְעֻמַּת זֶה), among the Klipot there is one Klipah called Met [Dead] (יֵשׁ בַּקְּלִיפּוֹת קְלִיפָּה אַחַת הַנִּקְרֵאת מֵת), for there is the secret of death in the Klipah, as is known (כִּי שָׁם סוֹד הַמִּיתָה בַּקְּלִיפָּה כַּנּוֹדָע). And the matter is (וְהָעִנְיָן הוּא), that the root of the four Alephin themselves (כִּי שֹׁרֶשׁ ד' אַלְפִין עַצְמָן), we remove from the Klipot [Husks] (אֲנוּ מְסִירִין מִן הַקְּלִיפּוֹת), for they are their vitality (שֶׁהֵם הַחַיּוּת שֶׁלָּהּ), and when the Dalet departs from Medat [Measure] (וּכְשֶׁנִּסְתַּלֵּק ד' מִמְּדַת), which the Klipot [Husks] grasped (אֲשֶׁר אָחֲזוּ הַקְּלִיפּוֹת), there remains Met [Dead] (יִשָּׁאֵר מֵת). However (וְאָמְנָם), within Kedushah [Holiness] itself there are these two aspects (בִּקְדֻשָּׁה עַצְמָהּ יֵשׁ שְׁתֵּי בְחִינוֹת אֵלּוּ), namely Medat [Measure] and Tam [Complete] (שֶׁהֵם מְדַת וְתָם), mentioned in Parashat Shelach Lecha (הַנִּזְכָּרִים בְּפָרָשַׁת שְׁלַח לְךָ) (Zohar, Bamidbar 163b) (זוהר במדבר קס״ג ב), on the verse (עַל פָּסוּק): “You shall be complete with Hashem your God” (תָּמִים תִּהְיֶה עִם יְהוָ״ה אֱלֹהֶיךָ) (Deuteronomy 18:13), where it divides the word Tamim [Complete] into Tam Yam [Complete Sea] (שֶׁחוֹלֵק שָׁם תֵּיבַת תָּמִים לְתָם יָם). And in the Klipah it is Met [Dead] (וּבַקְּלִיפָּה הוּא מֵת), while in Kedushah [Holiness] it is Tam [Complete] (וּבִקְדֻשָּׁה תָם), and Yaakov did not attain within all of Medat [Measure] except the two letters Tam [Complete] (וְיַעֲקֹב לֹא הִשִּׂיג בְּכָל מְדַת רַק בִּשְׁנֵי אוֹתִיּוֹת תָם), as it is said (שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר), “And Yaakov was a complete man” (וְיַעֲקֹב אִישׁ תָם) (Genesis 25:27), for he did not attain the root of the four Alephin themselves (כִּי בְּשֹׁרֶשׁ ד' אַלְפִין עַצְמָם לֹא הִשִּׂיג). And if you count three Ehyeh (וְאִם תִּמְנֶה ג' אֶהְיֶ״ה), for the first two of Yudin are one aspect (כִּי ב' רִאשׁוֹנִים שֶׁל יוּדִי״ן הֵם בְּחִינָה אַחַת), then there will be only three Ehyeh (אִם כֵּן יִהְיוּ ג' אֶהְיֶ״ה לְבַד), subtract three Alephin (תּוֹרִיד ג' אַלְפִי״ן), which are the gematria of Sheleg [Snow] (שֶׁהֵם גִּימַטְרִיָּא שֶׁלֶג), and this is the secret of (וְזֶהוּ סוֹד): “Who gives snow like wool” (הַנּוֹתֵן שֶׁלֶג כַּצָּמֶר) (Psalms 147:16). For just as (כִּי כְּמוֹ), when you remove the root of the four Alephin from Medat [Measure] (שֶׁכַּאֲשֶׁר תָּסִיר שֹׁרֶשׁ ד' אַלְפִין מִן מְדַת), there remains Tam [Complete] (יִשָּׁאֵר תָּם), so too (כָּךְ), when you remove the root of the three Alephin from Sheleg [Snow] (כְּשֶׁתָּסִיר שֹׁרֶשׁ ג' אַלְפִין מִשֶּׁלֶג), there remains Tzemer [Wool] (יִשָּׁאֵר צֶמֶר), and this is “Who gives snow like wool” (וְזֶהוּ הַנּוֹתֵן שֶׁלֶג כַּצָּמֶר) (Psalms 147:16). And this is also the secret of the verse (וְגַם זֶהוּ סוֹד הַפָּסוּק): “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall become white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall become like wool” (אִם יִהְיוּ חֲטָאֵיכֶם כַּשָּׁנִים כַּשֶּׁלֶג יַלְבִּינוּ, אִם יַאְדִּימוּ כַּתּוֹלָע כַּצֶּמֶר יִהְיוּ) (Isaiah 1:18), for the sins are whitened through Imma Ila’ah [Upper Mother] (כִּי מִתְלַבְּנִים הָעֲוֹנוֹת עַל יְדֵי אִמָּא עִלָּאָה), where are the wool and the snow (שֶׁשָּׁם הַצֶּמֶר וְהַשֶּׁלֶג), in the secret of the Names Ehyeh (בְּסוֹד שֵׁמוֹת אֶהְיֶ״ה). And also (וְגַם), Sheleg [Snow] equals in gematria Shikhechah [Forgetfulness] (שֶׁלֶג גִּימַטְרִיָּא שִׁכְחָה), and if a person washes his forehead with snow three times (וְאִם יִרְחַץ אָדָם אֶת מִצְחוֹ בְּשֶׁלֶג שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים), and intends each time (וִיכַוֵּן בְּכָל פַּעַם), to the three full Alephin (לִשְׁלֹשָׁה אַלְפִין מְלֵאִים), of KSA [161], KNA [151], and KMG [143] (שֶׁל קס״א קנ״א קמ״ג), all three of them together equal the gematria of Sheleg [Snow] (שְׁלָשְׁתָּן גִּימַטְרִיָּא שֶׁלֶג), it will greatly help to remove forgetfulness (יוֹעִיל הַרְבֵּה לְהַעֲבִיר הַשִּׁכְחָה). And what we said above (וּמַה שֶּׁאָמַרְנוּ לְמַעְלָה), that through these Names the sins of Israel are whitened (שֶׁעַל יְדֵי שֵׁמוֹת אֵלּוּ מִתְלַבְּנִים עֲוֹנוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל), this is the secret of Yom HaKippurim (זֶהוּ סוֹד יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים), which is in the secret of Imma (הוּא בְּסוֹד אִמָּא), and therefore they said in the Zohar (וְלָכֵן אָמְרוּ בַּזֹּהַר), on the verse (עַל פָּסוּק): “And he struck the lion on the day of the snow” (וְהוּא הִכָּה אֶת הָאֲרִי בְּיוֹם הַשָּׁלֶג) (II Samuel 23:20), in Sefer Bereshit (בְּסֵפֶר בְּרֵאשִׁית), “and the judgment that is judged Above is from the Upper Court” (וְדִינָא דְּאִתְדָּן לְעֵילָא מִעַם בֵּי דִינָא עִלָּאָה) (daf 6b), which is Binah, the Court (שֶׁהִיא בִּינָה בֵּית דִּין), the Upper Heh (ה' עִלָּאָה), “for from her judgments are aroused” (דְּמִינָהּ דִּינִין מִתְעָרִין).

And behold (וְהִנֵּה), from Sheleg [Snow] is made Shegal [Royal Consort] in Kedushah [Holiness] (כַּשֶּׁלֶג נַעֲשֶׂה שֵׁגָל בִּקְדֻשָּׁה), in the secret of (בְּסוֹד): “The queen stands at Your right hand” (נִצְּבָה שֵׁגָל לִימִינְךָ) (Psalms 45:10), and corresponding to her in the Klipah (וּכְנֶגְדָּהּ בַּקְּלִיפָּה), “and the Shegal [Royal Consort] sits beside him” (וְהַשֵּׁגָל יוֹשֶׁבֶת אֶצְלוֹ) (Nehemiah 2:6), concerning the king of Persia (בְּמֶלֶךְ פָּרַס). And this is the secret of (וְזֶהוּ סוֹד): “And Hatzav was exiled and brought up” (וְהַצַּב גָּלְתָה הָעֲלָתָה) (Nahum 2:8), whose Targum is “the bitch” (תַּרְגּוּם שֶׁל הוּצַב כַּלְבְּתָא), and this is also the explanation of “and the Shegal [Royal Consort] sits beside him” (וְהוּא גַּם כֵּן פֵּירוּשׁ וְהַשֵּׁגָל יוֹשֶׁבֶת אֶצְלוֹ), for in the Klipot it is in the secret of a dog (כִּי בַּקְּלִיפּוֹת הוּא בְּסוֹד כֶּלֶב), in the secret of Baladan king of Babylon (בְּסוֹד בַּלְאֲדָן מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל), whose face resembled a dog (שֶׁהָיוּ פָּנָיו דּוֹמִין לְכֶלֶב). And Kelev [Dog] equals in gematria B"N (וְכֶלֶב גִּימַטְרִיָּא ב״ן), which is the Name B"N in Malkhut (שֶׁהוּא שֵׁם ב״ן שֶׁבְּמַלְכוּת). And the Shegal [Royal Consort] of Kedushah [Holiness] (וְהַשֵּׁגָל שֶׁל הַקְּדֻשָּׁה), is called Ayalta [Hind] (נִקְרֵאת אַיְלְתָא), in the secret of Ayelet HaShachar [Hind of the Dawn] (בְּסוֹד אַיֶּלֶת הַשַּׁחַר) (Psalms 22:1). Ayelet [Hind] equals in gematria TMA [441] (אַיֶּלֶת גִּימַטְרִיָּא תמ״א), according to the calculation of Emet [Truth] (כְּחוּשְׁבַּן אֱמֶת), and if you combine with it the three Alephin of the three aforementioned Ehyeh (וְאִם תְּצָרֵף אֵלָיו ג' אַלְפִין שֶׁל ג' אֶהְיֶ״ה הַנִּזְכָּר), namely the number of their root (דְּהַיְנוּ מִסְפַּר הַשֹּׁרֶשׁ שֶׁלָּהֶם), they equal DMT [444] (יַעֲלוּ דמת), equal to the Mochin [Supernal Intellects] of Leah mentioned above (כְּמִנְיַן הַמּוֹחִין שֶׁל לֵאָה הַנִּזְכָּרִים).