Daf 71a (דַּף ע״א ע״א)

Hair that is loose and plentiful, and hangs downward (שַׂעֲרָא שְׁעִיעַ יַתִּיר, וְתָלֵי לְתַתָּא) he is good for partnership (טָב אִיהוּ לְשׁוּתָפוּ), and prosperity is found in him (וּרְוָוחָא אִשְׁתַּכַּח בֵּיהּ). But by himself, he is not so (וְאִיהוּ בִּלְחוֹדוֹי לָאו הָכִי). He is a master of secrets (מָארֵי דְּרָזִין אִיהוּ), in regard to supernal secrets (בְּאִינּוּן רָזִין עִלָּאִין); but in small mysteries, he is not established (בְּרָזִין זְעִירִין לָא קַיְּימָא בְּהוּ). His deeds are both righteous and not righteous (עוֹבָדוֹי כַּשְׁרָאן וְלָא כַשְׁרָאן).

But if it hangs downward and is not thick (וְאִי תָּלֵי לְתַתָּא וְלָא שְׁעִיעַ), his heart is not reverent (לִבֵּיהּ לָא דָּחִיל), and he is a master of intentional transgression (מָארֵיהּ דִּזְדוֹנָא אִיהוּ). He is ashamed of righteous deeds (כָּסִיף בְּעוֹבָדִין דְּכַשְׁרָן), and sighs before them (וְיָאָן קָמֵיהּ), but does not perform them (וְלָא עָבִיד).

But when he becomes old (וְכַד אִיהוּ סִיב), he returns to become reverent (אַהְדַּר לְמֶהֱוֵי דָּחִיל) and performs his deeds with sighing (וְיָאָן עוֹבָדוֹי). And these matters apply to worldly affairs (וְהָנֵי מִלֵּי בְּמִילֵּי דְּעָלְמָא); but in matters of Heaven (אֲבָל בְּמִילֵּי דִּשְׁמַיָּא), one who draws near to him will succeed (יִצְלַח מַאן דְּיִקְרַב בֵּיהּ). Supernal secrets will not be revealed to him (לָא יִתְגַּלּוּן לֵיהּ רָזִין עִלָּאִין), but lesser secrets-he is good to guard them (אֲבָל רָזִין זְעִירִין טָב אִיהוּ לְנַטְרָא לוֹן). From a small word, he makes something great (מִמִּלָּה זְעֵירָא עָבִיד רַב), and his words are heard (וּמִלּוֹי אִשְׁתְּמָעוּ). And this is the Secret of the letter Zayin (וְרָזָא דָּא זַיִ״ן), in those letters of the Master’s measurement (בְּאִינּוּן אַתְוָון דְּשִׁיעוּרָא דְּמוֹר).

Black hair more than bright-(שַׂעֲרָא אוּכָמָא יַתִּיר צָהִיב) he succeeds in all his worldly dealings (אַצְלַח בְּכָל עוֹבָדוֹי בְּמִילֵּי דְּעָלְמָא), in commerce (וּבַסְּחוֹרָא), and in their valuations (וּבְדְּדָמֵי לוֹן). He is prosperous, but only by himself (וַתְּרָן אִיהוּ דָּא אַצְלַח לְחוֹדוֹי). One who partners with him does not succeed for many days (מָאן דְּמִתְחַבֵּר בַּהֲדֵיהּ לָא אַצְלַח לְיוֹמִין סַגִּיאִין), but succeeds immediately (אֶלָּא אַצְלַח מִיָּד), and that success departs from him (וְהַהִיא אַצְלָחוּתָא פַּרְחָא מִנֵּיהּ). And this is the Secret that he is in the generality of the letter Zayin (וְרָזָא דָּא דְּאִיהוּ בִּכְלָלָא דְּאָת ז׳).

Hair that is black without brightness (שַׂעֲרָא אוּכָמָא דְּלָא צָהִיב) at times he succeeds (לְזִמְנִין אַצְלַח), and at times he does not succeed (לְזִמְנִין לָא אַצְלַח). This one is suitable for partnership and labor together with him (דָּא אִיהוּ לְשׁוּתָפוּ וּלְאִשְׁתַּדְּלָא בַּהֲדֵיהּ), good for a short term (טָב לִזְמַן קָרִיב), but not for a distant time (וְלָא לִזְמַן רָחִיק), for over long time he will calculate calculations (דְּהָא לִזְמַן רָחִיק יַחֲשׁוֹב מַחֲשָׁבִין). And because they will not separate from him (וּבְגִין דְּלָא יִתְפָּרְשׁוּן מִנֵּיהּ), he is good for the near term (הֲוֵי טָב לִזְמַן קָרִיב). He will succeed in Orayta (דָּא יִצְלַח בְּאוֹרַיְּיתָא) if he labors after it (אִי יִשְׁתָּדַּל אֲבַתְרָהָא), and others will succeed through him (וְיִצְלְחוּן בֵּיהּ אַחֲרָנִין). He does not possess a secret for the long term (לֵית לֵיהּ רָזָא לִזְמַן רָחִיק); his heart is narrow (דָּחִיק לִבָּא אִיהוּ). He envies those who hate him (יֶחֱמֵי בְּשַׂנְאוֹי); his enemies cannot overcome him (לָא יַכְלִין לֵיהּ שַׂנְאוֹי), and yet he is pressed in heart (וְאִיהוּ דָּחִיק לִבָּא). He is in the Secret of the letter Yod (וְאִיהוּ בְּרָזָא דְּאָת י׳), which is not within the generality of the letter Zayin (דְּלָא קַיְּימָא בִּכְלָלָא דְּאָת ז׳), but Yod alone (אֶלָּא י׳ בִּלְחוֹדוֹי), in the Secret of the refined and subtle letters (בְּרָזָא דְּאַתְוָון דְּקִיקִין).

Hair that is smooth and glossy (שַׂעֲרָא דְּמָרִיט) he succeeds in his deeds (יִצְלַח בְּעוֹבָדוֹי), but he is a deceiver (וְרַמָּאָה אִיהוּ), with double-mindedness in his house (כַּפִּין בְּבֵיתֵיהּ). Outwardly he appears reverent of sin (אִתְחָזֵי דָּחִיל חַטָּאָה לְבַר), but inwardly not so (לָאו הָכִי לְגוֹ). This applies while he is still young (דָּא עַד לָא סִיב). But if his hair is glossy after he grows old (אִי שַׂעֲרֵיהּ מָרִיט לְבָתַר דְּסִיב), he is reversed from what he was at first (אִתְהַפַּךְ מִכַּמָּה דְּהֲוָה בְּקַדְמִיתָא) both for good and for ill (הֵן לְטָב הֵן לְבִישׁ).