26. The letter Tzadi then entered, stood before Him, and said, Master of the UniverseUniverse, may it please You to create the world with me, since the righteous (Heb. tzadikim) are 'signed' by my name. And You, who are called righteous (Heb. Tzadi), are also written by my name, as it is written, "For Hashem is righteous, He loves righteousness" (Tehilim 11:7). Therefore, it would be suitable to create the world with me! He replies: Tzadi, Tzadi you are truly righteous, but you should remain concealed and not be revealed too much; AS WOULD BE DONE IF THE WORLD WERE CREATED BY YOU, so that humans will not have an excuse for their sins. And what is the reason FOR IT REMAINING CONCEALED? IT IS BECAUSE it used to be Nun, and the letter of the Name, which is the Holy cCovenant, came and mounted on the letter Nun, THEREBY CREATING THE LETTER TZADI. The secret meaning OF THIS MATTER is that when the Holy One, blessed be He, created Adam, WHO IS THE SECRET OF ZEIR ANPIN, He created him with two faces, THAT IS A MALE AND A FEMALE ATTACHED AT THE BACK. For that reason the Yud's face was turned away FROM THE NUN, THE YUD FACING ONE WAY, THE NUN ANOTHER, not turning to face each other. The Yud faced upwards AND THE NUN faced downwards. The Holy One, blessed be He, said to it: I will sew you -- THAT IS, SEPARATE THE ATTACHMENT OF BACK TO BACK WITHIN YOUand form you into a face-to-face union. But it will come to be this way in another place, NOT IMMEDIATELY WITH THE CREATION OF THE WORLD. SINCE BEING JOINED BACK TO BACK IS AN INDICATION THAT ITS ILLUMINATION IS HIDDEN, IT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR THE CREATION OF THE WORLD. THE LETTER TZADI left His presence, and went on its way.