The four Klipot surrounding the four living creatures

Synopsis

The Faithful Shepherd tells us about the Klipot (negative blockages) that surround the four beasts of Metatron, saying that they are "formless" and "void" and "thin" and "the deep." He compares the milling of wheat (to remove the bran) with the Halachah that refines Torah matters and provides food for the soul. He talks about the four archangels who control man's four good elements: water, fire, wind and earth, and the four Klipot: sin, destruction, anger and wrath. When these Klipot move away from man the Tree of Life takes control of him. In every part of the body is found water, the firmament, the spirit and the earth, and all the parts of the body are open to welcome the spirit. Were the spirit not to blow in the heart, the fire in the heart would burn up the whole body.

Relevance

We are now connected to the Tree of Life reality, the realm known as Zeir Anpin, which banishes all the Klipot from our being. Our bodies and souls are refined and made clean through the power of the Torah's precepts. The Light of Immortality is set aflame forever nourishing and rejuvenating our hearts and brains and the entire spiritual and corporeal essence of a man.

In verses 267-269 our lungs and heart are healed of illnesses. Through the merit and might of Elijah the Prophet and King David's psalms, we subjugate the negative influences ('A Storm Wind'). These 'Storm Winds' are the ultimate cause behind all sickness, anger, fury, rage and wrath, and they are purged from our hearts and minds. This ensures our connection to 'heaven,' the Light of the Tree of Life, and the perfection that this realm embodies. David's psalms, we are told, "amount to the 72 countenances, THAT IS 72 LIGHTS." Here the Light influences the physiology of the body and our heart rate. The 72 'Lights' correspond to the medically accepted average heart rate of 72 beats per minute which engenders cardiovascular efficiency and, in turn, good health. Sin, destruction, anger and wrath are purged from our hearts and the entire world.

72 also correlates to the 72 Nations. Our reading of this section sends Light from Israel to all mankind, specifically the Arab Nations (Ishmael) and the Christians (Edom), engendering goodwill, peace and brotherly love between the children of Israel and their Arab and Christian brothers. In turn, this action strengthens our own heart (Israel) and heals our entire body (72 Nations) for each of us is a microcosm of civilization.

Verse 270 purges the death force from our body and banishes the Angel of Death from the world through the merit of the angels, Michael, Gavriel, Nuriel, and Refael.

Verse 271 states: Immediately, when these FOUR Klipot move away from man, the Tree of Life takes control over him with 72 countenances OF THE ILLUMINATION OF MALCHUT, Here our heart is healed and strengthened while anxiety and anger are eliminated from our being.

In verse 275 we find the following statement: WERE IT NOT FOR THE CENTRAL COLUMN WHICH IS CALLED 'WIND,' UNITING THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT WITH EACH OTHER, THE JUDGMENT OF THE LEFT SIDE, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF THE FIRE THAT IS IN THE HEART, WOULD BURN UP THE WHOLE BODY. The Central Column refers to our divine trait of free will which we utilize to resist 'The Left Side,' our reactive, self-destructive emotions. Herein lies the fundamental secret to good health and longevity. These negative, rash and reflexive emotions, according to both medical-science and Kabbalah, cause numerous physiological changes that affect each and every cell of the body. These changes are measurable in the nervous system, hormonal system, heart and blood pressure. The Light of this passage strengthens our free will and gives us absolute control over the negative Left Side and all of its self-destructive desires. We achieve balance, harmony, healing and ultimately, good health.

Chariot Cherubim (Cherubs) Exile Form Gates Klipot (Shells – Negativity) Living Creatures Metatron Samuel Shells (Klipot) Tree Tree of Life Zeir Anpin

263. Above, at the Tree of Life, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, there are no Klipot, for "none might enter within the king's gate clothed with sackcloth" (Ester 4:2). Lower down, at Metatron, there are Klipot, for he, METATRON, is in the form of the Central Column, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, for when the Holy One, blessed be He, is deprived of His Malchut, NAMELY WHEN MALCHUT IS IN EXILE, He covers himself with the countenances and wings of His servant, WHO IS METATRON, as it is written: "And He rode upon a Cherub and did fly" (II Shmuel 22:11), FOR METATRON IS CALLED BOTH 'CHERUB' AND 'CHARIOT.'

263. לְעֵילָּא בְּאִילָנָא דְּחַיֵּי, לֵית, קְלִיפִין. כִּי אֵין לָבֹא אֶל שַׁעַר הַמֶּלֶךְ בִּלְבוּשׁ שָׂק. לְתַתָּא אִית קְלִיפִין בִּמְטַטְרוֹן, דְּאִיהוּ בְּדִיּוּקְנָא דְּעַמּוּדָא דְּאֶמְצָעִיתָא. דִּבְזִמְנָא דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְבַר מִמַלְכוּתֵיהּ, אִתְכַּסֵּי בְּגַדְפִּין וְאַנְפִּין דְּעֶבֶד דִּילֵיהּ, הה"ד וַיִּרְכַּב עַל כְּרוּב וַיָּעֹף.

Beasts Klipot (Shells – Negativity) Metatron Mountains Rocks Shells (Klipot) Stone Stones Void Wheat White Wind

264. And these Klipot that surround the four living creatures of Metatron are: A) 'formless,' ABOUT WHICH IS WRITTEN: "a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Hashem; but Hashem was not in the wind" (I Melachim 19:11). B) 'void,' ABOUT WHICH IS WRITTEN: "and after the wind an earthquake; but Hashem was not in the earthquake" (Ibid.). These are two Klipot, WHICH ARE THE SECRET of the green KLIPAH and the white KLIPAH of the shells of the nut. The former, 'formless,' is the green line, while the latter, 'void,' is smooth stones, and is a Klipah as hard as a smooth stone. These two Klipot are also represented by the chaff and the straw of wheat.

264. וְאִינּוּן קְלִיפִּין דְּסָחֲרִין לְד' חֵיוָן דִּמְטַטְרוֹן, אִינּוּן: תֹּהוּ, וְהִנֵּה רוּחַ גְּדוֹלָה וְחָזָק מְפָרֵק הָרִים וּמְשַׁבֵּר סְלָעִים לֹא בָרוּחַ יְיָ.' בֹּה"וּ, וְאַחַר הָרוּחַ רַעַשׁ לֹא בָרַעַשׁ יְיָ,' הָא תְּרֵין קְלִיפִין, יָרוֹק וְחִוָּור, דִּקְלִיפִין דֶּאֱגוֹזָא, חַד תֹּהוּ, קַו יָרוֹק, תִּנְיָינָא בֹּהוּ, אֲבָנִין מְפוּלָּמִין, קְלִיפָא תַּקִּיפָא, כְּאַבְנָא מְפוּלָּמָא. לָקֳבֵל תְּרֵין קְלִיפִין אִלֵּין, מוֹץ וְתֶבֶן דְּחִטָּה.

Beasts Body Brain Bread Food Ground Heart Lips Metatron Soul, The Torah Wheat

265. The third Klipah THAT SURROUNDS THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES OF METATRON is thin and is represented by the bran of wheat, for here it sticks to the wheat and cannot be separated from there without grinding it in the mill-stones, which are represented by the grinding molar TEETH in a man's jaw, with which matters of Torah have to be ground until they are as fine flour. And in a sieve, which is the lips, the waste matter, which is the bran of the Torah, is sorted out, until the Halachah is as clean fine flour. At that time, the heart and the brain and all those parts of the body through which the soul spreads, take that HALACHAH WHICH IS AS CLEAN REFINED FLOUR, and the soul lives on it just as the body lives on things from the MATERIAL world. For "The Elohim has made the one as well as the other" (Kohelet 7:14): just as THERE IS food for the body, so IS THERE food for the soul, as it is written: "Come, eat of my bread" (Mishlei 9:5).

265. קְלִיפָא תְּלִיתָאָה, דְּקִיקָא. לָקֳבֵל סוּבִּין דְּחִטָּה, דְּהָכָא אִיהוּ מִתְדְּבַּק בָּחִטָּה, וְלָא יָכִיל לְאִתְפָּרְשָׁא מִתַּמָּן, עַד דְּטָחֲנִין לֵיהּ בְּרֵיחַיָּיא, דְּאִינּוּן לָקֳבֵל טוֹחֲנוֹת דְּפוּמָא דב"נ, דְּצָרִיךְ לְמִטְחַן בְּהוֹן מִלִּין דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, עַד דִּיהוֹן כְּקֶמַח סֹלֶת נְקִיָּה, וּבְנָפָה דְּאִיהִי שָׂפָה, אִתְבְּרִיר פְּסוֹלֶת דְּאִיהִי סוּבִּין דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא עַד דְּיִשְׁתְּכַח הֲלָכָה סֹלֶת נְקִיָּה. בְּהַהוּא זִמְנָא, נָטִיל לָהּ לִבָּא וּמוֹחָא, וְכָל אֵבָרִין דְּגוּפָא דְּאִתְפְּשַּׁט בְּהוֹן נִשְׁמְתָא, וְאִתְפַּרְנְּסַת בָּהּ נִשְׁמְתָא, כְּגַוְונָא דְּגוּפָא אִתְפַּרְנְּסַת בְּמִלִּין דְּעָלְמָא, דְּזֶה לְעוּמַת זֶה עָשָׂה אֱלֹהִים, נָהֲמָא דְּגוּפָא, וְנָהֲמָא דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא. הֲדָא הוּא דִּכְתִּיב, לְכוּ לַחֲמוּ בְּלַחְמִי.

Beasts Colors Darkness Electrum Evil Evil Inclination Ezekiel Face Fire Head Klipot (Shells – Negativity) Metatron Repentance Shells (Klipot)

266. And this Klipah is like the shell that sticks to the kernel of the nut, for when the nut is soft the shell separates from the kernel without difficulty, but when the nut is dry, it is difficult for man to remove it from there, and the difficult problem still remains. For this reason, the Holy One, blessed be He, commanded man to repent during his youth, before the Evil Inclination grows old within him, as it is written: "You shall rise up before the hoary head" (Vayikra 19:32), THAT IS TO SAY: Before your own old age RISE UP IN REPENTANCE. And this Klipah is fire, about which is written: "and after the earthquake a fire; but Hashem was not in the fire" (I Melachim 19:12). The fourth KLIPAH SURROUNDING THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES OF METATRON is the deep, NAMELY, "AND DARKNESS WAS ON THE FACE OF THE DEEP" (BERESHEET 1:2). AND THIS IS THE SECRET OF the space within the nut, about which is written: "a still small voice" (I Melachim 19:12), for this is where the King comes, AND ABOUT IT IS WRITTEN: "and out of the midst of it, as it were the color of electrum, out of the midst of the fire" (Yechezkel 1:4).

266. וְהַאי קְלִיפָא, אִיהוּ כִּקְלִיפָא דְּמִתְדַּבְּקָא בְּמוֹחָא דֶּאֱגוֹזָא, וּבְזִמְנָא דֶּאֱגוֹזָא אִיהִי רְכִיכָא, אִתְפְּרַשׁ הַהִיא קְלִיפָא מִמּוֹחָא דֶּאֱגוֹזָא, בְּלָא קוּשְׁיָא. וּבְזִמְנָא דֶּאֱגוֹזָא אִיהִי יְבֵשָׁה, קָשֶׁה לב"נ לְאַעְבְּרָא לֵיהּ מִתַּמָּן, כִּי עֲדַיִין הַקּוּשְׁיָא בִּמְקוֹמָהּ עוֹמֶדֶת. וּבְגִין דָּא מָנֵי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לב"נ, לְאָהַדְרָא בְּתִיּוּבְתָּא בְּבַחְרוּתֵיהּ, קוֹדֶם דְּיַזְקִין בֵּיהּ יֵצֶר הָרָע. הה"ד, מִפְּנֵי שֵׂיבָה תָּקוּם, קוֹדֶם שֵׂיבָה דִּילָךְ. וְהַאי קְלִיפָּה אִיהִי אֵשׁ, וְאִתְּמַר בָּהּ וְאַחַר הָרַעַשׁ אֵשׁ לֹא בָּאֵשׁ יְיָ.' רְבִיעָאָה, תְּהוֹם. חָלָל דֶּאֱגוֹזָא, בֵּיהּ קוֹל דְּמָמָה דַקָּה, תַּמָּן קָא אָתֵי מַלְכָּא, וּמִתּוֹכָהּ כְּעֵין הַחַשְׁמַל מִתּוֹךְ הָאֵשׁ.

Body Death Death and the Afterlife Elijah Ezekiel Hands Heart Heaven Klipot (Shells – Negativity) Lungs Mountains Shells (Klipot) Sheol Waters Wind

267. And these FOUR Klipot are marked on the four parts of the body: in the lung, in which is moisture from which come the adhesions of the lung THAT ATTACH THE LOBES OF THE LUNG TO EACH OTHER AND ENFEEBLE IT, ABOUT WHICH IT IS WRITTEN, "Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold of Sheol" (Mishlei 5:5). And there is also the "great and strong wind rent THE MOUNTAINS," that beats in the lobes of a man's lung. This is the wind that stirs up a man's body. THIS REFERS TO THE FIRST KLIPAH, WHICH, IN EZEKIEL, IS CALLED "A STORM WIND" (YECHEZKEL 1:4), and this is the wind that Elijah subjugated and on which he ascended on high, as it is written: "And Elijah went up by a storm of wind into heaven" (II Melachim 2:11). And this WIND bangs against the lung, that imbibes all manner of drinks, concerning which is written: "And a wind from Elohim moved over the surface of the waters" (Beresheet 1:2). This is a Klipah of the Holy Spirit. To the left there is a storm wind. About them it is written: "A wise man's heart inclines him to his right hand: but a fool's heart to his left" (Kohelet 10:2).

267. וְאִינּוּן קְלִיפִין, אִינּוּן רְשִׁימִין בְּד' אֵבָרִים דְּגוּפָא. בְּרִיאָה, תַּמָּן לֵיחָא, דְּמִינָהּ אִשְׁתְּכָחוּ סִרְכוֹת דְּרֵיאָה, רַגְלֶיהָ יוֹרְדוֹת מָוֶת שְׁאוֹל צְעָדֶיהָ יִתְמוֹכוּ. וְתַּמָּן רוּחַ חָזָק מְפָרֵק, דְּדָפִיק בְּכַנְפֵי רֵיאָה דב"נ, וְהַאי אִיהוּ רוּחָא דְּאַסְעִיר גּוּפֵיהּ דב"נ, מַה דְּכָפִף לֵיהּ אֵלִיָּהוּ תְּחוֹתוֹי, וְסָלִיק לְעֵילָּא בֵּיהּ. הה"ד, וַיַּעַל אֵלִיָּהוּ בַּסֳּעָרָה הַשָּׁמַיְמָה. וְהַאי דָּפִיק עַל רֵיאָה, דְּשׁוֹתָה כָּל מַשְׁקִין. וּבְהוֹן, וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם, הַאי אִיהוּ קְלִיפָה לְרוּחָא דְּקוּדְשָׁא. לִשְׂמָאלָא, רוּחַ סְעָרָה, עָלַיְיהוּ אִתְּמַר, לֵב חָכָם לִימִינוֹ וְלֵב כְּסִיל לִשְׂמֹאלוֹ.

Adonai Breath David Ezekiel Heart Hebrew Letters Lights North Seventy-Two Singing Ten Tetragrammaton Wind Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH)

268. David removed it, THE STORM WIND, from his heart and killed it, as it is written: "And my heart is wounded (Heb. chalal) within me" (Tehilim 109:22). THAT IS, HE REMOVED THE STORMY WIND AND REMAINED WITH AN EMPTY SPACE (HEB. CHALAL) IN THE HEART IN ITS STEAD. And for this reason, he was privileged that a north wind should blow, NAMELY THE ILLUMINATION OF CHOCHMAH FROM THE LEFT, on his lyre, WHICH IS MALCHUT, and about it is said: "Thus says Adonai Elohim: Come from the four winds, O breath (or: 'wind')" (Yechezkel 37:9). And it used to play through it four types of melody on the lyre: a simple song, which is THE SECRET OF Yud; a double song, which is THE SECRET OF Yud Hei; a triple song, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF Yud Hei Vav; and a quadruple song, which is THE SECRET OF THE FOUR LETTERS Yud Hei Vav Hei. These, TOGETHER, are ten letters, corresponding to which David composed ten types of psalm: 'HAPPY,' MASKIL, 'PSALM,' 'A WRIT.'.. And they amount to the 72 countenances, THAT IS 72 LIGHTS, as the numerical value of these ten letters OF THE FOURFOLD YUD HEI VAV HEI.

268. דָּוִד אַעְבָּר לֵיהּ מִלִּבּוֹי, וְקָטִיל לֵיהּ. הה"ד, וְלִבִּי חָלַל בְּקִרְבִּי וּבְגִין דָּא זָכָה, לִנְשָׁבָא רוּחַ צְפוֹנִית, בְּכִנּוֹר דִּילֵיהּ. וְאִתְּמַר בֵּיהּ, כֹּה אָמַר יְיָ' מֵאַרְבַּע רוּחוֹת בֹּאִי הָרוּחַ, וַהֲוָה מְנַגֵּן בֵּיהּ בַּכִּנּוֹר, בְּד' מִינֵי נִגּוּנִין, בְּשִׁיר פָּשׁוּט, דְּאִיהוּ י.' וּבְשִׁיר כָּפוּל, דְּאִיהוּ י"ד. וּבְשִׁיר מְשׁוּלָּשׁ, דְּאִיהוּ יד"ו. וּבְשִׁיר מְרוּבָּע, דְּאִיהוּ יְדֹוָ"ד. הָא אִינּוּן עֲשַׂר אַתְוָון. דְּעֲבַד דָּוִד לָקֳבְלַיְיהוּ, י' מִינֵי תִּלִים. וְסַלְּקִין לְע"ב אַנְפִּין, כְּחוּשְׁבַּן י' אַתְוָון אִלֵּין.

Crowns Destruction Edom Hebrew Letters Ishmael Klipot (Shells – Negativity) Seventy Seventy-Two Shells (Klipot) Sin Singing Ten Tetragrammaton Wicked Wickedness Wind Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH)

269. And when do they amount to 72 types of melody, THIS BEING THE SECRET OF THE FIRST THREE SFIROT OF THE 72-LETTER NAME? It is when the rule of iniquity, destruction, anger, and wrath passes, for in them does the storm wind beat, on the four sides, adding up to ten crowns, AS ABOVE, WITH THE FOUR LETTERS OF YUD HEI VAV HEI, IN THE DOUBLE, TRIPLE, AND QUADRUPLE SONG. THEY ARE TEN LETTERS ADDING UP TO THE NUMERICAL VALUE OF 72, AND THEY THEN SUBJUGATE 72 nations, WHICH ARE THE SEVENTY NATIONS, PLUS EDOM AND ISHMAEL, as it is written: "but when the wicked perish, there is jubilation" (Mishlei 11:10) SINCE, WHEN THE FOUR KLIPOT OF INIQUITY, DESTRUCTION, ANGER, AND WRATH PERISH, THE FIRST THREE SFIROT ARE REVEALED, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF JUBILATION, NAMELY 72 TYPES OF MELODY.

Angel of Death Angels Astrology Chariot Darkness Destruction Eagle Earth Fire Gabriel (Angel) Gall Lilit Lion Liver Living Creatures Lungs Marah Mars Michael (Angel) Ox Planets Red Refael (Angel) Saturn Sheol Sin Spleen Sword Water White Wind

270. For Michael, Gabriel, Nuriel and Raphael, WHO ARE THE LIVING CREATURES OF THE CHARIOT, control man's four good elements, which are water, fire, wind and earth, WHICH ARE THE SECRET OF CHESED AND GVURAH, TIFERET AND MALCHUT, each one of them having four countenances: LION, OX, EAGLE, MAN. And iniquity, destruction, anger, and wrath come from white gall, which is the lung in which they make an adhesion, the red gall that is in the liver that turns red with Mars (Heb. Ma'adim, from 'red'); the green gall (Heb. marah) that is attached to the liver, which is the sword of the Angel of Death, about which it is said: "her end is bitter (Heb. marah) as wormwood, sharp as a two edged sword" (Mishlei 5:4); and the black gall which is Lilit, WHICH IS THE PLANET Saturn (Heb. shabtai), which is controlled by the spleen, which is melancholia, lower Sheol, poverty and darkness, weeping, mourning and starvation.

270. דְּמִיכָאֵ"ל גַּבְרִיאֵ"ל נוּרִיאֵ"ל רְפָאֵ"ל, שַׁלְטִין עַל ד' יְסוֹדִין טָבִין דב"נ, דְּאִינּוּן מַיָּא וְאֶשָּׁא וְרוּחָא וְעַפְרָא, וְכָל חַד אִית לֵיהּ ד' אַנְפִּין. עֲוֹן מַשְׁחִית אַף וְחֵימָה, תַּלְיָין עַל מָרָה לְבָנָה, דְּרֵיאָה דְּעָבֵיד סִרְכָא. וּבְמָרָה סוּמָקָא דְּכָבֵד, דְּאִתְאַדָּם בְּמַאֲדִים. וּבְמָרָה יְרוֹקָא דַּאֲחִידָא בְּכַבְדָא, דְּאִיהוּ חַרְבָּא דְּמַלְאָךְ הַמָּוֶת, דְּאִתְּמַר בָּהּ וְאַחֲרִיתָהּ מָרָה כַלַּעֲנָה חַדָּה כְּחֶרֶב פִּיּוֹת. וּבְמָרָה שְׁחוֹרָה, לִילִית, שַׁבְּתַי, שׁוּלְטָנוּתָא בַּטְּחוֹל, דְּאִיהוּ עֲצִיבוּ, שְׁאוֹל תַּחְתִּית, עֲנִיּוּתָא וַחֲשׁוֹכָא בִּכְיָה וְהֶסְפְּדָא וְרַעֲבוֹן.

Adonai Breath Heart Hebrew Letters Klipot (Shells – Negativity) Messiah, The Ruach (Soul) Seventy-Two Shells (Klipot) Soul (Ruach) South Ten Tetragrammaton Thought Tree Tree of Life Wind Wisdom Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH) Zeir Anpin

271. Immediately, when these FOUR Klipot move away from man, the Tree of Life takes control over him with 72 countenances OF THE ILLUMINATION OF MALCHUT, NAMELY, THE FOURFOLD YUD HEI VAV HEI THUS: Yud, Yud Hei, Yud Hei Vav, and Yud Hei Vav Hei, THE NUMERICAL VALUE OF WHICH IS 72. Thus there are ten LETTERS, coming from the four winds, which are THE FOUR LETTERS OF THE Yud Hei Vav Hei, about which it is said: "Thus says Adonai Elohim: Come from the four winds, O breath (Heb. ruach)." This is the spirit of the Messiah, about whom it is said: "And the spirit (Heb. ruach) of Hashem shall rest upon him" (Yeshayah 11:2), WHICH IS THE SPIRIT OF MALCHUT, when YUD HEI VAV HEI, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, blows in the right auricle of the heart, where Chochmah from the side of Chesed is, with which one who wants to gain wisdom will should turn south with wisdom. And Chesed blows in Binah, AND THEN IN ZEIR ANPIN, AND THEN IN MALCHUT. When IT BLOWS in Chochmah, it is Yud; when in Binah, Hei; when in Tiferet, Vav; and when in Malchut it is Hei. Yud Hei Vav Hei, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, knocks on all four OF THESE SFIROT AND BECOMES FOUR COMBINATIONS. WHEN BEATING IN CHOCHMAH, IT IS YUD; WHEN BEATING IN BINAH, YUD HEI; WHEN BEATING IN TIFERET, YUD HEI VAV; AND WHEN IN MALCHUT, YUD HEI VAV HEI, making a total of ten LETTERS, PARALLELING THE TEN SFIROT. AND THEIR NUMERICAL VALUE IS 72, WHICH IS CHOCHMAH, NAMELY the thought of the heart.

271. מִיַּד דְּמִתְעָבְרִין אִלֵּין קְלִיפִין מב"נ, שַׁלְטָא עָלֵיהּ אִילָנָא דְּחַיֵּי, בְּע"ב אַנְפִּין, דְּאִינּוּן י' יָ"ד יְד"וּ יְדֹוָ"ד, דְּאִשְׁתְּכָחוּ עֲשַׂרָה תַּלְיָין מֵאַרְבַּע רוּחוֹת, דְּאִינּוּן יְדֹוָד, דְּאִתְּמַר בְּהוֹן, כֹּה אָמַר יְדֹוָד מֵאַרְבַּע רוּחוֹת בֹּאִי הָרוּחַ, דָּא הוּא רוּחוֹ דְּמָשִׁיחַ. דְּאִתְּמַר בֵּיהּ, וְנָחָה עָלָיו רוּחַ יְיָ,' כַּד אִיהוּ מְנַשֵּׁב בְּאֹזֶן יְמִינָא דְּלִבָּא, דְּתַמָּן חָכְמָה מִסִּטְרָא דְּחֶסֶד, דְּבֵיהּ הָרוֹצֶה לְהַחְכִּים יַדְרִים בְּחָכְמָה. וְחֶסֶ"ד נָשַׁב בַּבִּינָה, דְּבַחָכְמָה י.' בַּבִּינָה ה.' בְּתִפְאֶרֶת ו.' בַּמַּלְכוּת ה.' יְדֹוָד דָּפִיק בְּכֻלְּהוּ אַרְבַּע. דְּסַלְּקִין לַעֲשַׂר. ולע"ב מַחֲשָׁבָה דְּלִבָּא.

Fire Hands Mochin Water Zeir Anpin

272. Yud-Vav-Dalet, Hei-Aleph, Vav-Aleph-Vav, Hei-Aleph HAS THE NUMERICAL VALUE OF 45, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, whose right is water, and is the great hand, NAMELY CHESED AND THE RIGHT COLUMN. Its left is fire, which is the strong hand, NAMELY GVURAH AND THE LEFT COLUMN. In the Central Column THAT IS BETWEEN THEM, it is the uplifted hand, NAMELY TIFERET, WHICH IS THE CENTRAL COLUMN, which is the Holy Spirit. And altogether it is the Son of Yud-Hei, FOR HE HAS THE MOCHIN OF THE FIRST THREE SFIROT FROM YUD-HEI.

Brain Ezekiel Fire Heart Lungs Water Wheel Wind

273. כִּי רוּחַ הַחַיָּה בָּאוֹפַנִּים אֶל אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה שָׁמָּה הָרוּחַ לָלֶכֶת יֵלֵכוּ. בֵּיהּ מִתְנַהֲגִים מַיָּא וְאֶשָּׁא. דְּאָחִיד בְּתַרְוַיְיהוּ, וְדָפִיק בְּעַרְקִין דְּמוֹחָא, דְּאִיהוּ מַיִם. וּבְעַרְקִין דְּלִבָּא, דְּאִיהוּ אֵשׁ. וְרוּחַ בְּכַנְפֵי רֵיאָה.

Body Fire Firmaments Seas Shechinah Torah Water Wheel

274. In every part of the body are to be found THESE FOUR, NAMELY the wheels of the sea of the Torah, WHICH IS WATER, and the wheels of the firmament, which is fire, all of them ascending and descending in it, IN THE BODILY PART, FOR WATER, WHICH IS RIGHT AND CHESED DESCENDS, WHILE THE FIRE, WHICH IS THE LEFT AND GVURAH, ASCENDS. FOR THE LEFT ILLUMINATES ONLY UPWARDS FROM BELOW, WHILE it, the spirit, WHICH IS TIFERET AND THE CENTRAL COLUMN, has its place IN THE CENTER between the firmament and the sea, WHICH ARE THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT. And its vessel OF THE SPIRIT, WHICH IS TIFERET, is the earth, WHICH IS DUST, which is the Shechinah.

274. בְּכָל אֵבֶר וְאֵבֶר דְּגוּפָא, אִשְׁתְּכַח גַּלְגַּלֵּי יַמָּא דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, וְגַלְגַּלֵּי רְקִיעָא, דְּאִינּוּן אֶשָּׁא. כֻּלְּהוּ סַלְּקִין וְנַחְתִּין בֵּיהּ. וְאִיהוּ אַתְרֵיהּ בֵּין רְקִיעָא וְיַמָּא, מָאנָא דִּילֵיהּ אַרְעָא, דְּאִיהִי שְׁכִינְתָּא.

Birds Body Brain Correction Dwellings Fire Heart Judgment Trachea Wind

275. And just like the birds, who spread their wings against the wind so that they can fly with it, so also all the parts of the body are open at a number of sources, at a number of joints, a number of arteries, a number of compartments of the heart and a number of areas of the brain, in order to welcome THE SPIRIT WHICH IS THE CENTRAL COLUMN. Were it not to blow in the compartments of the heart, the fire that is in the heart, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF THE LEFT COLUMN, would burn up the whole body. THAT IS TO SAY: WERE IT NOT FOR THE CENTRAL COLUMN WHICH IS CALLED 'WIND,' UNITING THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT WITH EACH OTHER, THE JUDGMENTS OF THE LEFT SIDE, WHICH ARE THE SECRET OF THE FIRE THAT IS IN THE HEART, WOULD BURN UP THE WHOLE BODY. FOR THE ILLUMINATION OF THE LEFT WITHOUT THE RIGHT IS HARSH AND BITTER JUDGMENTS. And a number of ladders, NAMELY STEPS and compartments from the arteries of the aorta and trachea, are all constructed by it, BY THE WIND, WHICH IS THE CENTRAL COLUMN.

275. וּכְגַוְונָא דְּעוֹפִין, פְּתִיחוּ גַּדְפַיְיהוּ, לְקַבְּלָא רוּחָא לְפַרְחָא בֵּיהּ. הָכִי כָּל אֵבָרִים דְּגוּפָא, פְּתִיחָן בְּכַמָּה מְקוֹרִין, בְּכַמָּה פִּרְקִין, בְּכַמָּה עַרְקִין, בְּכַמָּה אִדָּרִין דְּלִבָּא, אִדָּרִין דְּמוֹחָא, לְקַבְּלָא לֵיהּ. דְּאִי לָאו דְּנָשִׁיב בְּבָתִּין דְּלִבָּא, הֲוָה נוּרָא דְּלִבָּא, אוֹקִיד כָּל גּוּפָא. וְכַמָּה סוּלָמִין, וְאִדָּרִין, דְּעַרְקִין דְּקָנֶה דְּלִבָּא, וְקָנֶה דְּרֵיאָה, כֻּלְּהוּ מִתַּתְקְּנִין לְגַבֵּיהּ.