64. "And Jacob said to Joseph, 'El Shadai appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan'" (Beresheet 48:3). Rabbi Aba said, Luz is the Celestial Jerusalem, NAMELY BINAH, which puts the Shechinah to dwell with us. Supernal Jacob, ZEIR ANPIN, said to the lower JACOB, BINAH blessed me, for it wants to increase you and give the land to your children. Luz, the Celestial Jerusalem, BINAH, WHICH IS the Holy One, blessed be He, gave a blessing which will be fulfilled in the Holy Land, but outside THE LAND, in another land, there shall be no blessing.
65. Rabbi Elazar opened the discussion saying, "He that blesses a friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him" (Mishlei 27:14). The Holy One, blessed be He, called Yisrael brothers and friends. THE MEANING OF THIS VERSE "THAT BLESSES A FRIEND" REFERS TO THE HOLY ONE, BLESSED BE HE, WHO BLESSES YISRAEL. HE ASKS, What did He bless them? HE REPLIES, That this nation will be pure under Him, and that He will watch over them.
66. Happy is the portion of this pure nation WHICH HE KEEPS, for they are called dear children more than the supernal beings, as it is written, "You are the children of Hashem" (Devarim 14:1), all for that reason. What is this reason? HE REPLIES, That the name SHADAI is completed by their seal, for they are circumcised.
67. Come and see, The Name of the Holy One, blessed be He, is in a man's face, NAMELY SHIN, but Yud is missing and thus it is not complete. When Abraham came and became dear to the Holy One, blessed be He, He said to him: 'In you shall this name be completed. He circumcised himself, and the name became complete through the Yud of circumcision. For Shin is found in a man's face; NAMELY, THE TWO EYES AND THE NOSE IN THE MIDDLE. IN HIS ARM, you find Dalet, and the Yud is missing, the Yud of which circumcision completes. Then they are called children of Hashem, holy children.
68. When the sign of the Holy Covenant is defiled and put into the dominion of the other, NAMELY BY TRANSGRESSING WITH IT, the holiness of the seal is gone from him, and he is considered as if he ruined the world, for he has defiled the seal upon which the Name of the Holy One, blessed be He, is completed. Thus he ruins the world BY STOPPING THE BOUNTY OF THE HOLY ONE, BLESSED BE HE, FROM THE WORLD.
69. Rabbi Aba was walking from Cappadocia with Rabbi Yosi. While they were walking they saw a man there with a mark upon his face. Woe to the wicked, who will die without repentance, and the mark will not disappear, neither in this world nor in the World to Come.