Gates of Righteousness

The blessings spread * and they go forth into twelve chambers of twelve keys that belong to each and every tribe * and this is the secret of the verse: "All these are the twelve tribes of Israel; this is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing appropriate to him" Genesis 49:28. And when Moses our Teacher, peace be upon him, came and blessed Israel, he made known that the key which includes all the keys is handed over to the tribe of Levi * as he said, "And of Levi he said: Your Thummim and your Urim be for your holy one" Deuteronomy 33:8. The secret of the Urim and Thummim Urim and Thummim|Ancient oracular devices worn by the High Priest on his breastplate, used to determine the divine will. is the secret of all the gates, and here I am hinting at the secret of "Light" [Hebrew: Orah, relating to Urim] and "Jacob was a simple man" [Hebrew: Tam, relating to Thummim] The author is using a play on words to link the Urim and Thummim to the spiritual light of the Patriarch Jacob.. Therefore it says in the Torah, "Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying: Thus shall you bless the children of Israel... and they shall put My name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them" Numbers 6:23-27. And therefore the Scripture says, "Therefore Levi shall have no portion or inheritance with his brothers; the Lord is his inheritance" Deuteronomy 10:9. And guard this great principle well, for the Blessed Name is certainly his inheritance.

And after

I have made this known to you, know that the Tent of Meeting Tent of Meeting|Hebrew: Ohel Moed, the portable sanctuary or Tabernacle used by the Israelites in the wilderness.—which is the secret of the Shekhinah Shekhinah|The indwelling Divine Presence on earth, often described as the feminine aspect of God., the root of Jacob and his portion and inheritance—he bequeathed it to his children as an inheritance * and regarding this it is said, "And I will set My tabernacle among you... and I will be your God" Leviticus 26:11-12. And it is written, "Who dwells with them in the midst of their impurity" Leviticus 16:16—literally in their impurity. Happy is the people for whom it is so; happy is the people whose God is the Lord Psalm 144:15.

And behold

this attribute has one hundred corners, and for every single corner there is a receptacle. From every single corner, springs of blessing flow to the world. From there, Isaac our father, peace be upon him, drew the one hundred kinds of blessings through which he became wealthy * and regarding this it is said, "And Isaac sowed in that land and found in that year a hundredfold" Genesis 26:12; in Hebrew, "hundredfold" is Me'ah She'arim, which literally translates to "one hundred gates."—literally "one hundred gates" * Therefore, "the Lord blessed him" * and therefore, "the man became great" and so on. Therefore the Philistines and kings envied him because of the abundance of his blessings. And these one hundred gates that Isaac found in that which he was blessed are the one hundred gates and springs surrounding the "Gates of Righteousness" Gates of Righteousness|Hebrew: Sha'arei Tzedek, a name for the Sefirah of Malchut (Kingship), the spiritual gateway through which divine energy enters the physical world. from which blessing, abundance, and emanation go forth to all

created beings through Israel * and therefore you will find in the Tent of Meeting one hundred sockets for one hundred talents, a talent for each socket Exodus 38:27 describes the construction of the Tabernacle using 100 silver sockets.. And there is no socket among them all that did not have a receptacle for a column. The secret of the columns is known within the hooks Hebrew: Vavim, also the name of the letter Vav, which is shaped like a vertical column. and the sign of the Yod of the columns. And the secret is the "Middle Line" Middle Line|The central axis of the Sefirotic tree that balances the right (Mercy) and left (Judgment) sides. and the Foundation of Jacob. And because it is the path through which every single person of Israel is blessed with one hundred kinds of blessings and kinds of abundance and emanation, every person of Israel must bless one hundred blessings every day. That is to say, every single blessing has a spring and a source from which it is poured and emanated. And if, Heaven forbid, a person is missing even one of the hundred blessings each day, he blemishes the entire Torah. Thus he is found to be ruining all the "pipes" Pipes|Hebrew: Tzinorot, the spiritual channels through which divine energy flows from the upper worlds to the lower worlds.. And your sign is: Nefesh, Ruach, and Neshamah Nefesh, Ruach, Neshamah|The three primary levels of the soul: the vital soul (Nefesh), the spirit or emotional self (Ruach), and the higher divine breath (Neshamah). are "upright" [Yashar] for the Levite-Priest. The secret is: "To the children of Levi I have given every tithe in Israel for an inheritance in return for their service" Numbers 18:21 and it is written, "Speak to the Levites and say to them: When you take the tithe... then you shall set aside from it a gift for the Lord, a tithe of the tithe" Numbers 18:26. We find that Israel gives to the Levite ten out of every hundred, and the Levite gives to the Priest one out of every ten. If there is no "hundred" for Israel, there is no "ten" for the Levite. If there is no "ten" for the Levite, there is no "one" for the Priest. Then the bundle is separated, and there is no longer a vessel to pour out His blessing. In this way, if the Nefesh [Soul] does not bless one hundred blessings every day, ten will not reach the Ruach [Spirit]. And when the Ruach does not receive ten, the "one" will not reach the Neshamah [Higher Soul]. And behold, we are obligated every day to bind the Nefesh to the Ruach, and the Ruach to the Neshamah, and the Neshamah cleaves to the Lord, may He be blessed. And the secret is: "And the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord your God" 1 Samuel 25:29. And this is the secret of "Bless the Lord, O my soul" Psalm 103:1 and it is written, "Let every soul [breath] praise the Lord" Psalm 150:6. And in this way we say that any person who does not complete one hundred blessings every day blemishes his form and "cuts the plantings" Cuts the Plantings|Hebrew: Katzetz ba-Neti'ot, a Kabbalistic idiom for causing a spiritual division or committing a form of heresy by separating aspects of the Divine. of his soul. Woe to him for his deficiency, for he shall not enter the Gates of Righteousness, because the sockets for the columns are not arranged, and there is