Introduction of the Ra’avad, of blessed memory

Remember and understand this: just as the sun and the shield of the Lord God referencing Psalm 84:12, "For the Lord God is a sun and shield" provide light for the souls and a throne above them, so too the master of the "Crown" Keter: The highest and most hidden of the ten Sefirot (divine emanations), representing the Divine Will acts amidst the decrees. Just as the sun is chosen, the shield of the Lord God enables our souls to navigate every detail of every world, from the day the Throne was poured out from the greatness and the setting of the decrees. This continues until the whole achieves its purpose in the debate of each individual part.

Similarly, regarding the loss of cold in exchange for heat: there is no distinction between the objects themselves; this "curtain" original: Masach is merely the absence of cold. Yet, it is a settled matter that is quite confused, for behold, the sun and the Throne stay the night in thick darkness and the depths—darkness and noise are likened to the void. Therefore, it is said that the separation of this "Curtain" original: Vilon, the lowest of the seven heavens in Talmudic cosmology stands between the coldness of the soul of the "Noise" original: Ra'ash, possibly referring to the angelic quaking and the soul itself. These are the small souls who lack eyes, for "they have eyes but do not see" Psalm 115:5, and like the "way of the wicked," they are in darkness and do not know what makes them stumble.

Between the "shaping of its dough"—which is like saying "to the deaths" and "to the orders"—and its movement—which is like saying "to the arm of Strength" (Gevurah) and its "Exaltation" (Tiferet)—it shall be sold. This movement is the rest of the cold. "Remembering" is the greening of power and the conflict within the pocket, while in the body, it is the scratching of your right hand, like the "daughters of the morning." Because the six days of the Beginning original: Ma'aseh Bereshit, the act of Creation include the great and thought-out Law, and the prayer, etc., they became unified. For every righteous person is sanctified in their souls during the days of Creation, as it is said: "Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory [Tiferet], and the victory, and the majesty" 1 Chronicles 29:11.

And this is the value and the merit of the morning. Now, the place of the sun's knowledge and scent (Tiferet) is established upon its stand, and the path of its place is where all these vessels are known. This is the place where it sinks every single day to fix its boundary by day and its boundary by night. Since the night was called to the light of day, and the darkness was called night, you should therefore interpret the "Beginning of Existences" and the "Foundation of My Place" through Chesed (Kindness) and the knowledge of Din (Judgment) original: Karin, a play on the Aramaic/Hebrew for "Judgment" or "Horns".

This softens the harshness to bring life to the "Gatherings of the Earth." Know that the Earth is founded upon its foundation, beneath which is a void original: Gilyon, literally "scroll" or "blank space", and above which is the support and the oversight of what is above and what is below. So too are the "Gatherings" original: Kenisot—they enter into one another. For the incense within them will be raised up by a foundation that is unique, and the wicked shall be shaken from it. Generations of the wicked will be tossed from it unto its end. From the founded land, it will be transformed from the Attribute of Mercy Middat Ha-Rachamim: The divine mode of compassion to the Attribute of Judgment Middat Ha-Din: The divine mode of strict justice.

Out of the darkness comes light. Even the physical matter original: Homer follows the structures of the power of the "Glory" original: Kavod. These two are turned toward Chesed (Kindness) by the "Living Beings" original: Chayot, a high order of angels. They were not created in actual deed, but their bodies stood by the power of the soul, like a void garment or an empty vessel without clothing.

Therefore, the translation referring to the Aramaic Targum for the "unification of the gatherings of the noise" original: Ra'ash is: "and he shall shake the paths of the blind from it." It was transformed when they died; their seal was transformed like their bodies, without a soul, like an empty vessel. "The light of the wicked shall be withheld" Job 38:15 through the concealment of the transformations. And those who pass through it are the "Light of the Righteous," which is the light created on the first day, destined to be searched for in the future.

As for the "shaking" of the Gevurah (Strength), it occurs through noise and transformations as a breakthrough. This is what the Targum translates as: "and he will be prophesied from the dedication of your righteous choices, and for the wicked, he will give strengths." Everything is made by the "Vessels of the Sea" original: Kosi Yam.

Know that this "Vessel" (or "Cup") is prepared to receive all decrees, just as the Hyle Hyle: A Greek term used in medieval philosophy to describe "Prime Matter"—the formless substance that underlies all physical reality is prepared to receive the forms of all existing things. However, no form exists permanently in the Hyle; rather, at every moment, it strips off forms and puts on others. Since there is no permanent form, it is called the "Vessels of the Sea" original: Kosi Yam, a play on the word Hiyuli, because it is hidden in the foundation of the earth.

This is the meaning of the warning Rabbi Akiva gave to his companions when they entered the Pardes Pardes: "The Orchard," a metaphor for the highest realm of mystical ascension and secret knowledge with him: "When you arrive at the stones of pure marble, do not say 'Water, water!'" Talmud, Chagigah 14b. This is because the nature of the "Chariot" original: Merkabah follows this path; for why is the place of the "Beginning" original: Bereshit related to the Hyle and the Chariot? It is not like the existence of...