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98. “And the Lord God cast sleep on the man and he slept.” When the Creator created Adam HaRishon, ZA, He created him with two Partzufim [faces], ZA and Malchut, male and female, adhered to one another. They were conjoined without separation, as it is written, “He created them male and female,” without separation. It is not written “created him,” but “created them,” since they were two.

99. Since they were as one with one another, equally, the Creator sowed them in a sowing and took the female from him, and corrected her with several corrections, and adorned her with several decorations, and clothed her with several garments.

100. He established her in the Garden of Eden, decorated her with seventy ornaments, and they are seventy faces to the Torah. He corrected for her thirteen corrections, thirteen qualities that are required of the Torah. He clothed her with six garments, six orders [books] of the Mishnah, in six faces.

101. The Creator made for her all those corrections and ornaments and garments in the Garden of Eden. Afterwards, it is written, “And He brought her to the man.” Adam was at the point of Zion of the Temple that is there, and from there the Creator took them and brought them into the Garden of Eden and blessed them the blessing of the grooms.

102. It is written, A star shall come out of Jacob,” who drew and decorated and corrected that star, Malchut, who was taken from Jacob, meaning sown off from ZA. And because of it, the Messiah will be revealed thanks to her, since this is why ZA came to her, and the soul of the Messiah is drawn from above downward. “And a scepter shall rise out of Israel” is the three lines, ZA. “Rise” means as it is written, “And shall raise My covenant,” from the words “rising” up and “governance.”

103. When this happens, it is written, “And crush the forehead of Moab,” meaning that all those sides that grip the bottom tree, Malchut, will pass and move from her. Then, “This, now, is a bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.”

This is the time of subtleties and pleasures to delight together, and not as on other times, when the evil side grips between us. But now there is no mixture of the other side with us, but rather “a bone of my bones,” and not another bonding, from evil.

104. “A bone of my bones” means truly the light of the shining mirror. “And flesh of my flesh” means a garment from the garment that my upper light is worn.

“This shall be called a ‘woman,’” in the upper governance of the whole world, who will never move away from it. Then she will trample and consume all the kingdoms, and she will rise forever.

105. “I will see him, but not now.” This seeing that I see, I am destined to see him and come close to him together. But not now, and not in the exile in Babylon, in the house that the immigrants of the exile have built. “I will behold him,” I am destined to look at him face-to-face. However, not soon, but in the last house, since in the First Temple and in the Second Temple, there weren’t contentment and closeness and unity as it should be.

106. How difficult is the matter, how prolonged, how many troubles over troubles are destined to befall Israel’s enemies in exile, and how much will the animals rule, and how much will they roar to hunt prey from Israel each and every time until the end of days.

107. Now, in the end of days, as is the time today, when the sun rises from the sixth day, from the sixth millennium, when it happens according to the count of years that Yovel [50^th year anniversary] and Shmita [7^th year remission of land cultivation] are together, which is 274 from the sixth day, now, a voice will awaken from the top of the firmaments, a sad voice, with bitterness, such as which has never been since the day when the world was created.

108. That voice will be soft, hidden, with bitterness and sadness, falling and rising, rising and falling. It said, “I had a beloved doe from the first days, but she has been forgotten from me. I had lasting love with her; I remember the shape of her form, which was sealed on my heart and sealed on my arm. Her love was strong within me, and the flames of the fire of her love were burning within me.”

109. At that time, he cries out three outcries one after the other, and the firmaments will be shaken, and all the worlds will rattle until three sounds were heard by the fish-crocodile, and he will run 400,000 parasangs into the sea. There, he will set up traps and spread nets, and draw him from the sea, and bring him to the seminary in the firmament, and all the questions and disputes that are asked there will fear him, and he will be caught there 150 days.

110. At that time, the Creator will gather all the armies of heaven, and all the members of His assembly, and He is above all of them. And that crocodile will be brought before Him, and He will tie three knots on its neck, and these three lovers will take it and put it back in the place where it was caught. And these lovers will enter a hall called “love” and will be concealed there.

111. The Creator will adjure all those armies and the two seminaries, to all go and listen to the voice of the loved one, the Shechina, whose voice He yearns to hear with them. Then, troubles will awaken upon the holy nation, one atop the other, with great duress, and they will shout one outcry after another, tears after tears, and will awaken the Shechina, who will make a sound over her children.

112. And the Creator calls out and says, “This is My doe, My friend, My dove, My perfect one,” who sits in the gardens. Previously she was not sitting, but was in the concealment of the degree, inside, as it is written, “All the glory of the king’s daughter is inward.” Now she is in the gardens, courageously, like a mother following her son in the markets and in the city streets for fear that he will be harmed.

113. My doe, My friend, see, but all the friends in both seminaries—the seminary of the firmament and the seminary of the Creator—are here. Friends, members of the seminaries, are listening to your voice, let Me hear it for I yearn to hear your voice.

114. It has been long since I heard your voice, and I did not know you. At that time, all the people of the world were mixed, peoples within peoples, nations within nations, and one who was unworthy of ruling would be brought to rule. Foreign nations would come with him, and other tongues, which do not know the judgment and the laws of the kingdom, and they contemplated waging many wars.

115. He will do as he pleases and rule with soft words and soft lips, and think several thoughts of harming. And he will make bad laws upon the only nation. At that time, there will be trouble upon trouble on that only nation. At the same time, the Creator will grow stronger and appease His doe, Malchut, with many words of appeasement, and will hold her and raise her from the dust. He Himself and none other, and the two seminaries will remain with her.

116. Three kings will remain and awaken in three directions of the world against Israel, and that king, who was ruling with soft words, will rule with great anger and rage, and power over the holy nation.

117. On the third month, on the fourth of the month, at nine and a half hours, all the members of the seminary will go with the doe, Malchut, to the tomb of the shepherd, His house trustee, Moses, and make three sounds on him.

When the sun sets on the world and his grave opens, and the members of the seminary wish to come in there, they will not be given permission, and they will all depart to their place, and the Shechina will enter. And from within her, whoever comes out, comes out. She will find Moses sitting and learning, a candle lit before him, with several fragrances and perfumes around him.

118. When Moses sees the Shechina enters, he will rise and they will connect with one another, and the voices will awaken to the top of the highest firmaments. The Creator will hear, and enter the hall of love, and take from there three lovers, and open Moses’ cave for them. Then, on that night, the Messiah will awaken and will be there with them, and they will repeat the secrets of the Torah all through that night in Moses’ cave.

119. When the dawn rises, the Messiah will hide, and Moses and the Shechina will remain that day, as on the day of Shavuot [Feast of Weeks], as in the giving of the Torah. The Shechina will climb the mountain, and three voices will be heard—one corresponding to Abraham, one corresponding to Isaac, and one corresponding to Moses and Jacob, as it is written, “Go on up to a high mountain, herald of Zion, lift up your voice with strength, herald of Jerusalem, lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, ‘Here is your God.’”

120. “Lift up your voice with strength” is Trua’a [a manner of blowing the Shofar].” “Lift up, fear not” is Tkia’a [another manner]. “Say” is Trua’a Tkia’a and Trua’a together, and this is Malchut that went up the mountain, who is called a Shofar [festive ram’s horn] of Trua’a, a Shofar from that Trua’a of above.

121. It is a small Shofar, since there is another, called “big Shofar,” Bina. A small Shofar means a Shofar that walks by the movement of the candle, Malchut, as it is written, “And the voice of the Shofar shall go.” This is so because the other, big Shofar, is hidden and concealed and does not go. Rather, the small one awakens on the day of the giving of the Torah on the day of Shavuot, as it is written, “And as the sound of the Shofar grew louder and louder.”

122. Upon the awakening of that Shofar, which awakens with Trua’a-Tkia’a-Trua’a, the patriarchs will awaken from within the cave and ascend in spirit and come to it. From that sound, several noises in the holy land will die and depart from the world. On that day, the prayers of Israel before the king will rise wherever they are, and the patriarchs will come together and be in that mountain, and Moses will ascend with them. There, he will look at the patriarchs and the patriarchs will look at him, and everyone will ascend to Moses’ cave, the Messiah will awaken to them, and everyone will unite on that day.

123. On that day, the ten tribes will awaken to wage war to the four directions of the world with the Messiah, who has been anointed over them. He will receive the ointment, meaning he will be anointed by a priest of justice and seven faithful shepherds with him.

124. This Messiah is from the tribe of Ephraim, and from the descendants of Jeroboam son of Navat; he is the son of Abaie, who died in his youth, and on the day he died, a son was born to him. He was taken from the house of Jeroboam to the desert, and there, 170 mighty men took him, who were all righteous from the tribe of Ephraim, who were not in the sin of Jeroboam.

125. The Messiah will come from the son of Abaie. It is written about it, “And all of Israel lamented him and buried him.” This is an obscure verse, for it is a prophesy for its time, and a prophesy for the latter days, because so it will be in the future, that all of Israel will lament the Messiah son of Ephraim, his descendent, and it is written, “for he is the only one of Jeroboam who shall come to the grave,” since a good thing was found in him, toward the Lord, God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. This hints to the Messiah, who is a good thing for the Lord.

126. Since the patriarchs will know that the Creator had visited His doe, the Shechina, and His people, there will be great joy on that day. In the land of the north, in the kingdom of Yemen, many troubles upon troubles will awaken upon Israel on that day, and their prayer will be accepted willingly. In the evening of that day, the Shechina will return to the house, and the Messiah to his place, and the patriarchs into their cave.

127. The Shechina will walk and return to Moses seventy days. At the end of the seventy days, the outcry of Israel will rise up to the holy king, since they will be afflicted from all the directions of the world, and one house of assembly on the south side will be lost and ruined, and five true righteous ones will be killed among them.

128. Then, after thirty-two days, after the people of that house of assembly are killed, the Creator will clothe a small Shofar, Malchut, with envy, and the Messiah son of Ephraim will stretch out hooves like a bull whose horns are upright like the horns of an oryx.

129. That small Shofar, Malchut, will blow a Trua’a-Tkia’a-Trua’a three times at the top of the mountains as in the beginning, and then the banners of that Messiah will journey, and noise will come down on the world through the sounds of the Shofar, and all the people of the world will hear and fear, as it is written, “All you people of the world and dwellers of the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; when a ram’s horn [Shofar] sounds, you will hear it.”

130. Then, idolatry will be eradicated from the holy land, and the children of Ishmael will wage three wars against the Messiah. They will come and bow to the Lord of the world in the holy mountain in Jerusalem, and these wars will be in the sixth millennium.

131. On the month of Heshvan, the enemies of Israel will fall, and all those idol-worships that will remain in the holy land will pass. From there, Israel will go and awaken wars upon the world, and while they make wars against all the people of the world, the children of Edom will gather on the holy land and catch it, and they will control it for twelve months.

132. After twelve months, the whole world will be in turmoil, and between these times, the Shechina will go and return to Moses’ cave, and the Messiah King will hide for nine months, as the months of delivery [conception]. In these nine months, he will take upon himself many pains and pangs.

133. In between, the Creator will increase his affliction and enter the trails of a tree, since He has a big, strong, holy tree, ZA. There, He will take measures of diagonals in seventy branches. Malchut that is sweetened in Bina is called a “diagonal.” He will take the seventy appointees of seventy nations that surround the seventy branches of the tree. He will take them into those measures of the diagonals, and they will be tied in one scale of a measure and a half. At that time, they come down from every branch, which is the source of the sweetening in each Sefira.

This is so because Bina is a complete measure from which comes the sweetening of the diagonal. Malchut is half a measure, and only her first nine receive the sweetening of the diagonal from Bina. They are regarded as half a measure, but her Malchut does not receive, and is therefore regarded as half a measure. These two, Bina and Malchut, are a measure and half a measure, the source of all the sweetenings, imprisoning the seventy ministers and subduing them, and bringing them down from the seventy branches of the holy tree.

134. Several small, and not small branches will break as the ministers come down from there, since they will be hanging on to the branches, and as they come down, they will break. At that time, many from the holy nation will break between the legs of the other nations, and all those appointees will pass them in the River Dinor, and will be removed from their governance.

135. In the meantime, the Messiah will have pains and pangs like a woman in labor. It is written about that time, “The Lord will answer you in the day of trouble,” which are nine verses, like the nine months of pregnancy, and there are seventy words in it, since after seventy years in the sixth millennium, he will give birth to his governance, meaning he will control the entire world. For this reason, during those nine months, each night, from midnight onward, a chariot of fire and horses of fire will be seen outside the firmament, waging wars against each other until the morning shines.

136. After those nine months are over, the Creator will awaken that Messiah and bring him out from the Garden of Eden. That day, when he comes out from the Garden of Eden, the whole world will tremble, since all the people in the world will think that they will die.

137. It is written about that day, “They shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, from the terror of the Lord and the glory of His majesty, when He arises to break the wicked of the land.” “The terror of the Lord” is the Shechina, who will rise from that time onward, and the Messiah with her. “The glory of His majesty” is the messiah, “when He arises to break the wicked of the land.” At that time, it is written, “He will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah.” This is on the sixtieth year of the sixth millennium. And they will go after the Creator, who will do for them many miracles.