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1. When a person rises in the morning and wears Tefillin* on his head, and Tefillin in a holy inscription on the arm, and wraps himself with a cloak of commandment, and comes to exit his home’s door, four holy angels connect with him and exit the door of his house with him. They accompany him to the house of assembly and declare before him, “Give glory to the form of the holy king; give glory to the king’s son, to the honorable face of the king. The holy spirit is on him, declaring and saying, ‘Israel, of whom I boast.’”

* Two small leather cases containing texts from Hebrew scriptures worn on the forehead and on the left arm by Jewish men during morning prayer.

2. Afterwards, he should read the portion Beresheet until “one day,” which is important and the praise of all. Afterwards, he should engage in the portion Offerings to atone for himself, and say all those offerings.

He should recite the verse, “Command Aaron and his sons saying, ‘This is the law of the burnt offering,’” in order to atone for all the reflections and thoughts at night.

Afterwards, he will be praised in the praises of King David, and thanks to this, the person walks through the gates of the house of the bride Malchut, and she is corrected, and the degrees are corrected with her.

3. When he reaches the words “maker of light,” the beginning of the prayer in sitting, all the degrees open gates. At that time, it is written, “like pillars of smoke.” As the pillars of smoke of the incense rise, and the degrees connect to one another, here, too, the prayer is as the pillars of smoke of the incense that rises, and the degrees bond and connect with one another since he connects them through his prayer.

4. He says, “They are all loved, all clear, all strong,” and then he says, “much love,” to rise and connect in the right, which is love. He says the unification of Shema [Hear O Israel], and the portions of the Shema, and then she is called incensed with myrrh.

The prayer in sitting is usually called “pillars of smoke,” and in particular, it is called “the Shema reading and its portions,” incensed with myrrh. Truth and steadfast are read, and frankincense.

5. Since he said “true,” why does he say “and steadfast”? Truth is Jacob, Tifferet, and steadfast is Joseph, Yesod. One must adhere to both of them, to Tifferet and Yesod. And because the portion of the Tzitzit [prayer shawl] is the bride, Malchut, and she must let Tifferet and Yesod bond with her, we say both of them at once: “True and steadfast.” Hence, truth is Jacob, and steadfast is Joseph, who are Tifferet and Yesod.

6. “With all the merchant’s fragrant powders” is a prayer in standing. The first three blessings, Protector of Abraham, Reviver of the Dead, and You are Holy, the blessing Protector of Abraham has forty-two words, the holy name of forty-two words. The name Mem-Bet [42 in Gematria] should be incorporated in the heart and connect with it like a flame that is tied to a cinder, with the love of his master. This is a blessing of the right, Hesed, the right line.

7. The blessing Reviver of the Dead has forty-nine words, the holy name of forty-two letters. The name Mem-Bet should be incorporated in the heart and connect with it like the flame that is tied to the cinder, with the love of his master. This is a blessing of the right, Hesed, the right line.

7. The blessing Revival of the Dead has forty-nine words, which are fifty gates of Bina minus one. There is a name in it that is Gevurot Hey [the might of the Lord], an acronym for “You are mighty forever, Lord,” the name Agla. It is all a phrasing of revealing that implies the Gevurot of the revelation of Hochma in the left, which emerges from the Gevurot in the blessings, from the acronym of the verses “Judah, your brothers shall praise you,” “Judah is a lion’s cub,” “The scepter shall not depart from Judah,” and “He ties his donkey to the vine,” creating the acronym YAGLA.

By this name, Judah awakened in the holy Gevura, since Judah is Malchut, who is extended from the left, and it is the blessing of the left, Gevura, the left line.

8. Kedusha [holiness/part of the prayer] in the blessing You are Holy contains fourteen words, corresponding to ten utterances and the four letters HaVaYaH. This is Tifferet, the middle line that incorporates and unites right and left. It is gripped from the end of the upper world, Bina, to the end of the world, Malchut.

9. The final three blessings are not in the count of words. The two blessings Please May and We Thank are the supporters of the Torah. Two pillars are NH, on which Tifferet, who is called Torah is supported. The blessing Set Peace is the tree of life, Yesod, domestic peace, peace of all, since Yesod is called “peace.”

There are twelve blessings that the early ones have set up between the first three blessings and the last three blessings. After he completes the prayer and has confessed his sins, he should say Bowing.