200) Before a person comes to this world and emerges from his mother\u2019s womb, \u201cAnd a man wrestled with him.\u201d This is Gabriel. \u201cWrestled,\u201d meaning in that same dust of ground, as it is written, \u201cThen the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground.\u201d It follows that man is dust, and the dust of the ground is the evil inclination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, Gabriel is the good inclination, which wrestles with the evil inclination, called \u201cdust.\u201d It teaches him seventy languages, which is why it writes, \u201cformed,\u201d with two letters Yod<\/em> [in Hebrew]. One Yod<\/em> opposite the good inclination, Gabriel, who taught him seventy languages, and one Yod<\/em> opposite the evil inclination, which wrestled him, as it is written, \u201cFor he touched the socket of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip,\u201d and made him forget the seventy languages that the good inclination had taught him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 201) First, four angels descend with him. It is written about them, \u201cFor He will give his angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.\u201d If he has ancestral merit, then one is Michael, by the merit of Abraham; the second is Gabriel, by the merit of Isaac; the third is Nuriel, by the merit of Jacob; and the fourth is Raphael, by the merit of Adam<\/em> haRishon<\/em>. And the good inclination is atop him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 202) If he has no merit, four harm-doers go with him: Crime, Destroyer, Anger, and Fury. And the evil inclination is atop them, to sentence him to the world that will come. For this reason, \u201cThe wicked is judged by the evil inclination, the righteous is judged by the good inclination, and the intermediate is judged by both.\u201d Hence, if he is intermediate, then Gabriel, which is the good inclination, and Sam, which is the evil inclination, both sentence him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 203) Every person with four foundations\u2014fire, wind, water, and dust\u2014has four angels descending with him on the right, and four on the left. The four on the right are Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Nuriel, and the four on the left are Crime, Destroyer, Anger, and Fury. And as for the body, Matat descends upon him from the right, and Sam from the left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 204) There is not a person without the four foundations\u2014fire, wind, water, and dust. But the order of these four follows the foundation that was first in him. If his sign is Lion, which is Hesed<\/em>, then Michael comes first, followed by Gabriel, Nuriel, and Raphael. If his sign is Ox, which is Gevura<\/em>, Gabriel comes first, followed by Michael, Nuriel, and finally Raphael. If his sign is Eagle, which is Tifferet<\/em>, Nuriel comes first, followed by Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. And if his sign is Adam (man), which is Malchut<\/em>, Raphael comes first, followed by Michael, Gabriel, and Nuriel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 205) For those on the right, the side of Michael, all of its four faces\u2014Lion, Ox, Eagle, Man\u2014are mercy. He is benevolent and his face is white. If this man engages in the Torah, he is generous, pious, and wise. But if he does not engage in the Torah, he is the opposite\u2014from the side of the evil inclination: a thief, foolish, and mean-spirited, since the ignorant is not pious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 206) From Gabriel\u2019s side, which is Sam, his four faces are Ox, Lion, Eagle, and Man. They are judgment, the quality of judgment over the wicked, and provoke them, as it is permitted to provoke the wicked in this world. He is strong in his inclination, he fears sin, and he will be a judge if he engages in Torah and is strong in his studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Conversely, if he is from the side of the evil inclination, he provokes the righteous, to perform harsh judgment over them. He is strong in committing transgressions, does not fear sin, and his face is red, like the blood shedder Esau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 207) One whose sign is eagle, who is from the middle line, is not very merciful, and is not in a great measure of judgment. Rather, he is intermediate in his good inclination, his good qualities, and intermediate in the evil inclination, bad qualities. And he has a white and red face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 208) One whose sign is man, which is Malchut<\/em>, is included with all the good qualities from the good side: pious, wise, strong in Torah, fears sin, and filled with every good quality. His face is black. And if he is from the evil inclination, his is filled with every bad quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 209) And if one has many sins, all the camps of the evil inclination govern him, until all the camps of the good inclination depart him, and he will crown Sam and all his camps over his organs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 210) And if one has many merits, the camps of the good inclination govern him, until all the camps of the evil inclination depart him, and he crowns the camps of the good inclination over all his organs. At that time, the name HaVaYaH<\/em> governs him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 211) And if he is intermediate, the host of heaven stand over him from his right and from his left. These pull right, toward merit, and those pull left, toward sin. And the stronger one prevails. For this reason, one should always consider oneself as though the whole world depends on him, meaning he should consider himself and the whole world as intermediate. And if he keeps one commandment, he sentences himself and the whole world to a scale of merit. And if he commits one transgression, he sentences himself and the whole world to a scale of sin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 212) From Michael\u2019s side, man is called Bechor<\/em> [firstborn], and his degree is white silver, implying Hesed<\/em>. For this reason, the redemption of the firstborn is silver, five rocks, equal to the letter Hey<\/em> [5 in Gematria<\/em>] of Abraham. If he grows wise in the Torah, the Yod<\/em>\u2014holiness, Hochma<\/em>\u2014will be added to him, and in it he will need to sanctify every firstborn of the cattle, as it is written, \u201cThe holiness of Israel to the Lord.\u201d And in it, he must give tithing of the young, for each young is from the side of the son of Yod<\/em>–Hey<\/em>, which is Vav<\/em>, Tifferet<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 213) All the holy animals were called by the letters of the Holy Name, as it is written, \u201cEvery one that is called by My name, and whom I have created for My glory.\u201d Even all the creations were created in the letters of the Holy Name, and there is no creation that is not written in this name, to know the one who created it. Yod<\/em> of the name HaVaYaH<\/em> is the form of the head of each creation. The letters Hey<\/em>, Hey<\/em> of the name are the form of five fingers on the right hand, and the five of the left hand. 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