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316) The fourth and fifth corrections are the verse, \u201cFrom the appearance of his waist and up, and from the appearance of his waist and down.\u201d It was said about them, \u201cThe thighs of the animals opposite all of them.\u201d They are in NH<\/em>, since NH<\/em> are called \u201cwaist,\u201d and \u201cfrom the appearance of his waist and up\u201d it is Netzah<\/em>, and \u201cfrom the appearance of his waist and down\u201d it is Hod<\/em>. Matat is a token in his army, the form of a Tzadik<\/em>, Yesod<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Tzadik<\/em>, Yesod<\/em> de<\/em> ZA<\/em>, is a token in the army of above, in Atzilut<\/em>, and Matat is a token in the army of below, in Beria<\/em>. Matat, Shadai<\/em> is in it, for Matat in Gematria<\/em> is Shadai<\/em> (314). It is written about it, \u201cAnd the animals were running and returning, as the appearance of a flash.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

317) It is written, \u201cAnd their leg was a straight leg.\u201d The legs of the harm-doers are crooked. The legs of the holy animals are as it is written, \u201cand their leg was a straight leg,\u201d on the part of Haya<\/em>, which is Israel, comprising three animals, of which it was said, \u201cthe patriarchs, they are the Merkava<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is so because the straightness extends from the middle line, which leans neither to the right nor to the left, but squarely in the middle. But the Sitra Achra<\/em> and the harm-doers lean to the left, hence they are twisted. \u201cAnd their leg was a straight leg\u201d on the part of the animal, which is Israel, meaning on the part of the middle line, called Israel, which includes three animals, HGT<\/em>, as it is the middle line. But the Sitra Achra<\/em> and the harm-doers, who have no desire for the middle line, their legs are twisted to the left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

318) Their legs are as a calf\u2019s foot, since they come from the side of the animal called \u201cox,\u201d the left line. Hence, they have a calf\u2019s foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd they sparkled like burnished bronze,\u201d on the part of the slant serpent which is at sea, rising toward him on land, rising to fight with the serpent that is on land. Nahash<\/em> [serpent] and Nehoshet<\/em> [bronze] are male and female in Noga<\/em>. Hence, they sparkle as the burnished bronze, on the part of the serpent, which illuminates in them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd the animals were running and retuning.\u201d \u201cRunning\u201d is written in regard to the animals on the part of Nuriel, which is Ratzo<\/em> [running] in Gematria<\/em> (297). And \u201creturning\u201d in the animals is on the part of Shadai<\/em>, for \u201cand returning\u201d is Shadai<\/em> in Gematria<\/em> (314), and it is Matat in Gematria<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

319) When Israel would hear the sound of Torah and prayer from the east, they would run to the east, likewise to the west, likewise to the south, and also to the north. The Creator said to the ministering angels, \u201cThose who are running for a prayer of Mitzva<\/em>, who are running to hear the lesson on Sabbath, and who are running to do My will and repent, welcome them in the palace of that vision, in the palace of NH<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By these signs, that they are running for Torah and Mitzvot<\/em>, and their repentance, by running and returning, they are friends with you, for they are running and returning in the Torah, like the animals, which are running and returning in the words of the law. They are inscribed with you, let them into this palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

320) Thus, when Israel pray, Michael flies in the world in one flight, and Gabriel flies in two flights. And when the speech comes out from Israel in law, prayer, and in any Mitzva<\/em> where the Shechina<\/em> is there, they run to the Shechina<\/em> and return with the Shechina<\/em>, under their Master\u2019s mission, to unite her with HaVaYaH<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And wherever they hear the sound of Torah, where the Creator is there, they run to that sound and return in it under their master\u2019s mission. In any sound where there is no HaVaYaH<\/em>, and in a speech where there is no ADNI<\/em>, Michael and Gabriel do not run and return. For this reason, their leg is a straight leg, for the ways of the Lord are straight. Where there is HaVaYaH<\/em>, the middle line, it is a straight way. And if there is no HaVaYaH<\/em> there, it is not a straight way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

321) \u201cTheir leg is a straight leg.\u201d One who prays should correct one\u2019s legs in one\u2019s prayer, as the ministering angels, so his legs will be straight, as a calf\u2019s foot, to be inscribed with them so. For this reason, one who prays should aim one\u2019s legs, as it is written, \u2018And their feet as the foot of a calf.\u201d The Creator said to the ministering angels, \u201cThose who are inscribed in this manner in their prayer, who aim their legs as you, open for them the gates of the palace, to enter this vision of NH<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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