63. Rabbi Shimon said, "The counsel (or: 'secret') of Hashem is with them that fear Him; and He will reveal to them His covenant" (Tehilim 25:14). "The secret of Hashem is with them that fear Him" refers to the Congregation of Yisrael, NAMELY MALCHUT CALLED THE SECRET OF HASHEM. "And He will reveal to them His covenant" refers to the Righteous, the foundation of the world, NAMELY, YESOD OF ZEIR ANPIN THAT IS CALLED COVENANT. BOTH are joined as one.

64. Yud HAS IN IT three letters, which are overall perfection. The beginning of everything, NAMELY CHOCHMAH CALLED BEGINNING, IS Yud, which is the most superior, ABOVE ALL THE LETTERS OF YUD HEI VAV HEI, AND ALL THE SFIROT. The Vav WITHIN YUD VAV DALET IS the Central COLUMN, ZEIR ANPIN, which is perfection in every direction, SINCE IT COMPLETES THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT. It completes, NAMELY, IS A ROOT TO all the spirits, and Faith depends on it, WHICH IS MALCHUT, THE DALET IN THE YUD. It is the garden, the bundle of life, NAMELY MALCHUT. This letter Dalet is small, SINCE MALCHUT IS THE SECRET OF SMALL LETTERS, AND IS overall perfection, SINCE MALCHUT COMPLETES ALL THE SFIROT.

65. The letter Yud is closed on all sides. When it emerges, THAT IS, IS REVEALED, it does so like a king with his soldiers, and then the Yud returns on its own. Matters are concealed within it and come out TO BE REVEALED. It both conceals and discloses.

66. Hei OF THE NAME YUD HEI VAV HEI IS overall perfection above and below. We have learned Hei is known TO BE BINAH. The Aleph IN THE FULLY SPELLED HEI is Yud Vav Dalet, SINCE ALEPH IS FORMED WITH VAV IN BETWEEN YUD ABOVE AND DALET BELOW. It completes the three letters at the top that are concealed in Yud OF YUD HEI VAV HEI, WHICH IS FULLY SPELLED AS YUD VAV DALET. This has already been explained and it is the same thing, since the wholeness of the Holy Name is wholeness above and below. This is why Hei takes Aleph FOR ITS FULL SPELLING when it is crowned.

67. Come and see, each letter of the Holy Name reflects the perfection of the whole Name. Yud OF YUD HEI VAV HEI has already been explained to be overall perfection. Hei OF YUD HEI VAV HEI is overall perfection, even when it is not fully spelled with Aleph, BUT with Hei only, since we learned that there is overall perfection in the shape of Hei, SINCE ITS CHARACTER IS FORMED WITH YUD, VAV AND DALET, WHICH IS OVERALL PERFECTION. Vav OF YUD HEI VAV HEI is overall perfection both ways, EITHER FULLY SPELLED OR AS IT IS. Vav Hei, NAMELY HEI OF YUD HEI VAV HEI CONNECTED WITH VAV OF YUD HEI VAV HEI is GREATER perfection that crowns all THE WORLDS, SINCE VAV HEI ARE THE SECRET OF ZEIR ANPIN AND MALCHUT WHEN UNITED. Thus, it is all one, AS EACH OF THE LETTERS OF YUD HEI VAV HEI INDICATES THE PERFECTION IN YUD HEI VAV HEI. The friends have already explained this.

68. Come and see, "then it shall be (Heb. vehayah, Vav-Hei-Yud-Hei) seven days under its mother" (Vayikra 22:27). The letters of 'vehayah' were imprinted IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECRET OF Yud-Vav-Dalet, Hei- Aleph, Vav- Aleph-Vav, Hei-Aleph, SINCE 'VEYAHAH' IS SPELLED WITH THE SAME LETTERS AS YUD HEI VAV HEI. The seven days were included in Vav Hei together, SINCE VAV HEI, WHICH ARE ZEIR ANPIN AND MALCHUT, ARE THE SEVEN SFIROT, CHESED, GVURAH, TIFERET, NETZACH, HOD, YESOD AND MALCHUT. Yud-Hei are seven days, since Yud is one, including them all, SINCE IT INCLUDES ALL THE LETTERS OF THE NAME. Hei is three, it with its two children, SINCE IT INCLUDES WITHIN ITSELF DALET AND VAV, ZEIR ANPIN AND MALCHUT. And two fathers are included in the one son, NAMELY THE VAV WITHIN THE HEI. THESE ARE THE TWO COLUMNS, CHESED AND GVURAH. Thus they are five, BINAH, ZEIR ANPIN AND MALCHUT, CHESED AND GVURAH, AND MALCHUT WHICH IS INCLUDED WITHIN ZEIR ANPIN. VAV INCLUDES WITHIN IT a female daughter, WHICH IS MALCHUT, WHICH is one. Thus they are six. So the upper Hei OF YUD HEI VAV HEI includes the whole six, NAMELY BINAH, ZEIR ANPIN AND MALCHUT, CHESED AND GVURAH, AND MALCHUT WHICH IS INCLUDED WITHIN ZEIR ANPIN. WITH Yud-Hei, THAT IS, TOGETHER WITH THE YUD, they are seven. THIS IS THE SECRET OF THE SEVEN SFIROT CALLED YUD-HEI. This is the meaning of the verse, "seven days and seven days, namely fourteen days" (I Melachim 8:65), WHICH IS THE INNER MEANING OF THE SEVEN DAYS IN VAV-HEI AND THE SEVEN DAYS IN YUD-HEI.

69. "Then it shall be seven days under its mother," WHICH MEANS THAT under its mother, THAT IS, UNDER YUD-HEI, the seven days OF VAV HEI were adorned, as it is written, "Yours, Hashem, is the greatness and the power..." (I Divrei Hayamim 29:11), WHICH ARE THE SEVEN SFIROT, CHESED, GVURAH, TIFERET, NETZACH, HOD, YESOD AND MALCHUT OF MALE AND FEMALE. Therefore there are seven days below, IN MALE AND FEMALE, SINCE the glory of supernal Ima, THAT IS, AS A COUNTERPART TO THE SEVEN ASPECTS OF YUD HEI, THERE ARE "under its mother" below SEVEN DAYS. THAT IS the meaning of the words, "while the barren (Heb. akarah) has borne seven; and she that has many children has become wretched" (I Shmuel 2:5). THIS MEANS THAT the mainstay (Heb. ikar) of the whole house, WHICH IS BINAH, "has borne seven," the seven days of the festival of Sukkot, THE SECRET OF CHESED, GVURAH, TIFERET, NETZACH, HOD, YESOD AND MALCHUT, while "she that has many children has become wretched," which refers to the sacrifices on Sukkot, THE SEVENTY BULLOCKS SACRIFICED ON SUKKOT THAT ARE diminished in number every day. THEY CORRESPOND TO THE SEVENTY NATIONS, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF, "SHE THAT HAS MANY CHILDREN HAS BECOME WRETCHED."

70. Come and see, these SEVEN DAYS OF SUKKOT, THE SECRET OF CHESED, GVURAH, TIFERET, NETZACH, HOD, YESOD AND MALCHUT, rise high up, SINCE THE ILLUMINATION OF CHOCHMAH WITHIN THEM SHINES FROM BELOW UPWARDS, while those SEVENTY BULLOCKS FROM WHICH THE SEVENTY NATIONS ARE NOURISHED descend lower and lower, AS THE NATIONS DRAW THEM FROM ABOVE DOWN AS IS THEIR WONT, THUS SINKING THEM DOWN. This was stated in, "Though you do soar aloft like the eagle, and though you do set your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down, says Hashem" (Ovadyah 1:4). But Yisrael rise from below upwards, as it is written, "and your seed shall be as the dust of the earth" (Beresheet 28:14), and, "and I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven" (Beresheet 26:4). IN THIS WAY THEY RISE FROM THE DUST OF THE EARTH TO THE STARS OF HEAVEN. They then rise above all and cleave to the loftiest place, as it is written, "But you that did cleave of Hashem your Elohim..." (Devarim 4:4).