The
Bottom
Hey
of
HaVaYaH
36.
The
Creator
is
called
“one,”
as
it
is
written,
“the
Lord
our
God,
the
Lord
is
one.”
The
Creator
is
called
“first,”
as
it
is
written,
“I
am
the
first,”
the
first
dot,
the
Yod
of
HaVaYaH.
The
Creator
is
called
“last,”
as
it
is
written,
“and
I
am
the
last,”
the
bottom
Hey
of
HaVaYaH.
37.
Hey
is
as
it
is
written,
“and
I
am
the
last,”
which
is
the
bottom
Hey
of
the
holy
name,
the
holy
Merkava
in
the
last
one,
as
it
is
written,
“And
with
the
last,
I
am
He.”
Last
one
and
last
ones,
they
are
all
one
since
the
last
one
is
the
bottom
Hey
of
HaVaYaH,
and
the
last
ones
are
her
Merkava,
and
they
are
incorporated
in
one
another.
Hey
is
Dalet,
three
lines
and
Malchut
that
receives
them,
which
is
the
Merkava.
These
four
are
called
last
ones,
and
they
are
all
from
the
side
that
is
above,
from
the
side
of
the
first
Hey
of
HaVaYaH,
and
from
the
side
that
is
below,
from
the
side
of
the
bottom
Hey
of
HaVaYaH.
38.
This
Merkava
is
Michael,
Gabriel,
Raphael,
Uriel.
Michael
is
the
right
line;
Gabriel
is
the
left
line,
Uriel
is
the
middle
line,
and
Raphael
is
Malchut
that
receives
the
illumination
of
the
three
lines.
These
are
four,
and
with
one
dot
that
stands
atop
them,
which
is
Malchut
herself,
they
are
five.
She
is
not
called
Hey
except
in
those
four
angels,
who
are
her
Merkava,
and
the
last
dot,
the
Malchut
that
stands
atop
them.
That
Hey
was
Dalet,
which
are
the
Merkava,
and
through
that
dot
that
is
on
them
in
the
middle,
which
is
Malchut,
she
become
a
Hey.
The
Dalet
of
the
Merkava
is
an
extension
of
Hochma.
Before
Malchut
adhered
to
the
middle
line,
her
Merkava
was
under
the
control
of
the
Hochma,
when
the
left
line
did
not
connect
with
the
right
line.
For
this
reason,
she
was
poor
and
meager
since
she
could
not
shine
without
the
Hassadim.
This
is
why
she
was
called
then
Dalet,
from
the
word
Dalut
[poverty].
That
Hey
was
a
Dalet,
meaning
that
when
she
was
in
her
Merkava
without
the
middle
line,
she
was
poor;
she
could
not
shine.
Through
that
dot
that
is
atop
them
in
the
middle,
which
is
Malchut,
she
becomes
Hey,
meaning
she
becomes
Hey
after
Malchut
adhered
to
ZA,
the
middle
line,
and
she,
too,
became
a
middle
dot,
and
she
is
above
her
Merkava,
for
then
the
Hochma
dresses
in
the
plentiful
Hassadim
of
ZA.
39.
There
is
the
bottom
Hey
below,
Malchut,
who
is
connected
to
the
first
Hey,
Bina,
and
it
is
all
one
in
one,
where
the
Malchut
adheres
completely
to
Bina,
and
they
are
as
one.
At
that
time,
the
light
of
Hochma
on
the
left
of
Bina
in
Malchut
governs.
This
is
the
first
state
in
Malchut,
before
she
adheres
to
the
middle
line.
Then
is
the
time
to
cry,
the
time
of
judgment
and
Mochin
of
Katnut,
called
“weeping,”
as
it
is
written,
“Aha,
the
Lord,”
for
in
the
word
Aha,
the
two
letters
Hey
are
connected
[in
Hebrew],
implying
Bina
and
Malchut.
That
word
means
sorrow
and
weeping,
and
indicates
that
connecting
the
two
letters
Hey
causes
sorrow
and
weeping.
40.
Since
the
encircling
of
evil
below—an
evil
force
whose
conduct
is
to
encircle
the
matter
it
was
given
permission
to
encircle,
in
order
to
block
its
light
so
it
does
not
reach
the
lower
ones—covers
like
a
Dalet
and
encircles
the
four
angels
and
the
dot,
Malchut,
while
she
is
still
adhered
to
Bina
and
is
not
in
the
middle
line.
At
that
time,
there
is
a
hard
shell
in
this
dot
which
covers
it,
and
then
the
moon
is
covered,
Malchut,
and
her
light
is
covered
so
it
does
not
reach
the
lower
ones.
At
that
time,
permission
is
given
to
judge
the
world
with
bad
judgments
since
the
first
Hey,
Bina,
and
the
bottom
Hey,
Malchut,
are
both
one
dot,
Hey-Hey
together.
When
Malchut
is
not
in
the
middle
line,
ZA,
but
receives
Hochma
from
the
left
of
Bina,
without
the
sweetening
of
the
middle
line,
the
shells
are
given
the
power
to
conceal
and
block
her
light
all
around
so
it
does
not
reach
the
lower
ones
until
she
parts
from
Bina
and
is
corrected
to
receive
her
lights
from
ZA.
Then
she
opens
from
the
closure
and
shines
to
the
lower
ones.
Because
of
the
encircling
below,
which
is
the
closure
of
the
evil
force
below,
which
covers
like
a
Dalet,
meaning
that
her
concealment
is
implied
in
the
name
Dalet,
meagerness
and
poverty,
and
surrounds
the
four
angels
and
the
dot
when
Malchut
receives
from
the
left
of
Bina,
at
that
time,
permission
is
given
to
the
closure
of
the
evil
force
to
close
and
block
her
lights
from
the
lower
ones.
Then
there
is
a
hard
shell
at
that
point,
which
covers
her,
since
the
closure
of
the
evil
force
on
the
dot,
Malchut,
is
a
very
hard
shell.
At
that
time,
permission
is
given
to
sentence
with
the
world
with
evil
judgments
for
because
the
light
of
mercy
was
denied
from
shining
in
the
world,
permission
was
given
to
all
the
judgments
to
rule
the
world,
since
the
first
Hey,
Bina,
and
the
bottom
Hey,
Malchut,
are
both
one
dot,
Hey-Hey
together
since
the
bottom
Hey
must
be
connected
to
the
Vav
of
HaVaYaH,
the
middle
line,
Rachamim
[mercy].
If
she
is
connected
to
the
first
Hey,
receiving
light
from
the
left
of
Bina,
all
the
judgments
are
drawn
from
her.
For
this
reason,
the
joining
of
these
two
letters
implies
judgments.
41.
The
Merkava
of
the
four
angels
stands
at
the
bottom
Hey
of
HaVaYaH,
Malchut.
They
never
part
from
one
another,
meaning
that
Malchut
does
not
part
from
her
Merkava,
and
her
Merkava
does
not
part
from
her.
Wherever
Michael
is
found,
the
head
of
the
angels
of
the
Merkava,
the
Shechina
[Divinity]
is
there,
since
the
Merkava
never
parts
from
the
Shechina.
It
all
connects
to
one
another.
All
four
angels
are
incorporated
and
connected
to
each
other,
and
they
connect
inside
the
dot
of
Malchut.
Altogether,
they
are
five,
for
the
four
angels
with
the
Malchut
on
them
are
five.
42.
When
she
is
one
Hey
and
before
her,
the
letter
Aleph
or
the
letter
Yod
are
written,
and
she
is
in
one
dot,
in
the
phase
of
Malchut,
she
comes
to
do
good
to
the
world,
meaning
in
the
combination
Aleph-Hey
or
Yod-Hey.
This
implies
that
the
evil
shell
has
been
broken
before
her
and
does
not
cover
her,
since
the
Aleph
and
Yod
that
precede
the
Hey
are
about
to
break
her
shell.
This
is
the
power
of
the
name
EKYEH.
This
entire
shell
of
closing
and
blocking
her
lights
is
because
she
receives
only
Hochma
without
Hassadim
from
the
left
line
of
Bina.
The
letter
Aleph
indicates
the
sweetening
of
Hochma
and
Hassadim
together,
with
the
depiction
of
two
letters
Yod
in
her,
right
and
left,
and
the
middle
line
that
unites
them
with
each
other.
likewise,
the
Yod
indicates
Hesed.
Hence,
if
one
of
these
two
letters
preceded
the
Hey,
Malchut,
it
implies
that
the
Hochma
in
Malchut
is
already
clothed
with
Hassadim,
for
then
the
evil
shell
that
controls
Malchut
as
long
as
her
Hochma
is
without
Hassadim
has
been
broken,
since
Aleph
and
Yod
imply
abundance
of
Hassadim,
which
drives
the
shell
away
from
Malchut.
43.
There
is
no
holy
name,
in
the
letters
inscribed
in
it,
whose
Merkava
does
not
stand
in
that
letter
in
that
name
by
which
she
is
supported.
That
Merkava
is
her
supporter
since
there
is
no
king
who
comes
without
his
armies,
and
he
is
not
alone.
For
this
reason,
the
Lord
of
hosts
is
all
one
name,
He
and
His
Merkavot
together,
since
the
Merkavot
do
not
part
from
the
holy
name,
and
each
letter
from
the
holy
name
contains
within
it
its
own
Merkava,
and
then
everything
is
a
holy
name.
44.
The
letter
Hey
has
a
Merkava
in
the
rulers
below,
in
BYA.
This
is
so
because
that
letter,
which
is
the
smallest
in
the
group,
meaning
the
smallest
in
the
ten
Sefirot,
is
revealed,
meaning
that
the
illumination
of
Hochma
is
revealed
in
it.
However,
all
the
other
letters
have
no
Merkava
to
be
incorporated
in
these
letters
of
their
Merkavot
with
those
lower
ones,
since
the
illumination
of
Hochma
is
not
revealed
to
shine
in
the
lower
ones
in
any
Sefira
among
the
ten
Sefirot
besides
Malchut.
Because
the
bottom
Hey,
Malchut,
is
incorporated
in
the
lower
ones
outside,
in
BYA,
and
other
letters
of
HaVaYaH
are
incorporated
in
the
holy
Merkavot,
which
do
not
shine
illumination
of
Hochma
outwards,
except
when
hall
connect
with
halls,
when
the
lower
ones
ascend
to
the
upper
ones,
but
they
are
not
incorporated
in
these
letters
to
be
as
one
letter.
On
Shabbat
[Sabbath]
and
good
days,
BYA
ascend
to
Atzilut
and
receive
from
Bina
and
TM
of
Atzilut.
That
is,
on
Shabbat
and
good
days,
halls
connect
with
halls,
when
the
halls
of
BYA
ascend
to
holiness
and
receive
from
the
Sefirot
above
Malchut,
too,
since
they
stand
in
Atzilut,
in
the
place
of
the
Sefirot
themselves.
Nevertheless,
they
are
regarded
there
as
the
externality
of
the
Sefirot,
and
not
as
the
Sefirot
themselves.
They
are
not
incorporated
in
those
letters
to
be
as
one
letter,
for
they
do
not
unite
with
them
completely
but
become
their
internality.
45.
For
this
reason,
each
of
the
holy
names
contains
within
a
holy
Merkava,
which
is
the
holy
name
as
it
should
be.
Also,
each
of
these
four
letters
in
the
holy
name
has
a
Merkava,
since
these
four
letters
are
the
Merkava
to
the
one
who
is
unknown;
they
reveal
the
unknown.
For
this
reason,
they
are
called
a
Merkava
to
it.
Each
of
these
four
letters
of
the
name
has
a
Merkava
incorporated
within
it,
which
is
inscribed
in
that
very
same
letter.
46.
Hey
is
twelve,
and
with
the
dot
above,
it
is
thirteen.
These
are
the
thirteen
qualities
of
mercy
below,
like
the
thirteen
qualities
of
mercy
above,
in
AA.
These
twelve
in
the
Hey
are
twelve
borders
to
the
four
directions
of
the
world,
three
to
each
direction.
This
is
so
because
Hey
is
the
four
directions
of
the
world,
three
lines
and
Malchut
that
receives
them.
When
they
are
incorporated
in
each
other,
each
direction
has
three
lines,
and
they
are
twelve.
They
are
called
“twelve
borders,”
and
with
the
general
Malchut,
they
are
thirteen.
47.
These
three
lines
that
are
incorporated
in
each
direction
are
nine
to
each
direction
since
the
three
lines
in
each
direction
are
also
incorporated
in
one
another.
They
are
nine
in
each
direction:
to
the
east,
to
the
west,
to
the
north,
and
to
the
south.
This
dot,
the
bottom
Hey,
which
stands
on
them
in
the
middle,
completes
each
direction
to
have
ten
in
it.
Because
it
stands
in
the
middle,
it
joins
each
direction,
and
you
find
that
in
each
direction
there
are
ten:
in
the
east,
in
the
west,
in
the
north,
and
in
the
south,
ten
Sefirot
in
each
direction.
These
are
forty
letters
of
the
name
Mem-Bet
found
in
the
verse
[in
Hebrew]
“In
the
beginning,
God
created,”
until
the
letter
Bet
of
“and
Bohu
[void],”
which
are
below
in
Malchut
in
the
holy
name.
The
two
to
unite
them
in
the
right
and
in
the
left
are
forty-two,
and
they
all
stand
in
the
letter
Hey.
As
there
is
a
name
Mem-Bet
above
in
GAR,
Mem-Bet
[42]
letters
in
the
verse
“in
the
beginning”
until
the
Bet
of
the
word
Bohu
[void],
so
there
is
a
name
Mem-Bet
below
in
Malchut,
and
they
are
four
times
ten
letters
in
each
direction,
which
are
forty,
and
with
the
two
general
right
and
left
in
them,
they
are
forty-two,
as
above.
48.
You
find
that
the
Hey
is
found
in
all
the
upper
secrets
since
she
is
the
holy
Merkava.
In
those
twelve
borders,
in
the
ten
Sefirot
to
each
direction
in
her,
and
in
the
forty-two
letters
engraved
in
the
holy
name,
they
are
all
included
in
this
shape
of
the
letter
Hey.
49.
They
all
stand
diagonally,
at
the
point
that
stands
in
the
middle,
which
determines
everything
on
the
straight
path,
this
side
in
that
side.
Also,
to
the
four
directions,
everyone
stands
to
be
weighed,
a
scales
poised
to
correct
everything.
Before
Malchut
was
associated
with
Bina,
the
first
nine
were
clean
from
the
restriction
in
Malchut,
and
there
was
one
vessel,
Malchut,
and
all
first
nine
were
all
light.
After
Malchut
ascended
and
participated
with
Bina,
Malchut
was
mingled
into
each
of
the
ten
Sefirot.
In
Nekudim,
she
ascended
to
Nikvey
Eynaim,
to
Hochma,
and
in
Atzilut
she
ascended
to
Metzah,
Keter.
The
connection
of
Malchut
with
Bina
is
called
“a
diagonal”
since
the
four
Sefirot
HB
TM
are
a
square.
HB
are
two
sides,
south
and
north,
TM
are
two
sides
east
and
west,
and
when
Malchut,
west,
is
joined
with
Bina,
north,
the
square
becomes
a
triangle,
since
the
two
sides
west
and
north
have
conjoined
and
become
one
diagonal
side.
This
is
why
the
connection
of
Malchut
in
Bina
is
implied
by
the
name
diagonal.
It
is
also
known
that
all
the
power
of
the
middle
line
to
unite
the
two
lines
right
and
left
is
through
the
screen
of
Hirik
in
it,
where
this
screen
was
made
from
the
connection
of
Malchut
in
Bina.
This
is
why
Malchut
is
called
“a
dot
that
stands
in
the
middle,”
since
she
is
adhered
to
the
middle
line
that
uses
the
screen
in
her
to
unite
the
two
lines
right
and
left
with
one
another.
The
first
nine
in
each
of
the
four
directions
of
Malchut
all
stand
diagonally,
as
they
contain
the
connection
of
Malchut
in
Bina,
who
is
called
a
diagonal
since
she
is
incorporated
in
all
first
nine.
They
all
stand
diagonally
at
the
point
that
stands
in
the
middle,
which
is
adhered
to
the
middle
line,
incorporated
in
the
screen
of
Hirik
in
the
middle
line
and
deciding
everyone
to
the
straight
path,
this
side
in
that
side,
meaning
unites
the
two
lines
right
and
left
in
everyone
with
one
another.
In
the
straight
path,
so
they
do
not
stray
right
or
left
but
rather
in
the
middle.
Also,
the
four
directions,
meaning
to
the
right
and
to
the
left
of
each
of
the
four
dictions,
they
all
stand
in
a
weight,
in
the
screen
of
Hirik,
called
“weight.”
The
screen
of
Hirik
is
incorporated
with
all
of
them,
a
scales
that
is
poised
to
correct
everything
since
the
screen
of
Hirik
corrects
everything
in
the
correction
of
the
middle
line,
without
which
there
would
be
no
Mochin
in
the
Partzufim.
50.
All
those
lower
ones
were
created
and
established
in
the
bottom
Hey,
in
Malchut.
This
is
why
it
is
written,
“And
God
said,
‘Let
us
make
man
in
our
image,
after
our
own
likeness.’”
“Let
us
make”
is
the
letter
Hey,
Malchut,
which
is
called
Assiya
[doing].
All
those
who
stand
below
unite
in
her
truly
in
her
form,
as
she
is
called
Hey
in
all
her
secrets.
This
is
why
she
said
“in
our
image,
after
our
own
likeness,”
except
for
one
Hey
that
there
is
above,
Bina,
for
the
lower
ones
are
not
seen
at
all
in
her
form
and
are
not
inscribed
in
her
to
be
seen,
since
the
lower
ones
have
a
grip
only
in
Malchut.
51.
When
Malchut
is
called
Hey,
she
is
present
in
all
the
secrets;
she
is
everything.
This
is
why
that
point
stands
in
the
middle
of
the
four
directions
in
her,
since
she
unites
with
all
of
them.
The
nine
in
the
direction
of
the
east
unite
in
her,
and
she
with
them;
the
nine
in
the
direction
of
the
south
unite
with
her,
and
she
with
them;
the
nine
in
the
direction
of
the
north
unite
with
her,
and
she
with
them.
This
is
why
she
is
in
everyone,
and
everyone
is
in
her,
and
everything
is
Hey.
This
is
why
it
is
written,
“Let
us
make
man,”
which
is
the
words
of
Malchut,
who
is
called
Assiya,
Hey,
and
it
is
written,
“And
God
said,”
referring
to
Bina.
52.
All
those
secrets
and
the
high
secrets
are
known
by
these
letters
and
inscribed
in
that
letter,
for
the
holy
name
to
be
unified
properly.
Everything
is
a
high
meaning
in
the
holy
name.
Thus
far,
upper
Hochma
was
implied
in
the
letter
bottom
Hey
of
the
four
letters
of
the
name.
Happy
is
he
who
comes
into
Hochma
and
exits
it
in
peace,
and
knows
the
ways
of
the
Creator
to
enter
without
shame
into
the
next
world.