260. The shapes of the nose. The Hotem [nose] is the Hotam [seal] of the face, by which a person’s face is recognized. If a person has a short and twisted nose, which does not sit properly in a straight way, then he has lost the shape of the face of a human being. This is in the letter Hey alone, without a filling of Aleph, which is a filling of Hey-Aleph, meaning that the way of humbleness and wholeness has passed away from him, and he is brazen. His hair is between red and white.
261. He has three large inscriptions on his forehead, and three other inscriptions that are not so visible. He has three other lines on the forehead from this side to that side. His lips are big. In his audacity, he speaks as harshly as he wants with people, since the way of humbleness has passed away from his nose and from over his face, for shame and humbleness straighten the nose on the face. But this one, who has a crooked nose, has no shame in him at all. For this reason, he is audacious, lies, and laughs as he speaks.
262. If the lines pass above his forehead, three big ones and three small ones, and his hair is black, he is between two letters Hey-Aleph in weight, and not the letter Hey alone without a filling. He bows his head and laughs as he speaks. His hair is smooth and not so much. Great troubles come upon him, and he is saved from all of them.
263. That man, a small ancestral merit from his father protects him, and that merit is registered on the pillar that stands over that boy, Matat, and he is rewarded because he is an orphan, since every orphan and widow are in deposit with Matat, under his protection and guard, who is about to deliberate about them in seventy Sanhedrin.
264. At the hall of merit, all but three of the judgments in the world are discussed: sons, life, and nourishment. These depend on the upper Mazal [luck], Dikna of AA, and they are all written in the verses.
Sons, since it is written, “and [she] prayed over the Lord.” “Over” is accurate since Hannah prayed up above, in the place of the upper luck, Dikna of AA, who is above ZA, HaVaYaH.
Life, since it is written, “For behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.” “Add” is a concealing word since it refers to the upper luck of AA, that he will add the life because the matter depends on him.
Nourishment, for it is written, “Cast your burden on the Lord, and He will sustain you,” on Dikna of AA, above the Lord, where the people of the world are judged.
265. The angel of death is given a letter to kill them and take their spirit. Since the upper collaterals, meaning the souls of the lower ones that were taken there as collateral each night, as it is written, “Into Your hand I commit my spirit,” and the good of people, are in the hands of the Creator. He orders Matat that the wife and children of that man whose soul they took as collateral and did not return to him, and he died, will be in deposit with Matat.
Because it is forbidden to take collateral for a collateral, since they already took the collateral from their father, who had died, the souls of the children are not to be taken anymore as collateral. This is why Matat guards them so they will not die.
266. Thus, who will save them from torture? The merit of the father who died, protects his children. That man is one of those children who were saved thanks to their father, and that merit of his father protects him when he is in trouble.
267. This one has an inscription in his forehead, implying that he is a sinner or an adulterer. He does not appear before people so they will not recognize him. He is a successful person, and one who bonds with him will succeed more than him.
268. One who has a crooked nose with two big nostrils, and the openings of his nostrils are protruding from the nose, and the nose is not extended with them, he is in the letter Hey [Hey-Aleph] in its full, with two letters Hey-Aleph.
269. He has four big lines in his forehead, and six small lines. His ears are big, his eyes are big, and two small, black inscriptions are in his right eye. He is not fixed in his hair since they are big and hard, and in his forehead, there is an inscription of a blow.
270. That person is burning, and is willing to burn everything when he becomes enraged. In his anger, his nose grows cold and becomes white. His anger subsides only after a long time. He is loyal in great matters, and not loyal in small matters; he is greedy.
His body is full of blows and blisters all year long, except on one short day in winter time, when he is healthy. At home, he behaves with humbleness. He craves eating everywhere, even though he was not invited. If he is rewarded with the Torah, he is rewarded by them with two letters, Shin and Tav.
271. In his right hand, there is a deep impression from birth, that he was born with it. He will have two women, one will die during delivery, and the other will be rewarded with two sons. One will die when he is little and suckling his mother’s milk, and one will rise to be an adulterer in the world, more than other people. There is life in him, but not so much.
272. The nose that is straight is well placed on the face, that man is in the letter Hey in its fullest, Hey-Aleph. Two big lines are shown in his forehead, and five small lines, two lines to his right side, in his hair, which go straight from below upward. His hairs are between black and red, and hang on his ears. His eyes are big and green, and a red string is curled within them. His face is long.
273. That man is called “eagle face.” He is from the queen’s sons, Malchut, when she is full. When he wishes to lower himself, he is good for his master, God fearing. In his youth, without illnesses; walks in his health without fear. In his old age, he declines like the declining of the moon, like the moon wanes after the fifteenth of the month. He will be weak, and illnesses will pursue him. That righteous one, his iniquities will be atoned for by the illnesses.
274. If the signs change, he will be in sickness during his youth, since then he is as the moon when she begins and wants to shine, like the moon at the start of the month. For this reason, that man will be in poverty. In his old age, he will be without illnesses, with wealth, and great honor, since then the moon shines and stands in her fullest. This is a righteous who is happy; there is humbleness in him, and he is loved by his master in his entirety.
275. If the nose is long, pointed, and toothed, like an eagle’s nose, he is without any letter whatsoever. His hair is creased, his forehead lines are three, his face is pointed, his eyes are small, he craves what others have, all his actions are not with fear of heaven, he hates the Torah and those who study it. He likes to briefly listen to words of Torah, and briefly, it flees from him.
276. He has two creased toes in his left leg, which do not stretch out properly, and in his right foot, there is one creased toe. This one is a sinner in thieving, and he will never repent from that sin.
277. If two big hairs hang between his shoulders, in his chest, he has three hairs hanging, every minute and every hour, he swears by an oath, even though he does not enjoy because of the oath. Twice a year, a person can partner with him and succeed, and not more. From the month of Adar to the beginning of Nissan, and from the month of Elul to the sixth day of Heshvan, and not more.
In these days, anyone who partners with him will succeed, since they days are days when letters shine in them, and one who has no letters in his soul will unite with them and the letters will shine for him. The letters are garments for the NRN of the person.
278. In these days, bare souls that have no partner come out, and have no letters to clothe them, and they reincarnate and come to this world as before. In these days, twenty-two letters come out and are in them, and are crowned with them. With mercy, they find couplings, and in other days and months, they have no letters in them.
279. From the seventh of Adar, the candle, Malchut, copulates and elicits small letters that breach firmaments and emerge to the world. When they emerge, all the bare souls that are destined to return to the world emerge with the letters and unite with them.
280. The bare souls emerge to the world through a messenger, since when all the people of the world are built so as to be depicted in this world, when they are born so as to be in this world, all the depictions of the letters are depicted in them through three partners who connect the structure: the Creator, his father, and his mother. His father and mother deliver the body, and the Creator, ZON, elicits the soul. This is so because ZA and Malchut are the Abba and Ima of every soul.
The letters that shine in those days are depicted in those souls that return in an incarnation to the world in these days.
But letters are not depicted in other souls, which incarnate to come to the world on other times, in which there are no letters, since souls are incarnated and come to the world through messengers and not through the coupling of ZON, as they have already been born and do not need rebirth. These messengers do not depict letters for them, as they were depicted in the beginning, when they were born by Abba and Ima, ZA and Malchut. This is why they have no letters.
281. Those who were born on the seventh of Adar, walk and roam the world, and all those souls that have no letters, the reincarnating souls, unite with them until the beginning of the month of Nissan. This is so because then these small letters that are from the phase of Malchut hide, and upper letters from the phase of ZA should be revealed, if Israel repent.
282. From Elul, these upper letters are covered, as then is the time of their disclosure. They cover themselves until Israel repent, until the sixth day in Heshvan, until Israel repent on their iniquities and it is atoned for them on Yom Kippur [the Day of Atonement], and the letters shine once more as before. In between, these small letters come out in order to sustain the world, and these reincarnated souls unite with them since they have no letters at all.
283. From Elul onward, repentance stands, and the letters rise to it. The people of the world repent on their iniquities and it is atoned for them on Yom Kippur. At that time, the letters are returned and they stand over the world for two months, from the tenth of Tishrei to the tenth of Kislev, and they depart from the world on Tevet and on Shvat. In these two months, there are no days when the letters shine.
284. From the seventh of Adar, these other, small letters come out, and these souls that unite with them hurry with mercy on these days, meaning that through mercy, they receive the mate of another, and they rush to receive her before the other one receive her.
On the two other months, Tammuz and Av, all the letters cover themselves, both the great and the small, the days of evil come out with their evil letters, and govern the world, while the others cover themselves. For this reason, on these days, happy is he who is saved from them.
285. When the nose is long and wide in the head, he is in the letter Hey, and sometimes, the letter Yod connects with her. This man is successful.
286. His face is creased because he had chickenpox, and his eyes are red. This is one of the results of leprosy. Sometimes, his eyes are teary.
287. If the creases in his forehead are four, and inscribed on both his sides like a tile, which is half a brick, on a brick with a short line above, and a long line below it, and his hair is long, he is a successful man. He is heaven fearing, praises himself in everything, more than there is in him, and when he moves himself, his eyes shed tears. He hurts his nose until he emits green sputum. This kind is harder than those kinds of leprosy. One who partners with him succeeds; he is loyal in everything.