בס"ד
תפילה
קודם התפילה
פתח אליהו
"Elijah
Began Saying”
(That
We Might Pray Well)
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Elijah began
saying:
Lord of
the worlds
You Who
are One
and not
just a number
You are
the highest
of the
highest
most hidden
of the
undisclosed
no thought
scheme
grasps
You
at all.
You are
He
Who pours
forth
Ten Tikkunim.
We call
them
the Ten
S'firot
to lead
through them
Worlds
hidden and
undisclosed
and Worlds
manifest and known.
In them
are You hidden
from the
sons of men.
You are
He
Who binds
them,
Who unites
them.
And since
You are
within
them
whosoever
sunders
one from its mate
of these
Ten S'firot
to him
it is accounted
as if he
had
sundered
You.
These Ten
S'firot
proceed
in their order
one—long
one—short
and one
between.
You are
He
who governs
them.
No one
governs
You
neither
below
nor above
nor at
any side.
You made
wraps for them
(The Ten
S'firot)
from whence
blossom forth souls
for the
sons of men.
Many bodies
You fashioned for them
'bodies'
they are called
when compared
to the 'wraps'
covering
them.
They are
thus called
in the
following Tikkun
Hesed
the 'Right
Arm'
Gevurah
the 'Left
Arm'
Tiferet
the 'Trunk'
Netzakh and Hod
the two
'Thighs'
Y'sod
the trunk's
'Extremity';
sign of
the Covenant most holy.
Malkhuth
the 'Orifice';
the oral
Torah we call it.
Hokhmah
the 'Brain';
it is the
Thought
within
Binah
the 'Heart'
in it understands
the very
heart of understanding
Concerning
these two (Hokhmah and Binah)
it is
written
"Mysteries
hidden are they
of YHVH God"
Keter, the highest,
for it
is
the Crown
of Majesty,
concerning
it is said:
He tells
the End from the Beginning.
It is the
scalp
of the
t'fillin
within
it is the
'Mah' name (of value 45)
YUD-HA-VAV-HA
it is the
Heaven—
way—of
Azilut--Emanation.
The rooting
place of
the Tree
of Boughs
and Branches.
Like water
drenching
the Tree
causing
it to increase
through
the root's sap.
O Lord
of the worlds
You are
Origin
of Origins
Cause of
Causes
Who drenches
that Tree
by this
flux.
And this
flux
like soul
to body
is the
body's life.
In You
There is
nothing
like image
or form
of anything
within
or without.
You create
Heaven
and Earth
bringing
forth
of their
substance
Sun, Moon
Planets,
Stars.
And on
Earth,
grass and
trees
a Garden
of Eden
flora and
fauna
beasts,
birds, fish
and Man.
All this
so that what is above
may become
known
so that
we may have models
of those
above and below.
Those above
can become known
through
those below (and since there is no model in creation for You)
there is
no one who knows
You at
all.
Outside
of You
there is
no One (whole—all—complete)
among those
above
and those
below -
Thus are
You made known
as the
Origin of All
and the
Master of All.
Each S'firah,
has a known
Name
by these
Names
Angels
are called.
(An Angel—
entity
of force
directed
to an aim,
an energy
discharged
by its
own function.)
You have
no known Name
because
all the Names
are filled
by You.
You are
the fulfillment
of them
all.
When You
rise up from them
all the
Names remain
as bodies
bereft of soul.
You are
wise
yet not
in wisdom known
You are
understanding
yet not
in understanding known
In You
there is no place for knowledge
(to hold
on).
But Your
power and strength
You make
knowable to Man
as You
show to him
how the
world
is conducted
in Law
and Mercy
For there
is Righteousness and Justice
according
to the deeds
of the
sons of Man.
Law is
Gevurah
Justice—the
middle column
Righteousness—the
Holy Majesty
the just
scales
two true
supports
the righteous
HIN (liquid
measure) —
is the
holy Covenant.
All this
portrays
how the
world is conducted
but not
that there is
in You
known righteousness
identical
with Law (which binds You)
Nor is
there Justice in You
which is
Mercy
or any
other attribute at all.
Be drawn
down to us
—Blessed
channeled
YHVH
into the
world
for ever
truly so
truly so
Amen Amen.