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316) The fourth and fifth corrections are the verse, “From the appearance of his waist and up, and from the appearance of his waist and down.” It was said about them, “The thighs of the animals opposite all of them.” They are in NH, since NH are called “waist,” and “from the appearance of his waist and up” it is Netzah, and “from the appearance of his waist and down” it is Hod. Matat is a token in his army, the form of a Tzadik, Yesod.
A Tzadik, Yesod de ZA, is a token in the army of above, in Atzilut, and Matat is a token in the army of below, in Beria. Matat, Shadai is in it, for Matat in Gematria is Shadai (314). It is written about it, “And the animals were running and returning, as the appearance of a flash.”
317) It is written, “And their leg was a straight leg.” The legs of the harm-doers are crooked. The legs of the holy animals are as it is written, “and their leg was a straight leg,” on the part of Haya, which is Israel, comprising three animals, of which it was said, “the patriarchs, they are the Merkava.”
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 and the harm-doers lean to the left, hence they are twisted. “And their leg was a straight leg” on the part of the animal, which is Israel, meaning on the part of the middle line, called Israel, which includes three animals, HGT, as it is the middle line. But the Sitra Achra and the harm-doers, who have no desire for the middle line, their legs are twisted to the left.
318) Their legs are as a calf’s foot, since they come from the side of the animal called “ox,” the left line. Hence, they have a calf’s foot.
“And they sparkled like burnished bronze,” 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 [serpent] and Nehoshet [bronze] are male and female in Noga. Hence, they sparkle as the burnished bronze, on the part of the serpent, which illuminates in them.
“And the animals were running and retuning.” “Running” is written in regard to the animals on the part of Nuriel, which is Ratzo [running] in Gematria (297). And “returning” in the animals is on the part of Shadai, for “and returning” is Shadai in Gematria (314), and it is Matat in Gematria.
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, “Those who are running for a prayer of Mitzva, 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.
By these signs, that they are running for Torah and Mitzvot, 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.
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 where the Shechina is there, they run to the Shechina and return with the Shechina, under their Master’s mission, to unite her with HaVaYaH.
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’s mission. In any sound where there is no HaVaYaH, and in a speech where there is no ADNI, 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, the middle line, it is a straight way. And if there is no HaVaYaH there, it is not a straight way.
321) “Their leg is a straight leg.” One who prays should correct one’s legs in one’s prayer, as the ministering angels, so his legs will be straight, as a calf’s foot, to be inscribed with them so. For this reason, one who prays should aim one’s legs, as it is written, ‘And their feet as the foot of a calf.” The Creator said to the ministering angels, “Those 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.”
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