Prayer Before Wrapping in the Tallit
Master of the Universe, Almighty, grant me the merit, when wrapping myself in the Tallit, to draw down all the lights of the Tallit and the Tzitzit, which correspond to the precious stones: Odem, Pitdah, Barekes; Nofech, Sapir, Yahalom; Leshem, Shvo, Achlamah; Tarshish, Shoham, and Yashfeh. Through wrapping in the Tallit, may the Malchus (Kingship) ascend to the Kesser (Crown) of Zeir Anpin (the Divine configuration of emotional attributes), in the secret of "A woman of valor is the crown of her husband."
May I merit, at the time of wrapping in the Tallit, the secret of the Kohen Gadol (High Priest) entering the Holy of Holies. May I then merit to ascend to the Kesser of the Kesser of Adam Kadmon (the primordial spiritual realm), where the secret of the Fiftieth Gate of Understanding is revealed to him. This is what Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov merited, as well as Rabbi Akiva, who merited that all the souls of the Patriarchs and the Seven Shepherds were spiritually impregnated within him at the moment they combed his flesh with iron combs. He merited the secret of the letter Shin (ש) with three heads—representing Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov—and the secret of the letter Shin (ש) with four heads—the secret of David, Yosef, Moshe, and Aharon.
For it is written in Tractate Sukkah (52b): "And I will put My spirit within you." For there are three things that the Holy One, Blessed be He, regrets every single day: over the Chaldeans who destroyed the Holy Temple; over the Ishmaelites, as it is stated, "The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, to whom God brings abundance with His hand"; and He regrets creating the Yetzer Hara (Evil Inclination), as it is stated, "And whom I have afflicted."
"And this shall be peace: when Assyria comes into our land, and when he treads in our palaces, then we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight princes of men." David is in the middle; Adam, Shes, and Mesushelach are on the right; Avraham, Yitzchak, Yaakov, and Moshe are on the left. The "eight princes of men" correspond to the eight threads of the Tzitzit: Yishai, Shaul, Shmuel, Amos, Tzephaniah, Chizkiyahu, Mashiach, and Eliyahu. For the light of the Tallit shines from one end of the world to the other, in the secret of the skin of the Leviathan, which in the future, Hashem will spread over the walls of Jerusalem. It will illuminate and shine from one end of the world to the other, in the secret of the verse, "Can you cover his skin with booths (sukos)?"
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PRAYER BEFORE WRAPPING IN THE TALLIT
Master of the Universe, Almighty, grant me the merit, when wrapping myself in the Tallit, to draw down all the lights of the Tallit and the Tzitzit, which correspond to the precious stones: Odem, Pitdah, Barekes; Nofech, Sapir, Yahalom; Leshem, Shvo, Achlamah; Tarshish, Shoham, and Yashfeh. Through wrapping in the Tallit, may the Malchus (Kingship) ascend to the Kesser (Crown) of Zeir Anpin (the Divine configuration of emotional attributes), in the secret of "A woman of valor is the crown of her husband."
May I merit, at the time of wrapping in the Tallit, the secret of the Kohen Gadol (High Priest) entering the Holy of Holies. May I then merit to ascend to the Kesser of the Kesser of Adam Kadmon (the primordial spiritual realm), where the secret of the Fiftieth Gate of Understanding is revealed to him. This is what Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov merited, as well as Rabbi Akiva, who merited that all the souls of the Patriarchs and the Seven Shepherds were spiritually impregnated within him at the moment they combed his flesh with iron combs. He merited the secret of the letter Shin (ש) with three heads—representing Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov—and the secret of the letter Shin (ש) with four heads—the secret of David, Yosef, Moshe, and Aharon.
For it is written in Tractate Sukkah (52b): "And I will put My spirit within you." For there are three things that the Holy One, Blessed be He, regrets every single day: over the Chaldeans who destroyed the Holy Temple; over the Ishmaelites, as it is stated, "The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, to whom God brings abundance with His hand"; and He regrets creating the Yetzer Hara (Evil Inclination), as it is stated, "And whom I have afflicted."
"And this shall be peace: when Assyria comes into our land, and when he treads in our palaces, then we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight princes of men." David is in the middle; Adam, Shes, and Mesushelach are on the right; Avraham, Yitzchak, Yaakov, and Moshe are on the left. The "eight princes of men" correspond to the eight threads of the Tzitzit: Yishai, Shaul, Shmuel, Amos, Tzephaniah, Chizkiyahu, Mashiach, and Eliyahu. For the light of the Tallit shines from one end of the world to the other, in the secret of the skin of the Leviathan, which in the future, Hashem will spread over the walls of Jerusalem. It will illuminate and shine from one end of the world to the other, in the secret of the verse, "Can you cover his skin with booths (sukos)?"
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