Prayer for L'Shem (Ephraim Ravia, 10 Tammuz 5777)

A GENERAL PRAYER FOR WOMEN

Master of the Universe, Almighty, grant me the merit to be the holiest and purest woman in the world, without any bad thoughts at all. May I merit the most tzaddik (righteous) husband in the world, who will learn Torah 24 hours a day without stopping for a single moment or second, and who will never see anything bad in his life. May my husband and I merit to unify Rachel and Leah, which is the Gematria (numerical value) of Balak and Bilaam, and through this, my husband and I will completely subdue the kelipah (impure husk) of Balak and Bilaam from the world. May the Evil Inclination never rule over me—never over me, nor over my husband, nor over my sons, nor over my daughters. May my sons and daughters be the holiest in the world, the most holy and pure in the world and in all generations. May we reach a spiritual level where our candle will never be extinguished; we will only light it anew in honor of the Sabbath day and in honor of Yom Kippur. May I, and all the women of Israel, merit the spiritual level of the wife of Ovadia, who would go from house to house to collect drops of oil, and her drops of oil were never extinguished, just as it was by Sarah, Rivkah, Rachel, and Leah. The oil of the wife of Ovadia exists forever, and with it, they will resurrect all the dead, because the oil that the wife of Ovadia collected with all her heart, soul, spirit, breath, and unique essence—this oil was never extinguished and can never be extinguished. It burns until the Resurrection of the Dead, and through it, it is possible to resurrect the dead. For anyone who tastes from the oil of the wife of Ovadia immediately receives the power to resurrect the dead and to heal all the sick in the world, just like Miriam and Yocheved. For all the 83 and 1/3 years that they were midwives, not a single child was born with a blemish, Heaven forbid. Furthermore, all the children they delivered merited that their spiritual impurity ceased, and they merited to hear the Ten Commandments and to resurrect all the dead.

B'Siyata D'Shmaya (With the Help of Heaven) for L'Shem, for L'Shem B'Ahavah, Erev Shabbat Kodesh, Rosh Chodesh, for L'Shem, for L'Shem B'Ahavah, Erev Shabbat Kodesh (Ephraim Ravia, 10 Tammuz 5777)

TO STAND NEXT TO THE RAV DURING PRAYER

Master of the Universe, Almighty, grant me the merit to stand next to the Rav [Rabbi Berland shlit"a] during prayer.

And to enjoy the radiance of his face, from the radiance of the face of the Shechinah (Divine Presence), and to be included in all the letters of the prayer. May I not miss a single letter from the beginning of the prayer until its end, and not skip a single word, from "Mah Tovu Ohalecha Yaakov Mishkenotecha Yisrael" (How goodly are your tents, O Jacob, your dwelling places, O Israel), "Adon Olam" (Master of the World), and until "V'ad ziknah ani hu v'ad seivah ani esbol ani asiti va'ani esa va'ani esbol va'amalet" (And even to your old age I am He, and even to hoary hairs will I carry you; I have made, and I will bear; yea, I will carry, and will deliver). Please Hashem, bring salvation now! Please Hashem, bring success now! Fulfill in me the blessing: "U'le'Asher amar baruch mibanim Asher" (And of Asher he said: Blessed be Asher above sons) + 1 = 1650, which is the Gematria of "V'nacha alav ruach Hashem ruach chochmah (73) u'vinah (73) ruach etzah (165) u'gevurah (222) ruach da'at (474) v'yirat (617) Hashem (26)" = 1650 (And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord).

And may everything that was said regarding Queen Esther be fulfilled in me: "Vatehi (421) Esther noset (757) chen (58) b'einei (142) kol (50) ro'eha (222)" = 1650 (And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all them that looked upon her). And may I merit that the essence (etzem 200) of the soul (nishmat 790) of Rebbe Nachman (Rabbeinu 268), the holy (hakadosh 415) and awesome (v'hanora 268) = 1941, becomes impregnated within me. And through this, may I merit to be bold (az 77) as a leopard (kanamer 370), light (kal 130) as an eagle (kanesher 570), swift (ratz 290) as a deer (katzvi 122), and strong (gibor 221) as a lion (ka'ari 231) = 1941.

B'Siyata D'Shmaya for L'Shem (In the prayer hall, the Rav wrote a prayer and asked to print 1000 copies and give the original to the Kollel student from Beer Sheva, Yaakov Biton, 17 Tammuz 5777)

THE CROWN OF TORAH

Master of the Universe, Almighty, in the merit of the 17th of Tammuz, grant us the merit of the crown (keter 622) of Torah (torah 611) = 1233. And may we learn Torah day (yomam 96) and night (valaylah 81) = 177. And may we merit the sixteen wagons passing over its point = 18. And through this, perform miracles for us as in the days of (b'yimei 62) Mattityahu (861) the son of (ben 52) Yochanan (124) the High (gadol 43) Priest (kohen 75) = 1233. And I will learn Torah day and night (177), and I will merit to know all of Ketzot (596) HaChoshen (363) = 959 by heart, word for word, letter for letter, because Ketzot HaChoshen is the Gematria of Abba (4) Rachum V'Chanun (Merciful and Gracious Father), Michael (101), Nuriel (227), Gavriel (246), Raphael (111) = 959.

B'Siyata D'Shmaya for L'Shem (In the prayer hall, the Rav wrote a prayer and asked to print 1000 copies and give the original to the Kollel student Shem Tov, Ravia's brother-in-law, 17 Tammuz 5777)

B'Siyata D'Shmaya

TO BE BLESSED WITH CHILDREN WITH MASHIACH BEN DAVID

Master of the Universe, Almighty, grant me the merit to be blessed with children (lehipaked) with Mashiach ben David in the blink of an eye (k'heref ayin) = 435, in the merit of the Tzaddik Yesod Olam, in the merit of the 17th of Tammuz, when the Temple of Fire must descend today. And just as the Tamid (daily offering) was abolished today, so too the Tamid will be renewed today by us being blessed with children tonight with Mashiach ben David and with Mashiach ben Yosef, and with the soul of Rebbe Nachman, the holy and awesome. And through this, we will subdue Sichon (134) King of (melech 90) the Amorites (ha'emori 256) and Og (73) King of (melech 90) Bashan (habashan 357) = 1000. And through this, we will subdue all the wild donkeys and Nephilim (giants) in the world, by having born to us this year Mashiach (358) ben (52) Yosef (156), Mashiach (358) ben (52) David (24).

B'Siyata D'Shmaya for L'Shem (Ephraim Ravia, 18 Tammuz 5777)

AN AWESOME PRAYER AT THE TZIYON OF REBBE NACHMAN

Master of the Universe, Almighty, from whom no purpose can be withheld, grant me the merit every Erev Rosh Chodesh to travel to Uman as an unbreakable statute. Because there is the aspect of the Holy of Holies, 'the Heichal, Ulam, and Azarot' (the Temple sanctuary and courtyards), and there is the aspect of the Kohen Gadol (High Priest) entering the Holy of Holies while surrounded by flames of fire. And grant me the merit that on every journey to Uman, going and returning to Rebbe Nachman, the holy and awesome, I will merit to feel that I am surrounded by rivers of fire and flames of fire, on my right and on my left, before me and behind me, and upon my head the Shechinah (Divine Presence) of the Almighty, a fire burning day and night = 177. In the merit that I will learn Gemara day and night = 177. And through this, through this journey of mine, I will merit the aspect of the Kohen Gadol who entered the Holy of Holies on Yom Kippur 4 times. And I will never miss a single Erev Rosh Chodesh in my life. And may I merit a private plane with which I can travel every single day to Rebbe Nachman, the holy and awesome. And flames of fire will surround me all the time during my journey, and while standing at the holy and awesome Tziyon (gravesite), and while reciting The Tikkun HaKlali with trepidation and love, so that all my bones will say, "Who is like You among the mighty, O Hashem." And be my help so that I will have a private plane, so I can fly every single day to his holy and awesome Tziyon, and stand there for 24 hours without moving or stirring, only with awesome trepidation and love, with fear and trembling, quivering and shaking for the entire 24 hours. And I will feel like the Kohen Gadol who entered the Holy of Holies to protect and atone for the entire nation of Israel, and I will know that in this prayer of mine at the holy and awesome Tziyon, I am the emissary of the entire nation of Israel to atone for all their sins and all their iniquities, "for all the people acted in ignorance." And all the sins of the entire nation of Israel, the Ramban says in his epistle, are only because they do not know the severity of the transgressions and how they cause destruction to the entire world.

And on this journey of mine, as I travel to the holy and awesome Tziyon, which is literally the aspect of the Holy of Holies, and I myself am in the aspect of the Kohen Gadol, as brought in 'Chochmah U'Tevunah' in the name of Rabbi Avraham ben Rabbi Nachman zt"l.

And for the entire journey, I will tremble and fear with quivering and shaking, dread and fear, trembling and awe. Thus, I will merit to stand for the entire 24 hours at the holy and awesome Tziyon, in awesome and terrible fear and trembling. And I will know faithfully that I am currently the true emissary of the collective of Israel, in the aspect of the Kohen Gadol who atones for all their iniquities. And in my merit and in the merit of my awesome prayers, the nation of Israel will be forgiven for all their sins, iniquities, and willful transgressions, for all the people acted in ignorance. And I will truly not do anything else, Heaven forbid—no shopping, no purchases, no trips, and no idle matters. I will only stand for the entire 24 hours at the holy and awesome Tziyon with true trepidation and love, and I will truly fulfill "Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord," with true trepidation and love. And I will never again harm or cause sorrow to any person in the world. I will only beg of You with trepidation and love, with a torn and contrite heart, shattered to pieces, that You truly atone for all my iniquities, sins, transgressions, and willful wrongs, by reciting The Tikkun HaKlali endlessly throughout the entire 24 hours. And each time will be with new trepidation and love, with new trembling and awe, and every Tikkun HaKlali will be with greater intention and with greater trembling and awe. And every Tikkun HaKlali will be new in my eyes as if I had never recited it, and all my prayers that I will pray during those 24 hours at the holy and awesome Tziyon will be new and awesome prayers as if I had never prayed before. And I will merit to focus on every word and letter with new and true trepidation, love, trembling, and awe, and I will not divert my mind from the letters and words at all from the beginning of the prayer until its end. And when I am at the end of the prayer, I will merit to feel the vitality of every single letter from the beginning of the prayer until its end. And I will merit to rejoice in all the humiliations they subject me to, and I will know faithfully that they are throwing precious stones and pearls at me, and I will not throw them back, Heaven forbid, but rather I will gather them with trepidation and love, and I will not forgo a single humiliation. And I will pray to Hashem that they send even more humiliations, because if Binyamin had accepted the humiliations and blows with love, he would have received the entire Holy Temple in perfection.

B'Siyata D'Shmaya for L'Shem for L'Shem B'Ahavah

Master of the Universe, Almighty, in the merit of the Fifteenth of Av, make me the most righteous woman in the world, and may I dance and rejoice all day and all night without stopping for a moment or a second, as it is said (1 Chronicles 6): "And their brethren the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God. But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the Holy of Holies... mighty men of valor were they... by their generations, according to their number, in the days of David, two and twenty thousand and six hundred." And may I merit to be like the wife of Ovadia who gathered drops of oil from house to house, and her oil burned day and night = 177. And through this, may I merit to enter with my body into the Garden of (gan 53) Eden (124) = 177, like Serach (508) the daughter of (bat 402) Asher (501) = 1411. And may the verse be fulfilled: "And it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them." And I will subdue the 11 chiefs of Esau, and be like Bityah the daughter of Pharaoh, and the verse will be fulfilled in me that she drew Moshe out of the water. And every single day I will see miracles and wonders, new every morning, like in the days of (b'yimei 62) Mattityahu (861) the son of (ben 52) Yochanan (124) the High (gadol 43) Priest (kohen 75) = 1217. And it will atone for me and for all my iniquities.

B'Siyata D'Shmaya

Master of the Universe, Almighty, grant me the merit to be the most righteous woman in the world, the likes of which has not existed since the six days of creation. And may I merit the Hidden (haganuz 71) Light (ha'ohr 212) of (shel 330) the Act of (maaseh 415) Creation (bereishit 913) = 1941. And may I merit to fulfill the statement of Yehuda ben Teima: Be bold (az 77) as a leopard (kanamer 310), swift (ratz 290) as a deer (katzvi 122), strong (gibor 216) as a lion (ka'ari 211), light (kal 130) as an eagle (kanesher 570) = 1941, to do the will of our Father in Heaven. And free me from all anxieties, and fulfill in me the verse: "Once (achat 409) have I sworn (nishbati 832) by My holiness (b'kodshi 416) that I will not (im 41) lie (achazev 30) unto David (l'david 44)" = 779. "Hashem is One. His seed (zar'o 283) shall endure forever (l'olam 176) (yihyeh 30), and his throne (v'chis'o 93) as the sun (kashemesh 660) before Me (negdi 67)" = 1309. Please Hashem is One = 1. "With joyful song (b'rinah 257) Your Name (shimcha 360) will be glorified (yitpa'er 697)" = 1309. And may I merit an abundance of sons and daughters, as it is said: "The Lord (Hashem 26) God of (elokei 46) your fathers (avoteichem 479) make you (yosef 156) a thousand (elef 111) times (pe'amim 240) so many more as you are (aleichem kachem 80)" = 1308. "For (ki 30) whoever keeps (shomer 546) the commandment (mitzvah 141) shall know (yeda 84) no (lo 31) evil (ra 270) thing (davar 206)" = 1308. Please Hashem, grant me the merit of an abundance (shefa 480) of wealth (ashirut 986) = 1466. Please Hashem, "Make us glad (samcheinu 404) according to the days (kimot 476) wherein You have afflicted us (initanu 586)" = 1466. "For in Your hand (b'yadcha 36) are the souls of (nafshot 836) the living (hachayim 73) and the dead (v'hametim 501)" = 1446. And the spirit of all human flesh. Please Hashem, "Who covers (oteh 90) Himself with light (ohr 207) as with a garment (kasalmah 395); who stretches out (noteh 70) the heavens (shamayim 390) like a curtain (kayiriah 315)" = 1467. And may I merit to establish a glorious home, as it is said: "The glory (kavod 32) of this (hazeh 17) latter (ha'acharon 270) house (habayit 417) shall be (yihyeh 30) greater (v'gadol 49) than (min 90) that of the former (harishon 562)" = 1467. Please Hashem, "As an eagle (kanesher 570) that stirs up (ya'ir 290) her nest (kino 156), hovers (yerachef 298) over (al 100) her young (gozalav 162)" = 1446. Grant me the merit to fulfill the statement of our Sages: "Do (aseh 375) the will of (retzon 246) your Father (avicha 33) in Heaven (shebashamayim 392)" = 1446. And everything should be for the sake of the Holy One (kudsha 411), Blessed (brich 232) be He (hu 12), and His Shechinah (u'shechinteih 801) = 1466. And may I merit a billion euros every moment and second, as it is said: "He shall receive (yisa 351) a blessing (bracha 227) from (me'et 441) the Lord (Hashem 26), and righteousness (u'tzedakah 201) from the God of (me'elokei 86) his salvation (yish'einu 436)".

Please Hashem, "Build (bneh 57) Your house (beit'cha 432) as at the beginning (k'vat'chilah 465), and establish (v'chonen 132) Your sanctuary (mikdash'cha 464) upon (al 100) its foundation (mecono 122)" = 1772. As it is said: "Happy are you (ashreicha 531), O Israel (Yisrael 541), who (mi 50) is like unto you (kamocha 86), a people (am 110) saved (nosha 426) by the Lord (b'Hashem 28)" = 1772. "For (ki 30) the Lord (Hashem 26) your God (elokeicha 66) will bless you (yevarechecha 252) in all (b'chol 52) your produce (tevuat'cha 829), and in all (u'v'chol 58) the work of (ma'aseh 415) your hands (yadeicha 44)" = 1772.

Received from Ephraim Ravia, Erev Shabbat Kodesh Parshat Matot-Masei

B'Siyata D'Shmaya

PRAYER FOR THE YAHRTZEIT OF THE HOLY RASHI

Master of the Universe, Almighty, grant me the merit to be included in the yahrtzeit (anniversary of passing) of the soul of Rashi, who merited the 'Reisha d'lo ityada' (the unknowable head), the 'Reisha d'lao reisha' (the head that is not a head), the 'Reisha d'chol reisha' (the head of all heads). Who merited the perfection of the Ayin (Nothingness), 'Reisha Chivara' (the White Head), to the 13 paths of the Reisha Chivara, to the spiritual level of Daniel, as it is written: "I beheld till thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of days (Atik Yomin) did sit: his raiment was as white snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool." For he merited the level of "Then you shall delight yourself upon Hashem," above Hashem, like Channah who prayed "upon Hashem," above Hashem, because she merited the Reisha d'lo ityada, the Reisha d'lao reisha, the Reisha d'chol reisha. And regarding Rashi it is said, "But the path of the righteous is as the light of dawn, that shines more and more unto the perfect day," which refers to the parting of the hair, from where the Hidden Light is drawn, the light of the seven days of creation. This light descends from the Gulgalta (Skull) of Adam Kadmon (Primordial Man), to the 613 paths that are drawn from the Gulgalta of Adam Kadmon. And from the 613 paths that emerge from the hair of the head of Adam Kadmon, all the lights are drawn to the head of Atik (the Ancient One), and from there to the head of Arich (the Long Face), and from there to the head of Abba and Imma (Father and Mother), and from there to the head of Zeir Anpin (the Small Countenance), and to the head of Rachel and Leah, because the heels of Leah enter into the head of Rachel, into the Keter (Crown) of Rachel, and then is fulfilled "Upon Edom will I cast my shoe." For all of Zeir Anpin, which is comprised of 248 limbs and 365 sinews, which are the lights drawn from the 613 positive commandments and 365 negative commandments, because the lights are drawn from the hairs of Adam Kadmon to the hairs of Atik, and from there to the hairs of Arich Anpin, and from there to the hairs of Zeir Anpin. This is the secret of the protruding hair in the base (titura) of the Tefillin, which draws all the lights from the head of Adam Kadmon to the head of Atik, and from there to the head of Arich, and from there to the head of Abba and Imma, and from there to the head of Zeir Anpin. These are the secrets of the Tefillin that Rabbi Akiva comprehended when they combed his flesh with iron combs. This is the secret of the two letter Shins of the Tefillin: the Shin of three heads corresponding to Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov, and the Shin of four heads corresponding to Moshe, Yosef, Aharon, and David. All their lights are drawn from the head of Adam Kadmon to the head of Atika Kadisha (the Holy Ancient One), and from there to the head of Arich Anpin, and from there to the head of Abba and Imma, and from there to the head of Zeir Anpin, and from there to the head of Rachel and Leah. For this Atika Kadisha is the elder of all elders, the elder of elders, as Rebbe Nachman, the holy and awesome, hinted: 'I am the elder of elders,' the supreme crown above, with which all crowns and diadems are adorned, and all of them are illuminated, and all the lamps are kindled from it, all the lights, from which the oil of the wife of Ovadia burned. For Rashi merited the three heads that are engraved one within the other, and one above the other: one head is the concealed wisdom, which is covered and not opened, and this concealed wisdom is the head of all wisdoms that were and that will be until the end of all generations. And he merited the supreme head, Atika Kadisha, the most concealed of all concealed things, the head of all heads, and the head that is not a head, and it is not known nor can it be known what is in this head, and it cannot be grasped neither by wisdom nor by understanding. And regarding this it is called "Flee to your place," because from there is your root, and there is the source of life, in the secret of "And the living creatures ran and returned."

For the Holy Sabbath includes all the heads: the head that is not a head, the head of all heads, the head that is unknowable. Regarding this it is said, 'Through the mitzvah of Shabbat, God will deliver you' = "May the Lord our God be with us, as He was with our fathers" = "Then would your peace be as a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea" = "For I am the Lord who brings you up out of the land of Egypt" = 'For there is one who acquires his world in a single hour' = 1439. Because the head that is not a head includes both of them, and within the Keter the concealed brain is included. For on the Holy Sabbath, the holy place is found, which is drawn from Atik, which is illuminated from the Mazal (Divine flow) that spreads to thirty-two sides.

B'Siyata D'Shmaya

Received from Ephraim Ravia, Wednesday, 3 Av 5777

Today is the holy and awesome yahrtzeit of the holy and awesome Arizal, who is the inner essence of the Keter of Atik of Atzilut, which is the light of the seven days of creation, the Hidden Light in the cleft of the rock that shines from the beginning of the world until its end, entirely hidden within the letter Aleph, the secret of the Champion of the world. And when the Aleph is clothed in the Bet, the month of Av is formed, which includes all the lights of all the months. It is then that we read Parshat Devarim, when Moshe gathers all of Israel to him, not a single man missing. Because the soul of the holy and awesome Arizal includes all the souls of Israel without exception, and therefore everyone, without exception, ascends to his holy and awesome Tziyon on the 5th of Av. Then all five Sefirot of Chesed, Gevurah, Netzach, Hod, and Yesod of the Keter of Atik of Atzilut are included within each other through the journey to his holy and awesome Tziyon. And the entirety of the collective of Israel, from Malchut up to Keter, are then perfectly included in the soul of the Tzaddik, and they receive perfect illumination from the soul of the holy and awesome Tzaddik. This is in the secret of Odem, Pitdah, Bareket, Nofech, Sapir, Yahalom, Leshem, Shvo, Achlamah, Tarshish, Shoham, and Yashpeh. And Yashpeh includes all the colors in the world and all the lights in the world. And Binyamin, who merited the Yashpeh stone, was supposed to bring down the Temple of Fire on the Ninth of Av in the year 3828 (68 CE), which was the moment when all the colors were included in one another and turned into one perfection, before Moshe whose face was like the sun. Because Moshe did not enter the Land, the sun did not shine, only the moon—the face of Yehoshua was like the face of the moon. But on the Ninth of Av 3828, in the secret of "He has declared to His people the power (Koach = 28) of His works," and the secret of 800 (Tat = 800), Eliyahu the Prophet, remembered for good, twice 800. Therefore, in the month of Av, when the Aleph is included in the Bet—and the Aleph is the Hidden Light of the seven days of creation that must shine in the Third Temple, because "You kindled it with fire, and with fire You are destined to rebuild it," in the aspect of "A perpetual fire shall be kept burning on the altar, it shall not go out" = 1885, "The heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God" = 1885. At that time, the greatest revelation since the beginning of the creation of the world was supposed to occur, for "A thousand years in Your sight are but as yesterday when it is past" = 1554. And then "He caused us to inherit seasons of joy, holy appointed times, and voluntary festivals" = 1544. And this is what we bless the groom and bride = "With joy, gladness, rejoicing, song, love, brotherhood, peace, and friendship" = 1554 = "And with encompassing salvations" = 1554. Because then, on the Ninth of Av 3828, when all the encompassing and inner lights descended, on that day the kelipah was completely removed. And in the First Temple, the Cherubim were connected on that day in complete unity, the secret of groom and bride, and therefore it is called a Moed (festival), the head of all festivals: "He has called a solemn assembly (Moed) against me to crush my young men." But Rebbe Nachman explains in Torah 219, "He tore His purple cloak," that Hashem, from His side, prepared everything at that moment when the Temple of Fire descended, encompassing and inner lights. This is the secret of the soul of the holy Arizal, who passed away in the year 332 (1572 CE) on the 5th of Av, when all five Sefirot—Chesed, Gevurah, Netzach, Hod, Yesod—were included in one another. This is the secret of the Geulah (Redemption) through the month of Av, when the Aleph, the light of the seven days of creation that was hidden in the cleft of the rock, is included with the letter Bet, which is the letter of building with which Hashem began to create the world. And with these two letters, Hashem will recreate the world anew, and then "Your children beheld Your majesty, as You split the sea before Moses" = 1548. The secret of "Upon the building of Jerusalem, through our holy city" = 1554. "The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord" = 1554. Because Hashem doubles the encompassing and inner lights every single day through the soul of the holy and awesome Arizal, who was the inner essence of the Keter of Atik of Atzilut, and through all the souls of the Tzaddikim in every generation. As it is written in the Torah portion, "Go up and take possession"—you do not need weapons. And this is very difficult: is it possible to conquer a country without weapons? And this is why Moshe rebukes Israel at the end of the events, because they did not agree to believe in the simple meaning of his words, "Go up and take possession" literally. The spies, in the spirit of their wisdom, interpreted this according to their own understanding and not according to Moshe's understanding. But Moshe's understanding is that "He who trusts in the Lord, loving-kindness shall surround him," and "The path of the righteous is as the light of dawn, that shines more and more unto the perfect day" = 1560. "Light as an eagle, swift as a deer, and strong as a lion" = 1560, as the Gemara says in Sotah 36a.

Come and see how many miracles were performed for our ancestors on that day. Israel crossed the Jordan and came to Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal, more than sixty mil away, and no creature could stand before them. And anyone who stood before them immediately lost control of their bowels, as it is said: "I will send My terror before you, and will confound all the people to whom you shall come," and it says, "Terror and dread fall upon them... till Your people pass over, O Lord"—this refers to the first entry; "till the people pass over that You have gotten"—this refers to the second entry. Say from now on: Israel was worthy of having a miracle performed for them in the second entry just as in the first entry {on eagles' wings and the splitting of the sea and the Jordan}, but sin caused otherwise. And they wrote on the stones in seventy languages, and two hornets were with them: one hornet of Moshe and one hornet of Yehoshua. Moshe's hornet stood on the bank of the Jordan and threw gall and venom at them, which covered the entire Land of Israel. And Yehoshua's hornet crossed the Jordan with them, and everywhere it went, it blinded and killed them, as it is said: "Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath." Because the holy Arizal, who was comprised of all the Sefirot, and his soul which is hewn from the Hidden Light, the secret of the month of Av, when the letter Aleph, which is the aspect of the Hidden Light of the seven days of creation, is included in the letter Bet, the letter of building from which the world was founded. Therefore, immediately after the night of Passover, which corresponds to the Ninth of Av, we must bring the Omer of barley to the Holy Temple, which is the rectification of Malchut in Yetzirah. Because Omer is ten times 'Kal' (light), and Bikkurim (first fruits) is the secret of the firstborns, the secret of the rectification of the primordial kings, which are 42. This is why Israel traveled 42 journeys in the desert to rectify the 42 primordial kings, and the Bikkurim, where the names of the 42 primordial dwellings are hidden, are brought to the Holy Temple to include them in the Yesod of Yetzirah. And with them, the Two Loaves to rectify Netzach and Hod of Yetzirah. Because Jerusalem is Malchut of Yetzirah, and the courtyards are from Yesod to Chesed, and the Court of the Israelites is Da'at of Yetzirah, and the Court of the Priests with the east is Binah of Yetzirah, and the Ulam and the Heichal are Chochmah of Yetzirah, and the Holy of Holies is Keter of Yetzirah, where the Kohen Gadol enters, who is the soul of the holy and awesome Arizal on Yom Kippur. Because the 5th of Av is literally in the aspect of the Holy of Holies of the Temple, which is Keter of Yetzirah, because Tzfat is Netzach of Yetzirah and Tiberias is Hod of Yetzirah {Chesed L'Avraham}.

Therefore, they bring the Two Loaves corresponding to Netzach and Hod of Yetzirah, to separate all the kelipot (impure husks) from Netzach and Hod of Yetzirah, where the kelipot have their grip. This is why Nadav and Avihu were burned, because they wanted to nullify the kelipot from Netzach and Hod of Yetzirah, but they were in the Tabernacle in the desert and not in the Temple in Jerusalem, where a perpetual fire burns that descended from heaven in the form of a lion to rectify all the 216 Gevurot (judgments), which are three times 72, corresponding to Asiyah, Briyah, and Yetzirah. And all this the holy Arizal rectifies on the day of his awesome yahrtzeit.

PRAYER FOR CHUMASH WITH RASHI EVERY WEEK

Please Hashem, grant me the merit to complete the Chumash with Rashi every week, as Rebbe Nachman said that Rashi is the brother of the Torah. Because Rashi ascended to the Keter of Adam Kadmon, the secret of 'Amar Neka' (pure wool), the secret of Amram, who, if he had not divorced Yocheved, would have illuminated all the Egyptians, including Pharaoh, and they would have repented. And they would not have drowned in the sea, and they would have recited the complete Hallel, for "My handiwork is drowning in the sea, and you sing a song?" Because Amatzyah threw 10,000 Edomites from the top of the cliff, and Hashem said, "I told you to kill them by the sword, and you give them a bizarre death?" That they would convulse for several days in terrible, hellish agony. And therefore, because Sarah drove Hagar out in disgrace, the Baal HaTurim and the Ramban say that this is why all kinds of torture and terrible death marches were decreed upon Israel, so that not one remained alive and they all froze to death, and were murdered by the Germans and the Ukrainians, on the roads and through bizarre and terrible deaths. Because the nation of Israel must give an accounting for every drop of cruelty we perpetrated among the nations of the world, like Amatzyah and Sarah. Because Rashi says that they would not have needed weapons, and they only needed to walk... and then they all would have lost control of their bowels, and no memory of them would have remained.

SHNAYIM MIKRA V'ECHAD TARGUM (TWICE SCRIPTURE AND ONCE TRANSLATION)

Master of the Universe, Almighty, grant me the merit every single week to read Shnayim Mikra V'Echad Targum (the Torah portion twice and the Targum translation once), upon which our entire Geulah (Redemption) and the redemption of our souls depend. As it is said in Parshat Devarim (1:29): "Then I said to you: Dread not, neither be afraid of them. The Lord your God who goes before you, He shall fight for you, according to all that He did for you in Egypt before your eyes; and in the wilderness, where you have seen how that the Lord your God bore you, as a man bears his son, in all the way that you went." We merit all of this by reading Shnayim Mikra V'Echad Targum, and then we merit to ascend to the Keter of the Keter of Leah, in the secret of "And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the everlasting hills, and for the precious things of the earth and the fullness thereof, and the good will of Him that dwelt in the bush; let the blessing come upon the head of Yosef, and upon the crown of the head of him that is prince among his brethren." And then, when we merit Shnayim Mikra V'Echad Targum, the blessing is fulfilled: "His firstling bullock, majesty is his; and his horns are the horns of the wild ox; with them he shall gore the peoples all of them, even the ends of the earth; and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Menashe." Because Yosef merited the Hidden Light of the seven days of creation, and therefore "Moshe took the bones of Yosef with him," because Moshe is in the aspect of Mikra (Scripture) and Yosef is in the aspect of Targum (Translation) = 649, the secret of Tardemah (deep sleep) = 649. Because through reading Shnayim Mikra V'Echad Targum, we merit the aspects of "See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no god with Me." Because Yosef merited the aspect of "the chief things of the ancient mountains," the secret of the crown of the head (Kodkod) of Adam Kadmon, like the tribe of Gad, "and he tore the arm, yea, the crown of the head." Because Yosef merited the aspect of the crown of the head - Keter, and Binyamin merited the aspect of "His shoulders," the secret of the shoulders, the Da'at of Adam Kadmon, whose hair is from the 5 Chasadim (loving-kindnesses) and the 5 Gevurot (judgments). Because from the 5 Chasadim Abba was created, the secret of Chochmah, and from the 5 Gevurot Imma was created, the secret of Binah, the secret of "And God built the rib" through Tardemah (deep sleep), Targum = 649, Nachman Natan + 1 = 649, the secret of Malchut (Kingship) thirty = 30 levels, the secret of Keter = 620 = 649 + 1 = 650. And then we merit, through Shnayim Mikra V'Echad Targum, "his horns are the horns of the wild ox; with them he shall gore the peoples," the secret of the ray of light, the secret of the ox that Adam the first man sacrificed, which had one horn on its forehead, as it is said: "And it shall please the Lord better than a bullock that has horns and hoofs." And then we merit the ten thousands of Ephraim, in the aspect of "Shaul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands," the secret of the ten thousands of Ephraim, the secret of "guiding his hands wittingly." Because Menashe is the firstborn, for even though Menashe is the firstborn, Yaakov guided his hands wittingly for the sake of the one who learned Torah. But in the future to come, "Gilead is Mine, and Menashe is Mine," and Menashe precedes Ephraim, from whom came the five daughters of Tzelofchad: Machlah, who is always dancing (mecholet) and singing, and from there comes all forgiveness of sins; and Noa, who is always in motion (tnuah); and Choglah, who always has grace (chen-lah); and Milcah, who rules (molechet) over the Evil Inclination and the 248 limbs in perfection; and the last is Tirtzah, who is always searching only for how to please (leratzot) her Maker.

AGAINST NARROW-MINDEDNESS (JEALOUSY)

Master of the Universe, grant me the merit to escape from tzaras ayin (narrow-mindedness/jealousy), and I will not be jealous of any person in the world, nor of any woman in the world. I will truly rejoice in my portion, and I will not transgress for a moment or a second the commandment "You shall not covet your neighbor's house... nor anything that is your neighbor's," which is the commandment... for which there is no forgiveness in the world, as the holy Arizal says in Shaar HaGilgulim, Chapter 23, that for jealousy there is no forgiveness. Because a person must eat, earn a living, multiply, and be sustained, but jealousy is completely unnecessary and has no benefit whatsoever, as it is said in Shabbat 152b, "Jealousy is the rotting of the bones." For they dug in the land of Rebbe Nachman, who alone extracts one from jealousy, and they found a man in the ground... and they thought it was a demon. He said to them, "I am the famous Amora, Rabbi Achai bar Yoshiya, who can sweeten every judgment in the world and atone for every sin in the world, only if a person does true teshuvah (repentance) until the Knower of Secrets testifies about him that he will never return to this sin again."

PRAYER FOR THE YAHRTZEIT OF THE MEGALEH AMUKOT, 13 AV, THE HILLULA ON SHABBAT NACHAMU

Now is the moment of the Geulah (Redemption), through the merit of prostrating on the grave of the Megaleh Amukot in Krakow. And through this, we will subdue the two silent spies, and also the two women who came to Shlomo, who were the essence of the impurity of all generations, which are the 405 camps of Lilith.

Because Tzelofchad called his first daughter Machlat, so that she could subdue Machlat the daughter of Yishmael, who was the greatest and strongest kelipah of all generations, and no one could subdue this kelipah except Tzelofchad. For he was entirely Tzel-Pachad (Shadow of Fear), the fear of Hashem in all his 248 limbs and 365 sinews, in his entire Nefesh, Ruach, Neshamah, Chayah, and Yechidah. And he knew that only his daughter, through her dances (machalot), could subdue this awesome kelipah, which no Tzaddik until his era had succeeded in subduing—only Machlah through her dances and songs. Like Serach the daughter of Asher, who merited to enter the Garden of Eden with her body, only because she sang and played the harp, "Yosef is still alive, king in Egypt, and he has two sons, Menashe and Ephraim." And through this melody, and this dance, and the harp that she played constantly, she merited to revive the spirit of Yaakov Avinu. As it is said, "And his heart fainted, for he believed them not," and afterward it is said, "And the spirit of Yaakov their father revived." Everything was through the melodies on the harp, and the songs and dances that Serach the daughter of Asher sang and played, for several hours without any break even for a single second, like Yosef HaTzaddik who was a leaping man.

The Matnot Kehunah says, jumping, dancing, and leaping, and constantly reviewing all the teachings that Yaakov taught him for 17 years, and thus he was able to enter into the fire. Like Rabbi Zeira, who also entered the fire, and was also slaughtered by Rabbah, and resurrected on Shushan Purim, which is the time to resurrect the dead, in the secret of the Luz bone that will be resurrected through the Melaveh Malkah meal, and through Mishloach Manot and the Purim feast, in the secret of "And they drank, and were merry with him." For the first time after 22 years they drank wine and ate meat, because the Divine Spirit sparkled within them that Yosef was alive and about to be revealed. And the moment they drank the wine of Purim, Yosef was immediately revealed to them, and he immediately sent them away with all the good of Egypt, old wine that pleases the minds of the elderly, because it was already close to Passover, and he needed to supply Yaakov with wine for the Four Cups, corresponding to the four expressions of Redemption: I will bring out, I will deliver, I will redeem, and I will take. "I will bring out" corresponds to the cup of Eliyahu the Prophet who is revealed to everyone at the Seder night. This is the secret revealed by the "Megaleh Amukot," that Gehenna is completely closed every week for 51 hours, in the secret of "Hosha Na" (Save now), "Hatzlichah Na" (Bring success now), "Hoshiah Na" (Bring salvation now). Because the 51 hours are composed of 4 and 1/2 = 27 + 24 hours of Shabbat, the secret of "Hosha Na" = 51. (Because every prayer must be an hour and a half, {Tanya, Igeret HaKodesh 1}, and then they close Gehenna for an hour and a half, because this is what Moshe accomplished, that every prayer that is an hour and a half will close Gehenna, and they take all the relatives of the one praying out of there.) And this is what the "Megaleh Amukot" reveals, that Moshe accomplished with Hashem, blessed be He, that every single week Gehenna will be closed for 51 hours, and they will take all the souls out of there.

B'Siyata D'Shmaya

THE FIFTEENTH OF AV

Master of the Universe, Almighty, from whom no purpose can be withheld, grant me the merit on the Fifteenth of Av to comprehend all the secrets of the Leviathan, the secret of the thread of scarlet, the letter of truth. Because the Fifteenth of Av is the secret of extending the scepter, for the Fifteenth of Av always corresponds to the Fifteenth of Adar, the secret of Shushan Purim... in Elam the province, Aleph corresponding to Tav, Zayin corresponding to Ayin, the secret of Olam (world) where Shushan is. And then the golden scepter, Resh, turns into Chesed (loving-kindness). Because through the dances, the secret of the forgiveness of sins, and through the true Torah that is studied on the Fifteenth of Av, forty days before the creation of the world, then through the golden scepter, a thread of loving-kindness is drawn, in the aspect of "You shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window." This is the thread of the Infinite Light that is revealed on the Fifteenth of Av. And this is what Avraham Avinu, peace be upon him, said: "I have lifted up my hand unto the Lord, God Most High... that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet." He made them a Terumah (offering), he made them a song, the secret of the dances, in the secret of "I will sing unto the Lord, for He is highly exalted; the horse and his rider has He thrown into the sea," in the secret of "My father's God, and I will exalt Him," the secret of Abba and Imma, the brains in the Zayin of Atika Kadisha, in the secret of "Behold, My servant shall prosper, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high." Exalted from the side of the supreme light of all lights. "From a thread to a shoe-latchet" is the thread of supreme radiance that is drawn from the Infinite Light, the light of all lights, the Ancient of all ancients, the most concealed of all concealed things. Because Abba, which is the aspect of Chochmah... and it is exalted over all lights, and ascends on the Fifteenth of Av to the supreme Chochmah, to the supreme Chochmah of Adam Kadmon through the supreme Chochmah of Arich Anpin... the supreme Chochmah of Atika Kadisha, and Binah ascends to the Binah of Adam Kadmon, which is the neck of Adam Kadmon, in the secret of "Your neck is like the tower of David."

Monday, 15th of Av, Ephraim Ravia, from the hands of our Teacher the Rav, a prayer for David Yosefi, and the Rav asked to print it only without the names.

B'Siyata D'Shmaya

PREPARATION FOR THE REDEMPTION

Master of the Universe, grant us all the merit to see the complete Geulah (Redemption) now on the Fifteenth of Av. Please Hashem, "Blessed (Baruch 228) are You (Atah 406), O Lord (Hashem 26), Who causes the horn of (matzmiach 188 keren 350) salvation (yeshuah 391) to sprout" = 1589. And may I merit another ten sons and ten daughters, and may the verse be fulfilled in us now on the Fifteenth of Av: "That in blessing (ki varech 222) I will bless you (avarechecha 243), and in multiplying (v'harbah 218) I will multiply (arbeh 208) your seed (et 401 zar'acha 397)" = 1589, "as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore." And now on the Fifteenth of Av, may we merit to see the building of Jerusalem, as it is said: "Blessed (Baruch 228) are You (Atah 406), O Lord (Hashem 26), Who builds (boneh 63) Jerusalem (Yerushalayim 596) in His mercy (b'rachamav 266)" = 1585, Amen. And in this merit, "May the Merciful One (Harachaman 303) He (hu 12) bless (yevarech 232) all (et 401 kol 50) that is ours (asher 501 lanu 86)" = 1585. Because we, Hashem is One = 1, are ready (muchanim 166) at every moment and second to sanctify (lekadesh 434) the Name of (shem 340) Heaven (shamayim 390) in public (barabim 254) = 1585. And through this, Hashem is One = 1, "From the left (mismol 411) and from the right (u'miyamim 156), upon (al 100) Israel (Yisrael 541) peace (shalom 376)" = 1585.

Monday, 15th of Av, Ephraim Ravia, from the hands of our Teacher the Rav, a prayer for Chedva Sela, and the Rav asked to print it only without the names.

AN EASY BIRTH FOR TWINS AND RIGHTEOUS CHILDREN

Master of the Universe, Almighty, from whom no purpose can be withheld, grant me the merit to pass through this pregnancy with the twins in peace, and may I give birth without an epidural, and without any blurring injection. And may I merit that one will be Mashiach ben David, and the second Mashiach ben Yosef = 1000. And through this, may I merit that my husband will be a veteran (vatik 516) disciple (talmid 484) = 1000 of Rebbe Nachman, the holy and awesome. And may we merit to see today the building of Jerusalem, as it is said: "Blessed (Baruch 228) are You (Atah 406), O Lord (Hashem 26), Who builds (boneh 63) Jerusalem (Yerushalayim 596) in His mercy (b'rachamav 266)" = 1585, Amen. And may I merit that all my sons and daughters will be impregnated with the souls of Mashiach ben David and Mashiach ben Yosef, and they will merit the spirit of Mashiach, as it is said: "And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom (chochmah 73) and understanding (u'vinah 73), the spirit of counsel (etzah 165) and might (u'gevurah 222), the spirit of knowledge (da'at 474) and of the fear of (v'yirat 617) the Lord (Hashem 26)" = 1650. And may they find favor in the eyes of everyone like Queen Esther, as it is said: "And Esther (Esther 757) obtained (vatehi 421 noset) favor (chen 58) in the sight of (b'einei 142) all (kol 50) them that looked upon her (ro'eha 222)" = 1650.

SENDING AWAY THE MOTHER BIRD (SHILUACH HAKEN)

Through Shiluach HaKen (sending away the mother bird), one ascends to Adam Kadmon of Adam Kadmon, and the verse is fulfilled: "And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the basilisk's den." Because in the year 9... the Holy Temple was destroyed, and in the year of Shelach (sending) of Arpachshad, the Tower of Babel was destroyed, and a third of the world was destroyed, and a third of the world was turned into apes. Therefore, the mitzvah of Shiluach HaKen protects from the destruction of the Holy Temple and from the destruction of the world, as happened at the destruction of the Tower of Babel. Because through Shiluach HaKen, we rectify the attribute of Gevurah (judgment)... the Gevurah. Because Kayin stumbled in the attribute of Gevurah and did not know how to rectify it, and he struck Hevel. But Hevel is the acronym for "He will swallow up death forever" (Bila HaMavet Lanetzach). Because Hevel was supposed to completely nullify the decree of death if he had behaved with humility and lowliness, but "Vayisha" (And He had respect) - Woe (Vai) to Hevel, who was supposed to rectify the 370 lights that were taken from Chava. And Hevel was supposed to rectify all the 370 lights, because Hevel in Gematria is 37, which ten times is 370. And this is the meaning of "But where is the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son?" The acronym is Hevel. Because through Shiluach HaKen, all the judgments in the world are nullified, and Malchut returns and connects with Binah, in the secret of "Who is this that comes up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved?" Who is with 'Zot' (This - Malchut) coming up? And through Shiluach HaKen, we cut off all the enemies and haters, and we annihilate all the haters of Israel, in the aspect of "There shall step forth a star out of Yaakov, and a scepter shall rise out of Yisrael, and shall smite through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Seth." Because Pe'ah (corner) in Gematria is Karkar (break down). Pe'ah in Gematria is Elokim. Elokim twice in its full spelling is Gematria Karkar 600, the secret of the angels Metatron and Sandalphon = 600. Because through Shiluach HaKen, the unification of Abba and Imma occurs face to face, and all the judgments in the world are nullified, and the Keter of Rachel ascends opposite the Keter... in the aspect of two kings using one crown. And we merit the secret of the rose that has thirteen petals, which are the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy that were revealed to Moshe in the cleft of the rock. Because through Shiluach HaKen, we merit the aspect of Yom Kippur, when Malchut is included... and all the colors of all the ten Sefirot shine in Malchut. Because through Shiluach HaKen, all the colors are drawn down, and all the mercies in the world are revealed, and all the three Havayot (Names of God) shine and ascend to the Mazal Notzer, the secret of the Supreme Will, and all the desires for Hashem, blessed be He, are awakened. And Zeir Anpin ascends to the Mazal Notzer, the secret of the Supreme Will, and to the Holy Beard (Dikna Kadisha) to the eighth Mazal. And then the Holy One, blessed be He, makes a tunnel under the Throne of Glory, just as He did for Menashe in the merit of the prayers of Nachshon ben Aminadav, and the wind came and flew him to Jerusalem, and he merited to sit on His glorious throne, and he merited to do complete teshuvah. Therefore, with every single Shiluach HaKen, a voice of teshuvah is awakened in the entire world, and all the Gevurot in the world are sweetened, and even the Gevurot of the Holy Beard are sweetened by the "corners of Moab," which are the two holy Pe'ot (sidelocks), one in the aspect of Atik and the second in the aspect of Arich. And the 13 Attributes of Mercy of the Mazal Notzer from the Holy Beard are revealed, and all the external forces that grasp onto Malchut, which are the eggs and the chicks, disappear and are nullified as if they never existed. And then the love of Hashem is revealed, which is without boundaries and without limits, and then the oath that Hashem swore to Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov to give the children of Israel the land of Canaan is awakened. This is the attribute of submission, in whose merit we will merit the complete Geulah, the coming of Yinon (Mashiach), to rectify the two inverted Nuns, and to the building of our Holy Temple, and to the Resurrection of the Dead, speedily in our days, in the blink of an eye, Amen, Netzach, Selah, V'ed.

B'Siyata D'Shmaya for L'Shem for L'Shem B'Ahavah

THE YAHRTZEIT OF RABBI SHIMON LAVI

Master of the Universe, Almighty, today is the yahrtzeit of the great Gaon and Tzaddik, Rabbi Shimon Lavi zt"l, who composed the song "Bar Yochai." Which is the secret of "Yud, the primordial wisdom." Who tied the knots of the Shin, the secret of the Shin of three heads, and the secret of the Shin of four heads. Who merited the secret of the Cherubim that connected at the time of the destruction, the crown of Chesed with the crown of Gevurah. Because he merited the secret of Yael and Devorah, who are in the secret of Tzipporah (= blanket) and Moshe, as it is written in the Zohar Vayikra 19b: that the Song of Devorah is higher than the Song of the Sea, and likewise the prayer of Channah, who saw from one end of the world to the other. "The bows of the mighty men are broken"—these are the Greeks; "and they that stumbled are girded with strength"—these are the Hasmoneans. "They that were full have hired out themselves for bread"—these are the seventy sons of Haman who came to beg forgiveness from Mordechai; "and they that were hungry have ceased"—these are Mordechai the Tzaddik and Queen Esther. Because he comprehended the secret of Mehetabel: 'Mah' is Mordechai, and 'Yitavel' is the secret of Esther, the secret of the Name of Ba"n, which is the Gematria of Eliyahu the Prophet, remembered for good = 400, who had pure eyes = 400. Because he knew the secret of the Ineffable Name with which he flew in the air, and therefore the name of his city was Pa'u, the secret of Yocheved who coos (po'ah) to the newborn, the secret of "all the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away." As it is written in Sotah 36a, that all the six hundred thousand flew in the air, and anyone who stood before them immediately lost control of their bowels. And therefore, in the Written Torah, Hadar did not die, because it hints at Mashiach ben David who will not die, whereas regarding Hadar in Chronicles it is written "and he died," because it hints at Mashiach ben Yosef. Because Pa'u in Gematria is Yosef, about whom it is said, "And they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son." For he is "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree" (Tamar), because Yosef is Gevurot, the secret of Tamar, and David is the secret of Chasadim, therefore he lived seventy years corresponding to the seventy faces of the Torah. Because the great Gaon and Tzaddik, Rabbi Shimon Lavi, merited and comprehended the secret of the Tefillin, which are the Chabad (Chochmah, Binah, Da'at) of Zeir Anpin, the secret of the Tree of Life, about which Moshe said, "Is there a tree in it or not?" Because the hand Tefillin is on the head of Rachel, the secret of the moon, while the head Tefillin is on the head of Zeir Anpin, the secret of the sun. And the great Gaon and Tzaddik, Rabbi Shimon Lavi zt"l, comprehended the secret of the sun and the moon in the secret of Yehoshua bin Nun, who is the secret of the moon. And therefore, cities surrounded by a wall from the time of Yehoshua bin Nun have a special holiness, and they read the Megillah in them on the 15th, at the time of the fullness of the moon. Because in Shushan they fought for two days, the 13th and 14th, and on the 15th the moon shone in its fullness, and then the number of those killed reached 800, twice Eliyahu the Prophet, remembered for good—once corresponding to Nadav the firstborn, and once corresponding to Avihu, who together were the soul of Adam the first man, and they became impregnated in Pinchas at the time he killed Zimri. And then Pinchas comprehended the secret of the Resurrection of the Dead, like Serach the daughter of Asher, who merited, in the merit of the dancing and the leaping, the aspect of the Resurrection of the Dead, Adam Kadmon of Adam Kadmon, 'Amar Neka' (pure wool), the secret of Amram, 'Amar Neka', who lives forever because he was the father of Moshe, who drew life to all living things. Because he merited the aspect of the Land of Israel, for "from afar you shall see the land, but you shall not go over there." Because he merited the green line that renews the months, which surrounds the entire world and protects all the Sefirot and emanates to all the Sefirot. Because on the Fifteenth of Av the Partzuf of Adam Kadmon was emanated, and it was completed on the 16th of Av, so that anyone born on the 16th of Av is guaranteed to be a son of the World to Come. Because he merits the aspect of "the crown of the head of him that is prince among his brethren," which is merited after 21 days are completed, the secret of Ekyeh Asher Ekyeh (I Am That I Am). And therefore Yaakov lived 7 times Ekyeh = 147. "Which You have sworn unto our fathers," to Avraham, Yitzchak, Yaakov, and to Sarah, Rivkah, Rachel, and Leah, is the Gematria of "the wife of Heber the Kenite" = 1066, which is the Gematria of Gemara, Shas, Talmud. Because the four Matriarchs are the secret of the Oral Torah, and "Blessed shall she be above women in the tent" is the Gematria of David, [Avraham, Yitzchak, Yaakov], Sarah, Rivkah, Rachel, Leah. Because King David, peace be upon him, revealed Yael in all her ways, as it is stated in the Zohar [46]: "In a pillar of fire"—this is David, who is the pillar of fire that goes day and night before the camp of Israel. And this is the spiritual remedy (segulah) of the great Gaon and Tzaddik, Rabbi Shimon Lavi zt"l, who merited to be the pillar of fire that goes before the camp of Israel day and night, in this world and in the World to Come.

PRAYERS FOR THE DONORS OF THE YESHIVA AT THE WESTERN WALL

Master of all worlds and Lord of lords, King who loves righteousness and justice, Who sows acts of charity and causes salvations to sprout. Have mercy, in Your great compassion and Your immense loving-kindness, upon all the generous-hearted people of Your nation, the House of Israel, whose spirit has lifted them and whose heart has moved them to give of their money and wealth for our holy Yeshiva, Shuvu Banim, which dwells opposite the site of Your Sanctuary, may it be rebuilt speedily in our days.

Please Hashem, King who is good and does good, true Merciful One, You have already revealed to us in Your Written and Oral Torah, and in the words of Your true Tzaddikim in every generation, the greatness of the virtue of Tzedakah (charity). That it surely opens all the gates in heaven and on earth, to bestow upon its givers all the blessings and salvations, spiritually and materially, and to save them from every trouble and distress, to forgive iniquities, to atone for sins, to pardon transgressions, and to hasten the Geulah (Redemption) in general and in particular.

Therefore, I have come before You in this awesome and holy place, at the Western Wall, a place from which Your Shechinah has never departed, to entreat, to beg, and to plead for all the dear donors, their families, their friends, and all those who need a prayer for forty consecutive days at the Western Wall. To grant them success in all the work of their hands, and to bestow upon them parnassah (livelihood) easily and with tranquility, not with sorrow; in a permissible way and not through prohibition; with abundance and not in limitation; with honor and not in disgrace; for life and for peace, from the flow of the Supernal Pool. And may they not need the gifts of flesh and blood, nor their loans.

And all those who have already needed to borrow from others, help them to repay without any difficulty, and may the verse be fulfilled in them: "And you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow." And have mercy upon them in Your compassion, that they should never come to any illness, but rather they should be healthy and whole in all their limbs and sinews for Your service and Your fear.

And all those who have fallen into illness, be filled with mercy for them and send them a complete healing from Heaven, without needing any physical medicines, and not falling into the hands of idol-worshipping doctors. Rather, they should receive their healing from You alone, the faithful and merciful King Healer. ===========================================

And bless all those who are childless with viable offspring for Your service and Your fear. And the pregnant women, save them so they do not miscarry their fetuses. And those sitting on the birthing stool, in Your great mercy, save them from all evil, and let no croup, demons, spirits, Liliths, or any evil afflictions or diseases rule over any of their children. And may they merit to raise them to Torah, to the wedding canopy, and to good deeds, for long days and good years.

And all those who need a shidduch (marriage match), help them to find their proper match from Heaven in truth. And establish peace in their homes, that there should be no hatred or any change of will between them at all. Rather, they should dwell in love, brotherhood, and friendship, in true peace and tranquility, according to Your good will. And they should conduct themselves in holiness and purity, and from them should come forth many generations, sons and daughters, living and enduring, doing Your will in truth. And they should engage in Your Torah and Your service in truth all their days forever. And they should reveal, publicize, and make known Your Godliness and Your dominion in the world, as it is written: "One generation shall laud Your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts."

And awaken their hearts to return in complete teshuvah (repentance) before You. And You, in Your mercy, stretch out Your right hand to accept their teshuvah among the collective of true Baalei Teshuvah in every generation. And atone for all their sins, forgive their iniquities, and pardon all their transgressions. And help them to sit all their days engaged in Torah and service, and may they merit to draw close to the true Tzaddikim, and reach the true purpose for which they were sent into the world, and not enter before You in shame.

And save them and help them to travel and come to the Tziyon of Rebbe Nachman, the son of Simcha, the son of Feige, in Uman, and to recite there the ten specific Psalms of The Tikkun HaKlali, and to give a coin to charity there for the soul of the awesome Tzaddik who dwells there. In such a way that they will receive their eternal rectification and achieve all their salvations perfectly, until they merit, together with all of Israel, to behold the consolation of Zion in the building of the Holy Temple and in the coming of our righteous Mashiach, speedily in our days, Amen.

B'Siyata D'Shmaya

PRAYER BEFORE TIKKUN CHATZOS

Master of the Universe, Almighty, during the recitation of Tikkun Chatzos (the midnight lament over the Temple), grant me the merit to ascend to Adam Kadmon of Adam Kadmon, the secret of 'Amar Neka' (pure wool), which Amram merited. Because through Amram meriting the secret of Amar Neka, he merited to bring the entire world back in teshuvah. And if he had not divorced Yocheved, he would have merited that all of Egypt would have done teshuvah, like in the days of Chizkiyahu, when five cities spoke the language of Canaan, and accepted upon themselves the 613 commandments, and all of Egypt swore by the Name of the Lord of Hosts, and accepted upon themselves the Seven Noahide Laws. Because after Rachel, the daughter of the daughter of Shuthelach, miscarried into the mortar, and the fetus turned into a sapphire brick, about which it is said, "And He has not remembered His footstool in the day of His anger"—this is the sapphire brick in which the baby of Rachel, the daughter of the daughter of Shuthelach, the firstborn son of Ephraim, was embedded. Because regarding Ephraim it is said, "And Ephraim their father mourned many days"—these are the two hundred thousand mighty men from the tribe of Ephraim who left Egypt after four hundred years from the Covenant Between the Parts, and were all killed by the men of Gath. "And Ephraim mourned for them many days," meaning that Ephraim continued to live another 180 years from the beginning of the exile, thirty years before their exodus from Egypt. And this is the secret of "Gilead is Mine, and Menashe is Mine; Ephraim also is the defense of My head; Yehuda is My lawgiver." Because Ephraim merited the aspect of "And they are the ten thousands of the thousands of Ephraim," just as David merited that all the women sang to him, "Shaul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands." Because David and Ephraim, who was Mashiach ben David, merited the aspect of 'ten thousands' (Revavot), because they never missed a single Tikkun Chatzos in their lives, and midnight never passed over them in sleep. Therefore, both of them merited the aspect of the Revavot, which is the Keter of Atik, where the Revavot are, and from there comes the cutting off of all enemies through the Keter. And therefore Eliyahu the Prophet hid in the Brook of Cherith (Kerit), because from there comes the cutting off (Hachratat) of all the haters and enemies of Israel.

Because Chatzos is the aspect of 'Kallah' (Bride) (Likutei Moharan 49:7), "Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they be no more" (Kaleh b'chemah kaleh v'einemo), the secret of Chatzos, 'the harp of David'. Because the Kallah is the secret of the harp of David, for she is entirely song and melody, in the secret of "Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon; look from the top of Amana." For only through song and melody 'from the top of Amana' will the Geulah come. And therefore it is impossible to break through the closed Mem, except through song and melody, especially song and melody over Tikkun Chatzos, which is the secret of 'Kutra B'Izka' (smoke bound in a ring), which is what breaks through the closed Mem, which is the secret of the Geulah. And Chizkiyahu did not know all this, that even though he was a literal reincarnation of Amram, and brought all of Egypt back in teshuvah—which no one else merited, not even Amram—nevertheless, to comprehend the secret of 'Kutra B'Izka', which is the secret of 'Bereishit' (In the beginning), because it was supposed to be from the beginning [Tikkun 5], but Hashem split the Mem and turned it into a Bet. And here Chizkiyahu needed, through Tikkun Chatzos, song, and melody, to transform the closed Mem of "L'Marbeh hamisrah u'leshalom ein ketz" (That the government may be increased, and of peace there be no end), and turn it into an open Mem, which is the secret of the Geulah, the secret of Mashiach ben David. But this is impossible except through song and melody, in the aspect of "Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon; look from the top of Amana," for only this breaks through the closed Mem. And this is accomplished through every single Tikkun Chatzos with song and melodies, for then we break through the closed Mem, which are the 12 screens over the brain and the intellect. Because the main thing is to contemplate the intellect of everything, and the intellect is the leader, and it opens all the gates, as it is said, "With wisdom He opens the gates." And we ascend to Adam Kadmon of Adam Kadmon, in the secret of 'Amar Neka', the secret of Amram the father of Moshe, who could have, through his Tikkun Chatzos, brought the complete Geulah and built the Holy Temple, the Temple of Fire, and brought Mashiach ben David, and resurrected all the dead, and then we would have merited to recite the complete Hallel the entire Passover. Because through Hallel it is possible to resurrect all the dead, and this is done today through Tikkun Chatzos with intention, with song and melodies, through which we ascend to Adam Kadmon of Adam Kadmon. Especially through the song of 'Shaarei Tziyon', for this liturgical poem opens all the gates, and therefore we sing at Chatzos, "Lift up your heads, O you gates, and be lifted up, you everlasting doors," for with this verse Shlomo opened all the gates of the Temple, and brought the Ark with the Cherubim and the Tablets into its place and its foundation, the Holy of Holies.

B'Siyata D'Shmaya

HONORING ONE'S WIFE

Master of the Universe, Almighty, grant me the merit to honor my wife with all kinds of honor and praise, and I will only speak words of praise and strengthening in Emunah (faith) to her. And I will give her all the honor in the world, and I will be nullified to her in every single word of hers, except for matters of prohibition, Heaven forbid. And I will merit to devote myself to her with all my 248 limbs and 365 sinews, with my entire Nefesh, Ruach, Neshamah, Chayah, and Yechidah. As it is said, 'Honor your wives so that you may become wealthy,' because all the abundance that a husband has is solely in the merit of his wife, as it is said, "They shall bear you upon their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone." And may I merit the rectification of the feet, as it is said, "And His feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives." Because every woman is in the category of "A woman of valor is the crown of her husband." For if the husband is in the Keter (Crown), the wife is in Chochmah (Wisdom); and if the husband is in the Keter of Adam Kadmon, the wife is in the Chochmah of Adam Kadmon; and if the husband is in the Keter of Atik, the wife is in the Chochmah of Atik; and if the husband is in the Keter of Arich, the wife is in the Chochmah of Arich. And therefore, regarding the wedding ring, it must be made 'a square within a circle', and then the bride intends to break through the closed Mem of "L'Marbeh hamisrah u'leshalom ein ketz" (That the government may be increased, and of peace there be no end). And through this, You will reveal to me all the secrets of the Leviathan, as it is said: "Can you draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord? Will he make many supplications unto you? Or will he speak soft words unto you? Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever? Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your maidens? Will the bands of fishermen make a banquet of him? Will they part him among the merchants? Can you fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish-spears?"