סימן ל"ב-יש צדיקים גנוזים

There — Letter Gimmel — "Living fiery creatures that speak [chayos aysh mamlalos] — living fiery creatures — the aspect of Chavah, a woman [chayos aysh b'chinas chavah ishah]" — this being the aspect of: she was named Chavah because she was the mother of all life — meaning: the aspect of the holy tongue. This means: for it is known that the category of Man — which is a speaking living being — corresponds to the element of fire. Therefore the complete speech — which is the holy tongue — is literally the aspect of living fiery creatures that speak. And through it the bonfire of the seventy luminaries is broken up and scattered — this being the aspect of: "burning coals shall fall upon them" — as is elaborated below in Letter Hay. This discourse was said on Shabbas Parshas Yisro 5569.

There: "And the Name Yosef — on account of… the aspect of: 'G-d has gathered [asaf] my disgrace'" — see the Rashbam who explained that he was named Yosef on account of "G-d has gathered" — only she added the yud of Yosef on account of "may Hashem add [yosef] for me another son." And I heard: that it was said because of a question that the Rav the Tzaddik — Mohar'r Yekusiel — the Maggid of the holy community of Tarhavitza — who was very attached to Rabbainu — asked him. And so on. There: "and as related in the story of the Baal Shem Tov with the preacher [darshan]." And so on. The meaning is: as elaborated elsewhere — that a certain preacher once sat at a table — at the table where — and so on — as elaborated in the discourse. There: "or he gives her the bitter waters to drink — and then she is tested." And so on.

There: "And the serpent — which is the comprehensive evil above — when there is no perfection in the holy tongue — it goes and rules over the holy tongue…" — Here is elaborated the secret of the serpent: that it is the aspect of the evil of the seventy tongues — the aspect of the three utterly impure kelippos. And it is the aspect of the foolish woman [eshes ksilus] who went and seduced Chavah — who is the aspect of the wise woman — the holy tongue. By causing her to stumble through eating from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil — which is the aspect of the Aramaic translation — which is mixed good and evil — which is the aspect of the kelipas nogah — which sometimes ascends and is included in holiness and sometimes the reverse, G-d forbid. And it is the aspect of the understanding woman [isha maskheles] which is the midpoint between the foolish woman and the wise woman — for maskhel with a left shin [sin] means understanding and wisdom — and with a right shin it means causing destruction, G-d forbid. Likewise this above aspect sometimes is included in holiness and sometimes the reverse, G-d forbid. And the essential completion of the building of the holy tongue is through elevating the good within the translation to the holy tongue and causing the evil within it to fall — for through this all the seventy tongues fall — in the aspect of: "a tongue falls upon a tongue" [lashon nofal al lashon] as is elaborated in the discourse. There — the same Letter — regarding the perfection of the holy tongue: see the Kitzur Likutay Moharan and in Likutay Aitzos, Dibbur, Letter Gimmel — where it is explained that this means one should guard the tongue and speech from blemishing it with flawed speech, G-d forbid — of idle words, slander, lies, and the like — but on the contrary: to sanctify speech with holy words of Torah and prayer. And likewise the prayer that one prays between oneself and one's Creator — explaining one's conversation before Him in the vernacular language we speak [lashon Ashkenaz] — this too is counted within the perfection of the holy tongue.

In my humble opinion the meaning is: for the section of Sotah [the unfaithful wife] is called a book [sefer] — as it is written: [Numbers 5] "and he shall write these curses in a book [v'kasav es ha'alos ha'eileh b'sefer]." And this above: [Proverbs 18] "a tower of strength is the Name of Haveye'ah [migdal oz shem Haveye'ah]" — and so on — "this is the book of the generations of Adam [da hu sefer toldos adam]." And so on.

Section 8 — Letter ח — [on Letter Vov of the discourse] See there. [And see Sifri and Midrash Rabbah Nasso, Chapter 9: "the Omnipresent said — the book that was written in My Name — let it be erased into the water." And so on — see there what is written further on this.] There: "and know that there is a yichudah tata'ah [lower unification]." And so on. O my brother who studies this — see and contemplate the great elevation and precious sanctity of the yichudah tata'ah when it is in holiness and purity as befitting. Section 7 — Letter ז — [on Letter Hay of the discourse] Until it is truly worthy for its sake to burn all the books of the world — as elaborated in the discourse. Section 8 — Letter ח — [on Letter Vov of the discourse]