nd since He the Most Holy Ancient One is thus symbolized in the Triad,
hence all the other Lights which shine are included in Triads.(805)
Moreover, the Most Holy Ancient One is also symbolized by the Duad.
And the division of the Ancient One in the Duad is so that the (one form
is) the Highest Crown of all the Supernals, the Head of all Heads.
And (the other is) that superior Head, and It is not known.
So also all the remaining Lights are mystically divided into Duads.
Furthermore, the Most Holy Ancient One is symbolized and concealed under
the conception of the Unity, for He himself is One, and all things are
One.
And thus all the other Lights are sanctified, are restricted, and are
bound together in the Unity or Monad, and are One; and all things are HVA,
_Hoa_, Himself.
Chapter III: Concerning the Forehead of the Most Holy Ancient One
The Forehead, which is uncovered in the Most Holy Ancient One, is called
Grace.
For that Supernal Head concealed in the Higher, which no man hath known,
expandeth a certain external manifestation, beautiful and gracious, which
is comprehended in the Forehead.
And since He Himself is the grace of all graciousness; hence He assumeth
the conformation of the Forehead, which is disclosed in the most intense
light (otherwise, hath a formation in the figure of a leaf).
And when It is disclosed, the grace of all graciousness is found in all
worlds.
And all the prayers of the Inferiors are accepted; and the countenance of
Microprosopus is illuminated, and all things are found to exist in mercy.
And since (through this) all judgments are hidden and subjected, hence in
the Sabbath, in the time of the afternoon prayers, in which all judgments
are excited, that Forehead is disclosed.
And all the judgments are turned aside, and mercies are found.
And therefore is the Sabbath found without judgment, as well that which is
above as that which is below; also the fire of Gehenna is restrained in
its place, and the transgressors are at rest.
And therefore is the Spirit NSHMTH, of joy added on the Sabbath.
And it behoveth man to rejoice with three feasts on the Sabbath; for all
truth, and the whole system of true faith, is found therein (_i.e._, in
the Sabbath).
And it behoveth man to prepare the table, that he may eat in the three
feasts of true faith, and rejoice in them.(806)
Rabbi Schimeon said: "I attest concerning myself, before all these who are
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