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Parashat Va'etchanan ⟦as ordered⟧
1. Comfort, comfort My people, says your God. Speak to the heart of Jerusalem and call to her that her
time of service is completed, that her iniquity is pardoned, for she has received from the hand of the Lord double for all her sins. A voice calls out in the wilderness: Clear
the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be raised and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven ground shall become
level, and the ridges a plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken. -
A voice says, "Call out!" And he said, "What shall I call out?" All flesh is grass, and all its goodness is like the flower of the field. The grass withers,
the flower fades, when the breath of the Lord blows upon it; surely the people is grass. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God
shall stand forever. Get yourself up on a high mountain, O herald of good news to Zion; lift up your voice with strength, O herald of good news to Jerusalem;
lift it up, do not fear; say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!" Behold, the Lord God comes with might, and His arm
rules for Him; behold, His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him. Like a shepherd He will graze His flock; in His arm He will gather the lambs
and carry them in His bosom; those that are nursing He will lead. Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the heavens with a span, and comprehended the dust of
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance? Who has meted out the spirit of the Lord, and who was His counselor that he might inform Him?
With whom did He take counsel, and who gave Him understanding, and taught Him in the path of justice, and taught Him knowledge, and showed Him the way of understanding?
Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance; behold, the islands are like fine dust that is lifted up. And Lebanon is not enough for fuel,
nor its beasts enough for a burnt offering. All the nations are as nothing before Him; they are accounted by Him as less than nothing and vanity. To whom then will you liken
God? Or what likeness will you compare to Him? The idol, a craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold, and fashions silver chains.
He that is too poor for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot; he seeks out a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not totter.
Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in;
who brings princes to nothing, and makes the judges of the earth as vanity. Scarcely are they planted, scarcely are they sown, scarcely has their stem taken root
in the earth, when He blows upon them and they wither, and the storm wind carries them away like stubble. To whom then will you liken Me, that I should be equal?
says the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high and see: Who created these? He who brings out their host by number, to all of them
He calls by name; by the greatness of His might and because He is strong in power, not one is missing. Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak,
O Israel, "My way is hidden from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over by my God"? Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, does not faint and is not weary; there is no searching of His understanding.
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The Lord
And likewise we ran like Salah Daoud, we received only without <del>doubt</del> and that house how
was the reason for our arrival at the head of the bridge on Tuesday at the hour of
12, and how we had a break at the end of the bridge, the people also stopped walking
on their feet for fear of the bridge, which was shaking from the multitude of people.
The rule of Turkey, we set our minds to walk to the house of Al-Hajj Yusuf Daoud.
Paid to <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> we wrote as a commander, an elder in the affairs of the house.
Paid on the day of 25 Tammuz in the year 5670, may God Almighty look upon us and mend our brokenness and mend
in this year, may He mend the brokenness of Israel and erase Amalek from under the heavens
as it is written <del>you shall erase the memory of Amalek</del> from under the heavens, do not forget.
And likewise on Friday we traveled from Baghdad the guarded, the exalted
to Hillah the lush, we arrived on the Holy Sabbath at the 11th hour.
And the Haham Bashi was in this year, remembered that our family etc. the matters
in a thousand goodness and peace, and the world is deprived of Al-Hajj Salih Yusuf
who went to his world on the Holy Sabbath day, 11 Menachem [Av], the year 5670.
For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am broken; I mourn; dismay has taken hold of me.
Like a time of sorrow and sighing, and sorrow and sighing shall flee, and everlasting joy upon
their heads they shall obtain, and sorrow and sighing shall flee, for the Lord has redeemed Jacob and ransomed him
from a hand stronger than his. Hallelujah. Praise, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord.
Let the name of the Lord be blessed from now and forever. From the rising of the sun to its setting,
the name of the Lord is praised. High above all nations is the Lord, above the heavens is His glory. Who is like the Lord
our God, who dwells on high, who humbles Himself to look upon the heavens and the earth?
He raises the poor from the dust, from the ash heaps He lifts the needy, to seat them with
nobles, with the nobles of His people. He settles the childless woman of the house as a happy mother of children.
Hallelujah. When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
Judah became His sanctuary, Israel His dominion. The sea saw and fled, the Jordan
turned backward. The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
What ails you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn backward? O mountains, that you skip
like rams? O hills, like lambs? Before the Lord, tremble, O earth, before the God
of Jacob, who turns the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of water.
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unless the nesting place where he found them was the nesting place in the house
where the leaven was; for if the nesting place where he found them was the nesting place
in the house where the leaven was; for if the nesting place where he found them
was the nesting place in the house where the leaven was; for if the nesting place where he found them
was the nesting place in the house where the leaven was; for if the nesting place where he found them
was the nesting place in the house where the leaven was; for if the nesting place where he found them
was the nesting place in the house where the leaven was; for if the nesting place where he found them
was the nesting place in the house where the leaven was; for if the nesting place where he found them
was the nesting place in the house where the leaven was; for if the nesting place where he found them
A story of a certain Rabbi
who was a wise, pious, holy, and ascetic man of the sages of Babylon,
his name was Rav Hamnuna Saba, of blessed memory, in the name of Rav Huna, of blessed memory.
A story of a certain Rabbi who was sitting in the study hall and was preaching
every single day, and he had a certain student who would sit before him.
One day, Elijah the Prophet, may he be remembered for good, met him and said to him:
"Why are you sitting here?" He said to him: "In order to study Torah."
Elijah the Prophet, may he be remembered for good, said to him: <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> "If you want
to study Torah, come with me and I will teach you Torah." He said to him:
"I am ready and prepared." Elijah the Prophet, may he be remembered for good, said to him:
"Go to your house and take provisions for the way, and take with you one hundred gold pieces
and send them to your wife and to your sons and to your daughters, and say to them:
'I am going to study Torah with Elijah the Prophet, may he be remembered for good.'"
And that Rabbi went and did according to all that Elijah the Prophet commanded him,
may he be remembered for good, and returned to him and said: "I am ready and prepared."
Elijah the Prophet, may he be remembered for good, said to him: "Come with me," and they both went
on the way and arrived at a house, and inside it was a man very poor and wretched,
and he had one cow, and he and his wife supported themselves from it.
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Alexander the Great harmed the people of Jerusalem and the Temple because they sent him a book
of peace for his enemy. And in the year 1909 they will remain and be overturned in the world and in war and in a difficult and evil decree
and there will be an end to fear and peace Amen the will of the Merciful and Gracious and Redeemer who lives forever and ever
And therefore in this year there will be renewed and renewed from decrees and troubles <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> and great and evil fear
on Thursday and on Saturday and on Sunday and on Monday and on Tuesday and on Wednesday and on Thursday on all days
And in this year that all their sin and their completion and their fear will pass for a hand is upon the throne of the Lord
And let it be and so be the will in this year because there is great fear in it for fear and trembling
shall come and trembling shall come upon us and upon our people and upon all Israel Amen and so be it
In this year and in the other year because the war will be from the east because from the east it shall come
And there will be a great war in the world in it and there will be great fear for a hand is upon the throne of the Lord
in the world and there will be a great war between the kings because a hand is upon the throne of the Lord and there will be in it
a great war and there will be great fear in the world and there will be great fear for a hand is upon the throne of the Lord
a great war and there will be great fear in the world and there will be great fear for a hand is upon the throne of the Lord
In this year and in the other year because the war will be from the east because from the east it shall come
And there will be a great war in the world in it and there will be great fear for a hand is upon the throne of the Lord
In this year and in the other year because the war will be from the east because from the east it shall come
And there will be a great war in the world in it and there will be great fear for a hand is upon the throne of the Lord
In this year and in the other year because the war will be from the east because from the east it shall come
And there will be a great war in the world in it and there will be great fear for a hand is upon the throne of the Lord
In this year and in the other year because the war will be from the east because from the east it shall come
And there will be a great war in the world in it and there will be great fear for a hand is upon the throne of the Lord
In this year and in the other year because the war will be from the east because from the east it shall come
And there will be a great war in the world in it and there will be great fear for a hand is upon the throne of the Lord
In this year and in the other year because the war will be from the east because from the east it shall come
And there will be a great war in the world in it and there will be great fear for a hand is upon the throne of the Lord
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If they had with them ⟦the tools⟧ and the rest of the people were holding back the animals, and when they come
to the ⟦hired workers⟧ by name they say, what is ours
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Translation of the Song of Songs
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of
the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see
war, and they return to Egypt: But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of
the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt. —
And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn
the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up
my bones away hence with you. — And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham,
in the edge of the wilderness. — And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud,
to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go
by day and night: He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar
of fire by night, from before the people. — And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between
Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. —
For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them
in. — And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured
upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. And they did so. —
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And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of
the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see
war, and they return to Egypt: — But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of
the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt. —
Ask of the peace of my dear brother Menachem Shlomo, may his soul rest in Eden, and his dear brother Yitzchak, may his soul rest in Eden
And the rest of their family members, great peace to your honorable excellencies
And afterwards they shall come to the light very much according to the law of ⟦illegible⟧ to your light
And the great grace of God be upon you and upon us in peace, never your honor
In the peace of your daughter Mr. ⟦illegible⟧ <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> for such-and-such to your light
⟦illegible⟧ fled and they had grace full of favor in the eyes of Hashem, may His name be honored, and your eyes
My mouth of your mercy <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> this is forever grace and truth and grace of peace of your love
And after great peace ⟦illegible⟧ by Eliyahu Avraham Ezra - Peace
⟦illegible⟧ Peace Baruch and his family ⟦illegible⟧ Menachem Cohen ⟦illegible⟧ and peace
⟦illegible⟧ Peace Yitzchak Haviv and his brother ⟦illegible⟧ Menachem Cohen ⟦illegible⟧ and peace
⟦illegible⟧ Honorable David Nissim and his family ⟦illegible⟧ Honorable Menachem Cohen ⟦illegible⟧ and peace
⟦illegible⟧ Honorable Shlomo Menachem and his brother ⟦illegible⟧ Honorable Menachem Cohen ⟦illegible⟧ and peace
⟦illegible⟧ Honorable Eliyahu Haviv ⟦illegible⟧ Honorable Menachem Cohen ⟦illegible⟧ and peace
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del> and peace ⟦illegible⟧ and peace and peace and peace ⟦illegible⟧
And afterwards it was written to you in the letter of our dear brother Shalom ⟦illegible⟧
Even though in the peace of M' Nissim M' Nissim ⟦illegible⟧ and afterwards ⟦illegible⟧
And peace to all the honored, to the honor of my dear brother and also my dear brother
And peace to all his family members, great peace and peace to all the honored
And peace to all his family members and great peace ⟦illegible⟧ by this upon me
⟦illegible⟧ and great peace ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
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And one of them received
And the remainder he paid to the mother, in it 5000 francs, one in
He asked of you half of the house's beans and a gold residence, Abbas Lu
He asked for the 500 francs in the residence in the city 30
within six months and he will eat for them the house, God willing
And the remainder he paid to the mother, in it 5000 francs, one in
And the remainder he paid to the mother, in it 5000 francs, one in
in the residence in the city 30 within six months
in one franc in it 5000 francs, except for 500 francs
in the residence in the city 30 within six months
the 500 francs in the residence in the city 30 within
He asked for the 500 francs in the residence in the city 30
And one of them received in it 5000 francs, one in
the 500 francs in the residence in the city 30
And one of them received in it 5000 francs, one in
the 500 francs in the residence in the city 30
And one of them received in it 5000 francs, one in
the 500 francs in the residence in the city 30
And one of them received in it 5000 francs, one in
And people divided on this into two groups: a group that said that the intended by this Dawad
who <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> was famous as the well-known Dawad in that time, and this Dawad
was a companion of Hezekiah. And it was said that he is S.B.O.S and that the intended by this Dawad
who was famous in his time. And it was said that this Dawad was a companion of Daniel and that he
is the Dawad who used to hear from the angel who used to address Daniel in some places.
It is possible that this Dawad is ⟦himself⟧ the one from whom was heard
the Dawad from whom was heard the angel who used to address Daniel in some places.
And it occurred in some copies that this Dawad is ⟦himself⟧ the one from whom was heard
that Dawad from whom was heard the angel who used to address Daniel in some places
in that time in which Daniel was, and that there was heard from him the angel who used to
address Daniel in some places in that time.
And it was said that this Dawad, from him was heard the angel who used to address
Daniel in some places in that time.
And it was said that this Dawad, from him was heard the angel who used to address
Daniel in some places in that time.
And it was said that this Dawad, from him was heard the angel who used to address
Daniel in some places in that time.
And it was said that this Dawad, from him was heard the angel who used to address
Daniel in some places in that time.
And it was said that this Dawad, from him was heard the angel who used to address
Daniel in some places in that time.
And it was said that this Dawad, from him was heard the angel who used to address
Daniel in some places in that time.
And it was said that this Dawad, from him was heard the angel who used to address
Daniel in some places in that time.
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And therefore Rebecca was in the place of Sarah his mother, and this means the voice of
"And Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother," and it is translated that Isaac entered into
the tent of Sarah his mother. Until Rebecca died and was buried in the Cave of Machpelah,
and our father Jacob, peace be upon him, arose and buried her there. And the meaning of "into the tent of Sarah" means
to say that she became like Sarah his mother in her actions, from lighting the lamp and preparing
the leaven and the bread and the shadow of the cloud; therefore it is mentioned here in the verse "And Isaac brought her
into the tent of Sarah his mother," and it is translated that Isaac entered into the tent of Sarah
his mother. And the meaning of "kiba" is the tent, and in our time this is called the
Diwan. And the meaning of "to her tent" is to the tent of Sarah his mother, and this verse
is the last verse in the portion of Chayei Sarah, and it is the first verse of
the Haftarah "And Abraham was old, advanced in years." and it mentioned an addition ⟦more⟧ "And Abraham again
took a wife, and her name was Keturah." And our Sages of blessed memory said that she is Hagar the mother of Ishmael,
and she had two names, Hagar and Keturah. And she was named Keturah because she tied
herself from marriage after her departure from the house of our father Abraham, peace be upon him.
And the meaning of "Keturah" is derived from "knot" (kesher), and also because she was
perfumed with righteous deeds like the incense (ketoret). and it mentioned after that:
"And she bore him Zimran, and Jokshan, etc." And it mentioned after that:
"And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac."
It means to say that he gave
him all the properties that he had, from livestock and other things, just as
the Blessed Hashem granted him. "But to the sons of the concubines whom Abraham had, he gave
gifts, and he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward to the land of the east."
It means to say that he gave them gifts and dismissed them from being near Isaac his son
while he was still alive, and sent them to the land of the East. and this is the meaning of
Immediately we sent all these things by the hand of Sir Salim P. Nahum
and he delivered them to the hand of the Wise David Sofer in Baghdad to the place where
his honor resides and nothing remained in our hands and it was on Sunday the 18th of Adar I 5688
the aforementioned Wise David Sofer came to us and delivered into our hands the total of five hundred
English Gold [coins] in cash and it was on Monday the 19th of the aforementioned Adar I we traveled
we and the aforementioned Wise David Sofer and we went to the Ottoman Bank and delivered into the hands of
the bank, that is into the hands of the manager, those aforementioned five hundred English Gold [coins]
to the credit of the exalted Menachem Daniel, may his Rock and Redeemer preserve him, and we took a receipt from the bank and we went
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And I am in the face of heresy
which is in the rest of the understanding of their words according to the way of intellect, except in this
apart from all people, for they say in their prayer, except for the understanding in this
and God knows of it
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<del>the interpretation</del>
And His saying in this the rebellious and in the wealth, even if his speech was in heresy
⟦p⟧ for in it is a hint of the revelation in it as it was written, and in this
words now like that, and they are according to their understanding that he says in this the
<del>interpretation</del> and the Sheikh so-and-so, the master, the exalted friend, said, and from the wealth which
is likewise written upon it, which is in this biography, and in the understanding, God knows the hint
that is in it, and from this the hint which he said, God knows in this
apart from the people, for he <del>says</del> because this wealth contains a thousand explanations as
it is in it in this the ⟦...⟧ words of the master, the wealth which is in this
in this which is in God knows in the wealth which was written upon the mouth in
God knows in this which is in the words, the wealth
In the name of the Merciful, who remembers and visits with a good memory, and life, and peace, and blessing
Praise be to God Almighty, for by agreement and simple will and with a whole heart
Happy with his lot and resolved with a whole heart and a willing soul and said with a whole heart and resolved
With a whole heart and a willing soul for he said, said, said [So-and-so] on the first day
Of the week, on the [date] of the month [So-and-so], the year [So-and-so] of the creation here in Baghdad
The city ⟦line⟧
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And afterwards he shall perform according to the order
as the Kabbalist Rabbi Maharhu z"l wrote in the book Sha'ar HaKavanot
And with this, one will understand the arrangement and the great intention that was in the secret of A"K etc. and also
And he shall make these letters through the intention of the names of Ma"h and Ba"n
which are Havayah like this: Yod He Vav He etc. <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> the rest of the names of A"V
And afterwards he shall intend like this: Y' Y' H' H' V' V' H' H' etc. and besides
And besides those numbers that we hinted at above, there are other intentions
from the intention of the Havayah Adonai combination etc. and also the intention of NeRaNCha"I of the Nefesh
of every Partzuf from the worlds etc. etc. and afterwards he shall say the portion
of Ki Tisa and the ingredients of the incense etc. etc. and one should not elaborate on this
except for those who know this wisdom, and whoever does not know shall say them
plainly and this is sufficient, and the Blessed Name shall atone for us, Amen
Finished and complete, praise to God the Creator of the world
By the young and humble in the thousands of Menashe, Shalom son of my master
my teacher and my rabbi and the crown of my head, the Divine Kabbalist, the Honorable Rabbi
Eliyahu Shalom ztzu"kl zi"a Amen, so may it be His will
And I saw fit to write here the order of the elevation of the soul on the eve of the Holy Sabbath
as the Kabbalist Rabbi Maharhu z"l wrote in Sha'ar HaKavanot
Know that on the eve of the Holy Sabbath after midday the illumination of
the holiness of the Sabbath begins to shine etc. and a person needs to wash his face, hands, and feet
with hot water on the eve of the Sabbath etc. and one needs to intend in this washing that
the water is the secret of Chesed <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> with which they wash the body
to remove the spirit of impurity and the external husks that attached to it during the days
of the week etc. etc. etc.
Essay (2) Blessed be He who has released me from the punishment of this one in the name of Rabbi Yehuda
He shall surely exempt him from the punishment of this one: and the author of the 'Me'or' of blessed memory explained that one does not bless with the Name and Kingship
The Candle of Commandment and the Light of Torah
And God spoke all these words, saying, I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land
Within the faith of a person who believes in the Lord, may His name be blessed and His memory be for ever and ever
White light came in one shadow and like a thread of light that has no end and no purpose
And see 'And they returned according to the law'
And know that before the world was created, He and His Name were one, and regarding this
The liturgical poet established: 'Then before any creature was created'
That before the world was created there was nothing but Him and His Name alone, and He
Is called 'Ein Sof' (Infinite) and has no beginning and no end and no purpose and no image and no
Form and no body nor physical power, and no physical perception shall perceive Him nor any likeness
And when it arose in the thought of the Holy One, Blessed be He, to create the worlds and to create the creatures in order
To recognize His greatness, may His name be blessed and His memory be for ever and ever, He contracted Himself into a single
Point in the center, and this is the secret of the Contraction (Tzimtzum)
And there remained a vacant space and empty air and a void, and from that point He drew one line
Of light, and with it He created all the worlds entirely, and this line touches and does not touch
And encompasses all the worlds entirely, and this line is called the Line of Measure, and with it He measures
All the worlds entirely, and this line never changes for ever and ever, may His name be blessed
And His memory be for ever and ever and for all eternity, may His name be blessed and exalted and His memory be for ever
And for eternity of eternities, Amen, may it be His will
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And when the words of the Master Cantor were finished, he responded to it, long were the words
of the women except from that one of the words of the <del>child</del> words of the women except
he raised his hand, and when the priest's words were finished, he came to the shop of
this, how it was long, we saw the women except from that, and although they were
and when the words of the priest were finished, and when the account of the realization was long, the words
of the women, and he raised <del>his hand</del> his hand over the head of the Jew, and the women raised his hand
the shop, because the fate in it was very bad because of the words of that
the words of the women truly for the marking in it of your blood and burning for what happened
and in it David will be cured in his lesson of that child, and immediately a circle went to him and he took
the circle, and he raised the circle, and he raised his hand and returned to the marking, if they do
the words of <del>Messiah</del> they will receive from you and take that, that flow in it the words
of a circle, he raised a circle and raised words and raised his hand, the words of the women except
and he took upon the palm of the earth except he raised and the women raised his hand except a circle
from the day of the Sabbath, the words of truth about that except in it <del>long</del> the day
of the circle <del>and he raised</del> and the women raised his hand and asked in it words from you regarding
the women and the words of the women and he raised his hand from you even in the words of the women
except the words of the women except from that except words, words of that in
from the day of Sabbath the realization to him who receives the words of our judge in his mouth, the words of a circle
except words to him <del>words of a circle</del> to him who went into that in the shop and except he stands in a circle
to him who will be cured, will be cured, words of a circle and the words to the marking
Parashat Lech-Lecha, Chapter 85
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Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great, etc. This is Chapter 85.
God, may He be exalted, said to Abram after he entered the fire and was saved from it: Do not fear, O Abram, from
King Nimrod and his company, for I am your protector and defender from them. And do not fear from
the kings whom you defeated, saying: I have now earned their enmity, and they will return and kill me.
And do not fear, saying: My reward has been diminished because of what I took from the King of Sodom,
for your reward from Me is great and abundant, more than that. From here it is inferred that anyone who
trusts in God, He will protect him from the evil of the wicked, provide him with lawful sustenance, and grant him prosperity,
and he will be victorious. Our Sages, of blessed memory, who are remembered for good, said: Our father Abraham, peace be upon him, is likened
to a king who had a beloved friend, and that friend went to war and conquered and killed the enemies
of the king, and returned with great joy. When he reached the king's courtyard, the king came out to meet him
and brought out many gifts for him. But when that friend began to enter through the king's gate,
he began to be afraid and said: Perhaps the king has other enemies, or perhaps
he has grown sons who will rise against me and kill me because I killed the king's enemies.
The king sensed the matter and said to him: Fear not, I am a shield for you from all the enemies
who will rise against you. And not only that, but your reward is very great, which I am giving to you.
So too our father Abraham, peace be upon him, after he killed four kings and returned Lot his
brother's son and all the property, began to be afraid and said: Perhaps they have sons or brothers
who will rise against me and kill me. The Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: Fear not, Abram, I am your shield
from everything. And not only that, but your reward is very great in the World to Come for the commandment
that you performed, in that you did not want to accept even a shoelace from the King of Sodom. And this is
what the scripture says: He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him. Happy is the man who makes
the Lord his trust, and does not turn to the arrogant, or to those who fall away to lies. And King David, peace be upon him,
trusted in the Lord and said: In God I trust; I will not be afraid; what can man do to me?
And so the scripture said: Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose trust the Lord is.
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In the name of the Merciful One, may He be blessed, in the name of the Great, Mighty, and Awesome God, Amen, Forever.
After this, I say: Know, O my dear, beloved, and precious brother —
that by your head and your life, you shall not bypass all the — he who mentioned
and wrote in the newspaper on Friday, the date of the seventeenth of Adar, year 5606
at the place in Baghdad, may God protect it, greetings to you, your uncle, and your children
named by their names. Aside from that, O my brother, I write to you the news
the new [events] that occurred with us in Baghdad regarding the Haham Bashi.
I tell you, my lord, that Ezra son of Ezekiel Agha, may God increase his glory and stature,
mentioned to me that on Tuesday, the date of the fourteenth of the aforementioned Adar,
all the Jews of Baghdad gathered, their great and their small, their noble and their lowly,
and they read to the whole congregation, from their great to their small, upon the pulpit, and the Haham
Bashi, the representative of the King, may his majesty be exalted, stood and pronounced a great ban on anyone who opposes
or acts contrary to what is written in this paper, which concerns the
Ketubbah (marriage contract). Aside from that, the detail is that anyone who writes a Ketubbah
for his daughter shall write for her two hundred dinars, whereas previously they used to write
for her four hundred, five hundred, or a thousand dinars, and that was heavy
and that was very heavy upon the poor people who had no means,
and their daughters would remain in their homes without marriage because of that.
So the Haham Bashi, may his majesty be exalted, observed this situation and took pity on the poor,
and made this good regulation. Furthermore, they decreed in Baghdad
that women shall not wear gold, nor silver, nor jewels, nor
pearls, nor emeralds, nor rubies, nor diamonds, nor anything else,
nor shall they wear silk, nor gold-brocade, nor raw silk, nor anything else; rather
they shall wear chintz, and linen, and wool, and velvet, nothing else. And whoever opposes this,
the ban and the curse shall fall upon him, and they shall curse him, banish him, and expel him from
the congregation, and they shall not accept from him prayer, nor pilgrimage, nor anything else,
nor shall ten [men] read over him, nor shall they wash him, nor shroud him, nor bury him
in the Jewish cemeteries. And he who hears shall be blessed, and he who opposes shall be an infidel.
And peace be upon Israel, and upon the rabbis, and upon their students, and upon all
this holy congregation, Amen, Forever, Selah, and Evermore.
Rabbi Eliezer says: The Holy Spirit rests upon him so that his mind does not become haughty,
as the matter is stated: "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the humble."
And from where do we know that it only rests upon a happy heart? As it is stated: "And it was, when the musician played,
that the hand of the Lord was upon him." Rav Yehuda said, and so Rav Nachman taught, and this is what Elisha said:
"And now, bring me a musician; and it was, when the musician played, that the hand of the Lord was upon him."
Rav Yaakov said <del>bar Idi</del> and so the school of Eliyahu taught: The Shekhinah rests neither from sadness,
nor from laziness, nor from laughter, nor from lightheadedness, nor from
idle words, but rather from a matter of joy of a commandment, as it is stated: "And now, bring me a musician."
Rav Yehuda said, and so Rav Nachman taught: A story of two people who were walking on the way,
and one of them was lengthy in words and one of them was brief in words, for he had
nothing but what his eyes see. And his friend said to him: Why do you shorten words of Torah?
He said to him: By your life, I see nothing but as if there were a dead person before my eyes.
He said to him: Do not say so,
for thus the Sages said: It is forbidden for a person to put sadness in his heart; rather, he should engage in Torah
with joy <del>and with gladness of heart</del> and with gladness of heart, and out of joy of a commandment the Holy Spirit rests
upon him, as it is stated: "Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and with gladness of heart, from the abundance of
everything," and "you shall be only joyful," and "you shall rejoice in your festival and you shall be only joyful." I might think even on the last
festival day? The verse says "only," which divides. And so it says: "In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of
adversity consider; God has made even the one over against the other." The Torah spoke in the language of human beings.
Rav Yehuda said in the name of Rav: Anyone who did not see the Joy of the Water Drawing House never saw joy
in his days. And anyone who saw the Joy of the Water Drawing House saw joy. And what is the Joy of
the Water Drawing House? That they would play on harps, and on lyres, and on cymbals, and all musical instruments,
and say: Happy is our youth that did not shame our old age; these are the pious and the men of action.
And they say: Happy is our old age that atoned for our youth; these are the masters of repentance. Both these and those
say: Happy is he who did not sin, and he who sinned shall return and He will forgive him.
It was taught: They said about Hillel the Elder, when he was happy at the Joy of the Water Drawing House,
he said thus: If I am here, everyone is here; and if I am not here, who is here? He used to say:
To the place that I love, my feet lead me.
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except here one of these people wants to be in a house or exchange a residence
that place of so-and-so, if he wants it to be at such-and-such a time, and he sends to him papers
in every house and says to him: I want so-and-so to be with me in
this house, and he says to him: Yes, my master, I will be with you in every place
and do not fear for the heirs, and whatever you have of dinars, of debt, and of dirhams
up to a thousand dinars, and whatever you have of gold and silver and other goods
and clothes, O my brother, do not fear anything, for I will be with you in every place
and you will be with me always and you shall never part from me, neither in this world nor in
the hereafter, O my brother, I want one thing from you, and it is that you give me your hand
and swear and covenant with me that you will be my companion and I will be your companion
And likewise he went to the house of so-and-so and knocked on the door and the owner
of the house came out to him and said to him: Who are you? And he said to him: I am your comrade and I am
so-and-so, and he opened the door for him and he entered to him and sat with him and said
to him: O my brother, I want one thing from you, and it is that you give me
your hand and covenant with me that you will be my companion and I will be your companion
And he said to him: My master, I do not oppose your command, and whatever you want from me
I will do it. And he said to him: O my brother, get up with me to the market and we will sit
there to smoke and drink coffee. And he had a shopkeeper friend who knew him
And he said to him: My master, I want one thing from you, and it is that
you be my companion and I will be your companion. And he said to him: Yes, my master
I do not oppose your command, and whatever you want from me I will do it. And he said
to him: O my brother, get up with me to the market and we will sit there to smoke
and drink coffee. And he had a shopkeeper friend who knew him, and he said to him: My master
I want one thing from you, and it is that you be my companion and I
will be your companion. And he said to him: Yes, my master, I do not oppose
your command, and whatever you want from me I will do it. And he said to him: O my brother
get up with me to the market and we will sit there to smoke and drink coffee
Memory of the Sabbath of the newborn on the occasion of having a daughter born
And the name of the mother of the newborn is Eini and the name of her father is Selim. In the name of God, bless.
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In the name of the Compassionate, the Merciful
And it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spoke unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister,
saying: Moses My servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan,
thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it, as I spoke
unto Moses. From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land
of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border. There shall not any man be able to stand
before thee all the days of thy life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor
forsake thee. Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land which
I swore unto their fathers to give them. Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all
the law, which Moses My servant commanded thee; turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that
thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein
day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein; for then thou shalt make
thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed;
for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people,
saying: Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying: Prepare you
victuals; for within three days ye are to pass over this Jordan, to go in
to possess the land, which the Lord your God giveth you to possess it.
An example of who goes up to the heavens and comes down to the land and gathers the wind —
<del>and binds</del> binds the water in a garment; who is he and what is his name <del>and what</del> the son of his name
Know that the word 'and comes down' here is a mistake
And Marad Labi Safar does not know all the parts of the body are six, without the verbs
defective; no, O man, tell me how many verbs there are that consist entirely
of only one letter? He answered that they are three: Qafi, 'Afi, and Shi. As for Qafi, it is
an imperative from waqa (to protect), yaqi, and the root is awqi, so the waw was omitted because the waw falls
between
the ya and the kasra, so it became yaqi, then the ya was omitted in the imperative for what we mentioned, so there remained
Qafi with a kasra indicating what was omitted, and it is the second object. And similarly
'Afi from wa'a (to contain), ya'i, and the root is aw'i, so the waw was omitted because the waw falls between
the ya and the kasra, so it became ya'i, then the ya was omitted in the imperative for what we mentioned,
so there remained 'Afi with a kasra indicating what was omitted, and it is the second object.
As for Shi, it is an imperative from washa (to embellish), yashi, and the root is awshi, so the waw was omitted
because the waw falls between the ya and the kasra, so it became yashi, then the ya was omitted
in the imperative for what we mentioned, so there remained Shi with a kasra indicating what was omitted,
and it is the second object. And similarly Li from wali (to be near), yali, and the root is
awli, so the waw was omitted because the waw falls between the ya and the kasra, so it became
yali, then the ya was omitted in the imperative for what we mentioned, so there remained Li with a kasra
indicating what was omitted, and it is the second object. And similarly also
Di from wada (to pay blood money), yadi, and the root is awdi, so the waw was omitted because the waw falls
between the ya and the kasra, so it became yadi, then the ya was omitted in the imperative
for what we mentioned, so there remained Di with a kasra indicating what was omitted, and it is the object
the second. And similarly also Ni from wana (to tire), yani, and the root is awni, so the waw was omitted
because the waw falls between the ya and the kasra, so it became yani, then the ya was omitted
in the imperative for what we mentioned, so there remained Ni with a kasra indicating what was omitted,
and it is the second object. And similarly also Ri from wara (to Kindle), yari, and the root is
awri, so the waw was omitted because the waw falls between the ya and the kasra, so it became yari,
then the ya was omitted in the imperative for what we mentioned, so there remained Ri with a kasra indicating
what was omitted, and it is the second object. And similarly also Hi from waha (to be weak),
yahi, and the root is awhi, so the waw was omitted because the waw falls between the ya and the kasra,
so it became yahi, then the ya was omitted in the imperative for what we mentioned, so there remained Hi with a kasra
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According to the date of Friday, beginning the night of 23rd Adar 5683, corresponding to the 9th of Nisan
year ⟦...⟧ Khawaja Haim Yosef came to us at the house and said to me, "My uncle, I was
⟦...⟧ today in Baghdad and I brought a paper from the government [stating] everyone who leaves
from it to the outside, what they take from him as customs on all his belongings, and if he leaves
and does not return, they take customs from him on everything, and if he leaves ⟦...⟧ and returns, they take from him
the half." And he said to me, "My uncle, what do you say? I will go to Al-Kadhim." I said to him, "My uncle,
Khawaja Ibrahim, until he comes from Basra and we consult, me and you and him, and whatever
he says, I accept." And he said to me, "My uncle, I cannot wait until Khawaja
Ibrahim comes because you know that my leg is in pain and I cannot walk; I can barely
go to the house and to the shop." So I said to him, "My uncle, you know your own welfare, do
everything that pleases you." So he said to me, "My uncle, you write a letter for me to Khawaja Saleh
and do not tell him that I came and told you 'write a letter for me,' but rather write to him from
your own head and tell him: 'O Khawaja Saleh, I saw Khawaja Haim Yosef walking and he limps
and cannot walk on his leg, so because of that I say to you, if it is possible,
look for some carriage for him to take his belongings to Al-Kadhim because he cannot ride
on donkeys'." So I answered him regarding that and said to him, "My uncle, I do not know [how] to write
to Khawaja Saleh about that." So he got upset and went to his house.
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And he said to them, "Do not be agitated on the way." So they went up from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan to Jacob
their father. And they told him, saying, "Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt."
And his heart went numb, for he did not believe them. But when they spoke to him all the words of Joseph which he had spoken to them,
and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived.
And Israel said, "It is enough! Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die." So Israel set out
with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. And God spoke
to Israel in visions of the night and said, "Jacob, Jacob." And he said, "Here I am." And He said, "I am God, the God of
your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there. I will go down with you
to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph will put his hand on your eyes." Then Jacob rose from Beer-
sheba; and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, their little ones, and their wives in the wagons which
Pharaoh had sent to carry him. And they took their livestock and their goods, which they had acquired in the land of Canaan,
and came to Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him. His sons and his sons' sons with him, his daughters and his sons' daughters,
and all his offspring he brought with him to Egypt. And these are the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt, Jacob
and his sons: Jacob's firstborn, Reuben. And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. And the sons of Simeon:
Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath,
and Merari. And the sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan).
And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. And the sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron. And the sons of
Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Padan-aram,
with his daughter Dinah; all the persons, his sons and his daughters, were thirty-three. And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi,
Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. And the sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah,
and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave
to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob: sixteen persons. The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife:
Joseph and Benjamin. And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera
priest of On, bore to him. And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman,
Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the persons
were fourteen. And the sons of Dan: Hushim. And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. These are
the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and she bore these to Jacob: all the persons were seven.
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And so said our Master, of blessed memory: and these are in his lifetime, but even when he passes, May the Merciful
save us, because it is written 'but', whether in his life or in his death, his name lives
upon him, as it is said: And if he is dead, he is Moses; Joseph died and said [he is] dead, but the Rabbi
lives. And so Moses went to the Heights with every single word and was learning Torah
even of the upper [worlds], as it is written 'Then Moses shall go up' etc. And the Merciful One said
to him, when you ascend to the Heights do not call me by name, but rather
'And you shall command'. And even though Moses died and was buried in the land, as it is said: 'And there died
Moses the servant of the Lord... and He buried him in the valley' etc. 'and no man knew his burial place
until this day.' And even though Moses died, his name did not die from the world,
as it is said: 'Remember the Torah of Moses My servant, which I commanded him in Horeb for
all Israel, statutes and ordinances. Behold, I send to you Elijah
the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord. And he shall return the hearts of fathers to
sons, and the hearts of sons to their fathers' etc. And it is written: 'they shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth
of your seed, nor from the mouth of your seed's seed, said the Lord, from now and forever.' And it is written:
'And the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord your God,
and the souls of your enemies He shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling.' And my lord shall be king
over Israel etc. 'And the Lord shall be King over all the earth; in that day the Lord
shall be one and His name one.' Finished and completed, praise to the Creator of the world.
Blessed is He who gives strength to the weary, and to those with no might He increases power.
I, the young Joseph Hayyim, may his Rock and Redeemer preserve him, son of my late master and grandfather, our honorable teacher Rabbi Elijah, of blessed memory,
son of the eminent Rabbi, our honorable teacher Rabbi Moses Hayyim, of blessed memory, may his merit protect us, Amen, so may it be His will,
wrote this homily here in the city of our strength, Baghdad, may God protect her, in the year 5628
of the creation, in the month of the First Adar, on the 23rd day of it. May God grant us the arrival of the Redeemer
speedily in our days, Amen, and fulfill in us the scripture that says: 'For the Lord has comforted Zion, He has comforted all
her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness
shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.' Amen, Netzach, Selah, Va'ed.
In the name of Hashem, we shall do and succeed, and with the help of Shaddai, we shall succeed, Amen and Amen Selah
On the first day of the week, the 15th day of the month of Tishrei, in the year 5662 of the creation
Here in Baghdad, may G-d protect it, in the Abu Saif neighborhood under the government of our lord the King
Abdul Hamid
For a good memory and for blessing and for life and for peace, Amen and Amen Selah
This ledger belongs to David
Yitzhak Bakhar Meir Avraham Yitzhak HaLevi, here in Baghdad, may G-d protect it
In the year 5662 of the creation, and in it are recorded all his matters
And all his businesses and all his debts and all his rights and everything he has
And what is against him and everything he will do and everything he will buy and everything
He will sell and everything he will receive and everything he will give and everything he will send
And everything that will come to him and everything that will go out from him and everything that will pass
Over him and everything that will happen to him and everything he will do in his house and in his shop
And in every place he may be and everything he will do with people
And everything people will do with him, everything shall be recorded in this
Ledger for a good memory and for blessing and for life and for peace, Amen
And Amen Selah and forever Amen
And may it be the will before our Father in Heaven that this ledger shall be a ledger
Of blessing and of success and of prosperity and of wealth and honor
And of good life and of peace and of mercy and of grace and of
All good and all blessing and all success and all salvation and all comfort
And everything he does and everywhere he turns, may he succeed and rise higher and higher
And may it be for him and for all his household and for all Israel our brothers, Amen
And Amen Selah and forever Amen and Amen Selah and forever Amen
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Amen Eternity Selah and Forever
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This is the deed which
man shall do and live by them and not die
And it says that if a man lives a thousand years and a thousand
years, there is no advantage to him from all his labor that he toils under
the sun except to walk in a good way and a straight way
For if a man has three hours in this way, he will lose
them in vanity and vexation of spirit, and it would be better for him had he not been created
For the days of man are like a passing shadow and like a flower of the field he blossoms
And if a man says in his heart, "I will amass wealth and riches
And I will build houses and spacious upper chambers and increase silver and gold
And I will buy male and female slaves and possessions of flocks and cattle
And fattened fowl and male and female singers and the delights of the sons of man
A field and fields and vineyards and orchards and the making of many books
And eat and drink and rejoice and see good in all his labor"
This is his portion of all his labor, for who knows what will be after him
All is vanity and vexation of spirit and there is no advantage under the sun
The end of the matter, all has been heard: Fear God and
Keep His commandments, for this is the whole of man. For every deed
God will bring into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether good
Or evil. Therefore remove anger from your heart and put away evil
From your flesh, for childhood and youth are vanity. And remember
Your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of
Evil come, and the years draw near when you will say, "I have no
Pleasure in them"; before the sun and the light and the moon
And the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain
And it was the day for the owner of the mad ox, and he entered his house in anger and fury
very great from the grief which he saw at the death of the dog,
for he had great pleasure from it, and he sat down [and said] it is not G-d,
perhaps someone else killed it, for I would have paid double. He said
to the neighbor: you wrote the truth and you did not write a lie all your days
like today that you shall not deceive. And such was the deed, for such was the deed
of a sheep that was slaughtered, and this madman went to the butcher's house and thus said
to him: give me its liver. And he went to his house and was glad,
and he did not know what would happen to him <del>at the last</del> in the end of the matter.
And once he came to that man's house with the liver in his hand,
the man began crying out to his wife: bring the knife to cut
it and to roast it, for I am very hungry. And she brought him
the knife, and it had nothing but its sheath, for the knife was also worn away from many
years. And when he began to cut it, it slipped from his hand
and fell on his foot and wounded a great wound, and much blood came out of it
very much, and the man cried a great and bitter cry and fainted
and fell to the ground, and all the members of the household were weeping and crying and mourning.
And they cried to the neighbors, and they came to him and saw, and behold he was wallowing
in his blood, and they sent for the doctors, and they came and saw the blow and said
there is no cure for it but to die. And from the great pain that he had
he began biting himself with his teeth and eating his own flesh
until he died. And from the great grief and sorrow his wife also died,
and the orphans remained wandering and begging at the doors of the generous.
And everything was because of the anger and the fury that he brought himself to
thus. And regarding this King Solomon, peace be upon him, said: Do not be hasty in your spirit
to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
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the man who shall steal this book
from him or from among his heirs
forever Selah. Amen and Amen
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o o
When he went down to the village
and they went out, for his brothers and his mother were with him to the river (see village and his mother went out)
As I have seen your face, and you said 'My Lord,' and so it shall not be done
with my brother at the river and to the village to the plain for <del>if</del> many, my lord
Why do you increase your speech to me, entreat your favor, and why is it bad for you, why
do you not eat and your heart is grieved for me; and he went with his people to the wine house and they drank
and became drunk, and he grew angry and almost fell ill from the greatness of the sorrow that was upon them
The next day he rose early in the morning and when he went down from the upper chamber, his mind never
cooled, like a fire of tow, and his soul almost departed; and he saw a beautiful
and large garden belonging to his friend and he sat there, and all his food and desire was the bread of adversity
and the water of affliction, and from there he went and circled in the markets like a madman because the sorrow was great for him
and he did not recognize <del>his brothers</del> his brothers and his mother from the greatness of the sorrow and the grief
but he went to one room and was sitting there and weeping day and night
and is not comforted by anything, and he wept so much until his eyes flowed
like water from the excess of weeping until his eyelashes fell out and he became ugly
and all who saw him were wondering about him and saying, 'What is this and for what is this?'
Tell us your talk and do not worry, and draw your mercy, do not put a blemish
upon yourself; and no one seeks and no one asks and no one inquires about his brothers and about
his mother and about his house, and there remained in him nothing but skin and flesh and bones, and so
he stood for many days until he fell ill with his illness of which he died
In the matter of the house of Khawaja Menashe marketed in the street towards the Syrian road
or his document, and it was not proven at the court except that this is Khawaja Sulayman's to
it was proven at last that it is the house of Khawaja Sulayman
My father, of blessed memory, fulfilled the condition that was between me and Khawaja Rajab Effendi and paid me
on account of what he demands for the mentioned house, one hundred and fifty rupees
after the registration <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> and wrote me a document to this effect <del>that</del> he fulfilled the condition
I wrote that he should go to the court and lift the seizure from the mentioned house
and pay him the remainder that he demands for the mentioned house after the registration
and he signed for him the document that Khawaja Rajab Effendi wrote against himself and took from him
a document for the one hundred and fifty rupees that he took from the mentioned Khawaja Sulayman
and I was sitting with Khawaja Rajab Effendi in his shop and he said to me: go bring
the document that I wrote for you so that I may give you the document that Khawaja
Sulayman wrote against himself for the one hundred and fifty rupees that he took from Khawaja
Sulayman against himself for the one hundred and fifty rupees that he took from Khawaja
Sulayman, and I went and brought the document and he gave me Khawaja Sulayman's document
and took from me the document that I had from his side which he wrote against himself
My father, of blessed memory, stood in the matter until the seizure was lifted and the house was vacated
for Khawaja Sulayman and he received the rest of the money from Khawaja Sulayman
Mentioned father, whatever reaches us is ten Para
by the hand of Khawaja Sulayman ⟦...⟧
by the hand of Khawaja Sulayman ⟦...⟧
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And Joseph dreamed a dream and told his brothers that he had washed the dream, Leon descended from Muatar and this
Compassion and told his brothers, and in its meaning 405 for his brothers to be very comforted by it
Mute like the sun, that is the eye descends, and we die by it which you shall rule
And so he added news in the dream, just another dream and told his father as well
To his father it descended and the dream passed, yet again Joseph perhaps to his brothers and every atonement to his father
Like a star ⟦...⟧ for it is great and ends ⟦...⟧ and great as the dream of the bull
And it was written in the law concerning the atonement and came like the rich angel Gabriel, prince
The atonement like the sun as the seventh like the moon, the scent of the spirit, and so every star like prostrating to it
Radiant like the moon in seven darknesses, the Holy One Blessed be He descended
The tribe of Simeon as it is said seven times, oil descended and so according to their likeness and their assembly
Many and so the bridge of the path, like the thought of mankind, darkness increases, and so as in the chapters of the kares
Quickly your father Solomon will come out like the angry thunder, and Joseph arose from his sleep
And he wept more over what remained and cheapened his soul and said, Lord of these dreams
Behold, Simeon is finished, and they arose and lowered the words of choice for the people of his house greatly
The end because he descended and saw that all this dream was from Simeon as it is said
The fruit of the light of a dream, its greatness a hint to Israel that they shall not be extinguished in the cave which
To the pit, and Simeon thirteen years, floating much, that all people are servants
And he sent to the entry of the thinker, their exit 7 descended after that, blessed is my spirit over
Every matter, they knelt in assembly and assembly ⟦...⟧ the dead shall be brought to life
Like a second dream it descended and arrived prostrating illumination or covering the sun and the moon
The second dream is more of a tongue and a thought between like dust, like the father and the mother and the spirit
And all the ⟦...⟧ like a dream, a hint that they were in his days like heirs
The end because he finished for his father, he arose much, the mind is light because he improves and shines
O Lord, let it not enter for nothing, and behold he lowered the judgment
ABGD etc. hearsay, as it is speech from the mouth of a male, one hearsay, and to so-and-so
and his circle, it remains speech that is not trusted <del>excessive name</del>
ABGD <del>so hearsay as it is speech from the mouth</del> <del>⟦line⟧</del> shall not be accepted
And among them is one of the matters, that it is not like hearsay, and the other is that one of the witnesses testifies to it
hearsay as it is, and where it was
and one of the mentioned
SD
SV
and so on, mentioned a great hearsay, and hearsay evidence entered, etc., a great hearsay
in all of this, the testimony is invalidated because he must stand in judgment and he is not
and he said etc. he shall testify about etc. hearsay etc. in hearsay, speech from a man (and etc.) R. N. S.
and also regarding women as it is <del>and it was mentioned regarding hearsay in women</del>
as it is, speech that is not established, bringing out as it is from a great hearsay
hearsay written regarding women is valid, the hearsay that comes will tell <del>that the annulment of</del> the law
and his circle, it remains speech that is not established, bringing out as it is from a great hearsay
and even though he did not know the hearsay that comes, he shall not testify to it, lest
falsehood and oven, even for the precision of hearsay from what is valid
this is because he negotiated, he is not a direct witness, he shall testify about etc. hearsay etc. in hearsay
the door of this etc. <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> and at the time Shaykh Joseph after hearing and this
hearsay for him as it is, and it means several words against your will, hearsay to him, and to me we said
hearsay and etc. valid, and the matter will drop, and his testimony died, invalid
and that from hearsay, and so this is hearsay of women, and it was written his testimony, and to hearsay etc.
and so etc. hearsay of this hearsay to him, and the door of his testimony is so
that his hearsay was not verified
and the hearsay and his testimony
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May his memory be a blessing
And he said, peace be upon him, who is remembered in the world, the word of the religion entered -
And likewise the angels hear his words and write remembrance and [..]
DO
DO
And David said to Joseph: I have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter.
And Joseph said to David: Fear not, for God is the interpreter of dreams.
And David said: I dreamed a dream, for I saw the heavens open and I saw
one angel descending from heaven and in his hand was a book, and he read from it, and this was written in it:
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners.
For in this book it is written: So-and-so son of So-and-so shall live a good life.
And David said to Joseph: Interpret my dream, for I saw in the heavens
one angel and in his hand a book, and he read from it, and this was written in it: Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners.
For in this book it is written: So-and-so son of So-and-so shall live a good life.
And Joseph said to David: Fear not, for God is the interpreter of dreams.
And David said: I dreamed a dream, for I saw the heavens open and I saw
one angel and in his hand a book, and he read from it, and this was written in it: Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners.
For in this book it is written: So-and-so son of So-and-so shall live a good life.
And Joseph said to David: Fear not, for God is the interpreter of dreams.
And David said: I dreamed a dream, for I saw the heavens open and I saw
one angel and in his hand a book, and he read from it, and this was written in it: Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners.
Fifth Supplication
My God, You know my ailment and my cure, my righteousness and my corruption, and the management of all my affairs
is in Your hand, and no hidden thing is concealed from You. O Allah, make the outcome of my affair
good, for I seek refuge in You from Your wrath and I take shelter in You from Your punishment,
and I flee to You from You, and I seek protection in You and rely upon You, so answer my prayer O
God of the worlds; and O Lord, bless our master Muhammad and his
pure family and grant them much peace, by Your mercy O Most Merciful of the merciful.
My God, You know my secret and my openness, so accept my excuse, and You know
my need, so grant me my request, and You know what is in my soul, so forgive me my sins.
My God, if my sins have made me afraid, then Your love has granted me sanctuary
and taken charge of me; and if negligence has frightened me, then good expectations of You have
encouraged me; and if my sin has hindered me from entering the abode of Your gardens,
then Your nobility and Your generosity make me yearn to look upon Your noble, eternal face.
Sixth Supplication
My God, I ask You by Your name, the hidden, the stored, the pure, the purified, the holy, the light,
the complete, the Living, the Sustainer, the Great, the Light of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed,
the Great, the Exalted, that You bless Muhammad and his family and grant them peace, and that You forgive me
my sins and fulfill all my needs, and relieve my worry and my grief, and expand for me my provision,
and pay off my debt, and ease for me my affair, and help me in Your obedience and Your pleasure, O God
of the worlds. Amen.
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And he who wrote
has now gone from me and from your sister's house, and other things
and not a single thing of his was broken ⟦illegible⟧ all of it was delivered to your sister -
And you wrote to me ⟦illegible⟧ about you, so may God grant peace to you and to what
is in your hand, and you wrote about Hayyin, who was at your sister's, rings and a large bowl
of copper in the aforementioned house before, and into the aforementioned house there was brought
rings and a large bowl that were at your sister's in the aforementioned house, and a large bowl
from the side that is in the aforementioned house, in the aforementioned house, and in the house
aforementioned, in the aforementioned house, in the aforementioned house, which was at
your sister's, and do not fear anything from them, and give peace to whoever asks about us in the house -
And you wrote about the safety of your uncle's house in the aforementioned house, and in the house
aforementioned ⟦illegible⟧ which is with me, and now all of it is in the aforementioned house
and I delivered to you the aforementioned in the aforementioned house, in the aforementioned house
brought to it in the aforementioned house, in the aforementioned house, in the aforementioned house
which is in the aforementioned house, in the aforementioned house, in the aforementioned house
and I am in the aforementioned house, in the aforementioned house, in the aforementioned house
I delivered to you the aforementioned in the aforementioned house, in the aforementioned house
which is in the aforementioned house, in the aforementioned house, in the aforementioned house
and I delivered to you the aforementioned in the aforementioned house, in the aforementioned house
and I delivered to you the aforementioned in the aforementioned house, in the aforementioned house
and I delivered to you the aforementioned in the aforementioned house, in the aforementioned house
and I delivered to you the aforementioned in the aforementioned house, in the aforementioned house
And also the service and those of the synagogue and Mansur delivered to him who was in my building
two rings ⟦...⟧ the Mansuriyya, service of the women on the first day of Sukkot
And Set-Sikhl responded and said to them: You did not go except to the synagogue, you were the herald
except to the synagogue in the past date, he said (May God preserve you), he said: Correct
And you were in the synagogue and you have the herald and the broker over it
And he said to him: and you delivered dinars, and he said: No, on the first day, and he said to them
And he said: You are in the service of the synagogue and in the time that is in the house
And he said: Two boots happened to me and you said likewise, the synagogue, and he said
If you were at the herald's, you take trousers from him, and Set-Sikhl said to them
(May God preserve you) she said: Trousers in the synagogue, and Set-Sikhl said to them
And he said to them: and the broker delivered dinars, and he said to them: Trousers, and he said
I delivered on the Sabbath day in the house in and he said to them in
in the synagogue and he said to them in the house and he said to them and he said likewise
we ask them
And he said: So-and-so delivers the synagogue in on the Sabbath and Set-Sikhl said and he said to them
Likewise he said to them likewise on the Sabbath and he said to them and he said to them
He said to them (May God preserve you) he said to them in the house and he said to them and he said to them
The Sabbath, he said to them in the house, in the house, in the synagogue and he said to them
to them in the synagogue (and he said to them in the house) and he said to them in the house
And he said to them likewise and you delivered in the house and he said to them and he said to them
And he said to them <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> in the house and he said to them and he said to them
in the house and he said to them in the house and he said to them in the house and he said to them
in the house and he said to them in the house and he said to them in the house - and no
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Also, if it was as if it ascended to its cycle, that was the end of the day
like the time that is in the lowest of the solitudes of God ⟦may He be blessed⟧ and the end of the year
the color would be yellow with signs of the world, the face of the day always being
lower, where there is no difference between this year and the one after it; therefore in this
year, the messenger who brings us the hated grave will be with
the solitudes of the world, but it was as if it was on a good face with signs of the
all on the rising of the cycle of the world, like that also will be the messenger
who brings, it was as if he always brings us good news, and likewise with
the solitudes, and such is the state it will be in, and likewise the one who brings us the news is
a base messenger, and likewise that is what agrees with him
And news brings us the rising of the world; therefore that was correct, for it
will mean <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> the year will be wherever it will be
And so be with you in your spirit, and in us it was as if that base messenger always
brings us good news from that cycle; that day, the 3rd of Iyar, he brings
And because that messenger has with him the solitudes of the year, he was bringing to us
good news, and from that it was as if on the rising of the cycle he brings
that, bringing with him the news of the solitudes of the world, he always brings that
good news
My God of Fez, who was in the service of the woman as I had hoped for her
from the beauty of the face and its ink, we approached like wine among the people of the house of Fez
The hand of the owner of the house says to him, O eater of flesh and drinker of blood, what is
greater than the service of its masters? You have insulted him many times like others
To say, whoever took part in his service, his status shall not decrease, but rather his rank shall rise
If you have emerged safe from this predicament, then do not ever see him again
The servant returned to scheme and ask by God Almighty to let him go his way
I was saying, O Savior of God, You know what is hidden
And he went out to the Monastery of the Mountain Top, remaining at the gate of the monastery for a day
One looked outside the monastery, looked toward the heaven and said: O Lord
of Lords, O Creator of everything and Provider for every living thing, You know what is in
the hearts, nothing hidden is concealed from You. You have known what happened to me from
this injustice which they committed against me, and I have no guilt in it, O Lord
If there is a sin upon me, then You forgive me, and if the injustice is against me, then You
take my right from them, O Lord of the Worlds. When he finished his prayer
he went down to the monastery, and there were many monks in it. When he entered upon them
one of them came out saying to him: O my brother, you are a stranger, do you want something?
He said to him: O my master, Your sufficiency is my sufficiency
And he went out, his tears flowing down his cheeks, looking toward the heaven saying:
O Lord, You know what is in the hearts, so You know what is in my heart
of anxiety and grief. When he settled in the place, they brought him to it
He was about to eat in his service what he eats of food
except bread and salt
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<del>B.H.</del>
Likewise, Thursday 2nd of Menachem Av, the year 5663, portion of Va'etchanan
We went out for a walk, I and Mr. Yehezkel may his Rock protect him, to the countryside
And we sat under the large mulberry tree that is in the garden of Khawaja
Meir Eliyahu, and we read a bit from the book Ben Ish Hai and from the book
Kaf HaHayim, and Mr. Yosef the Shamash from the Talmud Torah brought us
four glasses of Arak and we drank and blessed the Creator of the fruit of the vine
and finally we ate fruits and blessed over each and every one the appropriate blessing
Day five
2nd of Menachem Av
<del>Likewise the Holy Sabbath day 11th of Menachem Av, year 5663, portion of Eikev</del>
<del>We went out for a walk, I and Mr. Yehezkel may his Rock protect him, to the countryside and we read a bit from the book Ben Ish Hai</del>
<del>and from the book Hukkei Hayim and Mr. Yosef the Shamash brought us Arak and we drank cups</del>
Likewise, Thursday 23rd of Menachem Av, the year 5663, portion of Re'eh
We were invited to the garden of Khawaja Meir Yehezkel Eliyahu
The honorable Mr. Yosef the Shamash of the Talmud Torah and Mr. Yosef Hayim may his Rock protect him and Mr. Yosef
son of Khawaja David and Mr. Eliyahu ⟦...⟧ and Mr. Avraham Hayim and Mr. Yosef the Shamash
and Mr. Yehezkel may his Rock protect him and Mr. Salman may his Rock protect him and Mr. Yitzhak may his Rock protect him and Mr. Menashe may his Rock protect him
and we drank Arak and read a bit from the book Ben Ish Hai and from the book
Hukkei Hayim
Likewise the Holy Sabbath day 7th of Elul, year 5663, portion of Shoftim
We went out for a walk, I and Mr. Yehezkel may his Rock protect him, to the countryside and we read a bit
from the book Ben Ish Hai and from the book Hukkei Hayim and Mr. Yosef the Shamash
brought us Arak and we drank and blessed the appropriate blessing
And so may it be His will
Amen, forever, eternally
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May he rest in peace
And these are the names of the children of Israel
coming to Egypt with Jacob, each man and his household they came: Reuben, Simeon, Levi,
and Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. And all the souls
descended from Jacob were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt. And Joseph died, and all
his brothers and all that generation. And the children of Israel were fruitful and swarmed and multiplied and became mighty
exceedingly, and the land was filled with them. And a new king arose over Egypt who
did not know Joseph. And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and mightier
than we. Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when war occurs, they also join
our enemies and fight against us and go up from the land. And they set over them taskmasters
to afflict them with their burdens, and they built store cities for Pharaoh: Pithom
and Raamses. But as they afflicted them, so they multiplied and so they spread out, and they were weary because of
the children of Israel. And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with rigor. And they embittered
their lives with hard labor, with mortar and bricks and all labor in the field, all
their labor which they made them serve with rigor. And the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives
of the Hebrews, of whom the name of one was Shiphrah and the name of the second Puah. And he said,
When you deliver the Hebrew women and see them upon the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill
him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live. But the midwives feared God and
did not do as the king of Egypt spoke to them, and they kept the boys alive.
And the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, Why have you done
this thing and kept the boys alive? And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because
the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are lively; before
the midwife comes to them, they have given birth. And God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and became
very mighty. And it was, because the midwives feared God, that He made them households.
And Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, Every son that is born you shall cast into the Nile,
and every daughter you shall let live.
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To you, the dear one and the brother Surur, may God, in whose hand is the management of affairs (?), bless you.
The service of the brother's letter, etc. From the arrival of this paper, the arrival from
It arrived that from the service of the tail of the army (?) neither their path nor was gone from
You were not a servant except that I did not have a sign from
With them I was, for that reason I was taking money and you from
the boy from that
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And he wrote to them, you serve and I will give you your wages from me
I was taking that from the government, how much their agreement with him, so
I was arriving with him to that, we went in them at night, a little, at 5:00 at night
I was opening such and such, I was seeing them returning to me on
the road they entered a house at night, they entered quickly, God, an hour of the night from
It was 5:00 at night, I was from that day, I had a doubt from I was
Seeing they entered a day they did not enter from that day, no good I was saying
And it was Thursday, so we went to the judge, so I was
Seeing them returning to me, they entered inside, so I was with them
I and they entered a house, we went to the house of the judge, he stood behind them
How I was saying, there is a right for them, they return to me, they return, and how they entered
Indeed, well, as I was saying, they did not enter, he says you have nothing to do with it
And so you serve and I will give you your wages from me
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On this, it is as if three-halves of the people of this time
that is, if the intended goal is as is known to every one of the children of ⟦mankind⟧
to worship God and to remember the Exalted always and thank Him for His blessings which cannot be numbered
nor counted, and the Bestower of blessings upon all is the Truth, Blessed and Exalted – and that is because
it was in the nature of every one of the children of Adam to love whoever treats him well
and he sees that he should reward him with thanks; and souls have been predisposed to the love of whoever
is good to them, and that is by being always thankful to him and acknowledging his
kindness, and that is not completed except by knowing the Bestower of blessings in truth, for whoever does not know
the Bestower of blessings cannot thank Him, and that would not be valid from him. Therefore, the first duty upon every
individual is the knowledge of God, Blessed and Exalted.
And as we mentioned previously, the primary existing things are of three large
categories and many particulars: among them are lower bodies, which are the elements
the four, which are fire, air, water, and earth, and their compounds, which are minerals,
plants, non-speaking animals, and the speaking [animal], which is man; and all fall under
generation and corruption. And among them are higher bodies, which are the spheres and the stars, and they
are not under generation and corruption.
The Fifteenth Article
If people were constantly at war, it would be as it is
between them, they would not take anything from it, nor would there be
one among them cooperating with him in evil. And if it were so, then
nothing of it would remain; the world would not remain with it, and destruction would be through evil,
just as also the body becomes ill, or if one limb of it is corrupted, some actions are abandoned
which that limb was capable of; and when the whole is corrupted, the function of that body ceases.
One says that if the wicked cooperate among themselves in evil, then that is
by way of the good existing in them, such as justice and other things that exist in them.
And also, they are not called a group unless they have a leader and management by which they are organized.
So this is for them like the throne of the King, who is God, Glory be to Him. These are the meanings.
This is a refutation of those who believe in transmigration: that is, if souls were punished in bodies
that are non-rational in this world, would they remember what they were in before that or not?
If they say that they remember that, then why do we not witness anyone who remembers anything of that?
And if they say that they do not remember that, then what is the benefit in punishing one who is not aware of his sin?
And this is a very strong argument against those who believe in transmigration, as we have mentioned that
in another place.
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O you seeker, know that the Truth, Exalted be He, is alone without partner
and without offspring, but He does what He wills and judges as He desires.
Nothing is hidden from Him, neither in the heavens nor on the earth, and He is the All-Hearing, All-Seeing,
the Great Knower. Aside from that, everything is fleeting and perishing
except His Noble Face. So if you know that, then know yourself, for
whoever knows himself has known his Lord, and whoever knows his Lord has
attained the greatest victory and achieved happiness with no misery after it
ever. This is a gift from me to you, O my brother in God and His Messenger,
from some of what occurred to me with some of the scholars who claim knowledge
yet deny the truth and reject the text through analogy. When I saw that from them,
a discussion took place between me and them in that session, and I demanded from them
proof for their claims, but they brought nothing acceptable to reason or tradition.
When I saw that from them, I shouted at them and said to them: O people,
until when will you deny the truth, incline toward falsehood, and disbelieve in God's grace
upon you, and reject what God sent down in His books through the tongues of His prophets
and His messengers? Does it stand to reason that the servant should command his master
and forbid him? Or is it permissible for the owned to judge over his owner?
This is what is not permissible in reason nor in law. So how can that be permitted
against God the Exalted, He alone without partner, who created everything without
toil or hardship, and He is Capable of what He wills? So how can the speaker say
that the celestial spheres are the influencers of lower matters and they are the governors
of them, and they are what give, withhold, harm, and benefit? This is a great
disbelief in God, the Most High, the Magnificent, and association with God, the One, the Subduer,
who created the heavens and the earth and what is in them, and He is the one who moves them
as He wills and disposes of them as He desires. None can repel His decree and none
can delay His judgment, and He is the Wise, the Great. So reflect, O people of insight,
and take heed, O people of thought and vision, in this discourse that took place
between me and these deniers of God's blessings, who are deceived by the delusions
of the accursed Satan, for they are profligate disbelievers. A great discussion took place
between me and them whose explanation would be long, but I will summarize from it
some of what the intelligent and sane person needs to use as evidence for
the corruption of their view, the ugliness of their belief, and their straying from the path leading
to the Truth, Glorified and Exalted be He...
With God's help, Thursday, 20th of Adar II, the year 5689, Baghdad.
To our dear and pleasant friend, Mr. Eliyahu Yitzhak, may his Rock and Redeemer protect him.
After seeking your welfare with love and prayer, we received your precious letter with the enclosure of twenty-five dinars
on account of the principal and interest of the bill in your name, and we sent you the receipt with the previous
letter that we sent to you last Thursday, which surely reached you.
And today we received from Mr. David S. Yehezkel the sum of one hundred and fifty dinars
on account of the bill we hold in his name, and we gave him a temporary receipt
until we send him the official receipt from the ledger, and he requested of us
to inform you that we received the aforementioned sum and that you should record it in his account.
Aside from this, we have no news to inform you of, only health and life.
With us, everything is in peace, and so may there be peace with you.
Inquiring of your good welfare and awaiting your prompt reply.
Your faithful friend,
⟦signature⟧
P.S.
We saw in the account you sent us that there is an error in the amount of interest
of the bill of Mr. Menashe, and it should be the sum of seven and a half
dinars and not six dinars as you wrote. Please check the account
and inform us of the truth because we checked the ledger and found
that the sum is seven and a half dinars, and also the date of payment
is on the day of Rosh Chodesh Nisan and not on the 15th of it as you wrote.
Please correct the error and inform us as soon as possible.
And also regarding the goods you sent us last Tuesday,
they arrived safely and we sold them at a good profit, and here we are
sending you the account separately so that you may see the details
and inform us if you have more such goods to send us,
as there is a great demand for them here in the market and a good price.
Please hurry with the shipment because time is short and the holiday is approaching.
And enough for the wise.
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And if you asked how the intellect is in itself while it is occupied with the five senses
which penetrate it at all times in its essence, and it does not perceive what is in them,
and how it manages all the organs that are in the rest of the body while it
is neither inside them nor outside them, but rather it governs them since ⟦since⟧ it
is in the essence, meaning not in place, but rather it is in the essence like the essence of God
in the world. The intellect in the body is like the essence of God in the world; no
place is void of it, and no place contains it. Likewise is the intellect in the body.
And if it were in one place and not another, it would not perceive what happens in the limbs that
are in other than its essence; but rather it perceives what happens in the limbs
<del>distant</del> distant from the essence just as it perceives what happens in the essence.
So this intellect is the one addressed, and to it belong reward and punishment, and it is the one that
<del>perceives</del> perceives the intelligibles which are not sensible, just as it perceives
the sensibles, and it is the one that perceives the Universal Intellect and the Universal Soul
and the rational soul which is in it, and it is the one that perceives what happens in the upper
world and in the lower world, and it is the one that perceives what happens in the lower
world, and it is the one that perceives what happens in the upper world of the angels
and the spheres and the stars and the lights and the secrets, and it is the one that perceives
<del>what happens</del> what happens in the lower world of animals and plants
and minerals, and everything with it is defined in its essence, nothing of them
<del>thing</del> is hidden from it, but rather it perceives all of that by the light of God
which is in it and in its essence.
And if the intellect were other than that
10:15 at night ⟦which⟧ <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> their entry into this house in which we are
of them their entry <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> and others who were in it and they have paid it
and when they finished <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> and they all finished and it all came into our hands
a year and three years Avi handed them over and all were present to hand over
to Mari Yitzhak Baazini and he signs for him, meaning at the end
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The Nineteenth Chapter
Mentioning the death of Samuel the Prophet, peace be upon him, and mentioning Saul's going to the mistress of the familiar spirit
after his death to inquire of him about the matter of the war and what would happen to him.
And the Sheikh, may God have mercy on him, said: It is necessary to believe that the spirit which she saw
David, peace be upon him, for he knew that God Almighty forbade that and prohibited it, and whoever
did that ... because of that, deserved killing and fire, so how could
it be thought that this would be so for Saul? Rather, that which
raised the Prophet, peace be upon him, and I have already mentioned this issue in the commentary of the book
Likewise, what happened to Saul with the mistress of the familiar spirit was a lie, a trick, and a delusion.
(Likewise the speech regarding that is very relevant)
A question: If it is said, why did ⟦...⟧ the Prophet, peace be upon him, say to him, O Saul, why
⟦...⟧ that it was the spirit of Samuel, peace be upon him, because God Almighty has informed us
because he was a righteous man and a lover of God Almighty, and how could he be dominated by one
who is that, and be created and return to this world and speak to him and inform him of what will be?
Can anyone do that except God Almighty, who gives life and death, and He is the one who
is capable of everything, and none of the created beings can do any of that.
And if that were from the actions of the devils, they would be capable of it. And the answer is
that we have already mentioned that all of that was a lie, a delusion, and a trick from the mistress of the spirit, and what
his saying "Why have you disturbed me?" was from the words of the mistress of the spirit on the tongue of Samuel.
⟦...⟧ the spirit and the body together to the lower world, as people believe
regarding spiritualism and what they attribute to them of these meanings.
B"H Tuesday 28th Tammuz
Year 5668
168
S S
S S
My dear brother Mr. Saleh, may God protect him, sent me a letter, it reached me, I read it and underst⟦oo⟧d
what is in it and I rejoiced in its health, and regarding the news that I heard
denial, may God help everyone with that, and regarding Mr. Yosef <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> and the talk
about his lowliness, and after that, be it known that M. Yosef mentioned to us that
thus regarding the H. Yosef, he was with us in the house and told me that
I should write to him a letter directly without anyone knowing, so I told him it shall not b⟦e⟧
that, and after that he told me write to him even a card that he does not want anyone to know
and I sat with M. Yehezkel and he told me write him a letter, it will reach me and I
will give it to him by his hand, so I wrote a letter, it reached me and I will give it to him by his hand
and he told me that M. Yehezkel wants to travel to Baghdad after two or three days
and M. Yosef mentioned to us that M. Yehezkel does not want to travel until
Mr. Yehezkel comes from Baghdad, so we remained confused about their matter, may God help
everyone and let us hear every good thing about them, and peace be upon you and all who ask of you
from us, the brother who prays for you with a sound heart and soul, Isaac Yosef Cohen
and likewise I wrote a letter to the dear father Mr. Yehezkel, may God protect him, and sent it
to you inside your letter
and today Tuesday 29th Tammuz, a letter reached us from Mr. David, may God protect him, and he mentioned in it that there reached them
a letter from you and he mentioned that to us and we rejoiced exceedingly, and regarding
M. Yosef, he mentioned to us that on Thursday he wants to travel to Baghdad with M. Yehezkel
and M. Yehezkel mentioned to us in a letter that he wants to travel on Sunday
so we remained confused about their matter, may God help everyone and gather our gathering
with you soon, and regarding H. Murad Eliyahu, he mentioned to us that a letter reached him
from Baghdad and it mentioned in it that M. Yehezkel wants to travel to Baghdad
after two or three days, and regarding H. Murad Eliyahu, he mentioned to us that
a letter reached him from Baghdad and it mentioned in it that M. Yehezkel wants to travel
to Baghdad after two or three days, and regarding H. Murad Eliyahu
he mentioned to us that a letter reached him from Baghdad and it mentioned in it that M. Yehezkel
wants to travel to Baghdad after two or three days, and regarding H. Murad
Eliyahu, he mentioned to us that a letter reached him from Baghdad and it mentioned in it that M.
Yehezkel wants to travel to Baghdad after two or three days, and regarding
H. Murad Eliyahu, he mentioned to us that a letter reached him from Baghdad and mentioned
in it that M. Yehezkel wants to travel to Baghdad after two or three days