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1The passage omitted (first 35 Hebrew lines) deals with the symbolism of the shapes of certain Hebrew letters, and is unsuitable for translation.THAT HE MAY MINISTER UNTO ME IN THE PRIEST’S OFFICE. Said R. Simeon: ‘Moses did not make use of the Moon until he was completed on all sides in the mystery of the vau (six),1i.e. until he obtained a perfect cognition of the Sefirah Tifereth.
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as elsewhere explained. This is indicated by the superfluous vau at the end of le-khahano (to be a priest). The word li (to me) indicates that the vau (Tifereth) was to make use of the he (Malkuth), that all might be one. Blessed are the Israelites who “entered and came out” and comprehended the mystery of the ways of the Torah, to walk in the way of truth.