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A horizontal decorative border at the very top of the fragment features a repeating pattern of small scalloped arches or loops containing dots, bordered by two horizontal lines.
A row of stylized calligraphic ornaments, resembling small crowns or flourishes known as "tagin," is positioned between the heading and the first line of the body text. In Jewish tradition, these "crowns" are often added to specific letters in sacred scrolls to hint at deeper mystical meanings.
Let the Exalted One be praised. At the time when the lower beings The "lower beings" refers to the inhabitants of the physical world, as opposed to the higher spiritual realms. were not yet in existence, He was the singular and unique One for all beings. He is a King who has no The text is cut off here; it likely intended to say "no end" or "no beginning.". In His being all that exists, He is the source of everything alone, for the source The text repeats the word "source," likely emphasizing the origin of all creation within the Divine. because from beyond He made all that is made. From His beginning, He brought forth one [reality] filled with thousands of myriads A myriad is ten thousand. In this context, it describes the vast, nearly infinite number of spiritual emanations or angels. and great myriads of thousands from the gate.
The power of the kingly thought In Kabbalah, "Thought" represents a very high, primordial level of Divine consciousness before it manifests as speech or action., the Desired One, let them not remove further. He unifies alone at one time, His fullness is thousands of myriads and so on. Every master of myriads of time [belongs] to the hidden and internal foundations. For everything that exists between the Name Refers to the Tetragrammaton, the four-letter name of God. is but a fraction of a fraction and a part of a part of the thousands of myriads and the multitude of myriads of myriads from the mouth of the Supreme King, the Unique One.
Between the two gates with absolute unity, therefore, may it be His will with the love of the Kingship term: Kingship (Malchut). This is the tenth and final "Sefirah" or Divine attribute, representing the point where the Divine energy enters the physical world. in thickness In mystical texts, "thickness" often refers to the density of the material world or the capacity of a "vessel" to hold Divine light. and beloved wonders to be recognized and strengthened. He is the One who is distinct from all lack. He shall leave and save His judges, and He shall hear me. He judged all from the fear of the day all from fear? of today and him? upon the lowliness until this? day. He is Compassionate gathering and hard of action for the debts of nations?.