"If a man find a girl that is a virgin, who is not betrothed" (Deuteronomy 22:28). This precept is to punish the seducer with fifty shekels of silver. This is the meaning of, "If a man find a girl that is a virgin, who is not betrothed": these are Yisrael, who, from the aspect of the Shechinah are called daughter. "and lay hold of her, and lie with her, and they be found; then the man that lay with her shall give to the girl's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he has humbled her, he may not put her away all his days" (Ibid. 28-29). The sages and all the members of the Yeshivah said, "a man" refers to Yisrael from the aspect of the Holy One, blessed be He, [who at times is referred to allegorically as a "man". Note, this is strictly an anthropomorphism and not literal]; "and lay hold of her" with the knot of Tefilin, "and lay hold of her" with the Tzitzit. "who is not betrothed," namely an only daughter, who is the soul. "and lie with her," namely with the prayer of lying down, that is, 'הַשְׁכִּיבֵנוּ (Eng. 'cause us to lie down')'. "shall give to the girl's father fifty shekels of silver," namely 25 {letters of the meditation of Shema} and 25 letters of the meditation {of Baruch Shem Kavod, etc.}
Rise, Faithful Shepherd, for surely whoever studies Halachah [Halacha corresponds to Malchut], not for its own sake, and understands the Halachah, surely it is seized by him. Yet it has been explained that man should always study Torah even if not for its own sake, so that from studying not for its own sake it shall become for its own sake. And this Halachah is from the aspect of the good lad [This refers to Metatron] who separated from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, which comprises the forbidden and the permissible, the unclean and the clean, the fit and the unfit. After, the lad is called a girl, נַעֲרָה, by whom it will be fulfilled, "that the wicked might be shaken out of it, וְיִנָּעֲרוּ" (Job 38:13). These are the forbidden, the unclean and unfit, Samael and his legions.
According to another explanation, "If a man find a girl that is a virgin" refers to Yisrael, as written, "When Yisrael was a child, then I loved him" (Hosea 11:1), {they are called Na'ar} lad from the aspect of Metatron, [Their sould are from the world of Beriyah, and Metatron is found there]. The 'man' is none other than the Holy One, blessed be He, as written, "Hashem is a man of war" (Exodus 15:3). "If a man find a girl that is a virgin," namely the virgin of Yisrael, of whom it says, "The virgin of Yisrael is fallen; she shall no more rise" (Amos 5:2). "Behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness" (Hosea 2:16). Then He opened for them fifty gates of freedom, which are the fifty gates of mercy of the side of their father Abraham, [Abraham is commonly associated with Chesed/Lovingkindess in the literature]. This is what is meant by, "shall give to the girl's father fifty shekels of silver," silver being of the level of Chesed, the levek of Abraham.
For at the exodus from Egypt, the fifty gates of freedom were opened to them from the side of Judgment, which is left, which is Adonai, אֲדֹנָי, [This corresponds to Malchut of the left side] where, "will I judge" (Genesis 15:14), [אֲדֹנָי contains the letters of the word judgment, which is din in Hebrew], for first I judge and then they shall come out. But at the last redemption {it is written about it}, "with great mercies {will I gather you}" (Isaiah 54:7), which is the grade of Abraham. And Greatness, גְדוּלָּה, [which is Chesed], is the grade of Abraham, since Binah there is {referred to as} the 'great hand', and there are fifty shekels of silver there [These are the '50 Gates of Binah']. Later, "he may not put her away" into exile, "all his days" because "she shall be his wife." This is like the words, "And I will betroth you to Me forever" (Hosea 2:21), and another verse, "For your Maker is your husband. Hashem Tzva'ot is His name" (Isaiah 54:5). "You shall no more be termed forsaken" (Isaiah 62:4). For even though the Shechinah is in exile, the Holy One, blessed be He, does not move from her.
כִּי יִמְצָא אִישׁ נַעֲרָה בְתוּלָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא אוֹרָשָׂה וְגוֹ'. פִּקּוּדָא דָּא, לָדוּן בִּמְפַתֶּה חַמִשִׁים כֶּסֶף. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, כִּי יִמְצָא אִישׁ נַעֲרָה בְתוּלָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא אוֹרָשָׂה. אִלֵּין יִשְׂרָאֵל, מִסִּטְרָא דִּשְׁכִינְתָּא אִתְקְרִיאוּ בַּת. וּתְפָשָׂהּ וְשָׁכַב עִמָּהּ וְנִמְצָאוּ וְנָתַן לַאֲבִי הַנַּעֲרָה חֲמִשִּׁים כֶסֶף וְלוֹ תִהְיֶה לְאִשָּׁה לֹא יוּכַל לְשַׁלְּחָהּ כָּל יָמָיו. רַבָּנָן וְכָל מָארֵי מְתִיבְתָּא, אִישׁ, אִלֵּין יִשְׂרָאֵל, מִסִּטְרָא דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. וּתְפָשָׂהּ, בְּקִשּׁוּרָא דִּתְפִילִּין. וּתְפָשָׂהּ, בְּכַנְפֵי מִצְוָה. אֲשֶׁר לֹא אוֹרָשָׂה, בַּת יְחִידָה, דָּא נְשָׁמָה. וְשָׁכַב עִמָּהּ, בִּצְלוֹתָא דִּשְׁכִיבָא, בְּהַשְׁכִּיבֵנוּ. וְנָתַן לַאֲבִי הַנַּעֲרָה חֲמִשִּׁים כָּסֶף, כ"ה כ"ה אַתְוָון דְּיִחוּדָא.
"If a man find a girl that is a virgin, who is not betrothed" (Deuteronomy 22:28). This precept is to punish the seducer with fifty shekels of silver. This is the meaning of, "If a man find a girl that is a virgin, who is not betrothed": these are Yisrael, who, from the aspect of the Shechinah are called daughter. "and lay hold of her, and lie with her, and they be found; then the man that lay with her shall give to the girl's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he has humbled her, he may not put her away all his days" (Ibid. 28-29). The sages and all the members of the Yeshivah said, "a man" refers to Yisrael from the aspect of the Holy One, blessed be He, [who at times is referred to allegorically as a "man". Note, this is strictly an anthropomorphism and not literal]; "and lay hold of her" with the knot of Tefilin, "and lay hold of her" with the Tzitzit. "who is not betrothed," namely an only daughter, who is the soul. "and lie with her," namely with the prayer of lying down, that is, 'הַשְׁכִּיבֵנוּ (Eng. 'cause us to lie down')'. "shall give to the girl's father fifty shekels of silver," namely 25 {letters of the meditation of Shema} and 25 letters of the meditation {of Baruch Shem Kavod, etc.}
קוּם רַעְיָא מְהֵימָנָא, דְּוַדַּאי מַאן דְּאִשְׁתְּדַל בַּהֲלָכָה שֶׁלֹּא לִשְׁמָהּ, וְרָוַוח הֲלָכָה, וַדַּאי בִּתְפִישָׂה אִיהִי לְגַבֵּיהּ. וְעִם כָּל דָּא אוֹקְמוּהָ, לְעוֹלָם יַעֲסוֹק אָדָם בַּתּוֹרָה אֲפִילּוּ שֶׁלֹּא לִשְׁמָהּ, שֶׁמִתּוֹךְ שֶׁלֹּא לִשְׁמָהּ בָּא לִשְׁמָהּ. וְהַאי הֲלָכָה מִסִּטְרָא דְּנַעַר טוֹב, דְּאִתְפְּרַשׁ מֵאִילָנָא דְּטוֹב וָרָע, דְּאִיהוּ אִיסוּר וְהֶיתֵּר, טוּמְאָה וְטָהֲרָה, כָּשֵׁר וּפָסוּל. וְעַל שֵׁם נַעַר, אִתְקְרִיאַת אִיהִי נַעֲרָה. דְּעָתִיד לְקַיֵּים בָּהּ, (איוב ל״ח:י״ג) וְיִנָּעֲרוּ רְשָׁעִים מִמֶּנָּה, דְּאִינּוּן אִיסוּר טָמֵא וּפָסוּל, סָמָאֵל וּמַשִּׁרְיָיתֵיהּ.
Rise, Faithful Shepherd, for surely whoever studies Halachah [Halacha corresponds to Malchut], not for its own sake, and understands the Halachah, surely it is seized by him. Yet it has been explained that man should always study Torah even if not for its own sake, so that from studying not for its own sake it shall become for its own sake. And this Halachah is from the aspect of the good lad [This refers to Metatron] who separated from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, which comprises the forbidden and the permissible, the unclean and the clean, the fit and the unfit. After, the lad is called a girl, נַעֲרָה, by whom it will be fulfilled, "that the wicked might be shaken out of it, וְיִנָּעֲרוּ" (Job 38:13). These are the forbidden, the unclean and unfit, Samael and his legions.
דָּבָר אַחֵר כִּי יִמְצָא אִישׁ נַעֲרָה בְתוּלָה, אִלֵּין יִשְׂרָאֵל, דִּכְתִּיב, (הושע י״א:א׳) כִּי נַעַר יִשְׂרָאֵל וָאוֹהֲבֵהוּ, נַעַר מִסְּטָר דִּמְטַטְרוֹ"ן. וְאֵין אִישׁ אֶלָּא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שמות ט״ו:ג׳) יְיָ' אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה. כִּי יִמְצָא אִישׁ נַעֲרָה בְתוּלָה, בְּתוּלַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, דְּאִתְּמַר בָּהּ (עמוס ה׳:ב׳) נָפְלָה לֹא תוֹסִיף קוּם בְּתוּלַת יִשְׂרָאֵל. (הושע ב׳:ט״ז) הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי מְפַתֶּיהָ וְהוֹלַכְתִּיהָ הַמִּדְבָּר, וּלְבָתַר אַפְתַּח לוֹן חַמְשִׁין תַּרְעִין דְּחֵירוּ, דְּאִינּוּן חַמְשִׁין תַּרְעִין דְּרַחֲמֵי, מִסִּטְרָא דְּאַבְרָהָם אֲבוּהוֹן. וְהַאי אִיהוּ וְנָתַן לַאֲבִי הַנַּעֲרָה חֲמִשִּׁים כָּסֶף, וְכֶסֶף מִדַּרְגָּא דְּחֶסֶד, דַּרְגָּא דְּאַבְרָהָם.
According to another explanation, "If a man find a girl that is a virgin" refers to Yisrael, as written, "When Yisrael was a child, then I loved him" (Hosea 11:1), {they are called Na'ar} lad from the aspect of Metatron, [Their sould are from the world of Beriyah, and Metatron is found there]. The 'man' is none other than the Holy One, blessed be He, as written, "Hashem is a man of war" (Exodus 15:3). "If a man find a girl that is a virgin," namely the virgin of Yisrael, of whom it says, "The virgin of Yisrael is fallen; she shall no more rise" (Amos 5:2). "Behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness" (Hosea 2:16). Then He opened for them fifty gates of freedom, which are the fifty gates of mercy of the side of their father Abraham, [Abraham is commonly associated with Chesed/Lovingkindess in the literature]. This is what is meant by, "shall give to the girl's father fifty shekels of silver," silver being of the level of Chesed, the levek of Abraham.
דִּבְמִפְקָנוּ דְּמִצְרַיִם, חַמְשִׁין תַּרְעִין דְּחֵירוּ אַפְתַּח לוֹן, מִסִּטְרָא דְּדִינָא דִּשְׂמָאלָא, דְּאִיהוּ אֲדֹנָי, דְּתַמָּן (בראשית ט״ו:י״ד) דָּן אָנֹכִי. קֹדֶם דִּינָא דָּן אָנֹכִי, וּלְבָתַר נַפְקוּ. אֲבָל בְּפוּרְקָנָא בַּתְרַיְיתָא, (ישעיהו נ״ד:ז׳) וּבְרַחֲמִים גְּדוֹלִים, מִסִּטְרָא דְּאַבְרָהָם, וּגְדוּלָּה דַּרְגָּא דְּאַבְרָהָם, דְּבִינָה, תַּמָּן אִיהִי יַד הַגְּדוֹלָה, תַּמָּן אִיהִי נ' כָּסֶף. וּלְבָתַר לֹא יוּכַל שַׁלְחָהּ בְּגָלוּתָא כָּל יָמָיו, בְּגִין דְּלוֹ תִהְיֶה לְאִשָּׁה, כְּמָה דְּאִתְּמַר (הושע ב׳:כ״א) וְאֵרַשְׂתִּיךְ לִי לְעוֹלָם. וּקְרָא אַחֲרִינָא, (ישעיהו נ״ד:ה׳) כִּי בוֹעֲלַיִךְ עוֹשַׂיִךְ יְיָ' צְבָאוֹת שְׁמוֹ. (ישעיהו ס״ב:ד׳) לֹא יֵאָמֵר לָךְ עוֹד עֲזוּבָה. דְּאַף עַל גַּב דִּשְׁכִינְתָּא אִיהִי בְּגָלוּתָא, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לָא זָז מִנָּהּ.
For at the exodus from Egypt, the fifty gates of freedom were opened to them from the side of Judgment, which is left, which is Adonai, אֲדֹנָי, [This corresponds to Malchut of the left side] where, "will I judge" (Genesis 15:14), [אֲדֹנָי contains the letters of the word judgment, which is din in Hebrew], for first I judge and then they shall come out. But at the last redemption {it is written about it}, "with great mercies {will I gather you}" (Isaiah 54:7), which is the grade of Abraham. And Greatness, גְדוּלָּה, [which is Chesed], is the grade of Abraham, since Binah there is {referred to as} the 'great hand', and there are fifty shekels of silver there [These are the '50 Gates of Binah']. Later, "he may not put her away" into exile, "all his days" because "she shall be his wife." This is like the words, "And I will betroth you to Me forever" (Hosea 2:21), and another verse, "For your Maker is your husband. Hashem Tzva'ot is His name" (Isaiah 54:5). "You shall no more be termed forsaken" (Isaiah 62:4). For even though the Shechinah is in exile, the Holy One, blessed be He, does not move from her.