Commentary for Shabbat 207:8

וליעול בהך מסייע ליה לריש לקיש) דאמר ר"ל מ"ד (משלי ג, לד) אם ללצים הוא יליץ ולענוים יתן חן בא ליטמא פותחין לו בא ליטהר מסייעים אותו

<i>Zayyin, Heth, Teth, Yod, Kaf, Lamed</i>: [this sequence teaches,] and if thou doest thus, the Holy One, blessed be He, will sustain [<i>Zan</i>] thee, be gracious [<i>Hen</i>] unto thee, show goodness [<i>meTib</i>] to thee, give thee a heritage [<i>Yerushah</i>], and bind a crown [<i>Kether</i>] on thee in the world to come. The open <i>Mem</i> and the closed <i>Mem</i> [denote] open teaching [<i>Ma'amar</i>] and closed [esoteric] teaching.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Such which men are forbidden to seek. ');">¹⁵</span> The bent <i>Nun</i> and the straight <i>Nun</i>: the faithful [<i>Ne'eman</i>] if bent [humble], [will ultimately be] the faithful, straightened.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., upright in the world to come. (Rashi): Jast. (s.v. [H] faithful when bent, faithful when straightened. ');">¹⁶</span>

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