“When I saw … the Shechinah … it had no form nor image at all, somewhat like the steam from cooking food … but its shade was not like the color of steam, more like techeilet, and the size was that of a large mountain” Lengthy manuscript on two large pages [approximately 2000 words] that deals with one of the most mysterious Kabbalistic subjects: “Sod HaTzelem.” Autograph from the important Kabbalistic work Beit Lechem Yehuda . [Sha’ar 26, Sha’ar HaTzelem, Chap. 2.] Autograph script with many corrections, erasures and additions. In the margins of the leaf, Rabbi Pattiyah describes a prophetic vision the likes of which have never been heard (since Yechezkel’s visions). Exceptionally rare Kabbalistic-Messianic content! Along the side of the text, the entire length of the margin on the right side of the second page, the Kabbalist Rabbi Yehudah Pattiyah committed to paper a rare prophetic vision that took place while he was awake, in which he graphically describes a vision of the Living G-d as no Kabbalist has ever revealed. The description was written right after the vision took place, and Rabbi Pattiyah precisely describes the awesome glory. It is a rare description, vivid and authentic, written right after it happened, by the very hand of the sacred and leading Kabbalist, with the vision still right there in front of his sacred eyes. Rabbi Pattiyah’s clear description includes such vivid detail that a picture forms in front of our own eyes – almost like prophetic achievement. At the beginning of the description, Rabbi Pattiyah also includes the exact date he saw this G-dly vision: In 1935, before this part was printed, on the sixth night of the week, the third of Kislev, during the tenth hour of the evening.” G-d’s glory is in the hidden. Regarding such lofty issues, silence is golden. We are constrained to words and will attempt to describe just a drop in the ocean of the awesome vision – and may the good G-d forgive us. As is known to those who understand Heavenly calculations, the entire Etz Chayim and all the Kavanot are built on lofty yichudim and zivugim ; we ourselves have no concept of what these elevated notions infer. However, in this sacred and rare manuscript, the G-dly Kabbalist Rabbi Yehudah Pattiyah graphically describes heavenly zivugim and almost a description of the sacred Shechinah. Deeper understanding can be achieved by close study of Beit Lechem Yehudah . These many glosses and revisions were printed in Beit Lechem Yehudah [Sha’ar 26, Sha’ar HaTzelem, Chap. 2] – including the vision. In this original autograph, the many erasures are also apparent – occasionally entire lines are crossed-out, from which we may learn a lot about the way the insights were written – the initial considerations and the Kabbalistic conclusions of one of the leading Kabbalists of recent generations. An exciting phenomenon is revealed in this manuscript – Rabbi Pattiyah would write his novellae with ink and quill, and apparently, while sharpening the quill, a bit of ink got on Rabbi Pattiyah’s fingers, so that along the manuscript, there are clear fingerprints from the G-dly Kabbalist, including all the detailed ridges, constituting a kind of thumbprint signature on the Heavenly vision and the autograph of his sacred sefer . Books and authors relate that manuscripts by rabbinic leaders – on any and all topics – were used over the generations as amulets for protection and success. All the more so this letter in the hand of the leading Kabbalist of his generation, known for his extensive use of practical Kabbalah and for writing amulets (as appear in his sefarim in comprehensive detail). And even more, as this Kabbalistic manuscript describes a vision of the sacred Shechinah itself, and deals with the secret of the tzelem , the shadow that accompanies a person his entire life, and according to which the future can be known at certain times (such as the night of Hoshana Rabbah) – as elucidated in detail in Beit Lechem Yehuda and other Kabbalistic works. Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the Kabbalist Rabbi Yehudah Pattiyah . [2] large pages, approximately 32×20 cm. Tiny, dense script. Typical chatzi-kolmus script in ink, with small penciled-in additions. Autograph script with many erasures, corrections and additions. Fine condition. Aging stains. Isolated worming perforations. Light tear in the margins, without lack.