Kabbalah zu Bereschit 48:20
וַיְבָ֨רֲכֵ֜ם בַּיּ֣וֹם הַהוּא֮ לֵאמוֹר֒ בְּךָ֗ יְבָרֵ֤ךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר יְשִֽׂמְךָ֣ אֱלֹהִ֔ים כְּאֶפְרַ֖יִם וְכִמְנַשֶּׁ֑ה וַיָּ֥שֶׂם אֶת־אֶפְרַ֖יִם לִפְנֵ֥י מְנַשֶּֽׁה׃
Und er segnete sie an jenem Tage und sprach: Mit dir wird Israel seine Kinder segnen und also sprechen: Gott lasse dich werden wie Ephraim und Manasse!« So stellte er Ephraim vor Manasse.
Idra Zuta
The beauty of the beard appears in nine features. And when the superior ointment of the thirteen founts of the beard of Atika Kadisha shines on this beard of Zeir Anpin, twenty-two features appear altogether. Everyone is then blessed above and below, and Israel Saba and Tevunah that is Zeir Anpin is blessed by it. The sign for it is, “By you (becha) shall Israel bless” (Bereshit 48:20), that is, Zeir Anpin that is called Israel will bless with the Kaf-Bet (22) spelling becha attributes. All the features of the beard were expounded upon in the Holy Gathering; they were all fashioned out of the attributes of Atika Kadisha. Here I wish to reveal that which has not been revealed there, to enter the world to come without shame.
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