וְֽאֶת־הַצְּפוֹנִ֞י אַרְחִ֣יק מֵעֲלֵיכֶ֗ם וְהִדַּחְתִּיו֮ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ צִיָּ֣ה וּשְׁמָמָה֒ אֶת־פָּנָ֗יו אֶל־הַיָּם֙ הַקַּדְמֹנִ֔י וְסֹפ֖וֹ אֶל־הַיָּ֣ם הָאַֽחֲר֑וֹן וְעָלָ֣ה בָאְשׁ֗וֹ וְתַ֙עַל֙ צַחֲנָת֔וֹ כִּ֥י הִגְדִּ֖יל לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃
Et ce [fléau] venu du Nord, je l’éloignerai de vous, je le refoulerai dans une contrée aride et déserte, son avant-garde vers la mer Orientale, son arrière-garde vers la mer Ultérieure. Là, il exhalera son infection, là, il exhalera son odeur fétide, après avoir accompli de grandes choses.
Sha'arei Orah
After having informed you of these important principles, be informed that since the Upper Court of Law, called God-Elohi”m-אלהי״ם, sits in judgment in the north-Tzafon-צפון, and the sin-offerings were sacrificed in the north-Tzafon-צפון to atone before this court, know that in the north-Tzafon-צפון Above, outside the partition, is a very great crooked snake (Nachash Akalton). It is He who caused the death of Adam, the first man, and instilled his wife Chava with contamination, and he sits at the head of all afflictions. Therefore, HaShem-יהו״ה, blessed is He, promised the children of Israel that he will remove him, distance him and banish him to where he never will be capable of prosecuting, as the prophet said,151Joel 2:20 “I will distance the northern one-HaTzefoni-הצפוני from you and will banish him to an arid and desolate land.”