Section 1
HE interpretation and explanation of the Three I Hundred and Eighteen Orthodox [Fathers] concerning splendour, and greatness, and dignity, and how Elohim gave them to the children of Adam, and especially concerning the greatness and splendour of Tsiyon, the Tabot ( tdbot ) of the Torah of Elohim, of which He Himself is the Maker and Fashioner, in the fortress of His holiness before all created things, [both] Malakim and men. For the Father, and the Son, and the Ruach Qodesh with good fellowship and right good will and cordial agreement together made the Heavenly Tsiyon to be the place of habitation of their Glory. And then the Father, and the Son, and the Ruach Qodesh said, “ Let Us make man in Our similitude and likeness, 55 1 and with ready agreement and good will They were all of this opinion. And the Son said, “ I will put on the body of Adam, 55 and the Ruach Qodesh said, “ I will dwell in the heart[s] of the Nevi'im and the Righteous; and this common agreement and Kidan was [fulfilled] in Tsiyon, the City of their Glory. And Daviyd said, “ Remember your agreement which you did make of old for salvation, the rod of your inheritance, in Mount Tsiyon in which you do dwell.” And He made Adam in His own image and likeness, so that He might remove Satan because of his pride, together with his host, and might establish Adam - His own plant - together with the righteous, His children, for His praises. For the plan of Elohim was decided upon and decreed in that He said, “ I will become man, and I will be in everything which I have created, I will abide in flesh.” And in the davs that came after, bv His good pleasure there was born in the flesh of the Second Tsiyon the second Adam, Who was our Deliverer Mashiach. This is our glory and our faith, our hope and our life, the Second Tsiyon.