קבלנו ממרן אלקי הבעל שם טוב הקדוש שקרש הוא ציור אדם, בת עין, נקודה הפנימיית, המציירת כל כח ציור אדם ומקשרת אבריו על ידי שתי ידות סוד אות ש, וב' פעמים צי"ר עולה קרש, ומשם נצטיירין נשמות הצדיקים וכו': (אוצר החיים פ' שמיני דפ"ח ע"א).
We received from our Master, the Baal Shem Tov, that the keresh is the image of a human being, [which is made up of] the pupil of the eye,6The Tikunei Zohar (p. 126b) teaches that the word “Shabbat” can be divided into two words: the letter shin and the word bat (ש’ בת). This is the secret of the human eye, which has three colors (white, red, and blue/brown), corresponding to the three lines of the shin and the pupil of the eye, called in Hebrew, the bat ayin (literally: “daughter of the eye”). These four aspects also correspond to the four worlds, Atzilus, Beriyah, Yetzirah and Asiyah, the four letters of the Tetragrammaton, all of which are reflected in the human form. The Baal Shem Tov is teaching that a human being is comprised of different forces, represented by the letter shin, which are all united in his essence, which corresponds to the pupil of the eye. [which is] the inner point that configures the whole force of the human likeness, and binds together all his limbs by means of the two hands, which is the mystery of the letter shin. For the word “image” (ציר), when multiplied by two, has the numerical value of “keresh.” From there, the souls of the Righteous are formed. Otzar HaChayim, p. 88a
קבלנו ממרן אלקי הבעל שם טוב הקדוש שקרש הוא ציור אדם, בת עין, נקודה הפנימיית, המציירת כל כח ציור אדם ומקשרת אבריו על ידי שתי ידות סוד אות ש, וב' פעמים צי"ר עולה קרש, ומשם נצטיירין נשמות הצדיקים וכו':
(אוצר החיים פ' שמיני דפ"ח ע"א).
We received from our Master, the Baal Shem Tov, that the keresh is the image of a human being, [which is made up of] the pupil of the eye,6The Tikunei Zohar (p. 126b) teaches that the word “Shabbat” can be divided into two words: the letter shin and the word bat (ש’ בת). This is the secret of the human eye, which has three colors (white, red, and blue/brown), corresponding to the three lines of the shin and the pupil of the eye, called in Hebrew, the bat ayin (literally: “daughter of the eye”). These four aspects also correspond to the four worlds, Atzilus, Beriyah, Yetzirah and Asiyah, the four letters of the Tetragrammaton, all of which are reflected in the human form. The Baal Shem Tov is teaching that a human being is comprised of different forces, represented by the letter shin, which are all united in his essence, which corresponds to the pupil of the eye. [which is] the inner point that configures the whole force of the human likeness, and binds together all his limbs by means of the two hands, which is the mystery of the letter shin. For the word “image” (ציר), when multiplied by two, has the numerical value of “keresh.” From there, the souls of the Righteous are formed.
Otzar HaChayim, p. 88a