the beard has nine features, which are six myriads of hairs corresponding to Chesed, Gvurah, Tiferet, Netzach, Hod and Yesod that hang from them and spread by shining throughout the whole body, that is, throughout the six directions that are called body. The six features derive from the hair under the offering of spice, that is, below the face that is called an offering of spices (as said in section 140).
There are three features on one side of the face and three features on the other side of the face – that is, Chochmah, Chesed and Netzach on the right and Binah, Gvurah and Hod on the left. Three others derive from the preciousness of the beard, that is, from the most visible part of the beard that beautifies the face; one is above the hair over the lips and two in the hair that cascades down to the navel.
That is, the second is in the visible upper area of the entire beard. The third is in the lower portion of the beard closer to the torso. The three features correspond to the three Sfirot of the central column that are Da’at, Tiferet and Yesod. The central column – Da’at, Tiferet and Yesod – constitutes the bulk of the beard.
They are the main part of the beard because it comprises both the right and left columns (Chochmah, Chesed and Netzach; and Binah, Gvurah and Hod). All six – three from each side – derive and hang down from the hair that hangs and extend throughout the body.