And this is 18, between ties and knots, on each side, which add up to 72. And this is: (Is. 16:5) And the throne is established with kindness∞ḥesed. Ḥesed is 72 in gematria. Anyone who wraps himself in the ‘wrapping’ of precept, is as if he has prepared a throne for the blessed Holy One – and they are Y-A-Q-D-V-N-Q-Y.
For each one, four faces and four wings – adding up to 64, and with the eight letters of Y-A-Q-D-V-N-Q-Y, they add up to 72.
teach a mystery – for there are 8 strings on each side, corresponding to the four faces and four wings of each ḥayah (angelic-beast), and in the ‘small counting’ of the name of Enoch, az (then, =8) is equals SHaDaY (Almighty, =314). (Ex. 15:1) ‘Then’ (az) shall he sing – in every place. And the Masters of the Mishnah have said:xlviiBT Menaḥot 39a ‘one who lessens the ‘windings’ of the tzitzit, should not make less than seven, and one who adds, should not add beyond 13.’