The Six Words of the Shema as Steps to the Divine

When this [Var. in this ] song ascends, it ascends in the six words which are Hear O Israel... etc. (Deut. 6:4) And when it descends, it descends in six, which are: “Blessed is the Name of His Kingdom’s Glory for ever and ever.”lxLiturgical: the recital of the Shm’a

And when the melody rises in pitch, it ascends in six, and when it lowers, it lowers in six, and about them it is stated: (Song. 5:15) His thighs are pillars of shesh∞marble (six).

And ten wheels are Yod י (=10), which correspond to ten fingers, which strum the music, five in five, and they are Hei-Hei ה־ה (=5),5 which ascend through Yod (hand), through the six levels, which is the letter Vav (=6), in which they rise and descend.