And one is required to return three steps backwardsxcviBT Yoma 53b so as not to turn one’s shouldersxcviiSee BT Yoma 53a to the King.
These then exit, and Sagron closes the door after them.
Now, the ‘masters of signs’ are knocking at the entrance, saying: “ADNY! Open∞tiphtaḥ my lips!” (Ps. 51:17) Open – this is Patḥon.
And these are the masters of the 18∞ḥaiy blessings of prayer, from the aspect of the ‘life-force∞ḥaiy of the worlds’, who unite the blessed Holy One and the Shekhinah there, for the Righteous-One (Yesod) is the ninth, from above to below, and from below to above.