**Levi** was born in Year 2195, on the 16th of Nisan, and lived 137 years [(as explained in Parashat Va'era, verse 16). In Yuchsin in the Seder it is written he lived 130 years, which is an error. In Sefer HaYashar he lived 137 years and died 62 years after their descent to Egypt. Similarly the Ten Sayings from Tractate Chagigah, chapter 2, section 328 (which was Year 2300...

**Levi** [Tiferet (glory) (according to the Maggid).]

**Bareket** [was given to Levi. It is called "karpong" - carbuncle - that was in Noah's ark. Its property is that it makes the foolish wise. When it is ground into food and drink, it is very beneficial for becoming wise and opening the heart.

Therefore it was given to Levi, for they enlightened through Torah, and Moshe was from the tribe of...

**Yehudah** was born in Year 2195, on the 15th of Sivan, and lived 119 years, dying 18 years before Levi [(Seder Olam Zuta, Midrash, and Bachya). According to this it is proven that Yehudah was born 87 years after Yaakov, for Yaakov was born in Year 2108, and 87 is Year 2195. And the 119 years that Yehudah lived equals...

**Nofech** [was given to Yehudah. It is the emerald, and in Arabic "zamora," and in the Targum "amar-barzin," and it is green like the leek. It was given to Yehudah whose face turned green in the matter of Tamar, and also when his father suspected him regarding Yosef. Its property is for one who owes enemies...

**Yehudah** [Kingship (according to the Maggid). The soul that was in Yehudah (Derech Chayim, chapter 2, section 95). Lot was reincarnated in Yehudah and in Boaz (see Year 2787). Matityahu son of Yochanan the High Priest was in the secret of Yehudah (see Year 3622).

Yehudah and Binyamin were from the root of Cain and Hevel (...