The letters of Yud Hei Vav Hei are like the letters of Adonai

Synopsis

We are told that the mystery of the Tabernacle that is like the mystery of the Ark includes the secrets of the Holy Name Adonai, as can be seen in: "behold, the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord (Adon) of all the earth." Rabbi Shimon explains how the letters in Adonai are like the letters Yud Hei Vav Hei, and tells about their numerical significance. He says that the Tabernacle below on earth and the upper Tabernacle (Adonai) and the third Tabernacle that is even higher (Binah) are all comprised within each other "that the Tabernacle may be one."

Adonai Ark Ark of the Covenant Earth Hebrew Letters Holy Name Tabernacle Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH)

292. בְּרָזָא דְּמַשְׁכְּנָא קַיְימָן רָזִין עִלָּאִין, בְּרָזָא דִּשְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא אֲדֹנָ"י, הַאי אִיהוּ רָזָא דְּמַשְׁכְּנָא, כְּגַוְונָא רָזָא עִלָּאָה, רָזָא דַּאֲרוֹנָא, כְּמָה דִּכְתִּיב הִנֵּה אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית אֲדוֹן כָּל הָאָרֶץ. אֲדוֹן כָּל הָאָרֶץ, דָּא הוּא רָזָא קַדִּישָׁא דִּשְׁמָא דְּאָלֶ"ף דָּלֶ"ת נוּ"ן יוֹ"ד. וְדָא הוּא כְּגַוְונָא דְּרָזָא דִּשְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא עִלָּאָה יְדֹוָ"ד. וְאַתְוָון אִלֵּין כְּגַוְונָא דְּאִלֵּין.

Aba and Ima Adonai Female Hebrew Letters Male Wisdom Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH) Zeir Anpin

293. HE EXPLAINS: Aleph OF ADONAI is like Yud OF YUD HEI VAV HEI, WHICH IS ABA. The mystery of the Yud FULLY SPELLED is like Aleph, FOR IN THE SHAPE OF THE LETTER ALEPH THERE IS YUD ABOVE, VAV IN THE MIDDLE AND DALET BELOW, NAMELY YUD (YUD-VAV-DALET). This was established. Dalet OF ADONAI is the secret of Hei OF YUD HEI VAV HEI, WHICH IS IMA, BECAUSE WHEN MALCHUT SERVES AS A GARMENT TO THE LEFT COLUMN OF IMA, IT IS CALLED 'DALET'. The one resembles the other, all in one mystery and manner. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT Nun OF ADONAI is the secret of the letter Vav OF YUD HEI VAV HEI, WHICH IS TIFERET, THE CENTRAL COLUMN. And though VAV is male, and NUN is female, they were combined within one another, TIFERET OF ADONAI, WHICH IS MALCHUT, THE SECRET OF NUN, IS INCLUDED WITHIN TIFERET OF YUD HEI VAV HEI, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, THE SECRET OF VAV. It was explained that Nun and Vav are in the middle, combined together. NUN IS THE CENTER OF THE LETTERS NUMERICALLY COUNTED IN UNITS OF 'TENS', YUD (= 10), CAF (= 20), LAMED (= 30), MEM, NUN, SAMECH, AYIN, PEI, TZADI, AND VAV IS THE CENTER OF THE LETTERS NUMERICALLY COUNTED IN UNITS OF ONE: ALEPH (= 1), BET (= 2), GIMEL, DALET, HEI, VAV, ZAYIN, CHET, TET. Hei OF YUD HEI VAV HEI is the secret of Yud OF ADONAI, WHICH IS MALCHUT, since THE YUD in here is little Chochmah called 'the Wisdom of Solomon'.

293. א' אִיהִי י', רָזָא דְּיוֹ"ד כְּגַוְונָא דָּא א', וְהָא אוּקְמוּהָ. ד', אִיהוּ רָזָא ה', וְדָא כְּגַוְונָא דְּדָא, וְכֹלָּא כְּגַוְונָא וְרָזָא חֲדָא. נ', אִיהִי רָזָא דְּאָת ו', ואע"ג דְּדָא דְּכַר, וְדָא נוּקְבָּא. אֲבָל דָּא אִתְכְּלִיל בְּדָא, וְהָא אוּקְמוּהָ ן' ו' אִיהוּ בְּאֶמְצָעִיתָא, בְּגִין דְּאִיהוּ כְּלָלָא חֲדָא. ה' אִיהוּ רָזָא דְּאָת י', בְּגִין דְּהָכָא, דָּא אִיהִי חָכְמָה זְעֵירָא, דְּאִקְרֵי חָכְמַת שְׁלֹמֹה.

Adonai Earth Form Hebrew Letters Tabernacle Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH)

294. The letters are comprised within one another, THE FOUR LETTERS OF ADONAI INCLUDED WITHIN THE FOUR LETTERS YUD HEI VAV HEI. They all belong to the same principle, including the one in the other, everything being one. Everything is one mystery by the holy letters. Therefore, the Tabernacle below on earth is based on the secret of the upper Tabernacle, WHICH IS MALCHUT CALLED 'ADONAI', and that upper Tabernacle is in the secret of yet another Tabernacle superior to all, WHICH IS BINAH. All are comprised within one another so as to form one whole. Hence it is written, "that the Tabernacle may be one" (Shemot 26:6).

294. וְאִתְכְּלִילוּ אַתְוָון אִלֵּין בְּאִלֵּין, וְכֹלָּא אִיהִי רָזָא חֲדָא, כְּלִילָן אִלֵּין בְּאִלֵּין, וְכֹלָּא חַד, וְכֹלָּא אִיהוּ רָזָא חֲדָא, בְּאַתְוָון קַדִּישִׁין. וְעַל דָּא מַשְׁכְּנָא דִּלְתַתָּא בְּאַרְעָא, קַיְּימָא בְּרָזָא דְּמַשְׁכְּנָא עִלָּאָה, וְהַהוּא מַשְׁכְּנָא עִלָּאָה, קַיְּימָא בְּרָזָא דְּמַשְׁכְּנָא אַחֲרָא עִלָּאָה עַל כֹּלָּא. וְכֹלָּא אִיהוּ כָּלִיל דָּא בְּדָא לְמֶהֱוֵי חַד, וְעַל דָּא כְּתִיב, וְהָיָה הַמִּשְׁכָּן אֶחָד.