'Aleph Nun Yud,' and 'Vav Hei Vav'

Synopsis

We hear another interpretation of "Preserve my soul, for I am pious," where the esoteric meaning rests on the words 'I' and 'and He,' and whereby we see how essential it is to refrain from separating Zeir Anpin and Malchut. This is because I and He are one, without distinction. We learn that the Left and Right Columns are united in the Central Column, Tiferet.

Relevance

The letters Aleph Nun Yud אני and Vav Hei Vav והו ignite tremendous forces of energy that accomplish many wonderful things for us.

All the worlds - the Upper and Lower - are connected and united into one. The Three Columns - Right, Left and Central - are unified into one harmonious whole. This unification, which occurs through the power of the Central Column, eradicates our selfish impulses and desires. Opposite forces are now able to unite for the following reason: Our Desire to Receive is subjugated and then transformed into the Desire to Receive for the Sake of Sharing. Thus, our Receiving is given the form of sharing, which is identical to the imparting nature of the Light. In spiritual matters, like attracts like; and thus, we (and all the worlds) unite into a resplendent oneness, bringing healing and immortality to all existence.

Adonai Hands Hebrew Letters Soul, The Tetragrammaton Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH) Zeir Anpin

178. Another interpretation of the verse "Preserve my soul; for I am pious" (Tehilim 86:2) is as follows: Why should He preserve my soul? So that I should behave piously with 'I,' NAMELY THAT I SHOULD UNITE WITH AND BRING THE CHESED FROM YUD HEI VAV HEI WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN TO 'I,' WHICH IS MALCHUT, for it has been said about it: I and He, WHERE 'ALEPH-NUN-YUD (ENG. 'I')' IS MALCHUT AND 'VAV-HEI-VAV (ENG. 'AND HE')' IS ZEIR ANPIN. Woe to anyone who separates 'I' from 'He,' NAMELY TO ANYONE WHO CAUSES A SEPARATION BETWEEN ZEIR ANPIN AND MALCHUT, as it is said: "it is He who made us, and we belong to Him" (Tehilim 100:3), WHERE 'HE' STANDS FOR ZEIR ANPIN. This is because everything is one, NAMELY I AND HE ARE ONE, without division. This is what is said: "See now that I, even I am He... I kill and I make alive, I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand" (Devarim 32:39). I am Hashem, I am He, and no other. And this 'I' is derived from Adonai, NAMELY THE LETTERS OF 'ANI' (I) ARE FOUND IN ADONAI. Yud Hei Vav Hei is the Central Column, NAMELY ZEIR ANPIN.

178. ד"א שָׁמְרָה נַפְשִׁי כִּי חָסִיד אָנִי, אֲמַאי. כְּדֵי שֶׁאֶתְחָסֵּד עִם אֲנִ"י. דְּאִתְּמַר בֵּיהּ אֲנִ"י וָה"וּ. וַוי לֵיהּ לְמַאן דְּאַפְרִישׁ אֲנִי מִן הוּא. דְּאִתְּמַר הוּא עָשָׂנוּ וְלֹא אֲנַחְנוּ. דְּכֹלָּא חַד בְּלָא פֵּרוּדָא. הה"ד, רְאוּ עַתָּה כִּי אֲנִי אֲנִי הוּא אֲנִי אָמִית וַאֲחַיֶּה מָחַצְתִּי וַאֲנִי אֶרְפָּא וְאֵין מִיָּדִי מַצִּיל. אֲנִי יְדֹוָ"ד, אֲנִי הוּא וְלֹא אַחֵר. וְדָא אֲנִי מִן אֲדֹנָ"י. יְדֹוָד עַמּוּדָא דְּאֶמְצָעִיתָא.

Adonai Body Chassadim Daniel Eheyeh Ezekiel Face Soul, The Tetragrammaton Unity War Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH) Zeir Anpin

179. And because Yud Hei Vav Hei, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, is on the right, namely Chesed, he said: "Preserve my soul, FOR I AM PIOUS (HEB. CHASID)," meaning that I shall behave piously towards You and with 'I' which is Adonai, which is Gvurah. THAT IS TO SAY, I SHALL UNITE YUD HEI VAV HEI, WHICH IS CHESED, WITH ADONAI, WHICH IS GVURAH, SO CHASSADIM WILL BE DRAWN DOWN FROM YUD HEI VAV HEI TO ADONAI, AND IT, TOO, WILL BE CHESED. And both the names, YUD HEI VAV HEI AND ADONAI, combine together in Tiferet, WHICH IS THE CENTRAL COLUMN, AND COME TOGETHER THUS; Yud Aleph Hei Dalet Vav Nun Hei Yud. FOR IT IS THE CENTRAL COLUMN THAT COMBINES CHESED, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF YUD HEI VAV HEI WITH GVURAH, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF ADONAI. And the inner meaning of the matter is with Chesed and Gvurah, WHICH ARE THE RIGHT AND LEFT COLUMNS, ABOUT WHICH IT IS SAID: "Thus were their faces: and their wings were divided upwards" (Yechezkel 1:11), SINCE 'THEIR FACES' IS THE SECRET OF CHOCHMAH, BINAH AND DA'AT, AND THE TWO COLUMNS, THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT, WHICH ARE CHOCHMAH AND BINAH, ARE DIVIDED. AND SO WITH THE TWO WINGS, THE SECRET OF THE RIGHT AND LEFT COLUMNS, WHICH ARE DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER, AND ARE THEREFORE DIVIDED. And in Tiferet, WHICH IS THE CENTRAL COLUMN, that is called: "Hashem is a man (Heb. ish) of war" (Shemot 15:3), BECAUSE HE FIGHTS WITH THE LEFT COLUMN, AND MAKES IT SMALLER IN ORDER TO BRING IT TOGETHER IN UNITY WITH THE RIGHT, it is written: "two wings of everyone (Heb. ish) were joined one to another" (Yechezkel 1:11), for the two names, YUD HEI VAV HEI AND ADONAI were joined together in it, AND THUS "and two covered their bodies" (Ibid.), FOR THE TWO WINGS JOINED THE BODY AND BECAME AS ONE. And Tiferet is called 'body,' THIS BEING THE INNER MEANING OF THE VERSE: "his body was like beryl" (Daniel 10:6). AND SO IT IS WITH THE TWO COLUMNS, RIGHT AND LEFT OF THE FIRST THREE SFIROT WHICH ARE CHOCHMAH AND BINAH, THAT ARE THE TWO NAMES, YUD HEI VAV HEI AND EHEYEH, ABOUT WHICH IT IS SAID "THEIR FACES...DIVIDED UPWARDS." THEY JOIN TOGETHER AND COMBINE BY THE CENTRAL COLUMN, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF DA'AT. AND THEY COME TOGETHER THUS: Yud-Aleph-Hei-Hei-Vav-Yud-Hei-Hei.

179. וּבְגִין דְּיְדֹוָ"ד אִיהוּ לִימִינָא דְּאִיהִי חֶסֶד, אָמַר, שָׁמְרָה נַפְשִׁי דְּאֶתְחַסֵּד בָּךְ עִם אֲנִי, וְאִיהוּ אֲדֹנָ"י לַגְּבוּרָה. וּבְתִפְאֶרֶת, אִתְחַבְּרָן תְּרֵין שְׁמָהָן יאהדונה"י. וְרָזָא דְּמִלָּה בְּחֶסֶד וּבִגְבוּרָה, וּפְנֵיהֶם וְכַנְפֵיהֶם פְּרוּדוֹת מִלְמָעְלָה וּבְתִפְאֶרֶת, דְּאִתְקְרֵי יְדֹוָ"ד אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה, מַה כְּתִיב שְׁתַּיִם חוֹבְרוֹת אִישׁ, תַּרְתֵּין שְׁמָהָן מִתְחַבְּרָן בֵּיהּ כַּחֲדָא. וּשְׁתַּיִם מְכַסּוֹת אֶת גְּוִיּוֹתֵיהֶנָה. תִּפְאֶרֶת אִתְקְרֵי גּוּף, וּגְוִיָּתוֹ כַתַרְשִׁישׁ יאההויה"ה.