"And I appeared...by the name of El Shadai, but by My name, Hashem, I was not known to them"

Synopsis

This passage begins with: "And Elohim spoke to Moses and said to him, 'I am Hashem, and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as El Shadai.'" Rabbi Aba talks about "Trust in Hashem forever...for Yad Hashem is an everlasting rock," and we hear many interpretations of this scripture. One is that people have permission to observe and understand up to the level of Hashem but no higher. Rabbi Yehuda offers the interpretation that the world was created with justice and is sustained by the name Hashem. Next the discussion moves to Moses, who said, "Adonai why did you do wrong to this nation? Why did you send me?. And from the time that I have come to Pharaoh to speak in your name it has become worse for these people and you did not deliver your people." Rabbi Yehuda wonders how anyone can talk to God like this without being punished, and Rabbi Yitzchak replies that it was because Moses had authority over Malchut like someone over his household - thus he was able to speak without fear.

We hear next of judgment and mercy being joined together, and then of the reason for the name 'El Shadai.' We are told a parable about a king and his daughter to clarify that Yud Hei Vav Hei spoke to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob only through his somewhat lower intermediary, El Shadai - and El Shadai is Malchut. Next Rabbi Yosi changes the topic to the verse, "The earth is Hashem's and the fullness thereof, the world, and they that dwell in it." He tells us that 'the earth' means The Holy Land, and that it receives the first of the blessings and the water from Hashem. Afterwards, the rest of the world receives what is left over.

Rabbi Yosi also talks about the verse, "For he founded it upon seas." He says that the seas are the seven pillars or Sfirot upon which the world is supported. The Sea of Galilee - Malchut - rules over them. Rabbi Yehuda does not like the phrase 'rules over them,' and he contends that Malchut receives from the Sfirot; thus the Sea of Kineret is filled from them. Rabbi Shimon explains why Jacob does not rule over the land of Yisrael as Moses does, saying that Jacob forsook the higher realms for the lower world. Therefore Yud Hei Vav Hei spoke to him only in the name El Shadai. Lastly, we learn from Rabbi Chiya that everyone who is circumcised and observes the sign of the covenant is righteous and inherits the land, as in the verse, "And I have also established My Covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan."

Relevance

This section refers to four names for God: El Shadai, Adonai, Hashem and Yud Hei Vav Hei. Because of their different levels of development, Moses and Jacob received messages from different aspects or manifestations of God. As we seek and resonate to our own spiritual level, we can think about this concept while trying to raise ourselves higher and higher - thus becoming ever more worthy to hear the voice of the One God.

Abraham Isaac Jacob Moses Rock Shadai

1. וַיְדַבֵּר אֱלֹהִים אֶל מֹשֶׁה וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֲנִי יְיָ' וָאֵרָא אֶל אַבְרָהָם אֶל יִצְחָק וְאֶל יַעֲקֹב בְּאֵל שַׁדָּי וְגוֹ.' רִבִּי אַבָּא פָּתַח, בִּטְחוּ בַיְיָ' עֲדֵי עַד כִּי בְּיָהּ יְיָ' צוּר עוֹלָמִים. בִּטְחוּ בַיְיָ,' כָּל בְּנֵי עָלְמָא בַּעְיָין לְאִתַּתְקְפָא בֵּיהּ בְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וּלְמֶהֱוֵי רָחְצַנוּ דִּלְהוֹן בֵּיהּ.

Morning Strength Zeir Anpin

2. HE ASKS, If so, what is the meaning of "adei ad"? AND ANSWERS, It means that the strength of a person should be in the place which sustains and connects everything, and which is called "ad," WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, as it is written, "In the morning he shall devour the prey (Heb. ad)" (Beresheet 49:27). "Ad" is the place that unites this side and that side, MEANING THAT IT IS THE CENTRAL COLUMN THAT CONNECTS THE RIGHT SIDE AND THE LEFT SIDE TO EACH OTHER, for sustenance and connecting, NAMELY, SO THAT THE TWO COLUMNS ARE SUSTAINED, AND THEIR ILLUMINATIONS ARE LINKED TO EACH OTHER, a connection that will not be destroyed.

2. אִי הָכִי מַהוּ עֲדֵי עַד. אֶלָּא, בְּגִין דִּיהֵא תֻּקְפָּא דְּבַר נָשׁ, בַּאֲתַר דְּאִיהוּ קִיּוּמָא וְקִשּׁוּרָא דְּכֹלָּא, וְאִקְרֵי עַד, וְהָא אוּקְמוּהָ, כְּמָה דְּאַתְּ אָמֵר, בַּבֹּקֶר יֹאכַל עַד. וְהַאי עַד, אֲתָר דְּאָחִיד לְכָל סִטְרִין, לְסִטְרָא דָּא, וּלְסִטְרָא דָּא, לְאִתְקַיְּימָא, וּלְאִתְקְשְּׁרָא קִשְׁרָא, דִּי לָא תַּעְדֵי.

Jubilee Sabbatical Year

3. And everything directs its desire towards "Ad," as it is written, "to (Heb. ad) the utmost bound (or desire) of the everlasting hills" (Beresheet 49:26). Who are the everlasting hills? These are the two matriarchs, MEANING BINAH AND MALCHUT, WHICH ARE females AND ARE CALLED Jubilee and Sabbatical year. BINAH IS CALLED YOVEL (ENG. JUBILEE) AND MALCHUT SHMITAH (ENG. SABBATICAL YEAR), and both are called "everlasting hills (lit. 'hills of the world')." EACH ONE OF THEM IS CALLED A HILL OF THE WORLD. THEY ARE CALLED 'world' as you say "from everlasting to everlasting (lit. 'from the world to the world')" (Tehilim 106:48), MEANING BINAH AND MALCHUT, FOR BOTH ARE CALLED 'WORLD.'

3. וְהַאי עַד, תִּיאוּבְתָּא דְּכֹלָּא בֵּיהּ, כְּמָה דְּאַתְּ אָמֵר, עַד תַּאֲוַת גִּבְעוֹת עוֹלָם. מַאן אִינּוּן גִּבְעוֹת עוֹלָם. אִלֵּין אִינּוּן תְּרֵין אִמָּהָן נוּקְבֵי, יוֹבֵל, וּשְׁמִטָּה, דְּאִקְרוּן גִּבְעוֹת עוֹלָם. עוֹלָם: כְּמָה דְּאַתְּ אָמֵר, מִן הָעוֹלָם וְעַד הָעוֹלָם.

Blessing Chassadim Crowns Flow Jubilee Peace Sabbatical Year Zeir Anpin Zion

4. And they desire Ad, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, SINCE BEING THE CENTRAL COLUMN, it sustains all sides, MEANING THE RIGHT SIDE AND THE LEFT SIDE. AND THEREFORE, Jubilee, WHICH IS BINAH, desires Ad, to adorn it WITH THE TOP THREE SFIROT, and to pour on it blessings, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF THE ABUNDANT FLOW OF CHASSADIM, and to pour sweet springs onto it, WHICH ARE THE SECRET OF CHOCHMAH SWEETENED WITH CHASSADIM. This is the meaning of, "Go forth, O daughters of Zion, and behold King Solomon with the crown with which his mother crowned him" (Shir Hashirim 3:11). KING SOLOMON (HEB. SHLOMO) IS THE SECRET OF THE KING THAT THE PEACE (HEB. SHALOM) IS HIS, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN; HIS MOTHER IS THE SECRET OF BINAH. Sabbatical year, WHICH IS MALCHUT, desires Ad, THAT IS ZEIR ANPIN, to be blessed by it and to illuminate from it. THUS the everlasting hills, WHICH ARE BINAH AND MALCHUT, assuredly desire Ad, THE ONE TO POUR ON IT ITS ABUNDANCE AND THE OTHER TO RECEIVE.

4. וְתִיאוּבְתָּא דִּילְהוֹן בְּהַאי עַד, דְּאִיהוּ קִיּוּמָא דְּכָל סִטְרִין. תִּיאוּבְתָּא דְּיוֹבְלָא לְגַבֵּי דְּעַד, לְאַעְטְּרָא לֵיהּ, וּלְנַגְדָּא עָלֵיהּ בִּרְכָּאן, וּלְאַרְקָא עָלֵיהּ מַבּוּעִין מְתִיקִין, הֲדָא הוּא דִּכְתִּיב, צְאֶינָה וּרְאֶינָה בְּנוֹת צִיּוֹן בַּמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה בַּעֲטָרָה שֶׁעִטְּרָה לוֹ אִמּוֹ. תִּיאוּבְתָּא דִּשְׁמִטָּה, לְאִתְבָּרְכָא מִנֵּיהּ, וּלְאַתְנַהֲרָא מִנֵּיהּ. וַדַּאי הַאי עַד תַּאֲוַת גִּבְעוֹת עוֹלָם אִיהוּ.

Nukva Rock Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH) Zeir Anpin

5. Therefore THE VERSE SAYS, "Trust in Hashem forever" (Yeshayah 26:4), WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN. For from there up, NAMELY CHOCHMAH AND BINAH, WHICH ARE ABOVE ZEIR ANPIN, the place is covered and hidden, as none can conceive it. It is a place from which the worlds, WHICH ARE MALE AND FEMALE, emerge and are formed. This is the meaning of, "For Yah Hashem is an everlasting rock." YAH IS CHOCHMAH, YUD HEI VAV Hei IS BINAH, AND THEY DESIGN AND PRODUCE THE WORLDS THAT ARE MALE AND FEMALE. This place is hidden and concealed. Therefore, THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "Trust in Hashem forever (Heb. adei ad)," TO TEACH that up to here, TO ZEIR ANPIN WHICH IS CALLED AD, everyone is permitted to observe. From here and further, MEANING IN CHOCHMAH AND BINAH AS MENTIONED, no one is permitted to observe because it is concealed from everyone. And what is THE PLACE THAT IS PROHIBITED TO BE OBSERVED-IT IS Yah, Yud Hei Vav Hei, WHICH ARE CHOCHMAH AND BINAH whence all the worlds were formed, and no one is able to understand that place, IN ORDER TO CONCEIVE ANYTHING.

5. בְּגִין כַּךְ, בִּטְחוּ בַיְיָ' עֲדֵי עַד, דְּהָא מִתַּמָּן וּלְעֵילָּא, אֲתָר טָמִיר וְגָנִיז אִיהוּ, דְּלָא יָכִיל לְאִתְדַּבְּקָא. אֲתָר הוּא, דְּמִנֵּיהּ נָפְקוּ וְאִצְטָיְּירוּ עָלְמִין, הֲדָא הוּא דִּכְתִּיב, כִּי בְּיָהּ יְיָ' צוּר עוֹלָמִים וְהוּא אֲתָר גָּנִיז וְסָתִים, וע"ד בִּטְחוּ בַיְיָ' עֲדֵי עַד, עַד הָכָא אִית רְשׁוּ לְכָל ב"נ לְאִסְתַּכְּלָא בֵּיהּ, מִכָּאן וּלְהָלְאָה, לֵית לֵיהּ רְשׁוּ לב"נ לְאִסְתַּכְּלָא בֵּיהּ, דְּהָא אִיהוּ גָּנִיז מִכֹּלָּא, וּמַאן אִיהוּ יָהּ יְדֹוָד. דִּמִתַּמָּן אִצְטְיָּירוּ עָלְמִין כֻּלְּהוּ, וְלֵית מַאן דְּקָאֵים עַל הַהוּא אֲתָר.

Grades Heaven Heavens Zeir Anpin

6. Rabbi Yehuda said, The scripture proves this, THE PRECLUSION OF UNDERSTANDING ABOVE ZEIR ANPIN. For it is written, "For ask now the days that are past...FROM ONE SIDE OF HEAVEN (WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN) TO THE OTHER" (Devarim 4:32). SO IT IS EXPRESSED IN THE SCRIPTURE THAT QUESTIONING AND UNDERSTANDING PERTAIN ONLY TO THE LEVEL OF HEAVEN, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER. Up to here, one is permitted to observe, but from here and further, MEANING ABOVE ZEIR ANPIN, no one can comprehend it.

Holiness (Kedushah) Kedushah (Holiness) Strength

7. ד"א בִּטְחוּ בַיְיָ' עֲדֵי עַד, כָּל יוֹמוֹי דְּבַר נָשׁ, בָּעֵי לְאִתַּתְקְפָא בֵּיהּ בְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וּמַאן דְּשַׁוֵּי בֵּיהּ, בִּטְחוֹנֵיהּ וְתוּקְפֵּיהּ כַּדְקָא יֵאוֹת, לָא יַכְלִין לְאַבְאָשָׁא לֵיהּ, כָּל בְּנֵי עָלְמָא. דְּכָל מַאן דְּשַׁוֵּי תּוּקְפֵּיהּ בִּשְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא, אִתְקָיָּים בְּעָלְמָא.

Creation Hebrew Letters Holy Name Rock World to Come, The

8. HE ASKS, What is the reason, AND ANSWERS, since the world endures by His Holy Name. This is the meaning of, "For Yah Hashem is an everlasting (lit. 'worlds') rock (Heb. tzur)" (Yeshayah 26:4), WHICH MEANS the former (Heb. tzayar) of worlds. For by two letters were the worlds created, this world and the World to Come. This world was created with Judgment and is maintained, NAMELY EXISTS, on Judgment. This is the meaning of, "In the beginning Elohim created" (Beresheet 1:1), AS THIS NAME ALLUDES TO JUDGMENT. The reason is so that people would conduct themselves according to judgment (law) and would not digress from the path.

8. מַאי טַעֲמָא, בְּגִין דְּעָלְמָא, בִּשְׁמֵיהּ קַדִּישָׁא אִתְקַיַּים. הה"ד כִּי בְּיָהּ יְיָ' צוּר עוֹלָמִים: צַיָּיר עָלְמִין. דְּהָא בִּתְרֵין אַתְוָון, אִתְבְּרוּן עָלְמִין, עָלְמָא דֵּין, וְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי. עָלְמָא דָּא, בְּדִינָא אִתְבְּרֵי, וְעַל דִּינָא קַיְּימָא, הה"ד, בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים. מ"ט, בְּגִין דְּיִתְנַהֲגוּן בְּנֵי נָשָׁא בְּדִינָא, וְלָא יִפְקוּן מֵאוֹרְחָא לְבַר.

Adonai Chariot Grades Judgment Matron Moses Pharaoh, The Prophecy Strength Zeir Anpin

9. Come and see, It is written, "And Elohim spoke to Moses" (Shemot 6:1). THE NAME ELOHIM ALLUDES TO the decree of Judgment that is looming over him. It is written before, "And Moses returned to Hashem, and said, Adonai" (Shemot 5:22) spelled Aleph Dalet Nun Yud, WHICH IS THE NAME OF MALCHUT. See the strength of Moses, THAT AS SOON AS he started prophesying, his spirit did not rest at this place, WHICH IS MALCHUT. He said, "Adonai, why have You dealt ill with this people? why is it that You have sent me? for since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name he has done evil to this people; neither have You delivered your people at all" (Ibid. 22-23). Who CAN talk like this? Only Moses who knew that a another, higher level THAN MALCHUT was intended for him, BECAUSE HE WAS A CHARIOT TO ZEIR ANPIN, WHICH IS THE HUSBAND OF QUEEN.

9. תָּא חֲזֵי כְּתִיב וַיְדַבֵּר אֱלֹהִים אֶל מֹשֶׁה, גִּזְירַת דִּינָא דְּקַיְּימָא עָלֵיהּ, מַה כְּתִיב לְעֵילָּא, וַיָּשָׁב מֹשֶׁה אֶל ה,' וַיֹּאמַר אֲדֹנָ"י, בְּאָלֶ"ף דָּלֶ"ת נוּ"ן יוֹ"ד. חָמֵי תּוּקְפָּא דְּמֹשֶׁה, בְּשֵׁירוּתָא דִּנְבִיאוּתֵיהּ, לָא נָח רוּחֵיהּ בְּהַאי אֲתָר, אָמַר, אֲדֹנָי לָמָה הֲרֵעֹתָה לָעָם הַזֶּה וְגוֹ,' וּמֵאָז בָּאתִי אֶל פַּרְעֹה לְדַבֵּר בִּשְׁמֶךָ הֵרַע לָעָם הַזֶּה וְהַצֵּל לֹא הִצַּלְתָּ אֶת עַמֶּךָ. מַאן הוּא דְּיֵימָא כְּדֵין, אֶלָּא מֹשֶׁה, דְּיָדַע, דְּהָא דַּרְגָּא אָחֳרָא עִלָּאָה זַמִּין לֵיהּ.

Chariot Fear Grades Moses Zeir Anpin

Grades Judgment Mercy Moses Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH) Zeir Anpin

11. Another explanation of, "And Elohim spoke": THIS IS the decree of Judgment, AS THE NAME ELOHIM IS JUDGMENT, NAMELY MALCHUT. "And said to him, 'I am Hashem'": This is a different grade, NAMELY, ZEIR ANPIN which is Mercy, and here everything is connected together, Judgment and Mercy TOGETHER, WHICH IS GREAT WHOLENESS. This is the meaning of, "And said to him, 'I am Hashem,'" WHICH IS THE ATTRIBUTE OF MERCY. Rabbi Shimon said, If it were written, "And Elohim spoke to Moses, 'I am Hashem,'" I would say THAT FOR HIM JUDGMENT AND MERCY WERE LINKED TOGETHER. But it is not written so. Rather, it is first written, "And Elohim spoke to Moses" and then, "And said to him, 'I am Hashem,'" which means they are a grade after another grade INSTEAD OF JUDGMENT AND MERCY LINKED TOGETHER.

11. דָּבָר אַחֵר וַיְדַבֵּר אֱלֹהִים, גִּזְרַת דִּינָא, וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֲנִי יְיָ,' דַּרְגָּא אָחֳרָא דְּרַחֲמֵי. וְהָכָא אִתְקַשַּׁר כּוֹלָּא כַּחֲדָא, דִּינָא וְרַחֲמֵי. הֲדָא הוּא דִּכְתִּיב, וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֲנִי יְיָ.' אָמַר רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אִי כְּתִיב וַיְדַבֵּר אֱלֹהִים אֶל מֹשֶׁה אֲנִי ה,' הֲוֵינָא אָמַר הָכִי. אֶלָּא לָא כְּתִיב, אֶלָּא וַיְדַבֵּר אֱלֹהִים אֶל מֹשֶׁה בְּקַדְמֵיתָא, וּלְבָתַר וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֲנִי ה,' דְּמַשְׁמַע דַּרְגָּא בָּתַר דַּרְגָּא.

Adonai Daughter Judgment Moses Prayer Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH)

12. Rabbi Yosi said, Had not Moses been the master of the house, AS IT IS WRITTEN ABOUT HIM, "A PRAYER BY MOSES, the man of Elohim" (Tehilim 90:1), he would have been punished for saying TO ADONAI, "WHY HAVE YOU DEALT ILL WITH THIS PEOPLE..." (SHEMOT 5:22). But since HE WAS THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE, he was not punished. THIS IS LIKENED TO a man who had a quarrel with his wife, WHO WAS THE KING'S DAUGHTER, and spoke to her IMPROPER words. She started to complain, but as soon as she started speaking, the king, who was present, took over the matter, and she became silent and stopped speaking. The king said TO HER HUSBAND, Don't you know that I am the king, and that it is in my presence that you spoke these words? Similarly, so to speak, with Moses, AS IT IS WRITTEN, "And Moses returned to Hashem and said 'Adonai, why have You dealt ill...'" Immediately "Elohim spoke to Moses," WHICH IS THE ATTRIBUTE OF JUDGMENT BECAUSE THE KING'S DAUGHTER started to complain. Immediately, the King took up the complaint, "And said to him 'I am Hashem.'" Did you not know that I am King, and it is in My presence that you spoke these words?

12. וְאָמַר רִבִּי יוֹסֵי, מֹשֶׁה, אִלְמָלֵא דַּהֲוָה מָארֵיהּ דְּבֵיתָא, אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים, אִתְעַנָּשׁ עַל מַה דְּאָמַר, אֲבָל בְּגִינֵי הַאי, לָא אִתְעַנָּשׁ. לְבַר נָשׁ דְּנָפַל לֵיהּ קְטָטָה בִּדְבִיתְהוּ, וְאָמַר לָהּ מִלִּין, שָׁרַאת הִיא לְאִתְרַעֲמָא, כֵּיוָן דְּשָׁארִית מִלָּה, הֲוָה תַּמָּן מַלְכָּא, נָטַל מַלְכָּא מִלָּה, וְהִיא שַׁתְקַת וּפַסְקַת לְמַלְּלָא. אָמַר לֵיהּ מַלְכָּא, וְכִי לָא יָדַעְתְּ דַּאֲנָא הוּא מַלְכָּא, וּמִקָּמָאי מַלִּילַת מִלִּין אִלֵּין, כִּבְיָכוֹל אוּף הָכִי מֹשֶׁה, וַיָּשָׁב מֹשֶׁה אֶל יְיָ' וַיֹּאמַר אֲדֹנָי לָמָה הֲרֵעוֹתָה וְגוֹ.' מִיָּד, וַיְדַבֵּר אֱלֹהִים אֶל מֹשֶׁה, שָׁארֵי לְאִתְרָעֲמָא, מִיָּד נָטַל מַלְכָּא מִלָּה וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֲנִי יְיָ' וְלָא יָדַעְתּ דַּאֲנָא הוּא מַלְכָּא, וּמִקָּמַאי מַלִּילַת מִלִּין אִלֵּין.

Abraham Adonai Daughter Isaac Jacob Matron Shadai Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH)

13. "And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob by, the name of El Shadai." Why did He use a different name than the names before, WHICH WERE ADONAI, YUD HEI VAV HEI ELOHIM, AND HERE HE SAID EL SHADAI. HE ANSWERS, THIS IS LIKENED to a king who had an unmarried daughter, and also a beloved friend. When the king wanted to speak with his beloved friend, he used to send his daughter to speak to him and thus the king spoke to him through his daughter. The time has come for his daughter to marry. On the day she married, the king said to her, precious queen, until now I spoke through you to whomever I wished to. From now on, I will tell your husband and he will speak with whomever it is necessary. After some time, the husband said HARSH words to her in the king's presence. Before she started to talk, the king took the cause and said to him, am I not the king? Until this day no person spoke to me except through my daughter. And I gave you my daughter, and I spoke to you openly, a thing I have not done for any other person.

13. וָאֵרָא אֶל אַבְרָהָם אֶל יִצְחָק וְאֶל יַעֲקֹב בְּאֵל שַׁדָּי. אֲמַאי שָׁנֵּי שְׁמָא הָכָא מֵאִלֵּין דִּלְעֵילָּא. אֶלָּא לְמַלְכָּא, דַּהֲוָה לֵיהּ בְּרַתָּא, דְּלָא אִתְנְסִיבַת, וַהֲוָה לֵיהּ רְחִימָא. כַּד בָּעֵי מַלְכָּא לְמַלְּלָא בְּהַהוּא רְחִימָא, מְשַׁדֵּר לִבְרַתֵּיהּ לְמַלְּלָא עִמֵּיהּ, וַהֲוָה מַלְכָּא עַל יְדָא דִּבְרַתֵּיהּ, מְמַלֵּיל עִמֵּיהּ. אָתָא זִמְנָא דִּבְרַתֵּיהּ לְאִתְנַסְּבָא, הַהוּא יוֹמָא דְּאִתְנְסִיבַת, אָמַר מַלְכָּא, קָרוּן לָהּ לִבְרַתָּא, קְרוּסְפוּנְיָא מַטְרוֹנִיָתא. וְאֲמַר לָהּ, עַד הָכָא, מַלִּילְנָא עַל יְדָךְ, לְמַאן דְּמַלִּילְנָא מִכָּאן וּלְהָלְאָה אֲנָא אֵימָא לְבַעְלִיךְ, וְהוּא יֵימָא לְמַאן דְּאִצְטְרִיךְ. לְיוֹמִין, אָמַר לָהּ בַּעְלָהּ מִלִּין קָמֵי מַלְכָּא, עַד דְּהִיא שָׁרָאת לְמַלְּלָא, נָטַל מַלְכָּא מִלָּה, אָמַר לֵיהּ, וְלָאו אֲנָא מַלְכָּא, דְּעַד יוֹמָא דָּא לָא מַלִּיל אֵינָשׁ עִמִּי, אֶלָּא עַל יְדָא דִּבְרַתִּי, וַאֲנָא יָהִיבְנָא לָךְ בְּרַתִּי, וּמַלִּילְנָא עִמָּךְ בְּאִתְגַּלְיָא, מַה דְּלָא עֲבִידְנָא לְאָחֳרָא.

Abraham Daughter Face Grades Isaac Jacob Patriarchs Shadai Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH) Zeir Anpin

14. Similarly, "And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, by the name of El Shadai," WHICH IS THE NAME OF MALCHUT BEFORE SHE UNITED WITH ZEIR ANPIN FACE TO FACE. THIS MEANS, I APPEARED TO THE PATRIARCHS BY THE NAME OF EL SHADAI, WHICH IS MALCHUT when she was unmarried in My house. I was not spoken to face to face as I did with you, and you, at the beginning of your speech, said to My daughter in My presence such words. Therefore, IT IS WRITTEN, "And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, by the name of El Shadai, but by My name, Hashem, I was not known to them," THAT IS, to speak to them in the grade in which I spoke to you.

14. כַּךְ, וָאֵרָא אֶל אַבְרָהָם אֶל יִצְחָק וְאֶל יַעֲקֹב בְּאֵל שַׁדָּי, כַּד אִיהִי בְּבְיתִי וְלָא אִתְנְסִיבַת, וְלָא מַלִּילוּ עִמִּי אַנְפִּין בְּאַנְפִּין, כְּמָה דְּעַבִידְנָא לָךְ. וְאַתְּ, בְּשֵׁירוּתָא דְּמִלּוּלָךְ, מַלִּילַת לִבְרַתִּי קָמָאי מִלִּין אִלֵּין, אֶלָּא בְּגִינֵי כַּךְ, וָאֵרָא אֶל אַבְרָהָם אֶל יִצְחָק וְאֶל יַעֲקֹב בְּאֵל שַׁדָּי וּשְׁמִי יְיָ' לֹא נוֹדַעְתִּי לָהֶם, לְמַלְּלָא עִמְּהוֹן בְּדַרְגָּא דָּא דְּעִמָּךְ מַלִּילְנָא.

David Earth Holy Land Universe

15. Rabbi Yosi opened the discussion saying, "A psalm of David. The earth is Hashem's and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell in it" (Tehilim 24:1). The earth refers to the Holy land of Yisrael that is the first to be blessed by Him and watered by Him, BY HASHEM. Afterwards, the whole world is watered from it. "The world, and they that dwell in it" refers to the rest of the lands that drink from it. How do we know this? From the words, "And He will judge the world in righteousness" (Tehilim 9:9).

15. רִבִּי יוֹסֵי פָּתַח, לְדָוִד מִזְמוֹר לַיְיָ' הָאָרֶץ וּמְלוֹאָהּ תֵּבֵל וְיוֹשְׁבֵי בָּהּ. הָאָרֶץ: דָּא אַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, דְּאִיהִי קַיְּימָא לְאִתְשַׁקְיָיא מִנֵּיהּ, וּלְאִתְבָּרְכָא מִנֵּיהּ בְּקַדְמֵיתָא, וּלְבָתַר מִנָּהּ אִתְשַׁקְיָיא עָלְמָא כֹּלָּא. תֵּבֵל וְיוֹשְׁבֵי בָּהּ: דָּא שְׁאַר אַרְעָאן, דְּשַׁתְאָן מִינָהּ, מְנָא לָן. דִּכְתִּיב, וְהוּא יִשְׁפּוֹט תֵּבֵל בְּצֶדֶק.

Eden Flood Pillar Rivers Sea of Galilee Sea of Kineret Seas Seven Water Zeir Anpin

16. "For He has founded it upon seas" (Tehilim 24:2). There are seven pillars, WHICH ARE SEVEN SFIROT - CHESED, GVURAH, TIFERET, NETZACH, HOD, YESOD AND MALCHUT OF ZEIR ANPIN, on which the earth supports itself, and which are seven seas. The Sea of Kineret (Galilee), WHICH IS MALCHUT, rules over them. Rabbi Yehuda said, Do not say it rules over them BECAUSE MALCHUT DOES NOT RULE OVER THE SEVEN SFIROT OF ZEIR ANPIN, but THE SEA OF KINERET is filled from them, BECAUSE MALCHUT RECEIVES FROM THEM, "And established it on the rivers" (Ibid.) HE ASKS, Which rivers are being referred to? AND HE ANSWERS, It is written, "The floods have lifted up, Hashem, the floods (lit. 'rivers') have lifted up their voice" (Tehilim 93:3), WHICH ARE THE SFIROT OF YESOD OF ZEIR ANPIN WHICH IS CALLED RIVER, as it is written, "And a river went out from Eden to water the garden" (Beresheet 2:10). Therefore, IT IS WRITTEN, "He established it on the rivers."

16. כִּי הוּא עַל יַמִּים יְסָדָהּ, אִלֵּין שִׁבְעָה עַמּוּדִים, דְּאַרְעָא סְמִיכָא עָלַיְיהוּ. וְאִינּוּן שִׁבְעָה יַמִּים. וְיַם כִנֶּרֶת שַׁלְטָא עָלַיְיהוּ. א"ר יְהוּדָה, לָא תֵּימָא דְּשַׁלְטָא עָלַיְיהוּ, אֶלָּא דְּאִתְמַלְיָיא מִנַּיְיהוּ. וְעַל נְהָרוֹת יְכוֹנְנֶהָ, מַאן אִינּוּן נְהָרוֹת. אֶלָּא, כד"א, נָשְׂאוּ נְהָרוֹת קוֹלָם יִשְּׂאוּ נְהָרוֹת דָּכְיָם, אִינּוּן נְהָרוֹת, כד"א, וְנָהָר יוֹצֵא מֵעֵדֶן לְהַשְׁקוֹת אֶת הַגָּן, וּבְגִין כַּךְ, וְעַל נְהָרוֹת יְכוֹנְנֶהָ.

Abraham Chariot Face Isaac Jacob Moses Nukva Shadai Zeir Anpin

Egypt Grades Jacob Moses Shadai Soul, The Twelve Twelve Tribes of Israel Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH)

18. HE ANSWERS, We have already established that Jacob took the terrestrial house, THAT IS, IN THIS WORLD. Therefore, he lost the celestial house, WHICH IS MALCHUT, but with the terrestrial house, THAT IS, THE FOUR WIVES, he reestablished the celestial house, WHICH IS MALCHUT, with twelve tribes, with seventy branches REFERRING TO ITS SEVENTY NAMES, WHICH IS THE MEANING OF THE SEVENTY SOULS WHO CAME TO EGYPT. And we have already established that Moses took the celestial house, WHICH IS MALCHUT, and forsook the terrestrial house BECAUSE HE SEPARATED FROM HIS WIFE. Therefore, it is written of Jacob: "By the name of El Shadai," AS MENTIONED. BECAUSE ONLY by the name El Shadai did the Holy One, blessed be He, speak to him and no more THAN THIS. "But by My name, Hashem, I was not known to them," MEANING to speak to them in this level OF YUD HEI VAV HEI, which is superior.

18. אֶלָּא, יַעֲקֹב הָא אוֹקִימְנָא, נָטַל בֵּיתָא דִּלְתַתָּא, וְאִשְׁתְּבִיק מִנֵּיהּ בֵּיתָא דִּלְעֵילָּא. וְעִם בֵּיתָא דִּלְתַתָּא, אַתְקִין בֵּיתָא דִּלְעֵילָּא, בִּתְרֵיסָר שְׁבָטִין, בְּשַׁבְעִין עֲנָפִין, וְהָא אוּקְמוּהָ. מֹשֶׁה, נָטַל בֵּיתָא דִּלְעֵילָּא, וְשָׁבִיק בֵּיתָא דִּלְתַתָּא. וע"ד, כְּתִיב בְּיַעֲקֹב בְּאֵל שַׁדָּי. בְּאֵל שַׁדָּי מַלִּיל עִמֵּיהּ קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וְלָא יַתִּיר. וּשְׁמִי יְיָ' לֹא נוֹדַעְתִּי לָהֶם, לְמַלְּלָא עִמְּהוֹן בְּדַרְגָּא דָּא דְּאִיהוּ עִלָּאָה.

Abraham Isaac Jacob Merit Moses Patriarchs

19. וָאֵרָא אֶל אַבְרָהָם אֶל יִצְחָק וְאֶל יַעֲקֹב. א"ר חִיָּיא, תּוּשְׁבְּחָן דַּאֲבָהָן יַעֲקֹב הֲוָה, דְּהוּא שְׁלִימוּ דְּכֹלָּא. בְּכֻלְּהוּ כְּתִיב, אֶל אַבְרָהָם, אֶל יִצְחָק, וּבֵיהּ אִתּוֹסָף אָת חַד, דִּכְתִּיב, וְאֶל יַעֲקֹב. אִתּוֹסָף בֵּיהּ ו,' לְאַחֲזָאָה דְּאִיהוּ שְׁלֵימָא יַתִּיר מִכֻּלְּהוּ. וְעִם כָּל דָּא, לָא זָכָה לְאִשְׁתַּמְּשָׁא בֵּיהּ כְּמֹּשֶׁה.

Brit (Covenant) Canaan Circumcision Covenant (Brit) Joseph Righteous Torah

20. "And I have also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan" (Shemot 6:4). IT IS because they were circumcised. For all who are circumcised inherit the land. THEREFORE THE TORAH SAYS, "TO GIVE THEM THE LAND OF CANAAN." For the land is inherited only by a righteous person and everyone who is circumcised is called righteous, as it is written, "Your people also shall be all righteous, they shall inherit the land forever" (Yeshayah 60:21). Everyone who is circumcised and observes the sign of the covenant is called righteous. Come and learn this from Joseph, who was not called righteous in his life until he observed that covenant, the sign of the Holy Covenant. Once he observed it BY THE INCIDENT OF THE WIFE OF POTIPHAR, he was called righteous, namely, Joseph the righteous.

20. וְגַם הֲקִימוֹתִי אֶת בְּרִיתִי אִתָּם לָתֵת לָהֶם אֶת אֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן, בְּגִין דְּאִתְגְּזָרוּ. דְּכָל מַאן דְּאִתְגְּזַר, יָרִית אַרְעָא, דְּהָא לָא יָרִית אַרְעָא, אֶלָּא צַדִּיק, וְכָל מַאן דְּאִתְגְּזַר, אִקְרֵי צַדִּיק. דִּכְתִּיב וְעַמֵּךְ כֻּלָּם צַדִּיקִים לְעוֹלָם יִירְשׁוּ אָרֶץ, כָּל מַאן דְּאִתְגְּזַר, וְנָטִיר הַאי אָת קַיָּימָא, אִקְרֵי צַדִּיק, תָּא חֲזֵי מִן יוֹסֵף, דְּכָל יוֹמוֹי לָא אִקְרֵי צַדִּיק, עַד דְּנָטִיר הַהוּא בְּרִית, אָת קַיָּימָא קַדִּישָׁא. כֵּיוָן דְּנָטַר לֵיהּ, אִקְרֵי צַדִּיק, יוֹסֵף הַצַּדִּיק.