Kabbalah zu Jeschijahu 46:78

"Get you, out of your country..." (Gen. 12:1). Rabbi Abba opened the discussion with this verse and to explain the reason why Abraham merited that the Holy One, blessed be He, would say this to him rather than to any other person of his time. "Hearken to me, you stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness" (Yeshayah 46:12), (i.e.) how hard are the hearts of the wicked, who see the paths and the ways of Torah, yet do not observe them. And the hearts of the wicked are stout, as they do not repent and turn back to their Master. (This is why) they are called stout-hearted. The verse, "that are far from righteousness," (means) they keep themselves far from Torah; this is why they remain "far from righteousness.".

This [number] is not to be connected to the [divine] “qualities” alone, but rather [also] to the things which derive from them. All of them are included in the ten. The “qualities” themselves have as their sum ten from ten. One may not add or subtract, God forbid. Even if we were to say that [the ten] are the sum of the six directions and the four qualities,³Cf. Sefer Yeẓirah 1:5. and so on, the intention is that they reveal themselves in the mystery of four, and the like. However, their sum is always ten. The true and apparent reason for this was explained by King David, peace upon him, when he said, You, O Lord my God, have done many things; the wonders You have devised for us (Ps. 40:6). [In the Mishnah] it is taught, “There are three crowns.”⁴Mishnah, Avot 4:17. It is known that the crowns are reserved for the president [of the Sanhedrin], the high priest, and the king. Because of the awesomeness of their majesty, it was necessary to have, [respectively,] a deputy [high priest], a viceroy, and a vice-president⁵Av bet din, lit. “father of the court.” of the court for the administration of the nation. Under these [officials] are three flocks of sheep: the hosts of Israel, the watches of the priesthood, the officers who direct the people and the Sanhedrin. All of them have their eyes and their hearts on “the crown of a good name”⁶Mishnah, Avot 4:17. [from] the congregation of Jacob,⁷A reference to the sefirah Malkhut. which rises upward with their help to glorify their Maker for His creation, for that is the entire [duty of] man (Eccles. 12:13). Behold, I have shown [in front of] your very eyes the need for this complete number, which tells its end from [its] beginning (cf. Isa. 46:10).

Rabbi Yitzchak said, Woe to those wicked people of the world, as they do not know and do not observe that everything that exists in the world comes from the Holy One, blessed be He. And that He knew from the beginning what the end shall be, as it is written, "Declaring the end from the beginning..." (Isaiah 46:10). And He watches and performs the actions from the beginning, so that they can later be repeated.

But the soul of Yisrael comes from the body of that tree. And from there, the souls fly off down into this earth, down deep inside its bowels! And the secret behind this is as written: "For you shall be a land of delight" (Malachi 3:12). Therefore, Yisrael is the darling son for whom She yearns from the bottom of Her heart. And Yisrael are called "who are borne by Me from birth (lit. 'belly')"(Isaiah 46:3) and not from the wings that are on the outside. And furthermore, the proselytes have no part in the upper tree, especially not in its body (trunk). So their place is in the wings and not beyond. Therefore, the convert's place is under the wings of the Shechinah, and not higher. And the true proselytes are those who reside there - and not inside. This is why it is said: "Let the earth bring forth the living creatures after their kind." And to whom? "Cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after their kind" (Genesis 1:24). All draw their spirit from within that living creature, but each one according to its kind, as is appropriate to it!

²¹ Above these "limbs" is the "head" in which chochma (wisdom) is the²² right brain, the seat of thought, and bina (understanding) is²² the left brain and the heart, the heart's ability to discern. Concerning these, it is written, "The hidden things belong to G‑d ²³ corresponding to chochma our G‑d²⁴ corresponding to bina". (Deut. 29:28). Keter Elyon (Supernal Crown) is the keter of malchut, concerning which it is said, "I²⁵ G-d declare the end from the beginning". (Isaiah 46:10).²⁶ Keter surrounds and contains the two hemispheres of the brain, chochma and bina, like the leather box of the Tefillin²⁷ that surrounds and contains the parchments . Within²⁷ this unified system of "limbs" and "head" which constitute one "body" or "tree," is the Divine Name "spelled-out" with alefs, i.e. Mah, thus: Yud-vav-dalet = 20, hei-alef = 6, vav-alef-vav= 13, hei-alef= 6.²⁸ With this name You determine the way²⁹ in which Your Light is transmitted through the sefirot of Atzilut. This name therefore fills and saturates³⁰ the "roots" and the "trunk" of the "tree" of the sefirot, together with its "limbs" and "branches", as water irrigates and saturates a tree. It³¹ the "tree" then grows in proportion to how much "water" flows through it.