Tehillim 144:15 Kabbala: Zohar & Idra Zuta

אַשְׁרֵ֣י הָ֭עָם שֶׁכָּ֣כָה לּ֑וֹ אַֽשְׁרֵ֥י הָ֝עָ֗ם שֶׁיֲהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽיו׃

Wohl dem Volke, dem also geschieht; wohl dem Volke, dessen Gott der Herr ist.

Zohar

The letters [Aleph-Bet-Resh + Hei, and Aleph-Lamed-Hei + Yud] were roused to complete both sides, He then brought forth the final letter Mem. He took one final Mem to one side [to Aleph-Lamed-Hei + Yud] and one final Mem to the other side, that is to the letters [Aleph-Bet-Resh + Hei], thus completing the holy name to form Elohim [Aleph-Lamed-Hei + Yud + Mem, ELoHIM] In the same manner, the name Abraham was completed. [Aleph-Bet-Resh + Hei + Mem, ABRaHaM] "When one of them reaches perfection, so does the other." And some say that the Holy One, blessed be He, took the letters Mem-Yud [WHO] and put them together with Aleph-Lamed-Hei [THESE] and Elohim [Aleph-Lamed-Hei-Yud-Mem] was formed; and He took Mem-Hei [WHAT] and put them together with Aleph-Bet-Resh [evar], and it became Abraham. And the word WHO [Mem-Yud, M"I] alludes to the fifty gates of Binah, and in M"I, there is a Yud, which is the first letter of the Holy Name. And the word WHAT [Mem-Gei, M"H] alludes to the numerical value of the Holy Name, and it has within it the second letter of the Holy Name YHWH. As it is written, "happy are the people for whom this is so..." (Ps. 144:15) and "and hangs the earth upon nothing" (Job 26:7). And then both worlds were upheld, the World to Come with the letter Yud and this world with Hei. That is, He created the World to Come with WHO [M"I], and this world with WHAT [M"H]. This is a hint for the higher and lower. And then He created offspring and the name was complete. As it is written: "These are the generations of the heaven and of the earth when they were created" (Gen 2:4). [The generations] were suspended, until the name of Abraham was created. [see last chapter's equation of behibar'am with b'Abraham] When the name of Abraham was completed, so was the Holy Name completed. And this is what is written, "in the day that YHWH Elohim made the earth and the heaven" [so, by reading behibar'am "created" as b'Abraham "with Abraham", the first time the Holy Name is seen in Torah is alongside the first mention of Abraham]
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Idra Zuta

Zeir Anpin
Up to this point, my words are interrelated, and the hidden matters regarding the most hidden Atika Kadisha have been explained to demonstrate how they are interconnected. That is, how the three heads of Atika are attached to each other, how the beard is connected to Atika, and how Aba and Ima are attached to the beard. From now one, matters relate to Zeir Anpin. They were not disclosed at the Greater Gathering but were hidden in my heart, where they lay undisclosed; now they are properly disclosed. All these matters are hidden yet clear. Happy is my portion and that of all those who receive this inheritance, as written, “Happy is that people that is in such a case…” (Tehillim 144:15).
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