Quotation for Exodus 3:13
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶל־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֗ים הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֣י בָא֮ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וְאָמַרְתִּ֣י לָהֶ֔ם אֱלֹהֵ֥י אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם שְׁלָחַ֣נִי אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם וְאָֽמְרוּ־לִ֣י מַה־שְּׁמ֔וֹ מָ֥ה אֹמַ֖ר אֲלֵהֶֽם׃
And Moses said unto God: ‘Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them: The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me: What is His name? what shall I say unto them?’
Shaarei Orah
Know that all the holy names that are mentioned in the Torah are all dependent on the name that is four letters (Tetragrammaton) which is Y"HVH. And should you say: 'but isn't the name E"hyeh the main one and the source? know that the Tetragrammaton is the imagined image of the body of the tree, and that the name E"hyeh is the main part of this tree, and from it the roots root out and expand branches to all sides, and the rest of the holy names are all in imagined images of the branches and bases that continue from the body of the tree, and each of the branches produces fruit according to its kind, and with the exception of the holy names which are known to be unerasable [by halacha], there are some other nicknames that are dependent of each and every name. Such are said to be the nicknames of Y"HVH - Norah, Noseh Avon, Over Al Pesha. Nicknames of E"l - Gadol, Rachum, and Chanun. Nicknames of E"lohim - such as Adir, Shofet, Dayan. And to all those nicknames there are other nicknames dependent on each and every one of those nicknames, and they are the rest of the words of the Torah. Until it is found that all the Torah, entirely, is interwoven with nicknames, and the nicknames with the names, and the holy names all are dependent on the name Y"HVH and all unite with it. And all the Torah, entirely, is found interwoven with the name YHV"H and therefore it is called Perfect Torah of Y"Y (Psalms 19:8). And you will find that you learned when you understand the direction of the holy names in their families, and when you grasp the specific nicknames to each and every one of them, then you will see that all is dependent on His great Name, may He be Blessed, and you desire and silence yourself so as to cling to Him, and you will fear and be in awe of Him, and then you will understand the awe of Y"Y and you will find the awareness of Elohi"m (Proverbs 2:5). And then you will enter (or. תכנס) in the category of those about whom it is written "I will protect him because he knows My name" (Psalms 91:15) and then you will understand how is the punishment for those who mention the Name of Heaven in vain, all the more so for the one who verbally expresses the Name in its letters, even more the one who makes personal use of it. And before I begin in the direction of this work, I need to make this one introduction to you, and here it is:
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