מִֽי־פָעַ֣ל וְעָשָׂ֔ה קֹרֵ֥א הַדֹּר֖וֹת מֵרֹ֑אשׁ אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ רִאשׁ֔וֹן וְאֶת־אַחֲרֹנִ֖ים אֲנִי־הֽוּא׃
Siapakah yang mengerjakan dan menjadikannya? Dialah yang memanggil generasi-generasi sejak semula. Aku, Yang Mahakekal, adalah yang pertama, dan bersama generasi-generasi yang terakhir pun, Akulah Dia.
The Gate of Unity
This is the meaning of the verse,2Isaiah 41:4 “He calls out the generations from the beginning (Rosh-ראש),” that is, from the “head (Rosh-ראש)” of Adam Kadmon etc.
The Gate of Unity
This is because although the aspect of the vessels, which limit the external emotions of the heart of Zeir Anpin, are [in the aspect of] ultimate “smallness” compared to the exaltedness of the essential emotions of the aspect of Malchut of the Unlimited One – Ein Sof, they nevertheless are considered to be the aspect of the end of the beginning, as scripture states, “He calls out the generations from the beginning etc.”4Isaiah 41:4