Kabbalah Ayub 28:21: Sha'arei Orah

After having informed you of this, we now must begin explaining the letters of the Name HaShem-יהו״ה, blessed is He, according to the intention of this book, with the help of HaShem-יהו״ה. The mystery of The First Letter-Ot HaRishonah-אות הראשונה, is the letter Yod-י of the Name HaShem-יהו״ה. This letter is the conceptual form of the essential point, that created beings are incapable of contemplating, since it is hidden from the eyes of all living beings. Therefore man is not permitted to contemplate it, but solely to have faith in it as a self-evident axiom, even though he will never understand or grasp what it is, or its essential truth. Thus, the mystery of the letter Yod-י of the Name HaShem-יהו״ה is called “the wonders of wisdom-Pley’ot Chochmah-פליאות חכמה.”⁸⁰Sefer Yetzirah 1:1 About this, our sages said,⁸¹Talmud Bavli, Chagigah 13a “Do not seek that which is wondrously beyond you-Mufla Mimcha-מופלא ממך, and do not investigate that which is concealed from you.” It also is called “The Hidden Recesses of Wisdom-Ta’alumot Chochmah-תעלומות חכמה.”⁸²Job 11:6 About this, the verse states,⁸³Job 28:12 “Wisdom-Chochmah-חכמה is found from nothing-Ayin-אין.” For, its actual name is wisdom-Chochmah-חכמה, and about it the verse states,⁸⁴Job 28:21 “It is hidden from the eyes of all the living,” and from this concealment the world was created.⁸⁵That is, wisdom-Chochmah-חכמה is called “The beginning-Reishit-ראשית,” and thus, the first word of the Torah, “Bereishit-בראשית” can be translated as “With wisdom-b’Chochmah-בחכמה.” See Targum Yerushalmi to Genesis 1:1, and Ramban commentary there. This letter Yod-י is called “Desire-Ratzon-רצון without limitation,” and it also is called “Thought-Machshavah-מחשבה.” About it the verse states,⁸⁶Psalms 92:6 “How exceedingly profound are Your thoughts-Machshevotecha-מחשבותיך,” and,⁸⁷Ecclesiastes 7:24 “It is very very deep-Amok Amok-עמוק עמוק, who can fathom it?” Know and understand that the mystery of the letter Yod-י of the Singular Name HaShem-יהו״ה hints at the second Sefirah, called wisdom-Chochmah. However, the crown-Keter is only hinted in the thorn of the Yod-Kutzo Shel Yod-קוצו של יוד, in that the thorn indicates the crown-Keter and the mystery called “The Unlimited One-Ein Sof-אין סוף.”