Kabbalah Mazmur 93:2: Sha'arei Orah

The sign for this [is the word ‘Then-Az-אז’¹⁷⁴That is, the Aleph-א-1 of the Understanding-Binah (as in “Aleph Beit-אלף בית means ‘Learn Understanding-Aleph Binah-אלף בינה,’” Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 104a), is over and above the Zayin-ז-7 lower Sefirot, as will now be further hinted. as in the verse],¹⁷⁵Exodus 15:1 “Then-Az-אז Moshe and the children of Israel sang,” and,¹⁷⁶Psalms 93:2 “Your throne is established from then-MeAz-מאז.” I will hint at this further with the following,¹⁷⁷Mishnah Yoma 5:3; Talmud Bavli, Yoma 53b; Also see the Yom HaKippurim liturgy in the section of the High Priest’s Temple service of the day. “[This is how he would count, One,] One and one; one and two; one and three; one and four; one and five; one and six; one and seven. He then would emerge and place [the bowl] on the golden pedestal,” “For it is a Day of Atonements-Yom HaKipppurim-יום הכפורים,” referring literally to the Day of Atonements-Yom HaKippurim-יום הכפורים.¹⁷⁸It was already explained in the Eighth Gate that the Day of Atonements-Yom HaKippurim-יום הכפורים in the plural refers to the union of the Sefirah of Understanding-Binah with the seven lower Sefirot and particularly the Sefirah of Kingship-Malchut which is the seventh. This is reflected in the sign “Then-Az-אז,” in which the Aleph-א-1 above is unified with the Zayin-ז-7 below. That is, there is [the union of] Az-א״ז from above to below, and [the union of] Az-א״ז from below to above. However, when it came to the sprinkling [of the blood] on Yom HaKippurim, [the High Priest] “would neither intend to sprinkle [the blood] upward nor downward, but rather like one who whips [with the blood sprinkled in a single column, all eight drops being one beneath the other].”¹⁷⁹See Talmud Bavli, Yoma 53b ibid., and Rashi there. That is, he would not separate the upper one from the seven lower ones, so that one would be on the upper part of the Ark cover and the others in the center, but would sprinkle them in a single column in succession, at the center of the Ark cover, with one above and seven below it in succession. Solomon cried out on the day that the Indwelling Presence of HaShem-יהו״ה, blessed is He, the Shechinah, became affixed in Speech-Dibur-דיבור in its place below, as the verse states,¹⁸⁰Kings I 8:12-13 “Then-Az-אז Solomon said, ‘HaShem-יהו״ה said that He would dwell in the thick cloud. I have surely built a House of habitation for You.’” The sign for this is the verse,¹⁸¹Ruth 4:11 “Like Rachel-רחל and like Leah-לאה, both of whom built up the House of Israel.”¹⁸²That is, Leah refers to the [letters of the] thought of Understanding-Binah, and Rachel refers to the [letters of the] speech of Kingship-Malchut. See Shaar HaYichud of Rabbi Dovber of Lubavitch, translated as The Gate of Unity, Ch. 27, 35, 37 and on and the notes and citations there. That is, Rachel-רחל and Leah-לאה are the Sabbatical-Shemitah-שמיטה and the Jubliee-Yovel-יובל, the Upper Hey-ה and the Lower Hey-ה.¹⁸³That is, the Understanding-Binah and Kingship-Malchut, respectively, as discussed in the preceding Gates.

Through delving into the depths of the combinations of the letters (Tziruf HaOtiyot-צירוף האותיות), a person will clarify and discover the depths of the wondrous wisdom of the creation of all novel beings in the totality of creation, each according to its kind, and will grasp the construct of each composition (Chariot-Merkavah), and the secret of masculine and feminine. All the combinations and revolutions of the twenty-two letters are concealed in the secret of “You-Atah-אתה,” in that this title bears the signet of the beginning and end of all the letters and their compositions (Merkavot). About this Sefer Yetzirah states,⁵⁶²Sefer Yetzirah 1:6 “Their end is wedged to their beginning, and their beginning to their end, like a flame bound to the coal.” All is contained in the secret of the twenty-two letters and the five conduits of Understanding-Binah.⁵⁶³This refers to the five judgments (Hey Gevurot) of the power of discernment of the quality of understanding-Binah which are the root of the five orifices of speech in the mouth, which are the throat, the palate, the tongue, the teeth, and the lips. For with them, form was given to all forms of all compositions (Chariots-Merkavot), of both the upper Supernal beings and the lower beings. This itself is the secret of Torah, which consists of twenty-two letters (from Aleph-א to Tav-ת) and consists of the five-Hey-ה books of Chumash (Pentateuch), all of which are included in the title “You-Atah-אתה.” The great secret is the signet of the verse,⁵⁶⁴Psalms 93:2 “Your throne is established of old; You-Atah-אתה are eternal”