Kabbalah Ulangan 5:20: Sha'arei Orah

With which Sefirah was the sea split? With the one hinted in the verses,⁸⁴Exodus 14:19-21 [that form the Divine Name], “VaYisa-ויס״ע,” “VaYavo-ויב״א,” “VaYeit-וי״ט,” which is the kindness-Chessed of Avraham. With which Sefirah was the Torah given? With the one hinted in the verse,⁸⁵Exodus 20:1 “God-Elohi”m-אלהי״ם spoke all of these statements, saying,” and,⁸⁶Deuteronomy 5:20 “The mountain was burning in fire-Aish-אש.” Which Sefirah is called the Written Torah? The one hinted in the verses,⁸⁷Malachi 2:6 “The Torah of Truth-Emet-אמת was in his mouth,” and,⁸⁸Psalms 19:10 “The judgments of HaShem-יהו״ה are true-Emet-אמת,” and,⁸⁹Micah 7:20 “Give truth-Emet-אמת to Yaakov.” You thus find that the Written Torah, the Judgments of Truth-Mishpetei Emet-משפטי אמת, and Yaakov, are all of one stalk, which is the middle line-Kav HaEmtza’ee-קו האמצעי, about which it states,⁹⁰Isaiah 49:3 “Israel, in whom I shall take Pride-Etpa’er-אתפאר,” and,⁹¹Deuteronomy 26:19 “To make you supreme over all the nations the He made, for praise, for renown, and for Splendor-Tiferet-תפארת.”

I shall explain these two verses with the following hints. When it states “in order to test you,” He came to test them to see the strength of what they could withstand. This is as stated, “For God-Elohi”m-אלהי״ם has come in order to test you.” This is like a person who tests a sword to examine its strength and sharpness. In the same way, when He comes to be revealed to you, God-Elohi”m-אלהי״ם is testing you, in order for you to examine yourselves to see how great your strength is in gazing at His greatness and the awesomeness of grasping of Him. However, when you came to the test, you fled and said that you are incapable of standing before this great vision, as the verse states,²¹⁴Deuteronomy 5:20-22 “You approached me… [and said], ‘But now, why should we die when this great fire consumes us? If we continue to hear the voice of HaShem-יהו״ה our God, any more, we will die!’”

I shall explain these two verses with the following hints. When it states “in order to test you,” He came to test them to see the strength of what they could withstand. This is as stated, “For God-Elohi”m-אלהי״ם has come in order to test you.” This is like a person who tests a sword to examine its strength and sharpness. In the same way, when He comes to be revealed to you, God-Elohi”m-אלהי״ם is testing you, in order for you to examine yourselves to see how great your strength is in gazing at His greatness and the awesomeness of grasping of Him. However, when you came to the test, you fled and said that you are incapable of standing before this great vision, as the verse states,²¹⁴Deuteronomy 5:20-22 “You approached me… [and said], ‘But now, why should we die when this great fire consumes us? If we continue to hear the voice of HaShem-יהו״ה our God, any more, we will die!’”