Kabbalah Yeremia 10:10: Sha'arei Orah

Now, sometimes this Divine quality is called The God of Life-Elo”him Chayim-אלהי"ם חיים, as it states,⁸Jeremiah 10:10 “He is the God of Life-Elo”him Chayim-אלהי"ם חיים and the King of the world-Melech Olam-מלך עולם.” This is the matter of The Living God-El Chai-א"ל ח"י pouring life into the pool-Breichah-בריכה of His Lordship-Adona”y-אדנ"י, which is called God-Elo”him-אלהי"ם, and when it becomes filled with life-Chayim-חיים, together they are called the God of Life-Elo”him Chayim-אלהי"ם חיים.⁹As mentioned before, one of the titles for HaShem’s-יהו״ה quality of kingship-Malchut is “sea-Yam-ים” or “the sea-HaYam-הים.” Thus, the conjoining of His quality The Living God-E”l Chay-א״ל חי with “the sea-HaYam-הים” and “sea-Yam-ים” is the God of Life-Elohi”m Chayim-אלהי״ם חיים. Then, all living beings become filled through the conduits.

When HaShem-יהו״ה, blessed is He, saw this, He gave His signet, which is Truth-Emet-אמת, to Yaakov,⁴⁹See Talmud Bavli, Sanhedrin 64a; Yoma 69b; Shabbat 55a; Talmud Yerushalmi, Sanhedrin 1:11; Midrash Devarim Rabba 1:10 and elsewhere. meaning that he had both the signet of kindness-Chessed and the signet of fear-Pachad, as one. From where do we have proof to this? From the verse,⁵⁰Jeremiah 10:10 “But HaShem God is True-v’HaShem Elohi”m Emet-ויהו״ה אלהי״ם אמת.” This verse mentions HaShem-יהו״ה, which is the quality of Avraham, God-Elohi”m-אלהי״ם, which is the quality of Yitzchak, and Truth-Emet-אמת which is the quality of Yaakov. This is why it concludes with “Truth-Emet-אמת.” This being so, we find that our forefather Yaakov inherited the signet of HaShem God-HaShem Elohi”m-יהו״ה אלהי״ם by which the world was created, by which all novel beings are sustained, and by which all the inhabitants of the world are judged in True Justice-Mishpat Emet-משפט אמת.

We thus find that our forefather Yaakov took possession of the two qualities called right-Yemin and left-Semol, thus adhering to both the quality of kindness and the positive mitzvot, and the quality of punishment and the negative mitzvot. We thus find he adhered to the quality of HaShem-יהו״ה, Who is Truth-Emet-אמת, and is the secret of the verse,⁵¹Jeremiah 10:10 “But HaShem God is True-v’HaShem Elohi”m Emet-ויהו״ה אלהי״ם אמת.” Moreover, He adhered to the signet of Justice-Mishpat-משפט, as written,⁵²Psalms 19:8 “The judgments of HaShem are True-Mishpetei HaShem Emet-משפטי יהו״ה אמת.” He also adhered to the Torah, about which it states,⁵³Malachi 2:6 “The Torah of Truth-Torat Emet-תורת אמת was in his mouth.” We thus find that Yaakov stands in the place of all three forefathers, in that he adheres to all three qualities. Even so, no comparison can be made between the one who brought out and manifested the quality first, and the one who subsequently adhered it. Nonetheless, we find that Yaakov, who is position in the center, is the one who binds these qualities as one.