Kabbalah Yesaya 62:10: Sha'arei Orah

עִבְר֤וּ עִבְרוּ֙ בַּשְּׁעָרִ֔ים פַּנּ֖וּ דֶּ֣רֶךְ הָעָ֑ם סֹ֣לּוּ סֹ֤לּוּ הַֽמְסִלָּה֙ סַקְּל֣וּ מֵאֶ֔בֶן הָרִ֥ימוּ נֵ֖ס עַל־הָעַמִּֽים׃

Lewatilah, lewatilah pintu-pintu gerbang! Persiapkanlah jalan bagi bangsa itu! Timbunlah, timbunlah jalan raya, bersihkanlah dari batu-batu! Angkatlah panji-panji di atas bangsa-bangsa!

Sha'arei Orah

Now, the mystery of the Simple Blast of the Shofar-Tekiyat Shofar Peshutah-תקיעת שופר פשוטה, is the Name HaShem-יהו״ה. In contrast, the Short Blasts of the Shofar-Tru’at Shofar-תרועת שופר, is the title God-Elohi”m-אלהי״ם. Thus, the Simple Blast-Tekiyah-תקיעה followed by the Short Blasts-Teru’ah-תרועה is mercy-Rachamim and judgment-Din. The verse that indicates this is,39Psalms 47:6 “God-Elohi”m-אלהי״ם has ascended with the short blasts-Teru’ah-תרועה, HaShem-יהו״ה with the sound of the Shofar.” Likewise, the verse states,40Numbers 10:5-7 “When you sound short blasts-Teru’ah-תרועה, then they should travel… and when you gather the congregation together, you shall sound a long blast-Titka’u-תתקעו, and not sound the short blasts-Tari’u-תריעו.”41Also see Ginat Egoz of the same author, Rabbi Yosef Gikatilla, translated as HaShem Is One, Vol. 3 (The Letters of Creation, Part II), section entitled, “The Order of the Shofarot.”
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Sha'arei Orah

With the above in mind, understand the secret of the verse,129Genesis 22:1 “And God-Elohi”m-אלהי״ם tested (Nisah-נסה) Avraham,” [in which the word Nisah-נסה also means “to raise a banner]. That is, God-Elohi”m-אלהי״ם, which is the quality of judgment-Din, gave its banner-HaNes-הנס and flag into the hand of Avraham, who is the matter of E”l-א״ל, which is the quality of kindness-Chessed. That is, the words, “And Elohi”m-אלהי״ם tested-Nisah-נסה Avraham,” is of the same root as in the verse,130Isaiah 62:10 “Raise a banner-Nes-נס over the nations.” This is why the verse states,131Exodus 3:6; Also see the Amidah prayer. “The God of Avraham, the God of Yitzchak, [and the God of Yaakov-V’Elohei Yaakov-ואלה״י יעקב,]” and does not state, “and the God of Yitzchak-v’Elohei Yitzchak-ואלה״י יצחק,” because the quality of judgment-Din is conquered and ruled by the quality of kindness-Chessed, since the banner of Yitzchak, which is the quality of the title Elohi”m-אלהי״ם, has been given over into the hand of Avraham, which is the matter of the quality of the Almighty-E”l-א״ל.
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