Kabbalah do Wyjścia 14:78

89. There is a Divine name of seventy-two which is comprised of seventy-two three letter units. These are derived from the intertwining of the letters in three Biblical verses (Exodus 14:19 - 21) each of which contains seventy two letters. The first letter of each of the seventy-two units are the letters of the first verse in their natural order. The middle letters of each of the units are the letters of the second verse, backwards, and the last letters, are the letters of the third verse, again in natural order. This name generally indicates the aspect of kindness. In Lurianic Kaballah "The name of seventy-two" usually refers to the extension of Y'H'V'H that has the numerical value of 72-Av (ע"ב) rather than this name.

Know that the first name, which is close to everything created and with which we enter in front of the Blessed King YHVH, and there is no way to see the face of the Blessed King unless it is through this name, the name called Adonay. How so? Know that the specific name YHV"H teaches about the reality of our Blessed Creator and all is dependent on it, but the beginning of the gates and the keys with which we enter to the Name, Blessed Be, is the name called Adonay, and it is the end of all the steps of Hashem, Blessed, from on high to below. And the name Adonay is the basis of the true complete unification, as we still will explain with the help of Hashem, and from there to below is the world of separation. And it is the secret of "And a river goes out from Eden to water the garden, and from there it separates and becomes four heads" (Genesis 2:10). And those are the four camps of the Shechinah, that are under Adonay, Blessed, which is the end of all the steps of unification of the Name from on high to below. This name is called Adonay and it is as a resemblance of a treasury and a treasure store to all types of Flow and all types of Emanations/Causes, all the realities that are found from YHV"H, Blessed, in the way of all the Channels, until 300 deliberated names are found, one opposite to the other; Adonay on high, YHVH in the middle, Ehyeh below. And from there Ehyeh emanates all types of Emanation Flows from the Source which is called Eyn Sof through the way of steps, until it reaches the name YHVH Blessed; and from the name YHVH go all the Channels and the Continuations to the name Adonay. And the name Adonay is the treasury in which all plans of the King are, and it is the Great Provider regarding all what is created in the world, and it is the Feeder and Provider (Siddur Sefarad, Weekday Shacharit, Amidah 81) to all from the force of YHVH that is inside it, according to its mouth those who want to cling to the name YHVH, Blessed, go out and according to its mouth they come in. And there is no [other] way, side or matter to cling to the name YHVH unless it is through Adonay, and therefre this is the name that is the treasure house of the specific name and it is the receiving hall in which YHVH resides. And that is why in the Torah it i always called YHVH with the vocalization Adonay, that is to say , all those seeking YHVH will find through the name Adonay. And since the matter is such, you need to know that Hashem, Blessed, has 54 four-lettered names that are brought by the combination of YHVH, Blessed, and they go to the sum of 216 letters, and those 54 names are the secret of the continuation of the strength in all that is created in the world in the existence of all that is present, and they are the resemblance of the soul regarding 216 letters that are in Vayisa, Vayavo and Vayet [Exodus 14:19-21; the names are made with three letters ABC, where A and C are the first letters and B is 14:20 in reversed order, so the first name is והו, the second ילי and so on. verse 20 is reversed because there is din in it]. And inside those 54 names all the things in the world are included and they are the ones that satisfy all the needs of all existing creatures through Adonay. And if so, it is found that the letters in the name Adonay teach about God's rulership and His matter. How so? א is the secret of Ehyeh which is above; י is the secret of YHV"H which resides in it,ד"נ dalet and nun are the 54 names of existence, which are the secret of all types of flow and emanation and maintenance of all the existing creatures of the world. You've find that you've learned that all rulership and power/distribution is in the hand of Adonay, and that is why it teaches the expression of lordship/authority/mastery, because this name is the master of all the earth with the strength of YHV"H that dwells in it. And since there is not a way for anything alive in this world to come to the Blessed Name unless through its hand, and every petition, supplication and request do not come unless through the hand of Adona"y, they were required to fix at the outset of every prayer "Adona"y open my lips", because that verse is written Alef-Dalet-Nun-Yud and that is the fundamental. And through this name, the prayers enter before YHV"H, Blessed.

Rabbi Elazar said: Even in that time it was the Holy One, blessed be He. Because what is written here, "the angel of Hashem," is analogous to "The angel who redeemed me" (Gen. 48:16) and also to "the angel of Elohim" (Shemot 14:19). For better or for worst, the Holy One, blessed be He, shall always govern this land. For the best - because the land of Yisrael was never passed on to any other supernal governor. And all the other inhabitants of the world should be ashamed of their deeds. For the worst - (Hashem rules in order) to prevent the other ministers from delighting in ruling over it.

And some times the name Adona"y is called by the nickname Sea, and the reason is that all the Pools and the Flow and the Emanation to it, as a resemblance of waterways, and this is the secret of "all the waterways go to the sea" (Ecclesiastes 1:7). And the expression "sea" is the land that holds all water, as they said: "and as the water covers the sea" (Isaiah 11:9), and it says "and to the gathering of water He called seas" (Genesis 1:11) - behold, the container of water is called sea. And through this sea several angels and encampments were created, and several different species that swarm the water in it, and all are high chariots and high encampments, and regarding this there is a hint: "There is the sea, vast and wide, with its creatures beyond number, living things, small and great (Psalms 104:25)". And inside this sea there are several boats and several sailors, and several flags are unfurled on the head of the officer of the boats, and several types of waves and several types of tumult revolve in it, and regarding this it is said: "there boats go" (Psalms 104:26). And at the edge of that Sea there is a place called Sea of Reeds, and it is close to the border of the land known in the aspect of Adona"y, and from that place judgement (din) came down on Egypt and they drowned in the Sea of Reeds of below, and this is the secret of "because Y"Y will fight for you against Egypt" (Shemot 14:25). And the sages of Inwardness connect sometimes with this asoect called Adonay Yam HaChochma [Ad-nay Sea of Wisdom] because all types of wisdom and emanation that continue from the Higher Wisdom fall into it, and from it all the wise at heart draw wisdom. And this aspect was given by Y"Y Blessed to Solomon, and this is "and Y"Y gave wisdom to Shlomo" (I Kings 5:26). And when he entered in the Sea of Wisdom he had strength to know and understand all the orders of the arrays of wood, both high and low, and nothing was concealed from him. And with the strength of the name Adona"y he sat on the throne of Y"Y, and reigned over the higher ones and lower ones, since the wisdom of Elohim was inside him to do justice (I Kings 3:28).

"And it came to pass, when he came (lit. 'caused to come') near to enter to Egypt..." (Gen. 12:11). Rabbi Elazar said that the verse says, "when he caused to come near," whereas it should have stated, 'When he came near.' Why does it say, "when he caused to come near?" This is similar to the verse, "And Pharaoh caused to come close..." (Shemot 14:10), that he brought Yisrael to come near to repentance. The same applies here, so "caused to come near" means he brought himself to come near to the Holy One, blessed be He, as should properly be. "To enter to Egypt,", to observe those grades, and keep his distance from them, as well as to keep his distance from the worshipers of Egypt.

"The angel of God, who had been going ahead of the Israelite army, now traveled and followed behind them; and the pillar of cloud traveled from in front of them and took up a place behind them" (Ex. 14:19) - until here is one side, "lovingkindness to Avraham" (Micah 7:20). Rabbi Shimeon said: Elazar, my son, look at this secret. When the Atika Kadisha gives light to the King, gives light to Him (another manuscript: crowns Him and strengthens Him with crowns, etc) and adorns Him with holy high crowns, when they arrive to Him the Forefathers are adorned, in the moment the Forefathers are adorned, it follows that all are complete. It follows that the Matronita travels in the travels (in that) (different manuscript: in that power of), completion of the Forefathers. And when She is adorned with all, she joins, and the permission of everything is given in Her hands.

So whenever Judgment is upon the world, the Holy Spirit says, "Alas! There is no one like Moses." As it is written: "Then He remembered the days of Moses... Where is he who brought them up out of the sea...?" (Isaiah 63:11). The verse tells us, "Hashem said to Moses, 'Why do you cry to Me?'" (Shemot 14:15), showing that he himself brought them up out of the sea through prayer and because he prayed for Yisrael upon the sea, he was called "he who brought them up out of the sea," as he did bring them out from the sea.

And that moment it was difficult in front of Him, to pass through the way of judgment. And behold Israel were spread out as it is written (Exodus 14:15) "And Y'Y said to Moshe: why are you crying out to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go!" And it was hard for Him to go through with the judgment, and to part the Sea of Reeds to them, and were it not for the Holy Blessed One considering the merit of Avraham, who woke up early in the morning to obey/serve the commandment of the Master and His pleasure, as it is written "And Avraham woke up in the morning" all of them would have perished in the sea, because of the judgment that the Holy Blessed One had against Israel.