Êxodo 19:1 Cabalá: Sha'arei Orah

Now, it is with the quality of Understanding-Binah, which is the secret of the Jubilee-Yovel-יובל, that we went out of Egypt, as we soon will explain with HaShem’s-יהו״ה help, blessed is He. Likewise,⁵⁶Exodus 19:1 “In the third⁵⁷The third refers to the third Sefirah which is Understanding-Binah, as will be mentioned shortly. month from the Exodus of the children of Israel from Egypt,” the Torah was given. How so? It is with the Sefirah of Understanding-Binah that they went out of Egypt, as it states,⁵⁸Exodus 13:18 “The children of Israel were armed-Chamusheem-חמשים when they ascended from the land of Egypt.”⁵⁹In the written Torah, the word “armed-Chamushim-חמשים” is written without the Vav-ו and thus also bears the meaning, “fifty-Chameesheem-חמשים.” It is with the Sefirah of Greatness-Gedulah-גדולה that the sea was split, as it states,⁶⁰Exodus 14:31 “Israel saw the Great Hand-Yad HaGedolah-יד הגדולה,” the signs for which are the “Kindness to Avraham-Chessed L’Avraham,”⁶¹Micah 7:20 and the verses⁶²Exodus 14:19-21 [that form the Divine Name], “VaYisa-ויס״ע,” “VaYavo-ויב״א” and “VaYeit-וי״ט,”⁶³See before in Gate Five, as well as in Ginat Egoz of Rabbi Yosef Gikatilla, translated as HaShem Is One, Vol. 2 & 3 (The Letters of Creation, Parts 2 & 3). as it states,⁶⁴Psalms 145:8 “And [He is] Great in Kindness-u’Gdal Chessed-וגדל חסד.”

The Torah was given with Might-Gevurah, as it states,⁶⁵Exodus 20:1 “God-Elohi”m-אלהי״ם spoke all these statements, saying, I am HaShem-יהו"ה etc.,” and,⁶⁶Deuteronomy 5:21 “So now, why should we die, for this Great Fire-Aish HaGedolah-אש הגדולה will consume us.” Similarly, the verse states,⁶⁷Exodus 19:1 “In the third month from the Exodus of the children of Israel from Egypt, on this very day, they arrived at the Wilderness of Sinai.” That is, the Exodus from Egypt was with Understanding-Binah, which is the third Sefirah [from up down], and it was on that day that they arrived at the Wilderness of Sinai. Whoever knows the secret of these foundations will merit “to behold the sweetness of HaShem-יהו״ה and to visit in His Sanctuary,”⁶⁸Psalms 27:4 for “this is the whole purpose of man.”⁶⁹Ecclesiastes 12:13