Шмот 6:5 Каббала: Zohar & Sha'arei Orah

“but trouble came”, to wit, the trouble and confusion of the loss of Joseph, which was the worst of all, on account of his love for Joseph.’

Now that we have awakened you to this great principle, know that when HaShem-יהו"ה, blessed is He, wanted to redeem Israel from Egypt, He bound His quality as the Living God-El Chai-א"ל חי, which is called Redemption-Geulah-גאולה, to His quality of Lordship-Adona”y-אדנ"י, which is called Prayer-Tefillah-תפילה. This is the matter of,¹⁰⁶Exodus 2:23 “The children of Israel groaned from their labor and cried out. And their anguished cry ascended to God from the labor.” It then is written,¹⁰⁷Exodus 2:24 “God saw the children of Israel and God knew.” The great matter here is expressed in the verse,¹⁰⁸Exodus 6:5 “Also, I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered-Ezkor-אזכור My covenant.”

It sometimes is called by the term Sign-Ot-אות in the Torah, being that signs-Otot-אותות and proofs-Moftim-מופתים depend on this quality, for when HaShem’s-יהו"ה quality as the Living God-El Chai-א"ל חי is bound to His quality of Lordship-Adona”y-אדנ"י, signs and proofs happen in the world. Thus, when redemption-Geulah-גאולה was juxtaposed to prayer-Tefillah-תפילה in the exodus from Egypt, several signs-Otot-אותות and several miracles and wonders happened, which is the matter of the verse,¹⁵²Exodus 2:23 “And God saw the children of Israel and God knew,” and the verse,¹⁵³Exodus 6:5 “I have remembered My covenant.”