מִֽי־פָעַ֣ל וְעָשָׂ֔ה קֹרֵ֥א הַדֹּר֖וֹת מֵרֹ֑אשׁ אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ רִאשׁ֔וֹן וְאֶת־אַחֲרֹנִ֖ים אֲנִי־הֽוּא׃
Sino ang kumilos at gumawa nito? Siya na tumatawag sa mga salinlahi mula pa sa pasimula. Ako, ang Walang-Hanggan, ang una, at kasama ng mga huli, Ako pa rin.
The Gate of Unity
This is the meaning of the verse,2Isaiah 41:4 “He calls out the generations from the beginning (Rosh-ראש),” that is, from the “head (Rosh-ראש)” of Adam Kadmon etc.
The Gate of Unity
This is because although the aspect of the vessels, which limit the external emotions of the heart of Zeir Anpin, are [in the aspect of] ultimate “smallness” compared to the exaltedness of the essential emotions of the aspect of Malchut of the Unlimited One – Ein Sof, they nevertheless are considered to be the aspect of the end of the beginning, as scripture states, “He calls out the generations from the beginning etc.”4Isaiah 41:4