Kabbalah sa Exodo 2:23: Sha'arei Orah

I now will hint at these matters. Which Sefirah brought about their exodus from Egypt (Mitzrayim-מצרים)? The one hinted in the verse,⁷⁶Exodus 3:14 “I will be with whomever I will be-Eheye”h Asher Eheye”h-אהי״ה אשר אהי״ה.” With which Sefirah did their cry ascend? With the one hinted in the verse,⁷⁷Psalms 118:5 “From the constraints (Meitzar-מיצר) I called out to Ya”h-י״ה,” and,⁷⁸Exodus 2:23 “They cried out, and their outcry ascended,” and,⁷⁹Jeremiah 10:7 “Who (Mee-מי) would not fear You O’ King of the nations?” With which Sefirah were they answered and went out? With the one hinted in the verse,⁸⁰Psalms 118:5 “Ya”h-י״ה answered me with expansiveness (Merchav-מרחב),” and,⁸¹Samuel II 22:20 “He brought me out into a broad space (Merchav-מרחב); He released me, for He desired me,” and,⁸²Exodus 2:23 “Their outcry because of the labor went up to God-Elohi”m-אלהי״ם,” and,⁸³Exodus 13:18 “The children of Israel were armed-Chamusheem-חמשים when they came up from the land of Egypt.” That is, the quality of Kingship-Malchut ascended and unified with the Sefirah of Understanding-Binah.

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.”