Kabbalah sa Job 28:22: Sha'arei Orah

Now, by way of hint, this Sefirah is sometimes called He-Hoo-הוא in Torah. I now will explain this. Know that when the Sefirah of Crown-Keter is hidden and concealed, none can contemplate anything about it, except through the hearing of the ear, but not by direct knowledge. This is like the verse,²⁹⁴Job 28:22-23 “Doom and Death say, ‘With our ears we have heard of its reputation.’ [Only] God-Elohi”m-אלהי״ם understands its way, and He-Hoo-הוא knows its place.” Thus, because of its great concealment, Torah calls it “He-Hoo-הוא,” like referring to someone who is not in front of one’s eyes.

After having given all these principles into your hands, we now must inform you of something that is the culmination of this book. In various places, we already have informed you that the Supernal Crown-Keter Elyon-כתר עליון is beyond the capacity of any novel created being to contemplate, except by way of hearing about it with the ear. Now, this does not only apply to the Supernal Crown-Keter Elyon, but also applies to the Sefirah of Wisdom-Chochmah, which is the first emanation from it, for none can contemplate it. This is as stated,³⁹⁰Job 28:12 “Wisdom-Chochmah-חכמה is found from nothing-Ayin-אין,” and it states,³⁹¹Job 28:22 “With our ears we have heard of its reputation. [Only] God-Elohi”m-אלהי״ם understands its way, and He-Hoo-הוא knows its place,” as explained in the Ninth Gate. This being so, contemplate that the Crown-Keter has no specific letter in the Singular Name HaShem-יהו"ה, except for the thorn of the letter Yod-י, which only is like a hint to something that we do not have the capacity to grasp.