Kabbalah sa Mga Awit 145:16: Sha'arei Orah

Know, that on days that there is an additional Musaf prayer, the Crown-Keter-כתר must be mentioned in the sanctification prayer (Kedushah). About this we recite,³⁵⁷In the liturgy of the Musaf repetition. “A Crown-Keter-כתר is given to You, HaShem-יהו״ה our God, by the multitudes assembled above, and by the multitudes assembled below.” That Crown-Keter-כתר is made of all the prayers and praises gathered from the blessing of “Yotzer.”³⁵⁸The first blessing of the Shema recital, in which the sanctification is also mentioned. All the multitudes above and below thus are unified as one, as emissaries of the Crown-Keter-כתר at the very depth of the inception of their existence, and they thus await one another until they all are unified, so that all the prayers will ascend as one to the world of Desire-Ratzon-רצון. This is so that the sustenance of all the worlds will be drawn from the very depth, inception, and Source of their existence. For, all the multitudes above eagerly wait for their portion to come from the Crown-Keter-כתר, by which their existence is sustained. The sign for this is the verse,³⁵⁹Psalms 145:15 “The eyes of all look to You with hope, and You give them their food in its proper time.” I shall further hint at the matter with the next verse,³⁶⁰Psalms 145:16 “You open Your hand-Yadecha-ידיך, and satisfy the desire of every living being.”³⁶¹As already explained before, do not read it as “Your hand-Yadecha-ידיך,” but rather, “Your Yod-יודי״ך.” Also see Tikkunei Zohar 7b Know that it is by means of the Desire-Ratzon-רצון that every living being elicits its needs from the Crown-Keter-כתר. If HaShem-יהו״ה, blessed is He, desires it, we shall yet compose a book on the matters of the world of the Crown-Keter-כתר, its goings and comings, to the extent that we have grasped, for these matters are very transcendent and removed-Ateekeem-עתיקים.

About this the verse states,¹⁷⁷Psalms 145:16 “You open Your hand-Yadecha-ידיך and satisfy the desire of every living being.” Do not just read it as “Your hand-Yadecha-ידיך,” but read it as, “Your Yod-יודי״ך.”¹⁷⁸Also see Tikkunei Zohar 7b In other words, it means, “You open the secret of the letter Yod-י of the Name HaShem-יהו״ה, which is the “Source of Desire,” and satisfy the desire of all supplicants.” You thus have learned that when someone needs to elicit his desire from before HaShem-יהו״ה, blessed is He, it is appropriate that he contemplate the ten Sefirot and draw HaShem’s-יהו"ה desire from above to below, until the culmination of the desire, which is His name of Lordship-Adona”y-אדנ״י. We thus find that through him the Sefirot are blessed, and that he is blessed through the Sefirot.

Know and have faith that one who understands the secret of the letter Yod-יו״ד of the Name HaShem-יהו״ה, will contemplate the secret of the verse,²⁵⁷Psalms 145:16 “You open Your hand-Yadecha-ידיך and satisfy the desire of every living thing,” the secret of which is, “Do not read it as ‘Your hand-Yadecha-ידיך,’ but as, ‘Your Yod-יודי״ך.’”²⁵⁸Also see Tikkunei Zohar 7b At the time that a person concentrates his intentions on the unity of HaShem-יהו״ה, blessed is He, he should contemplate on the opening of the Yod-י, and will understand how desire-Ratzon-רצון is drawn to the World of Life-Olam HaChayim-עולם החיים, which is Understanding-Binah, and from there onward,²⁵⁹Chronicles I 29:11 “Yours, HaShem-יהו״ה is the greatness-Gedulah, and the Might-Gevurah, and the Splendor-Tiferet, and the Victory-Netzach, and the Majesty-Hod.” Then, Foundation-Yesod and Kingship-Malchut unite as one, and the world is in a state of perfect and complete unity, and blessing-Brachah-ברכה is found in the world. Then all the seven days of inauguration are found to be complete, and the Glory of HaShem-יהו״ה is seen on the eighth,²⁶⁰See Leviticus 8:33-9:24 regarding the inauguration of the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and the appearance of the Glory of HaShem-יהו״ה after the seven days of inauguration (Shivat Yemei HaMilu’im-שבעת ימי המילואים) on the eighth day (Bayom HaShmini-ביום השמיני). upon which everything is then in a state of complete repair. Happy is the eye that can gaze into the depths of this matter, about whom the verse states,²⁶¹Isaiah 49:3 “He said to me, ‘You are My servant Israel-ישראל, it is in you-Becha-בך that I take pride-Etpa’er-אתפאר.’” Whoever knows the secret of the letter Yod-יו״ד in the wholeness of all three of its letters (יו"ד), will understand how the three upper Sefirot are unified with the point of the letter Yod-י, and how she draws forth blessings in an inner manner to the letter Vav-ו, and how the letter Dalet-ד receives bestowal of blessings from the letter Vav-ו, the letter Dalet-ד being the secret of the unity of the final letter Hey-ה of the Name HaShem-יהו״ה, as in the secret of the verse,²⁶²Ezekiel 1:1 ibid. “The fourth” refers to the fourth letter of the Name HaShem-יהו״ה, and “the fifth” refers to the letter Hey-ה-5, which is the fifth letter of the Aleph-bet and has a numerical value of five, as mentioned in the Fifth Gate. “In the fourth [month], on the fifth of the month.”