מִֽי־פָעַ֣ל וְעָשָׂ֔ה קֹרֵ֥א הַדֹּר֖וֹת מֵרֹ֑אשׁ אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ רִאשׁ֔וֹן וְאֶת־אַחֲרֹנִ֖ים אֲנִי־הֽוּא׃
װער האָט דאָס געמאַכט און געטאָן? דער װאָס רופֿט אױס די דורות פֿון אָנהײב. איך ה׳ בין דער ערשטער, און מיט די לעצטע בין איך דער אײגענער.
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