וָאֵרָ֗א אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֛ם אֶל־יִצְחָ֥ק וְאֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֖ב בְּאֵ֣ל שַׁדָּ֑י וּשְׁמִ֣י יְהוָ֔ה לֹ֥א נוֹדַ֖עְתִּי לָהֶֽם׃
און איך האָב זיך באַװיזן צו אַברהמען, צו יצחקן, און צו יעקבֿן, װי גאָט שַדַי, אָבער מיט מײַן נאָמען ה׳ האָב איך זיך ניט געלאָזט דערקענען צו זײ.
Sha'arei Orah
In contrast, our teacher Moshe, peace be upon him, entered the Tent of Meeting-Ohel Mo’ed-אהל מועד, and spoke with HaShem-יהו״ה face to face,139Numbers 12:6-8 this being “the polished lens-Aspaklariya Metzuchtzachat-אספקלריא מצוחצחת.”140Midrash Vayikra Rabba 1:14 and elsewhere. However, all the other prophets spoke with HaShem-יהו״ה through His title Lord-Adona”y-אדנ״י, which is the “unpolished lens-Aspaklariya She’Eina Metzuchtzachat-אספקלריא שאינה מצוחצחת.” This is the secret of the verse,141Exodus 6:3 “I appeared to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Yaakov as the Self-sufficient God-E”l Shaddai-א"ל שדי, but My Name HaShem-יהו״ה I did not make known through them.” That is, “I did not reveal Myself to them with My Name HaShem-יהו״ה, for them to perceive Me through the polished lens-Aspaklariya Metzuchtzechet-אספקלריא מצוחצחת, but rather as the Self-sufficient God-E”l Shaddai-א"ל שדי.” As stated toward the end of the First Gate, you already know that the Self-Sufficient One-Shaday-שדי is the matter of His quality of Lordship-Adona”y-אדנ״י.