קבלה אויף משלי 3:19

And see, this reality, which is its aspect in the property of Compassion/Rachamim, without carrying [the sides of] Chesed/Mercy and Din/Judgement with it [thus: not totalizing/mediating the two sides], he will give the name ‘soul’ to this reality [of Tif’eret] that is being regenerated out of the mixing and the carrying. And this soul is called ‘firmament’. And we can say [about firmament, רקיע] by means of Tseruf [that is: re-arranging the letters inside a word] רקע י , “foundation/stretching of Yud”, which is the reality [of Tif’eret] that is stretched and is expanded from Keter by means of Yud which is Chochmah. And this reality he clarified with his citation ‘Pillar of the center’, willing to say: the Pillar and the Middle Line which does not have any totality at all from Chesed/Mercy and Din/Judgement, but it is [only] between the two of them, and this is what he says: ‘which is between right and left’. And by means of Binah [indicated by ‘Elohim’] this ‘firmament’ is arranged, and they have clothed it [in] the totality of Fire (אש) and Water (מים) which is what is called ‘heavens’ (שמים), and this is “[He] establishes the heavens with understanding [תבונה, referring to Binah].”(Proverbs 3:19). And the aspect that is totalizing this reality is Binah, who is called ‘Mother’, which is the reality of the Heh (ה), which is [built up from] three Wavs (ו) [that is: one can see the letter ה as a composition of three ו, one left, one right and one (turned 90 degrees) above them] which are the three lines Chesed/Mercy, Din/Judgement and Rachamim/Compassion, as will be explained in the Gate of Reality [Gate XIV]. And therefore he says: ‘totalizes/perfects both of them’, explanation: from the side of the Mother [it] totalizes the right and the left, which is the garment that clothes and crowns the prestigious reality. And there is to this subject a proof from the book of the Zohar, parasha Yitro [Zohar II.84a]. And this is what it says: ‘In the biblical verse “Go out and gaze, o daughters of Sion […] at the crown with which his mother crowned him” [Song of Songs 3:11]. What is “at the crown”? Rabbi Isaac said: as what is written: “And Saul and his men encircled David” [1 Samuel 23:26]. Because he is crowned with white, red and green, with all colors that are totalized in him and are turned around him. Rabbi Yehuda said: “…at the crown with which his mother crowned him”. What is “the crown”? As is written: “Israel, with you I will glorify myself (פאר)” [Isaiah 49:3], and it is written: “and the house of my splendor (תפארת, Tif’eret) I will glorify (פאר)” [Isaiah 60:7]’ – end of citation.

But when Moses came, that Name was once more sought after and mentioned. For when he was near the thorn-bush he straightway asked concerning that Name, saying, “and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?” (Ex. 3, 13). It was there that that Name was entrusted to the mouth of Moses.

“In the beginning God-Elohi”m-אלהי״ם created.”⁵Genesis 1:1 “These are the products of the heavens and the earth when they were created, on the day that HaShem God-HaShem Elohi”m-יהו״ה אלהי״ם made the earth and the heavens.”⁶Genesis 2:4 “HaShem the Lord-HaShem Adona”y-יהו״ה אדנ״י [pronounced Elohi”m Adona”y-אלהי"ם אדנ"י] is my strength.”⁷Habakkuk 3:19 “HaShem-יהו״ה founded the earth-Aretz-ארץ with wisdom-Chochmah-חכמה, He established the heavens-Shamayim-שמים with understanding-Tevunah-תבונה.”⁸Proverbs 3:19 The signs that includes the whole matter is what our sages, of blessed memory said:⁹See Gate Two for further clarification. “Fifty Gates of Understanding were created in the world.”¹⁰Talmud Bavli, Rosh HaShanah 21b “With thirty-two pathways of wondrous wisdom-Chochmah, Ya”h HaShem-י״ה יהו״ה engraved.”¹¹Sefer Yetzirah 1:1. The 32-ל״ב pathways refer to the 32-ל״ב times that the title God-Elohim-אלהי"ם is mentioned in the account of creation, all of which adhere to the same principle mentioned above about the verse, “in the beginning God-Elohi"m-אלהי"ם created.” That is, all 32-ל״ב times represent the Sefirah of Understanding-Binah, which generally is written HaShem-יהו"ה but pronounced Elohi”m-אלהי"ם.