(ד) אלו עשרים ושתים אותיות שבהם יסד הקב"ה יה יהוה צבאות אלהים חיים אלהי ישראל רם ונשא שוכן עד וקדוש שמו מרום וקדוש הוא:
(4) These are the twenty two letters through which he founded, The Sacred One blessed be He, Y"H YHV"H Lord of Hosts, Living God, God of Israel exalted, and existing in the ages, whose Name is Holy and Sacred.
These are the twenty-two letters through which the Becoming One who Holds Many, the living God , God of Israel, lofty and exalted dwelling in eternity of holy name engraved the cosmos.
(translation by R' Jill Hammer)
יסד?
חקק?
Yasad ? (Founded)
Chakak ? (Engraved)
What's the difference between this two verbs?
(יט) יהוה בְּחׇכְמָ֥ה יָסַד־אָ֑רֶץ כּוֹנֵ֥ן שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם בִּתְבוּנָֽה׃
(19) The LORD founded the earth by wisdom;He established the heavens by understanding;
(ה) יָֽסַד־אֶ֭רֶץ עַל־מְכוֹנֶ֑יהָ בַּל־תִּ֝מּ֗וֹט עוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃
(5) He established the earth on its foundations,so that it shall never totter.
(א) בשלשים ושתים נתיבות פליאות חכמה חקק יה יהוה צבאות אלהי ישראל אלהים חיים ומלך עולם אל שדי רחום וחנון רם ונשא שוכן עד מרום וקדוש שמו וברא את עולמו בשלשה ספרים בספר וספר וספור:
(1) With thirty-two wondrous paths of wisdom, Y"H YHW"H, God of Israel, Living God and King of the World, El Shaddai, Merciful and Compassionate, High and Lofty One Dwelling Eternally Above, Holy is His Name [Isaiah 57:15]—[God] engraved and created [God's] world with three SP"R: with sfar (enumeration), sefer (scroll), and sipur (telling).
(א) שלשה אבות ותולדותיהן ושבעה כוכבים [נ"א כובשין] וצבאותיהן ושנים עשר גבולי אלכסונין וראיה לדבר עדים נאמנין עולם שנה נפש חק שנים עשר [נ"א עשרה] ושבעה ושלשה ופקידן בתלי וגלגל ולב. שלשה אש ומים ורוח אש למעלה ומים למטה ורוח חק מכריע בינתים וסימן לדבר האש נושא את המים. מ"ם דוממת שי"ן שורקת אל"ף חוק מכריע בינתים:
(1) In proof of these things, and witnessing faithfully are the Universe, the Year of time, and Man himself, the Microcosm. He fixed these as testimonies of the Triad, the Heptad, and the Dodecad; the twelve constellations, rulers of the world, the Dragon Tali which environs the universe, and the microcosm, man. The triad, fire, water, and air; the fire above, the water below, and the air in the midst. The proof of which is that air is a participator with both.
Three fathers and their generations / seven conquerors and their hosts / twelve diagonal boundaries and the proof of the matter: faithful witnesses, the world, the year, and the body- soul.
(translation by R' Jill Hammer)
Testimonies, or, witnesses:
(יט) הַעִדֹ֨תִי בָכֶ֣ם הַיּוֹם֮ אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם וְאֶת־הָאָ֒רֶץ֒ הַחַיִּ֤ים וְהַמָּ֙וֶת֙ נָתַ֣תִּי לְפָנֶ֔יךָ הַבְּרָכָ֖ה וְהַקְּלָלָ֑ה וּבָֽחַרְתָּ֙ בַּחַיִּ֔ים לְמַ֥עַן תִּֽחְיֶ֖ה אַתָּ֥ה וְזַרְעֶֽךָ׃
(19) I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day: I have put before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life—if you and your offspring would live—
(א) הַאֲזִ֥ינוּ הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וַאֲדַבֵּ֑רָה וְתִשְׁמַ֥ע הָאָ֖רֶץ אִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃
(1) Give ear, O heavens, let me speak;Let the earth hear the words I utter!
"When we speak of emunah (belief/trust), we need to distinguish between four issues....
1. First - this is one of the powers of our soul, which we can't do without. We trust others as long as they are not proven to be liars. All social and political relationships in our world are built on trust, without which we have no life. The client believes the merchant that his wares are superb and the price appropriate. The patient trusts the doctor.... the judge can’t trust the accused, but trusts the witnesses. And how strong is the trust of a child to their parents! International relationships work as long as there is trust between countries. The first crack in this trust heralds ruin and destruction.
Emunah is an awe inspiring force. If all emunah rotted in a person’s heart, that there was nothing left for that person to believe in – there is no existence for that person….
2. Similarly to all forces of our spirit (nefesh), the force of emunah arouses within us images/apprehensions of the heart. The Rambam wrote: “bear in mind that by “faith” we do not understand merely that which is uttered with the lips, but also that which is apprehended by the soul, the conviction that the object [of belief] is exactly as it is apprehended” (Guide to the perplexed, part 1:50). Inasmuch as we draw images for ourselves which verify Torah and attributes of God – our emunah strengthens...on the side of rah/evil we know the evil thoughts – i.e. evil images! Are worse than evil deeds, since the power of this apprehension brings us to many acts. So in the side of sanctity, when a thread of tchelet of tzizit awakens within us the image of the sea, and sea is like sky, and sky is like the throne of God….
(Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe, Alei Shur book 1, section 2 ch. 17)
דע אתה המעין במאמרי זה, כי ההאמנה אינה הענין הנאמר בפה אבל הענין המצויר בנפש, כשיאמינו בו שהוא כן כמו שצויר. ואם יספיק לך מן הדעות האמתיות או הנחשבות אמתתם אצלך בשתספרם במאמר מבלתי שתצירם ותאמין בהם – כל שכן שתבקש בהם האמת – זה קל מאד; כמו שתמצא רבים מן הפתאים ישמרו אמונות לא יצירו להם ענין בשום פנים.
WHEN reading my present treatise, bear in mind that by “faith” we do not understand merely that which is uttered with the lips, but also that which is apprehended by the soul, the conviction that the object [of belief] is exactly as it is apprehended. If, as regards real or supposed truths, you content yourself with giving utterance to them in words, without apprehending them or believing in them, especially if you do not seek real truth, you have a very easy task as, in fact, you will find many ignorant people professing articles of faith without connecting any idea with them.
For next week, read the following paragraph and think specifically about this sentence: "the Heart of man as a king in warfare". Find time during the week to journal about this idea (you may use different mediums to journal - recording voice or video, writing, drawing, painting etc).
What does this sentence bring up for you at this time?
(ב) תלי בעולם כמלך על כסאו. גלגל בשנה כמלך במדינה. לב בנפש כמלך במלחמה. גם את כל חפץ זה לעומת זה עשה האלהים. טוב לעומת רע. טוב מטוב ורע מרע. הטוב מבחין את הרע והרע מבחין את הטוב. טובה שמורה לטובים ורעה שמורה לרעים:
(2) Tali, the Dragon, is above the Universe, as a king on his throne; the sphere in the year as a king in his State, the Heart of man as a king in warfare. And our God made the states of opposition, good and evil, good from the good, and evil from the evil. Happiness is reserved for the just, and misery for the wicked ones.