Healing in Creation #4

(א) משֶׁה קִבֵּל תּוֹרָה מִסִּינַי, וּמְסָרָהּ לִיהוֹשֻׁעַ, וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ לִזְקֵנִים, וּזְקֵנִים לִנְבִיאִים, וּנְבִיאִים מְסָרוּהָ לְאַנְשֵׁי כְנֶסֶת הַגְּדוֹלָה. הֵם אָמְרוּ שְׁלשָׁה דְבָרִים, הֱווּ מְתוּנִים בַּדִּין, וְהַעֲמִידוּ תַלְמִידִים הַרְבֵּה, וַעֲשׂוּ סְיָג לַתּוֹרָה:

Pirkei Avot 1:1

(1) Moses received the Torah at Sinai and transmitted it to Joshua, Joshua to the elders, and the elders to the prophets, and the prophets to the Men of the Great Assembly. They said three things: Be patient in [the administration of] justice, raise many disciples and make a fence round the Torah.

First Tablets:

שמות ל״א:י״ח

(יח) וַיִּתֵּ֣ן אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה כְּכַלֹּתוֹ֙ לְדַבֵּ֤ר אִתּוֹ֙ בְּהַ֣ר סִינַ֔י שְׁנֵ֖י לֻחֹ֣ת הָעֵדֻ֑ת לֻחֹ֣ת אֶ֔בֶן כְּתֻבִ֖ים בְּאֶצְבַּ֥ע אֱלֹהִֽים׃

Exodus 31:18

(18) Upon finishing speaking with him on Mount Sinai, [God] gave Moses the two tablets of the Pact, stone tablets inscribed with the finger of God.

Second Tablets:

שמות ל״ד:א׳-ד׳

(א) וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה פְּסׇל־לְךָ֛ שְׁנֵֽי־לֻחֹ֥ת אֲבָנִ֖ים כָּרִאשֹׁנִ֑ים וְכָתַבְתִּי֙ עַל־הַלֻּחֹ֔ת אֶ֨ת־הַדְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָי֛וּ עַל־הַלֻּחֹ֥ת הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר שִׁבַּֽרְתָּ׃.... (ד) וַיִּפְסֹ֡ל שְׁנֵֽי־לֻחֹ֨ת אֲבָנִ֜ים כָּרִאשֹׁנִ֗ים וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם מֹשֶׁ֤ה בַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ וַיַּ֙עַל֙ אֶל־הַ֣ר סִינַ֔י כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהֹוָ֖ה אֹת֑וֹ וַיִּקַּ֣ח בְּיָד֔וֹ שְׁנֵ֖י לֻחֹ֥ת אֲבָנִֽים׃

Exodus 34:1-4

(1) יהוה said to Moshe: “Carve two tablets of stone like the first, and I will inscribe upon the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you shattered. ...(4) So Moshe carved two tablets of stone, like the first, and early in the morning he went up on Mount Sinai, as יהוה had commanded him, taking the two stone tablets with him.

ספר יצירה ו׳:ד׳

וכיון שצפה אברהם אבינו ע"ה והביט וראה וחקר והבין וחקק וחצב וצרף וצר ועלתה בידו אז נגלה עליו אדון הכל ב"ה והושיבהו בחיקו ונשקו על ראשו וקראו אוהבי וכרת לו ברית ולזרעו והאמין בה' ויחשבה לו צדקה. וכרת לו ברית בין עשר אצבעות רגליו והיא ברית המילה, ועשר אצבעות ידיו והוא הלשון. וקשר לו עשרים ושתים אותיות בלשונו וגלה לו את יסודן. משכן במים דלקם באש רעשן ברוח בערן בשבעה נהגם בשנים עשר מזלות:

Sefer Yetzirah 6:4

After that our father Abraham had seen, and pondered over, investigated, and understood these things, he designed, engraved, and composed them, and received them into his power (hands). Then the Lord of all appeared unto him, made a covenant with him, and kissed his head, and naming him after his own name, called him his friend; and as it is written, completed a covenant with him and with his seed forever, who then believed on God, the Tetragrammaton, and it was imputed to him for righteousness. God ordained a covenant between the toes of his feet, that of circumcision; and a covenant between the fingers of his hands, that of the Tongue. He bound the essences of the twenty-two letters on his tongue, and God disclosed to him the secrets of them. God has carried these through waters, He has borne them aloft through fire, and He has stamped them in the storms of the air; He has distributed them among the seven stars, and has assigned them to twelve celestial constellations. Amen.

ספר יצירה נוסח הגר"א ו׳:ז׳

כשבא אברהם אבינו ע"ה הביט וראה והבין וחקר וחקק וחצב ועלתה בידו הבריאה שנאמר ואת הנפש אשר עשו בחרן מיד נגלה עליו אדון הכל יתברך שמו לעד והושיבו בחיקו ונשקו על ראשו וקראו אברהם אוהבי וכרת ברית לו ולזרעו עד עולם שנאמר והאמין בה' ויחשבה לו צדקה. וכרת לו ברית בין עשר אצבעות ידיו והוא ברית הלשון ובין עשר אצבעות רגליו והוא ברית המילה. וקשר עשרים ושתים אותיות התורה בלשונו וגילה לו את סודו משכן במים דלקן באש רעשן ברוח בערן בשבעה נהגן בשנים עשר מזלות:

Sefer Yetzirah Gra Version 6:7

And when Abraham our father, may he rest in peace,/ looked, saw, understood, probed,/ engraved and carved,/ He was successful in creation,/ as it is written,/ "And the souls that they made in Haran" (Genesis 12:5)./ Immediately there was revealed to him the Master of all,/ may His name be blessed forever,/ He placed him in His bosom, and kissed him on his head,/ and He called him,/ "Abraham my beloved" (Isaiah 41:8)./ He made a covenant with him/ and with his children after him forever,/ as it is written,/ "And he believed in God, and He considered/ and He considered it righteousness" (Genesis 15:6)./ He made with him a covenant/ between the ten fingers of his hands - / this is the covenant of the tongue,/ and between the ten toes of his feet - / this is the covenant of circumcision,/ And He bound the 22 letters of Torah to his tongue/ and He revealed to him His mystery/ He drew them in water,/ He flamed them with fire,/ He agitated them with Breath,/ He burned them with the seven [planets]/ He directed them with the twelve constellations.

תלמוד ירושלמי שקלים ו׳:א׳:ט״ו

רִבִּי פִינְחָס בְשֵׁם רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן לָקִישׁ. הַתּוֹרָה שֶׁנָּתַן לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוךְ הוּא לְמֹשֶׁה נְתָנָהּ לוֹ אֵשׁ לְבָנָה חָרוּתָה בְאֵשׁ שְׁחוֹרָה. הִיא אֵשׁ מוּבְלֶלֶת בְאֵשׁ חֲצוּבָה מֵאֵשׁ וּנְתוּנָה בָאֵשׁ. הָדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב מִֽימִינ֕וֹ אֵ֥שְׁ דָּ֖ת לָֽמוֹ

Jerusalem Talmud Shekalim 6:1:15

Rebbi Phineas in the name of Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish: The Torah which the Holy One, Praise to Him, gave to Moses, was white fire engraved in black fire. It was fire mixed with fire; hewn from fire, given from fire: That is what is written: From His right hand, the fiery law to them.

איוב כ״ח:כ׳-כ״ה

(כ) וְֽ֭הַחׇכְמָה מֵאַ֣יִן תָּב֑וֹא וְאֵ֥י זֶ֝֗ה מְק֣וֹם בִּינָֽה׃ (כא) וְֽ֭נֶעֶלְמָה מֵעֵינֵ֣י כׇל־חָ֑י וּמֵע֖וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם נִסְתָּֽרָה׃ (כב) אֲבַדּ֣וֹן וָ֭מָוֶת אָ֣מְר֑וּ בְּ֝אׇזְנֵ֗ינוּ שָׁמַ֥עְנוּ שִׁמְעָֽהּ׃ (כג) אֱ֭לֹהִים הֵבִ֣ין דַּרְכָּ֑הּ וְ֝ה֗וּא יָדַ֥ע אֶת־מְקוֹמָֽהּ׃ (כד) כִּי־ה֭וּא לִקְצוֹת־הָאָ֣רֶץ יַבִּ֑יט תַּ֖חַת כׇּל־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם יִרְאֶֽה׃ (כה) לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת לָר֣וּחַ מִשְׁקָ֑ל וּ֝מַ֗יִם תִּכֵּ֥ן בְּמִדָּֽה׃

Job 28:20-25

(20) But whence does wisdom come?
Where is the source of understanding? (21) It is hidden from the eyes of all living,
Concealed from the fowl of heaven. (22) Abaddon and Death say,
“We have only a report of it.” (23) God understands the way to it;
He knows its source; (24) For He sees to the ends of the earth,
Observes all that is beneath the heavens. (25) When He fixed the weight of the winds,
Set the measure of the waters;

תהילים צ״ה:ד׳

אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּ֭יָדוֹ מֶחְקְרֵי־אָ֑רֶץ וְתוֹעֲפֹ֖ת הָרִ֣ים לֽוֹ׃

Psalms 95:4

In His hand are the depths of the earth;
the peaks of the mountains are His.

קהלת י״ב:ט׳

וְיֹתֵ֕ר שֶׁהָיָ֥ה קֹהֶ֖לֶת חָכָ֑ם ע֗וֹד לִמַּד־דַּ֙עַת֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם וְאִזֵּ֣ן וְחִקֵּ֔ר תִּקֵּ֖ן מְשָׁלִ֥ים הַרְבֵּֽה׃

Ecclesiastes 12:9

A further word: Because Koheleth was a sage, he continued to instruct the people. He listened to and tested the soundness of many maxims.

(Image from: Return to the Place: The magic, meditation, and mystery of Sefer Yetzirah. R' Jill Hammer. Ben Yehuda Press, NJ. 2020, p. 256)