Teil 9 · Kapitel 88

This is the meaning of "and Shaddai shall be in your treasuries [Betzarecha]," for the name Shaddai is made from the Tzirim [hinges] in the Yesod, which in Gematria are the Shin of Shaddai. And this Shin, which is the hinge, is drawn from the upper letters Yod-Dalet [Yad, hand], which are HGT [Hesed-Gevura-Tifferet]: "the great hand," "the strong hand," "the raised hand." And this is Shaddai: Shin, Yad. And this is the interpretation of what our sages said, "Isaac flattened with a finger" — understand this. This is also the meaning of the verse, "the sanctuary, O Lord [Adni], which Your hands have established": the upper hands, which are the three fathers, established and corrected the discernment of the sanctuary of Adni, which is the female. And it is known that Zion, which is Yesod, is called the Holy of Holies.