Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Sefer haZohar on the Ten Commandments and the Holy Name of God

"Rabbi Elazar taught: In these ten statements are embodied all the commandments in the Torah, decrees and punishments, cleanness and uncleanness, branches and roots, trees and plants, heaven and earth, sea and the deeps. For the Torah is the name of the Holy One, blessed be He. Just as the name of the Holy One, blessed be He, is embodied in the ten statements, so the Torah is also embodied in the ten statements, These ten statements are the name of the Holy One, blessed be He. And the whole Torah is one name, the actual holy name of the Holy One, blessed be He. Happy is the man who gains it. Whoever gain the Torah gains the holy name."

-- Sefer haZohar, 2:90a (transl. Tishby)

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