ספר דברים

In this connection I have heard a brilliant interpretation of ‎the sainted Rabbi Yechiel Michel of blessed memory, concerning ‎David’s saying in psalms 27,4 where he says: ‎אחת שאלתי (תמיד) ‏מאת ה' אותה אבקש ‏‎, “there is one thing that I requested from ‎‎Hashem, on an ongoing basis.” David constantly reiterated ‎the same request, namely to attain more insights abut G’d and to ‎become a truer and more prized servant of His. In our verse ‎above, Moses expresses similar sentiments. He first alludes to G’d ‎as the ‎אין סוף‎ when he mentions His name of Hashem; he ‎hints that as such it would be impossible to get an inkling of G’d’s ‎essence, as one cannot define something or someone whom one ‎can obviously not understand. He therefore adds G’d’s other ‎name, ‎אלוקים‎, meaning that G’d’s essence is composed of many ‎parts, attributes. Since it is possible for us to understand ‎attributes, it is possible to emulate them once we have seen these ‎attributes in action. Once we comprehend these individual ‎attributes of G’d, it is not difficult to develop a sense of awe and ‎reverence for Him.‎