הקדמה

82. “Another Shabbat was left, etc.”Another Shabbat was left, which was not mentioned, and she was ashamed. She said before Him: “Master of the Universe, since the day You made me, I have been called Shabbat, and there is no day without a night.” He said to her: “My daughter, you are Shabbat and I called you Shabbat. However, I am hereby crowning you with the highest crown.” He issued a declaration, saying: “Fear My sanctuary.” This is the Shabbat of Shabbat eve, which is fear and in which fear resides. Who is she? He answers: That which the Holy One, blessed be He, incorporated together and said, “I am the Lord,” as “I” is the mystical meaning of Malkhut, which is the mystical meaning of Shabbat eve, [and] “the Lord” is Ze’er Anpin, and in the words “I am the Lord” they were incorporated together. And I heard from my father that he said this and inferred that the word et comes to include the Shabbat boundary. Shabbetotai, in the plural, is the circle and square within it, which are two, that is, two Shabbatot. Corresponding to these two, there are two sanctities that we should mention: One is, “And [the heaven and the earth] were finished [Ve-yekhulu]” (Genesis 2:1), and [the other] one is Kiddush. 1“Kiddush” refers to the recitation of certain verses from the Torah on the Sabbath in order to sanctify the day. [The passage of] “And they were finished” consists of thirty-five words, and in the Kiddush that we sanctify there are thirty-five words. Together, these all amount to the seventy names, with which the Holy One, blessed be He, and the Assembly of Israel are crowned.