בענין הכרוז היוצא מלמעלה שובו בנים שובבים (זוהר נשא דקכ"ו ע"א שבכל יום יוצא בת קול ומכריז וכו' כדלעיל) וכיוצא דקשה ממה נפשך, אם הוא לתועלת למה לא נשמע וכו', הכרוז הוא ענין המחשבה וכמו שכתב בס' מאורי אור כי כרוז הוא בגימטריא ע"ב קס"א וכו' סוד או"א המחשבה, ולכך אין לך רשע שאינו מהרהר בתשובה מצד שמיעת הכרוז במחשבה, כי למעלה אין אומר ואין דברים (תהלים י"ט) רק במחשבה, ולפעמים הכרוז בפי הקטנים והשוטים מיום שחרב בית המקדש, כמבואר בש"ס פרק קמא דב"ב (די"ב ע"ב): (בן פורת יוסף בהקדמה ד"ח ע"ג).
The Heavenly proclamation is [heard] in thought. Thus the word “proclamation” – keruz (כרוז) has the numerical value of 72 + 161, which is the mystery of Father and Mother, [which is] thought.8According to Kabbalah, the upper Sefiros are known as the “Intellects,” because they parallel the intellectual faculties in human beings. They are called Abba and Ima, Father and Mother, because they give birth to the lower worlds (just as thought gives birth to feelings). The numbers 72 and 161 are derived from the way in which the names of G-d corresponding to these Sefiros are spelled out in full. The Y-H-V-H, when spelled out with all yuds, has a total numerical value is 72 – …. This corresponds to the realm of Father, Chochmah, or Wisdom. The Name A-H-Y-H, spelled out with yuds, has a resulting numerical value is 161. This corresponds to the realm of Mother, Binah, or Understanding. The sum of both names is 233, which is the same as the word keruz, proclamation. There is not a wicked person who does not have thoughts of repentance when he hears the proclamation in his mind, because Above, “There is no speech, there are no words,” only in thought. Sometimes, the proclamation is [heard] from the mouths of children and fools, as has been the case since the destruction of the Temple.9Bava Basra 12b: “From the time of the destruction of the Temple, prophecy was taken from the prophets and given to children and fools.” Ben Poras Yosef, Hakdama, p. 8c
בענין הכרוז היוצא מלמעלה שובו בנים שובבים (זוהר נשא דקכ"ו ע"א שבכל יום יוצא בת קול ומכריז וכו' כדלעיל) וכיוצא דקשה ממה נפשך, אם הוא לתועלת למה לא נשמע וכו', הכרוז הוא ענין המחשבה וכמו שכתב בס' מאורי אור כי כרוז הוא בגימטריא ע"ב קס"א וכו' סוד או"א המחשבה, ולכך אין לך רשע שאינו מהרהר בתשובה מצד שמיעת הכרוז במחשבה, כי למעלה אין אומר ואין דברים (תהלים י"ט) רק במחשבה, ולפעמים הכרוז בפי הקטנים והשוטים מיום שחרב בית המקדש, כמבואר בש"ס פרק קמא דב"ב (די"ב ע"ב):
(בן פורת יוסף בהקדמה ד"ח ע"ג).
The Heavenly proclamation is [heard] in thought. Thus the word “proclamation” – keruz (כרוז) has the numerical value of 72 + 161, which is the mystery of Father and Mother, [which is] thought.8According to Kabbalah, the upper Sefiros are known as the “Intellects,” because they parallel the intellectual faculties in human beings. They are called Abba and Ima, Father and Mother, because they give birth to the lower worlds (just as thought gives birth to feelings). The numbers 72 and 161 are derived from the way in which the names of G-d corresponding to these Sefiros are spelled out in full. The Y-H-V-H, when spelled out with all yuds, has a total numerical value is 72 – …. This corresponds to the realm of Father, Chochmah, or Wisdom. The Name A-H-Y-H, spelled out with yuds, has a resulting numerical value is 161. This corresponds to the realm of Mother, Binah, or Understanding. The sum of both names is 233, which is the same as the word keruz, proclamation. There is not a wicked person who does not have thoughts of repentance when he hears the proclamation in his mind, because Above, “There is no speech, there are no words,” only in thought. Sometimes, the proclamation is [heard] from the mouths of children and fools, as has been the case since the destruction of the Temple.9Bava Basra 12b: “From the time of the destruction of the Temple, prophecy was taken from the prophets and given to children and fools.”
Ben Poras Yosef, Hakdama, p. 8c