The Tabernacle, in its recondite significance, reflected the supernal mysteries comprised within the Divine Name ADNY. The same significance is reflected by the Ark, of which it is written: “Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord (ADN) of all the earth” (Jos. 3, 11), the term ADN being identical with the Divine Name ADNY. The name ADNY corresponds to the most sublime Divine Name TETRAGRAMMATON,
the Aleph of the one containing the same recondite meaning as the Yod of the other, the Daleth of the one corresponding to the He of the other, and so with the Nun and Vau, the Nun being emblematic of the male principle and the Vau of the female principle, but the two forming a complete whole; and so, too, with the Yod of the one and the He of the other.
The several letters of the two Names, moreover, imply each other, complement each other, and together enfold one mystery. Now, the lower and earthly Tabernacle was the counterpart of the upper Tabernacle, whilst the latter in its turn is the counterpart of a higher Tabernacle, the most high of all. All of them, however, are implied within each other and form one complete whole, as it says: “that the tabernacle may be one whole” (Ex. 26, 6).
בְּרָזָא דְּמַשְׁכְּנָא קַיְימָן רָזִין עִלָּאִין, בְּרָזָא דִּשְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא (עלאה) אֲדֹנָ"י, הַאי אִיהוּ רָזָא דְּמַשְׁכְּנָא, כְּגַוְונָא רָזָא עִלָּאָה, רָזָא דַּאֲרוֹנָא, כְּמָה דִּכְתִּיב, (יהושע ג׳:י״א) הִנֵּה אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית אֲדוֹן כָּל הָאָרֶץ. אֲדוֹן כָּל הָאָרֶץ, דָּא הוּא רָזָא קַדִּישָׁא דִּשְׁמָא דְּאָלֶ"ף דָּלֶ"ת נוּ"ן יוֹ"ד. וְדָא הוּא כְּגַוְונָא דְּרָזָא דִּשְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא עִלָּאָה יְדוָֹ"ד. וְאַתְוָון אִלֵּין כְּגַוְונָא דְּאִלֵּין.
The Tabernacle, in its recondite significance, reflected the supernal mysteries comprised within the Divine Name ADNY. The same significance is reflected by the Ark, of which it is written: “Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord (ADN) of all the earth” (Jos. 3, 11), the term ADN being identical with the Divine Name ADNY. The name ADNY corresponds to the most sublime Divine Name TETRAGRAMMATON,
א' אִיהִי י', רָזָא דְּיוֹ"ד (נ"א דא) כְּגַוְונָא דָּא א', וְהָא אוּקְמוּהָ. ד', אִיהוּ רָזָא ה', וְדָא כְּגַוְונָא דְּדָא, וְכֹלָּא כְּגַוְונָא וְרָזָא חֲדָא. (ויקרא קנ"ה ע"א) נ', אִיהִי רָזָא דְּאָת ו', וְאַף עַל גַּב דְּדָא דְּכַר, וְדָא (ק"פ ע"ב) נוּקְבָּא. אֲבָל דָּא אִתְכְּלִיל בְּדָא, וְהָא אוּקְמוּהָ ן' ו' (קפ"ג ע"ב) אִיהוּ בְּאֶמְצָעִיתָא, בְּגִין דְּאִיהוּ כְּלָלָא חֲדָא. ה' אִיהוּ רָזָא דְּאָת י' (נ"א י' איהי רזא דאת ה'), בְּגִין דְּהָכָא (נ"א דה'), דָּא אִיהִי חָכְמָה זְעֵירָא, דְּאִקְרֵי חָכְמַת שְׁלמֹה.
the Aleph of the one containing the same recondite meaning as the Yod of the other, the Daleth of the one corresponding to the He of the other, and so with the Nun and Vau, the Nun being emblematic of the male principle and the Vau of the female principle, but the two forming a complete whole; and so, too, with the Yod of the one and the He of the other.
וְאִתְכְּלִילוּ אַתְוָון אִלֵּין בְּאִלֵּין, וְכֹלָּא אִיהִי רָזָא חֲדָא, כְּלִילָן אִלֵּין בְּאִלֵּין, וְכֹלָּא חַד, וְכֹלָּא אִיהוּ רָזָא חֲדָא, בְּאַתְוָון קַדִּישִׁין. וְעַל דָּא מַשְׁכְּנָא דִּלְתַתָּא בְּאַרְעָא, קַיְּימָא בְּרָזָא דְּמַשְׁכְּנָא עִלָּאָה, וְהַהוּא מַשְׁכְּנָא עִלָּאָה, קַיְּימָא בְּרָזָא דְּמַשְׁכְּנָא אַחֲרָא עִלָּאָה עַל כֹּלָּא. וְכֹלָּא אִיהוּ כָּלִיל דָּא בְּדָא לְמֶהוֵי חַד, וְעַל דָּא כְּתִיב, וְהָיָה הַמִּשְׁכָּן אֶחָד.
The several letters of the two Names, moreover, imply each other, complement each other, and together enfold one mystery. Now, the lower and earthly Tabernacle was the counterpart of the upper Tabernacle, whilst the latter in its turn is the counterpart of a higher Tabernacle, the most high of all. All of them, however, are implied within each other and form one complete whole, as it says: “that the tabernacle may be one whole” (Ex. 26, 6).