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Intermediate
The patriarchs were not aware of the unique simultaneous effectiveness of both of G-d's attributes.
"I used to appear to Abraham..."
Although G-d revealed aspects of His attributes to Abraham, Abraham remained unaware of the difference between G-d in His capacity as E‑l Sha‑dai and G-d in his capacity as Y‑K‑V‑K, of the unique simultaneous effectiveness of both of these of G-d's attributes. |
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Moses taught Pharaoh the extent of the dominion of G-d.
The Shelah teaches that all the miracles performed by G-d in Egypt, which
defied all known laws of nature, were invoked by the Ineffable Four-lettered Name, "Havayah", which symbolizes G-d as a composite of the Hebrew words for "He was, He is, He will be", the One who created the world ex nihilo and Who is eternal.
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Advanced
Pharaoh's power was confined to sub-planetary spheres.
Pharaoh's body is described as only one cubit tall, since it symbolized a human being whose only domain is this physical world. The physical universe is perceived as progressively reducing in size until finally it is only a single cubit high.
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Battling Egypt, Moses ascended to its supernal source of inspiration.
Rabbi Moshe Alshich teaches that the objective of Moses throwing the soot to heaven
was for G-d to make him a participant in overcoming the powers of magic in the heavens, i.e. to enable him to overcome a spiritual force. The only
method by which matter could reach a world of pure spirit was if someone who
controlled four elements of dust, water, fire and wind would be the one to
propel this matter.
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