The name of God associated with Hokhmah is Yah. Saadia Gaon, a tenth-century Jewish scholar, translates Yah as “the Eternal.”Maimonides says that the name Yah implies “eternal existence.” Yah is an abbreviation of YHVH that is made up of the He brew letters yod and heh, and some scholars believe that Yah may be an older form of YHVH. Yah was combined with proper names, as in the name Isaiah, which means “Yah or Yahu is salvation.” According to the Zohar, “All is included in [Yah]: those that are above and those that are below. In it the six hundred and thirteen commandments of the Torah, which are the essence of the supernal and terrestrial mysteries, are included—the essence of the Masculine world above and of the Feminine world below.”[406] Leo Schaya interprets this to mean that “when this name is invoked sincerely, then it is as though one were carrying out all the commandments of the Jewish religion.”
“In the Bible, Yah is found chiefly in poetry, where it is often used in the phrase Hallelujah (Hallelu-yah), meaning “praise Yah.” For instance, the final verse of the last Psalm proclaims, “Let every thing that hath breath praise Yah [the LORD]! Hallelujah [Praise ye the LORD]!”[408] “This name [Yah] compassionately forgives and compensates for the inadequacy of man in relation to the divine will,” writes Schaya. “That is why the psalmist and ‘prophet of Yah’ cried out: ‘In my anguish I called upon Yah; Yah heard my prayer and set me in a large place’ (Ps. 118:5).... Yah is also the name for the return to the ‘beginning,’ to the perfect original of all things.”[409] Gikatilla says that Yah alludes to “the realm of mercy which is the essence of the three upper Spheres.” The realm of mercy is a place where “there is no sadness, no misery, and no division; there is only glory, beauty and grace.” “There is still some judgment in the Name Yah,” he writes, “but it is done gently and not through a legal verdict,” which is the domain of Gevurah and the lower sefirot.[410] The realm of mercy is the key to miracles and wonders, writes Gikatilla. Just as the world is renewed from the realm of mercy, so the righteous who direct their prayers to that realm can “renew signs and wonders in the world with their prayers, thereby changing the world’s natural routine.” Kabbalists also call Hokhmah “Ratzon,” or “Will.” All the miracles and wonders performed in the time of the prophets and the Talmudic sages were possible “because their prayers could reach the source of Ratzon,” says Gikatilla. “The one whose prayer reaches the source of Ratzon may have limitless supply of all his needs.... He who has the key in his hand can get from that room anything he wishes.”
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(Hokhmah/Wisdom)
“The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.... Yah hath chastened me sore, but he hath not given me over unto death. Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go into them and I will praise Yah!” “O LORD, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom [Hokhmah] hast thou made them all; the earth is full of thy riches.”[433] Yah, the Eternal One who resides in the realm of mercy, where there is no misery, send your light to alleviate all suffering everywhere on earth. I now confess to you the following acts of unkindness and transgressions of spiritual law that I have committed in thought, word and deed: . Forgive my shortcomings and compensate for my inadequacies until I have imbibed and become the fullness of your wisdom. Ein Sof, let your lightning flash illumine me. Pour into me the energy of Hokhmah as creative genius and insight. Flash forth your invincibility! Let truth be revealed!”
“I appeal to you, Yah, the source of wonders and limitless supply, to bring miracles to my doorstep, especially in the following matters that are close to my heart: Ein Sof, direct your light through Hokhmah—who contains the blueprint for the whole creation—to restore all souls to their original design. O Yah, in this dark night of soul testing, be unto me as the beacon of the lighthouse, guiding me to distant shores. For it is to my God that I would ascend. [Here insert your personal prayer to Yah.]”
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