שבירה ShevirahXVIIIThe Beginning of Wisdom
IV1:24–28

כתר נקרא איןThe Hidden Crown

keter nikra ayinIn Gamatria ↗

The crown is not yet worn; its weight already shapes the head.

Keter's boundless mercy is not visible now; it will be revealed openly only in the world to come, which is why its name is Ehyeh, 'I will be'. Yet, hidden, it already drives everything, for all present conduct prepares for it: the last deed is first in thought. In the inner reckoning Keter counts among the ten; in the outward one, Da'at — a trace of Keter between Chokhmah and Binah — takes its place. Because we grasp almost nothing of it, Keter is called Ayin, 'nothing', and revelation begins with Chokhmah and Binah, Abba and Imma.

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