שְׁלֹשָׁה נִקְרְאוּ עַל שְׁמוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ� בָּרוּךְ הוּא, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: צַדִּיקִים,� וּמָשִׁיחַ, וִירוּשָׁלִַים.

“Three are called by the Name of the Holy One, �blessed be He, and these are: the righteous, �the Messiah, and Jerusalem.”

Bava Batra 75b, Sefaria.org

“And God spoke to Moshe saying to him, �“I am ADONAI, I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, �and Jacob as El Shaddai, but by My Name �ADONAI I was not known to them.” 

Exodus 6:3

וַיְדַבֵּר אֱלֹהִים אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֲנִי יְהֹוָה׃ וָאֵרָא אֶל־אַבְרָהָם אֶל־יִצְחָק וְאֶל־יַעֲקֹב בְּאֵל שַׁדָּי וּשְׁמִי יְהֹוָה לֹא נוֹדַעְתִּי לָהֶם׃

Hayah, Hoveh, Yiheh

Who Was, Who Is, Who Will Be

Past, Present & Future

^“Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” Moreover God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The Lord �God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.’ Go and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, ‘The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, “I have surely visited you…”�Exodus 3:13-16, NKJV

• Redemption begins with Revelation

• Redemption does not occur with circumstances merely changing, �but when we rediscover who God is

• Redemption is not escape, Redemption is Restoration & Relationship

Kos Yeshu’ot

Exodus 6:6-7

I will free you from under the labor of the Egyptians

I will deliver you from their bondage

I will redeem you with an outstretched arm

I will take you for my people, and I will be your God

“A person must bring the knowledge of G-d and His miracles on behalf of the Jewish people into his consciousness. With that awareness, he can leave his personal exile (Likutey Moharan I, 21).”

REBBE NACHMAN'S TORAH: EXODUS-LEVITICUS - Breslov Insights into the Weekly Torah Reading (Kindle Locations 1139-1142). Breslov Research Institute. Kindle Edition.

Our sages teach in Mechilta:

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“If one believes in Moses, it is considered as believing in the One Who spoke, �and the world came into being.”

R’ Gedaliah Aharon Kenig �CHAYEI NEFESH: Prayer, Prophecy & the Role of the Tzaddik �(Kindle Locations 2463-2467).

“THE FOUR-LETTER ESSENTIAL NAME, YUD-HEI-VAV-HEI (known as Hashem / the Name), is the Divine Source of all Reality. The last three letters of the Name, Hei-Vav-Hei, create the word Hoveh / ‘is’, the present. The root of this verb means, ‘to bring into being’. The first letter of the Name, Yud, serves as a prefix to the last three letters: Yud-HoVeH. In this way, the Yud modifies the verb to represent a perpetual activity. In other words, the Divine Name can be understood to mean, ‘That Which Is Continuously Bringing Being Into Being’.”

R’ Dovber Pinson, The Month of Tishrei: A Time of Rebirth and Upward Movement (p. 15). IYYUN PUBLISHING. Kindle Edition.

“For the Torah is the Name of the Holy One, blessed be He. As the Name of the Holy One is engraved in the Ten Words (creative utterances) of Creation, so is the whole Torah engraved in the Ten Words (Decalogue), and these Ten Words are the Name of the Holy One, and the whole Torah is thus one Name, the Holy Name of God Himself. Blessed is he who is worthy of her, the Torah, for he will be worthy of the Holy Name. Said R. Jose: “This means that he will be worthy of the Holy One Himself, as He and His Name are one. Blessed be His Name for ever and ever. Amen.”�Zohar, Shemot, Section 2, Page 90b, Soncino Press Edition

Ein Sof Ohr

Infinite Light

משיח

שם חי

Mashiach

Living Name

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“For when this tzaddik is revealed and becomes renowned in the world, it is the concept of “a name”—i.e., he becomes famous and has a name in the world. And enclothed within this name of the true tzaddik and associated with it is God’s Name, because His name is associated with our name (Yerushalmi, Taanit 2:6). It follows, that when the tzaddik’s name becomes important, God’s Name is made great. And the more significant the tzaddik’s name becomes, the greater God’s Name becomes, as it were, since His name is associated with ours.”

Likutei Moharan, Part II 67:2, translated by Moshe Mykoff, Breslov Research Institute, Sefaria.org

“The bent tzadi and the straight tzadi indicate that a righteous person who is bent and humble [tzaddik kafuf] now will ultimately become a well-known righteous person [tzaddik pashut] whose righteousness is apparent to all.”

Shabbat 104a, The William Davidson Talmud, Sefaria.org

צץ

צץ

“The true Tzaddik is the pride and glory and delight of the whole world. He is, as it were, the “Master of the House” over the whole world, and the “Master of the House” over the House of God, which is the Holy Temple. The Tzaddik sends light into the Holy Temple and the whole world —because he is the light and splendor and glory of the world. When the Tzaddik becomes revealed and magnified throughout the world, the Name of God is thereby glorified. The greater the name of the Tzaddik the greater the glory of God. Whoever is truly merged with this name, which is the glory and splendor and true delight of the whole world —whoever draws close to the Tzaddik and is subsumed under his name— through this, his eyes are opened and he can begin to examine himself and see where he stands in the various facets of his character. Then he can return to God and cleanse himself of all his evil characteristics. He will be worthy of perceiving the greatness of the Creator and of looking at the whole world with clear vision, because his eyes and his mind are opened by the true Tzaddik, who sends light to the whole world.”

Rebbe Nachman of Breslov. Advice, Likutey Etzot (p. 252). Kindle Edition.

God did not redeem Israel so that His Name would be spoken more often, but so that it would be seen.

In Vaera, God reveals His Name �through action.

“Thus, when the name of this tzaddik, who is the rosh bayit, becomes important, the eyes of the Jewish people are opened, as mentioned above. Thus, this is Bereishit (“In the beginning”)—l’einei kol Yisrael (“before the eyes of all Israel”). “Bereishit” refers to rosh bayit, the aforementioned tzaddik, who is the splendor of the world, as mentioned above. Through him, “the eyes of all Israel” are opened, as mentioned above.”

Likutei Moharan, Part II 67:6, translated by Moshe Mykoff, Breslov Research Institute, Sefaria.org

“I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You. For I have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me.”

John 17:6-8, NKJV

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