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בבאור קצת הכנויים בקצרה. A Brief Explanation of Some [Divine] Appellations
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והם אלו, ישמע חכם ויוסף לקח כי הקצור בזה לא ישביע נפש שוקקה רק התחלה קלה, להורות דרכי לשוננו המקודש שכלו רומז בעליונים, והארכנו בספר פרדס: These are [Names] that a wise man will hear and increase knowledge (Prov. 1:5). Brevity in this [subject] will not satisfy the yearning soul. [It constitutes] but a modest beginning to teach the ways of our sanctified language, which in its entirety hints at upper [forces].1Cf. Naḥmanides, who stated, in the introduction to his commentary on the Torah, that the Torah in its entirety is a divine Name. We have expatiated [on this] in the book Pardes [Rimmonim].2Pardes Rimmonim, sec. 23.