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According to the order of the verses in Genesis, in the portion of Berashit In the Beginning:
1. In the beginning God created.
2. And the spirit of God hovered.
3. And God said, "Let there be light."
4. And God saw the light.
5. And God divided between the light [and the darkness].
6. And God called the light "Day."
7. And God said, "Let there be a firmament."
8. And God made the firmament.
9. And God called the firmament "Heaven."
10. And God said, "Let the waters be gathered."
11. And God called the dry land "Earth."
12. And God saw that it was good.
13. And God said, "Let the earth sprout."
14. And God saw that it was good.
15. And God said, "Let there be luminaries."
16. And God made the two luminaries.
17. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven.
18. And God saw that it was good.
19. And God said, "Let the waters swarm."
20. And God created the great sea monsters.
21. And God saw that it was good.
22. And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply."
23. And God said, "Let the earth bring forth."
24. And God made the beast of the earth.
25. And God saw that it was good.
26. And God said, "Let us make man."
27. And God created man.
28. In the image of God He created him.
29. And God blessed them.
30. And God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply."
31. And God said, "Behold, I have given to you."
32. And God saw all that He had made.
It is already known in the wisdom of the philosophers the truth that the "Name" is applied to "prepared matter," which is a metaphor for its receptacle, and it is called in the Greek language Hyle Hyle: A philosophical term for the most basic, formless matter that has the potential to become anything. From the quantity of that matter, it was prepared in the thought of the Awesome Name. The existence of the order of beings is as they are found in truth through three intentional ways, which exist in potential, as a metaphor of a child born this day being held within the mind. Even the one who thinks of it now, [though it is not yet visible], it is called "folly" likely referring to a potentiality not yet realized, but its future forms are revealed as they move from this potential into actual reality. They emerge from potential to actual reality according to their levels, from the power of the Divine Will toward the whole "excess" which was mentioned to you as Hyle. It was never without the power of the elements within it; therefore, its "matter" original: chomro is not entirely in potential nor entirely in action, but is intermediate in its forms between what is potential and what is actual.
It is the beginning and the offspring of all existing things. All beings from the Supernal Crown Keter Elyon: The first and highest of the ten Sefirot, representing the Divine Will and the source of all emanation and below were only brought into existence because of its existence. It does not pass away by law of change, nor by the law of "generation and corruption" Aristotelian concept of coming-to-be and passing-away, for it is the beginning of all things. It is called in the language of the Prophets a Golem Golem: An unformed substance or raw material, as in Psalm 139:16, as it says: "Your eyes saw my unformed substance" Hebrew: galmi. The word Golem comes from the language of gelem meaning a shapeless mass, for it is like a mass without form, and is therefore ready to receive all forms.
The meaning of the phrase "And in Your book they were all written" Psalm 139:16 is explained as:
Sefer Book/Wisdom, Sephar Story/Tiferet, and Sippur Number/Atarah.
Likewise in Wisdom Chokhmah, that is the letter Yod, within it is written and depicted every action of the upper and lower worlds. "The days were formed, and there was not one among them" Psalm 139:16 refers to the six days of creation from Understanding Binah and below, as it is said: "Yours, O Lord, is the Greatness Chesed, the Might Gevurah, the Beauty Tiferet, the Victory Netzach, and the Glory Hod, for All Yesod that is in heaven..." Behold, these are the six names that acted during the six days of creation. Each one of them was uniquely assigned to a single day, and so were they all.
"And not one Hebrew: echad among them" means that the Supernal Crown Keter, which is "One," was not written among them, for it is uniquely set apart above them. This means everything receives merit from the Supernal Crown, and through it, everything is made. Therefore, "matter" is in them, but not "matter" from them suggesting the source remains transcendent. This is the origin of all creatures...