Editing E-L Sha-dai

The name '''E-L Sha-dai''' refers to the drawing down of the name E-L, which is the first of the 13 rectifications of the beard, that is drawn down and revealed in the world of Beriah through the name Sha-dai and is called E-L Sha-dai. The gematria of E-L Sha-dai is 345, which corresponds to the letters "Moshe." This name illuminates the world of Beriah to thousands upon thousands and myriads upon myriads, etc.

== Its Essence ==
E-L Sha-dai is one of the three names "E-L Sha-dai," "E-L Havayah," and "E-L Adnai," whose purpose is to draw down from the name E-L, which is the first of the 13 rectifications of the beard, to the worlds of Beriah, Yetzirah, and Asiyah.

The name E-L Sha-dai draws down to the world of Beriah, where the meaning of the name "Sha-dai" is contraction, "that He said to the world: enough," and therefore this name illuminates the world of Beriah, which is in a state of concealment. As is known, the world of Beriah is called "Creator of darkness," which is in the category of a concealed world that is not revealed, unlike the world of Yetzirah, which is called "Former of light," which is in the category of a revealed world. Therefore, in the world of Yetzirah, the name "E-L Havayah" is drawn down, whose essence is like the name Havayah, which represents revelation.

== Its Revelation ==
At the beginning of the creation of the world, existence came about through the name Sha-dai, as our Sages said, "The firmament was stretching continuously until the Holy One, blessed be He, rebuked it and said to it: enough." This is the lower level of the name Sha-dai, whose purpose is the contraction and limitation of the divine light so that it can be clothed in vessels to enable the formation of a limited world.

A more sublime illumination from the name E-L Sha-dai was revealed to the forefathers. As explicitly stated in the verses: "And Havayah appeared to Avram and said to him: I am E-L Sha-dai," "And I appeared to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Yaakov as E-L Sha-dai, but My name Havayah I did not make known to them." Nevertheless, there is an innovation in this compared to the illumination from the name Sha-dai at the beginning of creation - because a higher level was revealed to the forefathers, Sha-dai in the sense of "My divinity is sufficient for every creature." The essence of this level is the abundance and intensity of the revelation of light, such that the vessels do not limit the revelation (because here the phrase "'''sufficient''' in My divinity" does not mean limitation and contraction but rather abundance, like the phrase "sufficient for his needs").

An additional interpretation of the meaning of Sha-dai, which is an even higher level in the name Sha-dai that was revealed to the forefathers, is brought in our Sages: "That the world and all it contains is not sufficient for My divinity."

Despite all this, even the higher level of revelation from the name Sha-dai does not reach the level of revelation from the name Havayah - therefore it says, "but My name Havayah I did not make known to them." Because, although the divine light that is beyond the world is revealed, it still refers to a light that has some relationship and is the root of the limitation of the world, and therefore even when it shines in an unlimited way, it shines within the limitation and operates through it (and therefore, the miracles that are drawn from the name E-L Sha-dai are miracles clothed in nature). And the revelation that is completely beyond any relationship to the world and limitation - is the revelation of the name Havayah, the essential name (and therefore, the miracles that are drawn from the name Havayah are miracles that transcend nature).

However, the deficiency in the revelation to the forefathers is only "but My name Havayah '''I did not make known''' to them," meaning that the name Havayah did shine for them, but it was '''concealed'''. Because even the revelation of the light that is clothed in the world, from the name E-L Sha-dai, its purpose and true essence is to add to the unlimited revelation from the name Havayah. Therefore, internally, this revelation is also part of the revelation of the name Havayah (and on a deeper level, even the revelation of the name Sha-dai at the beginning of creation has the purpose of revealing the name Havayah). And through the revelation of the name Havayah at the giving of the Torah, the inner essence of the name E-L Sha-dai was revealed - which is the name Havayah; and in the true and complete redemption, where the limited and the unlimited will be completely united, this revelation will be completed, showing that even E-L Sha-dai is Havayah.