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Kaddish Related to the Ten Sefirot and Ten Commandments

The ten verbs of praise in the Kaddish matched to the Sefirot and the commandments: "Can you find correspondences?"

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Kaddish Related to the Ten Sefirot and Ten Commandments In Or Hat'fila (vol. 2 p. Tat Tet,brought down from Sha'arHakolle/fromShvli Ha/eke~I noticed that the ten shvakhim (verbs of praise) of the Kaddishcorrespond to the Aseret Hadibrot,(ten commandments). It was only a small step from that hint to the ten Sefirot. There seems to be some interesting correspondences here although some things don't match up perfectly. Can you find correspondences? Why do each of these match or don't match up? Yit'gadal Keter EXODUS 20:2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. V'yit'kadash Khokhma 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Yit'barakh Bina 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain. V'yish 'tabakh Khesed 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. V'yi'tromam Gevurah 20: 13 Thou shalt not kill. V'yit 'pa' ar Tiferet 20: 12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. V'yit'nasay Netzakh 20: 15 Thou shalt not steal. V'yit'hadar Hod 20: 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. V'yit' aleh Yesod 20: 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. V'yit' hallal Malkhut 20: 17 Thou shalt not covet