Four WorldsPracticep. 58

Yud Hay Breathing Meditation

Yud and Hay as contraction and expansion: a breathing meditation.

Reb David’s words, typed

יTzimtzum
Contraction

הHit'pashtut
Expansion

Breathing
Meditation

Breathe with it

יה

Tzimtzum · ContractionHit'pashtut · Expansion

Pace

The circle gathers to a Yud and opens to a Hay. Let the breath find its own direction.

Words

Tzimtzum צמצום

Contraction. In Lurianic Kabbalah, the Infinite withdraws to make room for the worlds.

Hit'pashtut התפשטות

Expansion, the movement that answers contraction.

YHVH, the Name יהוה

The four-letter Name of God, the Tetragrammaton. It is not pronounced as written; it is read aloud as Adonai, or in Renewal circles sometimes as Yah or Havayah (Being).

On the page

In the original, arrows draw the Yud toward Contraction and the Hay toward Expansion, and then down toward the breath.

Threads

110Energy Moves in a Pendulum Swing✦59The Tetragrammaton✦60Four Worlds: Evolution towards Mass and Weight✦60.23Yod Hay Vav Hay: Four Worlds✦22Tzimtzum, Sh'vira, Tikkun 23Tzimtzum, Hitpashtut: Contraction-Expansion

Subjects

Kabbalah & Creation Names of God Breath, Chant & Meditation