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Eleazar of Worms, Commentary on the Liturgy, MS Paris, BN 772, fol. 97b

Jewish Mysticism
“The glorious majesty of Your splendor” (Ps. 145-5)… the splendor of His majesty has no limit but He reveals to the prophets… the glory, He shows them the great glory… by means of the glory the will of the Creator is made visible… “And Your wondrous acts” (ibid.), for the majesty of Your glory is called amongst the angels master (’adon), i.e., Adonai; amongst the prophets its is called YHWH; and amongst the Patriarchs El Shaddai. This is [the meaning of] “that which I have done in my heart.” This is not transmitted except to one who understands of his own accord.

Translated by Elliot Wolfson in Through a Speculum that Shines- Vision and Imagination in Medieval Jewish Mysticism, Princeton- Princeton University Press, 1994.

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