If the first letter of HaTorah Emet is eccentric and is made reish (normally in the second letter position of Torah), through moving holy letters (like engraving with great fire), the normally-first-letter beit (of Torah) "falls" (naphal) into the last letter position of the Torah (of Devarim), thereby falling back ONE (echadd) space in the CYCLE (samekh) of Torah. This enables the word RaV (gematria 202) to be brought forth (from the first letter of Bereshit to the last letter of Devarim), whereby then all letters of the Torah are lifted up one space. Then, in the RaV configuration, we have the letters of Bereshit 1:1 configured as above, and we have a situation where samekh (the cycle of Torah and the birkhat kohanim), is supporting and blessing "the fallen one". The word in the traditional LeV configuration of Torah that is usually read Elokim (aleph lamed hey yud mem) with a gematria of 86, in the lifted RaV configuration, is now the word spelled "lamed hey yud mem aleph" also with a gematria of 86, and is the "root tip" mothering the expression of Hashem (the tetragrammaton) throughout creation (see below). In the RaV configuration, aleph has now moved from the first position in the name Elokim to the last position of the name "lamed hey yud mem aleph", representing a dynamic moving from acting chesed of gevurah (the aleph to tav "straight" order of the letters) into acting gevurah of chesed (the tav to aleph "heavenly" order of the letters). This reorientaton of the aleph from the name Elokim is the moving of pure divine spirit of the Almighty engraving with flaming fire in divine Keter (Sefer Yetzirah).
This new name "lamed hey yud mem aleph" means:
clearly into the innards is wisdom (with 32 paths) and aleph (with a gematria of 1). This name also represents the rectification of the root "hey yud mem", a root meaning to agitate and to create confusion. Consequently, the aleph, now at the end of the name, opens the mem (once a sofit mem in Elokim), thereby releasing the atzilutic energy of Torah wisdom into all creation (through the actions of reish consciousness in beriyah). This dynamic represents the rectification of "confusion", of Tohu - enabling the rectified light of the world of Tohu to be brought down safely into the world of Tikkun.
86 is a gematria of the words "vav yud mem lamed" found in Bereshit 17:23 (where it is translated as "and he circumcised") and of "hey aleph phey" (the anger). Consequently, this "lifting" of the letters "circumcises" and "cuts off" (rectifies) anger at its supernal root. This is a combined soul function of the levi'im and the hakehati (of the kohanim) working together in harmony (from the position of truth and knowledge - through tiferet and da'at. The entire verse of Bereshit 1:1 reduces to the gematria of 5 - the gematria of expression (hey) through thought, speech and action.
Thus, the reality of my experience is found in Torah by "lifting" the Torah's letters one space, resulting in the first letter and the last letter of Torah (from first to last, from aleph to tav, through the hidden attribute of chesed of gevurah) combining to form the word RaV. Each soul is born with the mission to redeem 288 sparks of holiness entangled in and exiled within the created worlds. Of these 288, 202 of them are specifically associated with the exile of Mitzrayim. The remaining 86 sparks are scattered elsewhere among creation. Thus, my experience actively represents "lifting up" and redeeming the 202 sparks of holiness from the galut of Mitzrayim, specifically, and of the 86 sparks exiled within Elokim (gematria 86), within the divine element of creation itself.
Thus, the G-d name in the verse of Bereshit 1:1 usually found as Elokim (gematria 86) represents the other 86 sparks of the total 288 sparks of holiness that each soul is born into life to redeem and elevate. In the lifted translation as I have described above, this G-d name (Elokim), and all creation, is lifted up through the movement of aleph. Doing this, all 288 sparks are redeemed and elevated back into the realm of Holiness.
And what of the 32 thorns of the mother Elokim? In the traditional LeV configuration of the Torah, the last to first (tav to aleph) letters from Devarim to Bereshit (spelling the word LeV, with a gematria of 32) points to the 32 thorns in the heart of the mother.
In the lifted RaV configuration, the 32 paths of wisdom and aleph (32 + 1 = 33) and point to the redemption and transformation of these thorns into rectified desire, redeeming and elevating desire into the realm of Holiness, creating kedushah (33) and kadosh (1) kodashim (32), unifying the physical and the spiritual in sanctity.
The name of G-d represented by the letters "lamed hey yud mem aleph" is the root tip of the tetragrammaton (the name that represents G-d's transcendent aspect), where the tetragrammaton is released and unfolded into creation (Elokim) from the aleph emerging from the womb (mem) of active teshuvah. This name therefore mothers unfolding of the tetragrammaton throughout existence (which will become more fully unfolded and revealed in Bereshit chapter 2).
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