• How is it possible that from the Eternal, which has no beginning nor end, will emanate creatures that come into being, cease to be, and are lowly?
To adequately explain all of this, we must initially make certain inquires. [These inquiries are] not regarding forbidden things, such as God’s essence, of which we have no knowledge whatsoever and about which we can neither think nor say anything. Instead, [we should inquire] about those matters that we are commanded to study: namely, God’s actions. As the Torah commands: “Know the God of your father and serve Him” (I Chr. 28:9), and as it is also stated in Shir HaYiḥud (for Thursday): “You [God] are known through your actions.”