Two Worlds

"For the leader, upon Yedutun. Only for God does my soul wait in silence" (Psalms 62:2). This is what the verse says: "Trust in the LORD forever and ever" (Isaiah 26:4). The Holy One, blessed be He, said: Know in whom you trust, in the One who created two worlds with two letters, as it is said (in the same verse): "For with Yah, the LORD, is the Rock of worlds" [read as: with the letter yod and the letter heh He fashioned the worlds]. These are this world and the world to come. This world was created with the letter heh. And so it says (Genesis 2:4): "These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created" [be-hibaram, read as: be-heh beraam, with the letter heh He created them]. And the world to come was created with the letter yod. Therefore, "for with Yah, the LORD, is the Rock of worlds." And why was this world created with the letter heh? Just as with the heh, when a person produces it from his mouth there is in it neither movement of the lips nor effort of the tongue, so too without toil and without labor the Holy One, blessed be He, created His world. As it is said (Psalms 33:6): "By the word of the LORD the heavens were made." "For He has brought low those who dwell on high" (Isaiah 26:5), and afterward "the foot shall trample it," and afterward (Micah 4:13): "Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion." Thus said the Holy One, blessed be He, to Israel: I will redeem you, only that you must take trouble. And about what do I trouble you? Upon Yedutun: concerning the laws [datot] and concerning the judges [dayanin] that I make for you. Therefore it is said: "upon Yedutun."