A crown on his head and a beautiful tree before him

Synopsis

We learn that the Shechinah used to be the crown, the Yud, on top of Hei Vav Hei, until she reverted to be below it.

Abraham Corners Crowns Daughter David Head Isaac Jacob Patriarchs Shechinah Stone Tetragrammaton Tree Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH)

71. Moreover, the King's daughter, THE SHECHINAH, used to be Yud on top of Hei Vav Hei that are included in the patriarchs, first Hei in Abraham, WHO IS CHESED, and second Hei in Isaac, WHO IS GVURAH; Vav WAS INCLUDED in Jacob, WHO IS TIFERET. Yud was on top of them. It then said, "The crown is fallen from our head" (Eichah 4:16). The sages used a simile of a king who had a crown on his head and a beautiful tree before him. When he heard bad news he flung the crown from off his head. What was, THE SHECHINAH, Yud on top of Yud Hei Vav Hei, WHEN Yud was on top, reverted to THE PERMUTATION Hei Vav Hei Yud, WHERE Yud is below. For that reason David said, "The stone which the builders rejected has become the head stone of the corner. This is Hashem's doing" (Tehilim 118:22-23).

71. וְלֺֹא עוֹד, אֶלָּא מַה דַּהֲוַת בְּרַתָּא דְּמַלְכָּא, י' עַל הו"ה, דִּכְלִילָן בַּאֲבָהָן, ה' קַדְמָאָה בְּאַבְרָהָם. ה' תִּנְיָינָא בְּיִצְחָק. ו' בְּיַעֲקֺב. וַהֲוַת י' רֵישָׁא עָלַיְיהוּ. אִתְּמַר, נָפְלָה עֲטֶרֶת רֺאשֵׁנוּ. וְאַמְתִּילוּ רַבָנָן מְתָלָא, לְמַלְכָּא דַּהֲוָה לֵיהּ עֲטָרָה עַל רֵישֵׁיהּ, וְאִילָן יָאֶה קֳדָמֵיהּ, אַתְיָא לֵיהּ שְׁמוּעָה בִּישָׁא, אַרְמֵי עֲטָרָה מֵעַל רֵישֵׁיהּ. וּמַה דַּהֲוַת י' עַל הו"ה. י' לְעֵילָּא, אִתְהַדָּר הוה"י, י' לְתַתָּא. וּבְגִין דָּא אָמַר דָּוִד, אֶבֶן מָאֲסוּ הַבּוֹנִים הָיְתָה לְרֺאשׁ פִּנָּה מֵאֵת יְיָ' הָיְתָה זֺּאת.