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Sep 10, 2012 at 18:41 comment added paquda It is also reminiscent of the first page in Eitz Chaim, from the Arizal, which presents a 'hakirah' into the reason for the creation of all the worlds and says the fact of the creation makes the divine names and appellations meaningful, e.g., adnut implies others over whom there is mastery.
Sep 10, 2012 at 18:36 comment added paquda From these Kabbalistic sources, the saying seems to spread into Chasidic teachings, including Tanya and Likutei Moharan.
Sep 10, 2012 at 18:31 comment added paquda I found the following citations by googling: עמק המלך שער שעשועי המלך בעצמותו רפ"א; ספר החיים פרק הגאולה פ"ב; רבינו בחיי לבראשית לח, ל (from a footnote on this web page: malchuty.org/… (So, Rabbeinu Bachya looks like the first, as Menachem says.)
Sep 9, 2012 at 22:35 comment added Double AA +1 Just to clarify: Rabbinu Bechaye lived some 500 years after the redaction of Pirkei deRabbi Eliezer, but on the other hand he is the first (so far) to use the precise wording of the OP.
Sep 9, 2012 at 22:28 history edited Menachem CC BY-SA 3.0
link to Kad HaKemach as well
Sep 9, 2012 at 22:25 history edited Double AA CC BY-SA 3.0
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Sep 9, 2012 at 22:19 history answered Menachem CC BY-SA 3.0