And the law is (we
recite) "HaMotzi Lechem Min haAretz (rather than "Motzi" without
the preceding article - "heh") for we hold in accordance with the
Rabbis who say that ("HaMotzi" also) connotes the One who has brought
forth (from Mitzrayim.)
Tosfos, based on a Yerushalmi, explain that the
interposition of the letter "heh" prevents consecutive use of the
letter "mem" at the end of "Olam" and beginning of
"Motzi." The Ben haYehoyada
cites Tosfos and then briefly elaborates that the "hey" itself has
significance on the basis of two "kavonos" elaborated by the Ari in
his sefer Shaar haMitzvos daf 54
The two kavonos concern the two letters Heh in the
Tetragrammaton (shem Havayah). These are Midos of Hashem. The first Heh = Ima
Bina; the second Heh = Malchus. The first Heh represents the mother giving
birth to existence; the second Heh represents existence in its finality (i.e.
completeness).
So the two Kavonos when saying HaMotzi are:
1. Heh Motzi =
Ima Bina the source of existence and of sustenance.
2. Heh Motzi =
Malchus the completeness of that existence
On eating bread one recognises both source and completeness.
The two "Hehin" are the same letter, because the
ultimate purpose of existence is to match the final outcome to the original
intention – sof maaseh bemachshovo
techila.
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