Exodus 1 – 6:1
While tending to his father in law Yitro’s sheep Moses encounters in the hills the small bush, which burns but does not consume. At first he is afraid and withdraws from looking but his spirit pulls him into the encounter where he hears the words that can be translated in many ways such as “I am that I am” and “I will be that which is.” The Hebrew letters here are a black fire which in Kabbalah is a more intense presence. The burning bush here is made up of 10 branches and the interior colors suggest the 10 sephirot of
