Geulah – Va’eira
The parshah opens with the verse,
“G-d (Elokim) spoke to Moshe and He said to him: I am G-d (Havayah).”
This is puzzling. How can Elokim say that He is Havayah?
Moshe intended to correct the sin of Adam and to bring the world to the state of ge’ulah. In the era of redemption, our Sages tell us, the G-dliness of the name Havayah (transcendent) will be integrated within the tzaddikim to the point that the tzaddikim will then be called Havayah.
Since G-d was not ready to bring the world to that state during Moshe’s lifetime, Elokim spoke to Moshe, meaning that only the name Elokim (G-d as manifested in nature) was fully integrated within the tzaddikim at that time. G-d said, “I am Havayah” — I alone will be called by this Divine name at present.
Only when Moshiach arrives will the tzaddikim be associated with Havayah.
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