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Having explained in general terms why the creation of a substantial yesh from spirituality can only come about in a manner of ex nihilo (and not in a manner of ilah and alul), the Alter Rebbe now goes on to explain that the first stage of the created

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וקרוב לומר שגם האלפים ורבבות עלמין דיתבא בגולגלתא דאריך אנפין וזעיר אנפיןIt is reasonable to assume that also f” 35 the thousands and myriads of worlds that are in the Gulgalta of Arich Anpin

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As we have seen, the objective creation of the yesh takes place through the investment of the [infinite] Ein Sof-light in the kelim of all Ten Sefirot of Atzilut. However, as the Alter Rebbe now goes on to explain, the subjective

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וזה שכתוב: נעוץ תחילתן בסופןAnd this is the meaning of the statement in Sefer Yetzirah 41 regarding the Ten Sefirot, “Their beginning is wedged in their end.”

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ובזה יובן היות המצוות במלכות, ה׳ של שם הוי׳It will now be understood — in terms of the Sefirot and the corresponding letters of the Divine Name — why the mitzvot