Adir BaMurom — Chapter 2: The Reapers of the Field — Tzadikim Who Repair the Shechina; Secrets from Gan Eden

It thus emerges that there are two sets of taryag [613]. The first taryag is what the Holy Blessed One has made — and it is the aspect of Malchus [Royalty, the lowest sefira] of itself: this is the body given to man. And there is another taryag — that which man himself performs — and it is the aspect of Malchus in the secret of mitzva [commandment]: these are the 613 mitzvos. However, the truth is that everything is contained within one taryag; only that within one particular luminary, both sets of taryag are subsumed — and that is the ateres habris [the crown of the covenant — the corona of circumcision], which alone receives the full impress of all 613. For through the presence of this luminary in its place, all those qualities come to exist within the luminaries that bring about the actions required by the mitzvos. And likewise those luminaries that are the secret of tefillin, tzitzis, and similar mitzvos emerge through it. Thus in truth, this crown has a great function, for it serves as the counterpart to all the 613 — and therefore the Sages of blessed memory said: "Great is circumcision, which is equal in weight to all the commandments" (Jerusalem Talmud, Nedarim, end of ch. 3). And now I will explain all this in the secret of the Name Shaddai (שַׁדַּי), which is the tziyur [the imprinting form] that we have described. The 613 of matza [the Nukva in her diminished, unilluminated state — as "bread of affliction"] — these correspond to Shin-Dalet (שׁ״ד) of Shaddai, while the last among them — the crown — corresponds to the Yud (י׳) of Shaddai. And the 613 of mitzva [the Nukva in her complete, illuminated state] all depend upon this Yud of Shaddai.