Musar על ברכות 10:30

Nonetheless several scholars of the Kabbalah have attempted to comprehend at least part of these mysteries, each one in accordance with his intellectual capacity. Although I am deeply conscious of my limitations, and would not presume to be more competent in this area than my predecessors, each one of us has the ספר תורה in front of him, and it is our duty to try and understand as much of it as we are able. It does not matter whether we unravel a lot or only a little of the Torah's mysteries as long as our motivation is לשם שמים, to further the intent of Heaven. I therefore wish to add merely a few words to what has already been written about this subject by our sages and commentators.

Every judgment has its root in the Heavenly Regions. Although I shall try to explain these judgments to the best of my ability, this represents only a minute aspect of the whole matter, i.e. the tip of the iceberg.

In order to penetrate the mystical dimension of what is contained in the Midrash; we need first to elaborate some more about the reasons for the sacrifices, even though we are aware that we can at best hope to scratch the surface of this subject. If such spiritual giants as Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and his colleagues did not succeed in revealing more than a small part of the secrets contained in this legislation what can someone like myself hope to achieve in this field? Nonetheless, we are all duty bound to contribute what we can in accordance with the degree of spirit that we have been endowed with.

— the author now turns his attention to the different opinions about which precisely are the 613 commandments which are recorded in the Torah as such.