Page 20 ff. Nesira is the separation of a lesser union to allow for a deeper one, like the separating of Adam and Chava so they could face one another. Havdala separates higher from lower light (of Ein Sof) to allow for the creation of the world, but the point is to ultimately reveal the…

Page 19-20. This Shiur involved a review of: 1) Achor vs. Panim, 2) Panim vs. Yechida, which are I. Bakshu Phanai, and II. Mimaamaikm, 3) Two levels of the Aleph, one that conceals and another that reveals and Rosh Hashana the second (Aleph= Peleh) is re-revealed. 4) Many details.

Page 17-19. The second Gevuros, don’t hide but reveal with a qualitative strength. The idea that the gevura that reveals doesn’t begin with Bina but with much higher (Chochma, Keser, Atik etc.) is discussed here.

Page 17. Gevuros (tzimtzum) is necessary for creation to happen. The Mashal of Voice (kol) is used to explain this point, Question: why is this example for Tzimtzum used, rather than the tzimtzum of Sechel and Middos etc. Suggested answer.

Page 16-17. Kol, voice that comes from the heart (according to Chassidus) has a source in a level where it is a ‘Harkava Pshuta’ which makes it ‘Ain Sof’. From that level it would be impossible to create actual individual sounds without Tzimtzum, This is the Tzimtzum of the letter Aleph.

Chaya is with passion while Yechida is quiet and natural; because Yechida is joining two things that are really one, while Chaya is joining two things using a third- the passion. A thought on Malachim.

Page 12-13. Chaya and Yechida, Etzem and koach haratzon as they are connected to Kol (sound) simple and complex, audible and inaudible.

Page 11-12. Pnimiyus HaNefesh on the level of Chaya is also outside of the Etzem and subject to change and Harkava. It is called ‘koach haratzon’ and is not Etzem. The real idea of Pnimiyus is in the Etzem of the Neshama (Yechida) where there are no changes and it is the entire Etzem that…

Page 9-11 Panim is a direct meeting between the Pnimiyus of the Neshama and the Pnimiyus of Elokus. Still, there is the request and requirement of ‘Bakshu Phanai’, that one must seek the Pnimiyus. There are two explanations here: 1) The Pnimiyus is only accessed after the Chitzoniyus has been perfected and that is the…

Page 8-9. Panim of the Neshama is Ratzon; and the panim of Elokus Ein Sof. These two can only meet directly, no Keilim or other intermediate entities are involved, either they, meet directly or not at all.