Classes

Class Sixty Five in Section Seven of The second idea

רס”ו ע’ תרס”ב-ג. אין קדוש כהוי’ה explains how in אצילות itself there is an idea of עלי’ה from טהרה to קדושה (ie from גרמוהי to חיוהי) based on the idea that even the אור ממלא in אצילות is קדוש in a unique way called אין קדוש כהוי’ה. He explains it by introducing the idea of…

Class Sixty Four in Section Seven of The second idea

Lecture on אין קדוש כהוי’ה. ממלא כל עלמין and סובב כל עלמין are the equivalent of העלם וגילוי (as nouns “the THING of גילוי and the THING of העלם). This to are the same as טהרה and קדושה. Higher than אצילות is certainly קדושה; lower than אצילות is certainly טהרה. אצילות itself has a פנימיות…

Class Sixty Three in Section Seven of The second idea

רס”ו ע’ תרס”ב-ג Introduction to the second level of ירידה צורך עלי’ה. [The first was that the Neshama goes down into this world and is able to access its highest source (שרש ומקור)]. The second is that it can reach higher than its source: from טהרה to קדושה; from גרמוהי to חיוהי.

Class Sixty Two in Section Six of The first idea

רס”ו ע’ תרס”א-ב. Different aspects and ways a Neshama down here becomes a מהלך. A) The light of Torah reveals the בלי גבול in the Neshama. B) The adversity of the נפש הבהמית (either the בירור of it, or the mere conflict) is what propels the Neshama to access its בלי גבול and become a…

Class Sixty One in Section Six of The first idea

רס”ו ע’ תר”ס-ס”א. In קליפה there is conflict: too much אור would destroy. But in קדושה there is no conflict: a lower כלי in a higher world becomes the higher world. In other words: כלים that are אלקות when included in higher levels aren’t destroyed, because they are כלים for the אור, therefore they can…

Class Sixty in Section Six of The first idea

רס”ו ע’ תר”ס-ס”א. כלים and נשמות (inasmuch as they) are אלקות; this means that they are attached to their מקור and can access their מקור until עצמות ומהות. And in the מקור באין סוף, א”ק וכיו”ב they are 1) בלי מציאות and therefore 2) בלי הגבלה. You “cannot say” on that level that they can’t…

Class Fifty Nine in Section Six of The first idea

רס”ו ע’ תרנ”ח-ס. Question: Neshamos that come from כלים and conform to the rules that apply to כלים are דומם just like כלים themselves, so how can there be growth in Neshamos especially to the extent that they are called מהלכים.

Class Fifty Eight in Section Six of The first idea

רס”ו ע’ תרנ”ח. To explain the idea that דוקא down here the נשמה becomes a מהלך. Introduction: כלים and אור are exact opposites: We discussed the idea of כלים as being העלם הבדלה הגבלה והתחלקות. They are דומם, no one becomes two and no two become one. Each כלי is created directly from עצמות ומהות….

Class Fifty Seven in Section Five of ויפח/ גבורות the power

רס”ו ע’ תרנ”ד-נ”ו. Short class; end of מאמר. 1) Through the ירידה in this world the Neshama has an עלי’ה. עמידה is בכל לבבך ובכל נפשיך and הליכה is בכל מאודיך Introduction to next idea and Ma’amar: by descending we are able to access and reveal the hidden strength of the Neshama.

Class Fifty Six in Section Five of ויפח/ גבורות the power

רס”ו ע’ תרנ”ד. By the Neshama coming into this world she goes from being an עומד to being a מהלך. Introduction: There are many levels of the relationship between Hashem and man: שכיבה, ישיבה, עמידה, הילוך, ריצה, דילוג, קפיצה