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 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 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 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 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...