“Soul, Light and Essence” p: 171 AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel Tuesday 7 Cheshvan 5772 

Page 171 – 7 lines from top of the page – (line starts, 'haray hu...') For text, see picture below.

We have been saying light cleaves to the essence and has the koach/power of the essence. Why does essence produce light? Only an essence produces light. What is etzem/essence? The sun is a metaphor for 'essence'. Compare the sun and a candle. A candle gives light by burning, yet we don't say it is essence – the light it gives is manufactured by burning. It is not light, 'through-and-through'.

The sun is called an essence for light. It is super worldly. It produces light and only appears to consume fuel. It was made to give light (not fire). And it gives a pure light. There is no wick that is the origin of the light in the sun. Light in the sun is as darkness in our world.

We cannot describe essence. Like we cannot define life. It is a G-dly miracle. And the way for you to relate to it is as such.

An essence is a presence that does not recognize non presence. How does the soul relate to non presence? How does the soul relate to the body? And this is the principle of light. Essence goes to the place where it is not present by means of its light.

The light represents the essence. Fire consumes the essence of physicality and thus it has a certain essential power and hence light results. There is a profound resistance to fire, it is overcomes this and light results.

Light is connected to its source and bring the source with it.

Light from Him is volitional. In Essence there is not presence. There is nothing like 'light' in Essence, yet the light by definition cleaves to essence.