the kav is representative of ohr ein sof itself. By going through reshimu it aquires medidot/measurements. To get a handle on this principle; we say chochmah and binah in a certain sense in different worlds. Binah is all metzius and chochmah relates to etzem ha-ohr.
So in real terms you cannot put chochmah into binah, on the other hand we say binah comes from chochmah. How so? Due to tzimzum. When you have the chochmah and you focus on it, itself, not the ohr, but the metziut, then you can create binah from it.
In sight you view physical objects, that exist in themselves. How do we connect to a physical object without coming in contact with it? It is separate from us and finite. The reason we connect is that we see the infinite quality – its reality.
Avraham Avinu began to search through the world. From viewing the world he was able to recognize the Creator – He's concealed, but he's there.
The kav is like the master conduit, that draws water from the river. If not for putting it in a conduit, the water in the river is totally unmanageable. A river floods, it doesn't fill your cup.
The conduit starts in kesser. There is also a kesser in nefesh ha-adam. And this is called ratzon and oneg (will and pleasure), and we should focus on the meaning of these aspects. We think of desire as fulfilling a need, but this is not an essential desire. We think of ratzon as being circumstantial, “i'm hungry, so I want to eat.”
the real nefesh is an essential entity. Life is an essential reality. How do we see life? Through ratzon. The ratzon of a man is representative of his nefesh – it is a constant presence and not a response to any circumstance.
Seder hishtalshalus, by nature descends downwards, and is also compelled to go down. Like we say water flows from above to lower levels. It has to descend, since anything that feels a lack will drive downwards to feel it's base. Chochmah will drive down to malchus and then it reconnects to its origin.
The Rogotchover was ill at ease on Shabbos, since he couldn't write down the ideas/chochmah.
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