Nothing can be destroyed

AyinBase with R' Paltiel 4/14/10 Wednesday 30 Nissan 5770

Page 16 – second line from the end of the page. Line starts, “hitkallut”

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The principle of hiskalelut / interinclusion is facilitated by the fact that every koach inherently has an element of every other koach.

In general all matter in the world is a composite of 4 fundamental elements – fire, wind, water and earth. We see water as distinct from fire even though the world contains both. The each have a source above their defined state – this is chomer harishon – primal matter.

This primal matter is called chomer pashut – a presence without definition. From it are drawn the other forms.

In identifying an object there are two stages, there is something here, this is what it is. The “there is something here” could be seen as insignificant, but this stage is probably more important, something there is more compelling than the specifics of what it is. The cup is a subset of the presence of the object.

The article is so real, because it goes deeper than just being what it is.

The world is G-dly – everything in the world is indestructable – nothing can be destroyed, only its form can be changed, because it is all based on chomer hapashut.

Anything in a form needs time and space. The chomer pashus remains pashut and it is at the same time captured in this form. We don't question, “how can there be a cup?” – it has a real and fundamental presence.

Why is all of this significant? This is to understand how there can be hiskalalus between different things. There can be multiple opinions in torah, but not exact opposites – there is a place where all opinions converge. An opinion has to be rooted in the chomer pashut.