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AyinBase with R' Paltiel 6/10/10 ThursdayNight 27 Sivan 5770

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All the discussion was to explain the principle that torah is the memutzah between the ohr ein sof and the creation.

Torah is the intermediary and therefore King David found concilation in torah in reflecting on the fact that torah is the source of all in creation, and now that he has torah, of what consequence is any suffering in the world.

Although this is a high level, to appreciate that torah is the intermediary between ohr ein sof and the creation, and thus contains essential pleasure, nevertheless Kind David was punished for this description of torah. This is because there is a further superiority in torah that is above this element, categorically.

This is the highest state of tynug out of its source. But in truth, however torah is at the level of essential pleasure, that is not dressed in anything at all. Pleasure that cannot be related to anything – not even to the deepest level of chochmah. In everything is an element of oneg – something essential. We say this oneg, via chochmah is dressed in all of creation (seder histalshalus). Primarily the bitul element of chochmah enables it to be the conduit.

Why is chochmah called “wisdom” or “insight”? This is because there is some level of translation of the essential lights so that they become wisdom.

We use sight as a metaphor for chochmah – it sees what's there. It gives us the reality of the object as it is unto itself, yet if you close your eyes, you don't see it. You see it in a limited fashion. The truth element does not reach you. If you were part of it, you could not close your eyes to it. You see the truth of it, but you see it from a specific angle. You see the truth, but as it is expressing itself. So too in chochmah, it is the recipient of the truth and not the essence itself. It means there is an angle from which it sees. Chochmah recognizes ohr ein sof and say, “ah, this is an inyan atzmi” since it can contrast it to something else. Inside essence, the question of atzmi does not come up since there is nothing that is not essence.

Torah is rooted above in shashuim atzmi-im, that is not translated/grasped at all. Essential pleasure/play-thing.

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