AyinBase with R' Paltiel Monday 6 Tammuz 5772
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166 – last line from the end of the page
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starts, 'shelemata...') For text, see link top right of the blog. Or
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One
may correctly think that only Essence itself is kadmon – original
and pre-existing all existence, yet we talk of Adam Kadmon – Primal
Man. The structure here of Adam is betzelem – fully representing
the Source that made him. He is not merely a likeness, but an
actual representation of Him.
Though
there is a great distance between this first man and the light from
which it came, yet he is representing him.
The
man below presents us with a means to know, that although he was
created in a manner of 'something from nothing' – a new creation,
nevertheless he is 'betzelem Elokim' – with a G-dly form. The
human being represents the G-dly presence. Relative to the
creations, man is like G-d. He is independent and the whole world is
his platform.
Why
is he called Kadmon if he did not exist before he was created?
Because nevertheless an eternal element of his creator is reflected
in him. The human being is a metaphor for Adam Kadmon. In the soul
of man, there is an element of the presence of the Adam Elyon.
Man
can know things that are beyond the world, because he has an element
that is super-worldly.
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