AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel
Thursday 23 Cheshvan 5772
Page
172 at 8 line into the second paragraph –
(line
starts, 'be-bechinat tzurah...') For text, see picture below.
Light is a product of
essence, it is not a creation per se. It tells you there is
an essence. It tells you, 'essence is present'.
The effect of
sunlight is the sun, not the light. The verse says, 'the sun rules
by day'. Why not the 'light rules by day'? This is because the
presence of the sun is what creates the day time.
Even the light that
is spread out, it still qualifies as a tzurah atzmis / essential
form, that is like the essence.
This is like where it
says, 'the servant of the king is like the king'. This means that
while he is an agent of the king, it is 'the king speaking'.
Light is a
representation of the presence of essence. And essence is present
automatically, not by process. If you expand your home, this is
automatically, also part of your domain. This is the meaning of
essence being automatically present.
Essence is infinite,
and thus the light has this quality too. Just like you are present
in every corner of your home, without you having to go visit every
crack and crevice.
'His name' is ohr ein
sof / infinite light.
Name refers to the
person, but really it is only a reflection.
The name is symbolic
of the 'truth of his presence'. Animals don't have names, since they
are a species. Humans have an individual presence and an individual
name.
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