“Putting Himself Aside” p: 7

AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel Monday 3 Shvat 5773 

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שהנה נת״ל דהמשכת הקו נק׳ צנור דצנור

And as explained previously that the "kav" is called "tzinor" and that "tzinor"...

 אותיות רצון והיינו הרצון להיות גילוי אור בעולמות כו׳,

...has the same letters as "ratzon" meaning the will that their should be a revelation of "or" in worlds etc.  

We explained before that the line/kav is called a conduit – tzinor. The letters of tzinor can be re-arranged to spell ratzon/will. This is saying that there is a will that there should be a revelation of light in the worlds and this is the kav/line and the tzinor/conduit...

and in order for this to be, it is preceded by the tzimzum/contraction and the putting Himself aside (as if to say). He disregards His own stance in order to facilitate the revelation in worlds.

Since Essence is infinite, for there to be revelation there has to be a concealing of the infinity, to some extent, to focus on the specific will. This ratzon/will is not inherent in etzem/essence. It can come only by means of the contraction and 'putting Himself aside'.

He puts Himself aside and brings forth something that is 'completely below His station'.

The 'crown' is the element of Him putting aside His ratzon/will.

As for example as see when Israel came to Mnt Sinai they said, 'we will do' before 'we will learn'. For this they received the level of 'crown'.

The principle behind their statements is bitul haratzon – putting aside will, which is called kesser/crown. So too above, kesser/crown is the nullification of 'essential will' to have a will in torah and mitzvoth.

Israel went beyond ratzon/will. Beyond expresssion. They went to Essence and accepted. This is 'putting oneself aside'. And what remains when you do that? What's left is not the experience of G-dliness, but being G-dliness.

And this is why it is 'crown'. The crown is the intermediary between the Creator and the created. This is not “I appreciate what He made, but I am what He made”.