AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel, Nissan 5775
Page
16 of pamphlet –
(At
7th line of the page. Line begins: 've-al-ken...'). Page 12 of the
book.
For text see below.
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We
say 'nothing compares to You in this world'. And why is 'this
world' mentioned? Nothing compares to Him in any world.
The answer is because in this world we encounter physicality
which denies any source – it says it cannot be traced to a higher
level. This means it came to be in a manner of 'nothing compares'
(ein aroch).
Because
this world does not point to a source, while being a derivative from
above, this indicates that the Above is beyond compare.
Things
in this world are present by virtue of the effect they make. This is
the category of yesh. By contrast ein/nothing is present by virtue
of its truth, rather than by means of its impact. The world is 'yesh
mi ein' – 'something from nothing'.
On
the one hand the world of atzilus reveals only that which was
concealed. On the other hand it is novel creation.
Nothing
can exist except to draw on the 'Source of all sources' – ohr ein
sof. He is the source of all. And that source is totally without
definition. So how can such a Source create a defined entity that is
based on impact and effect?
Atzilus
is the intermediary – I provides for this ability to create... it
contains two opposite elements. I has elements of Source as well as
something that is akin to the creations...!
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