AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel, Tammuz
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Page
21 of pamphlet –
(At
about lower third of the page. Line begins: 'ha-katanah...'). Page
15 of the book.
For text see below.
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Direct
light represents its source.
Reflective
light is different. To recognize the element of light... why is it
called light?
A
wall repels a ball without purpose. It seems the opposite of light.
The direct light is repulsed and the obstacle says, 'I'm here. I
don't receive light. I don't get it. Finished.'
Reflective
light is not just the absence of light. Darkness is a Godly
creation.
Darkness
is a higher creation than light. Light has a design. Darkness has a
presence.
The
Rambam says the first principle is that 'there is a First Being'.
And where is He reflected more? Darkness has a presence. It is also
a creation.
So
how is reflective light in the category of light?
The
ball being thrown against a wall is illustrative of this.
Reflective
light (ohr chozer) defines limit in a positive sense. If I throw a
ball the wall provides a target. In baseball the pitcher needs a
catcher.
So
the wall is not just an interference, it is identifying what is
trying to be accomplished by the direct light.
The
direct light does have definition. But that definition is not yet
defined/revealed until it comes to the level of reflective light.
The
reflective light is revealing these elements in the direct light.
Letters/'ossiot'
result from the clash of the meeting of direct and reflective light.
When
a sechel/perspective is presented by means of letters then it
acquires a presence that can stand on its own.
If
scholars disagree and then both defer to, 'how does He want it?'
Then they are coming to a different level of truth... this is where
they merge.
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