AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel, Adar
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Page
32 of pamphlet – (top line of the page. Line starts:
've-im-kol-zeh...'). Page 23 of the book.
For text see below.
Questions and
comments:
We
said the lights/ohrot do not have a definitive factor and are simple,
certainly relative to the vessels. The lights represent the infinite
light (ohr ein sof).
Ohr
means light. Ein sof mean infinite. And if you say infinite light
it sounds like an extension of light that goes on ad infinitum. But
anything that is cumulative is not infinite. Ein sof is a principle
unto itself. It is not a sum total of many things.
God
created a human being as a way to understand this. He is made in Our
Form and Our Likeness. Man is small, but he has a God-like truth and
reality.
An
examination of man's capabilities and talents would not indicate ein
sof. Infinity is not cumulative. Ein sof applies to the truth of
His presence. This means that His presence is not 'supplied' and it
cannot be depleted or withdrawn. It is truth.
This
is within the essence.
And
then there is the light.
The
human presence in the world is not measurable in any way. Not in
terms of accomplishment nor in terms of representation.
His
presence is infinite and cannot be measured in worldly terms.
This
is where we have to employ our intelligence/sechel. This is light.
It does not have definition. It cannot be grasped by hand.
You
may merit to appreciate it. But you cannot grasp it.
The
word 'infinite' is used for lack of a better world.
Who
is suited to partake of the Godly creation? The dog? The cat? No,
the human being, who has the ability to appreciate where he is and
what he is.
Our
challenge: despite the fact that daylight is an infinite quality, it
also has a functional element. Only the human being can relate to
the functional element on the infinite level. If he loses that
perspective, he's on par with the cat.
And
there's darkness. And it is on par with the light in being a Godly
creation.
There
are multiple lights – 10 sphirot – the full compliment of the
essential reality. And from a vessel perspective we can see this.
But we go beyond this and say from the light perspective they are
also definitive.
There's
a functional wisdom in a human being, whether he knows it or not. It
is not expression dependent.
When
the light comes through a line/kav then the 10 sphirot surface.
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