“Spirit & Structure” p 59

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“It is spirit that holds up the world. It is not gravity that makes it be. He speaks and the world is kept in existence. In chochmah you see that this is a reality.”

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“Spirit & Structure” p 59

Ayin Base with R' Paltiel. Kislev 5777

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Page 59 [of the pamphlet] At middle of the page – line starts: 'habligvul'. (P45 in the book)

We are talking of the trace of the infinity that remains. That means the contraction is not complete, since abundant light [ribui ohr] remains, and thus there is no place for world to exist.

When you see a human home you are seeing the light. The human purpose of it with an abundance of light... and when we see the table we see the physical structure... as if it has no light.

Sphirot are the light emanating from the essence.

The second tzimtzum / contraction allows the sphirot to be translated into a worldly setting.

In conception all is 'one piece'. In actualization there are stages.

Osiot/letters are the way things are seen in the world. They almost fully conceal the light they contain.

Letters are interchangeable. The same letter can serve in different words.

It is spirit that holds up the world. It is not gravity that makes it be. He speaks and the world is kept in existence. In chochmah you see that this is a reality.

Letters are devoid of spirit, but sphirot are full of spirit. It is a crime to drain a person's view of the spirit of the world and force him to see the structure.

Even after the second tzimtzim it is possible and necessary to bring out the light/spirit.

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