Chassidus

The difference between God's desire for worlds and His desire for Torah and Mitzvos | Through fulfilling Mitzvos we draw down from the essence of the infinite energy of God that is before the tzimtzum | The spiritual accomplishment through the Mitzvah of Lulav | The reason why specifically these 4 species of the Lulav were chosen for the Mitzvah | Letting go of ones ego allows for unity which is the vessel for the revelation of the essence of God | The external level of God's will anyone can receive from, the inner will of God is only to neshamos Yisrael | Why by the Mitzvah of Lulav does is say "Take for yourselves" - לכם specifically • Link to view this page of the maamar: www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31640&st=&pgnum=40 •

The first creation from the 'kav' after the tzimtzum is 'Adam Kadmon' (א"ק) | The inner higher level of א"ק is where the 'kav' is revealed, the external lower level of א"ק includes all of existence in a general way | To create the levels beneath א"ק the needs to be a concealment of even the external lower level | The reason why the world of beriah is called 'darkness' whereas yetzira is called 'light' | The degree of revelation of Godliness within beriah | Any revelation below comes about through a concealment above • Link to view this page of the maamar: www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31640&st=&pgnum=39 •

The level within אור אין סוף which relates somewhat to worlds is מלכות דאין סוף | This level is not a direct source for creation (מקור), rather it just 'relates' to creation (שייכות) | God's general desire for creation and potential estimation of what creation would be like | More specifically, only the most external level of מלכות דאין סוף relates to creation | explanation of אתה (חסר ה') עשית את השמים - only when the internal energy is concealed from malchus is creation possible | Deeper explanation of הבדילו לעצמו before the tzimtzum | Also within creation, only the most external part of the higher level can be the source for the existence of the lower level • Link to view this page of the maamar: www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31640&st=&pgnum=38 •

Creation coming from the midos is in a way of עילה ועלול, the creation would feel close to its source, wouldn't be limited and wouldn't feel separate | Malchus is the lowest soul power of a person that only exists as the person relates to the outside world | Like the difference between a person thinking about himself, to a person thinking about someone else - Malchus is a level within oneself that relates to the outside world | Creation from malchus makes beings that feel separate from their source, because of the quality of malchus itself only existing as it relates to the outside • Link to view this page of the maamar: www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31640&st=&pgnum=37 •

The level of אור אין סוף which relates somewhat to creation is מלכות דאין סוף | The main purpose of creation is to make a world that feels itself separate and to make that world into a channel for the divine, and to 'force' the animal soul to to God's will | Creation of higher worlds is only in order to eventually create our lowly physical world | Creation in a way that the beings feel themselves separate independent entities is only possible from malchus | The general difference between malchus and the rest of the midos - midos relate to each other in a interconnected way עילה ועלול, each midah already exists within its source just in a concealed way • Link to view this page of the maamar: www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31640&st=&pgnum=36 •

Synopsis of Maamar #3 - שובה ישראל עד הוי' אלקיך - Shofar blowing arouses God's divine pleasure in creation to bring about the main idea of "Returning face to face" with the essence of God | Why God's energy is called "Light" and not שפע - the differences between אור and שפע | Mitzvos draw down from God's will, but 'teshuva' reaches God's very essence to renew that will and desire for the Jewish people •

God's simple will for creation is in חיצוניות האור, whereas פנימיות האור is above this will | The effect of the tzimtzum (divine concealment) is in two things - (1) separation of the external light from the internal light, (2) drawing down of a limited energy from the external light | The analogy for these two stages from a teacher giving over a intellectual concept to a student | The revelation of God's power in limitation through the tzimtzum - אותיות הרשימו • Link to view this page of the maamar: www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31640&st=&pgnum=35 •

Questions about the four species of the lulav, and why does it say that specifically this mitzvah is "for you" - לכם | Deeper explanation of "הבדילו לעצמו", relating to before the צמצום (contraction/concealment) | עצם האור - the essence of the external energy, and התפשטות האור - the extension and revelation of that energy | In every המשכה there are two stages - the essence which is above revelation, and the extension - the revelation | The meaning of "Before creation (tzimtzum) there was Him (עצם האור) and His name (התפשטות האור)" | meaning of "אתה הוא הוי' לבדיך" | In the revelation of the light there are two stages: פנימיות אור - revelation to self, חיצוניות האור - actual revelation towards the "outside" | Quote from Eitz Chaim - טרם שנאצלו הנאצלים . . היה אור עליון פשוט ממלא כל המציאות • Link to view this page of the maamar: www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31640&st=&pgnum=34 •

The mitzvos are God's inner will and desire, transgressing them causes His will to be removed from the person | To draw down God's will anew, you have to reach a level that is higher than His will | The divine will is only an external ray of energy from God, His essence is totally above that | Explanation of שובה ישראל עד הוי' אלקיך - the name הוי"ה relates to God's will for Torah and mitzvos | Through intense 'teshuva' (repentance), we awaken the core essence of our soul which touches the quintessence of God and draws it down to renew our relationship with Him | עד הוי' אלקיך - repentance should be so deep that it reaches a level of God that compared to it even הוי"ה is considered like אלקים - concealment and contraction • Link to view this page of the maamar: www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31640&st=&pgnum=33 •

The specific powers of the soul are שפע, whereas the the general energy of the soul is אור | The reason we call God's energy "light" and not "shefa" | The need for 'tzimtzum' - contraction and concealment of God's external ray of energy | The drawing down of the 'kav' (קו) to create finite worlds | Analogy of hairs for the light of the 'kav' | Explanation of the midrash - הבדילו לעצמו - the 'tzimtzum', הסתלקות האור | The infinite divine energy from before the 'tzimtzum' can be drawn down into creation through fulfilling Torah and Mitzvos - הבדילו לצדיקים • Link to view this page of the maamar: www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31640&st=&pgnum=32 •