וצד הקדושה אינו אלא השראה והמשכה מקדושתו של הקדוש ברוך The side of holiness is nothing but the indwelling and extension of G‑d’s holiness.ואין הקדוש ברוך הוא שורה אלא על דבר שבטל

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In the previous chapters the Alter Rebbe discussed the divine soul; its ten faculties — three intellectual and seven emotional — and its three garments by which it expresses itself, namely, the thought, speech and action of Torah and the mitzvot.

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וזאת מעלה יתירה גדולה ונפלאה לאין קץ, אשר במצות ידיעת התורה והשגתהThis is the distinctive, infinitely great and wonderful superiority of the mitzvah of knowing and comprehending Torahעל כל המצות

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At the conclusion of the previous chapter, the Alter Rebbe depicted the study of Torah as a royal embrace: When one studies Torah, his intellect “embraces” and encompasses the Divine Will and wisdom — and thus he “embraces” the King of kings Himself, since “He and His

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ואף דהקדוש ברוך הוא נקרא אין סוף, ולגדולתו אין חקר, ולית מחשבה תפיסא ביה כללAlthough the Holy One, blessed be He, is called Ein Sof (“Infinite”), and 5 “His greatness

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Until now it has been explained that the divine soul has three garments in which it clothes itself: the thought, speech and action of Torah and the commandments. The Alter Rebbe now goes on to state that, unlike physical garments, which are less important than their wearer, the garments of the divine soul are even loftier

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ועוד יש לכל נפש אלקית שלשה לבושיםIn addition [to its ten faculties — discussed in ch. 3], every divine soul (nefesh elokit) possesses three garments.

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ושוב יתלהב לבו באהבה עזה כרשפי אש, בחשיקה וחפיצה ותשוקה ונפש שוקקהNext his contemplation will give birth to the attribute of Chesed, expressed as a love of G‑d, so that his heart will glow with an intense

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והנה כל בחינה ומדריגה משלש אלו, נפש רוח ונשמה, כלולה מעשר בחינותNow, each of these three distinctions and grades — Nefesh, Ruach and Neshamah — consists of

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כי על ידי דביקה בתלמידי חכמים, קשורות נפש רוח ונשמה של עמי הארץ ומיוחדות במהותן הראשון ושרשם שבחכמה עילאהFor, through attachment to the scholars, the Nefesh, Ruach and Neshamah of the ignorant are bound up and united with their original

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