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וככה ממש היא בחינת ההארה מועטת זו, המתלבשת בעולמות עליונים ותחתונים, להשפיע בהם להחיותםSo, indeed, is the utterly insignificant quality of this minute illumination — after the “contraction” — which clothes itself in the higher and

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מה שאין כן ההשפעה שאינה בבחינת גילוי אלא בהסתר והעלם, ואין העולמות משיגים אותה, אינה נקראת מתלבשת, אלא מקפת וסובבתwhereas the influence which does not come within the category of “revelation”, but remains obscured and concealed, and is not apprehended by the worlds, is

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ולקרב אל השכל יותר הוא בדרך משלLet us make this more intelligible by means of an example. A further example is needed in order to clarify this paradox — how G‑dliness simultaneously pervades the world and yet remains

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אך ידיעתו יתברך המיוחדת במהותו ועצמותו, כי הוא המדע והוא היודע והוא הידועBut His knowledge which is united with His essence and being, for “He is the Knowledge, the Knower, and the Known, It has been previously

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The Alter Rebbe explained in the previous chapter that since the light and life drawn down from G‑d is infinite — Ein Sof, as its name indicates — therefore in order for this finite world to be created, the Divine light