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ואפילו נפש דעשיה, היא באה מזיווג ז״א ונוקבא דעשיהFor even a Nefesh (i.e., a soul of the lowest grade) of Asiyah

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The Alter Rebbe now goes on to make it perfectly clear that the Sefirot are, however, infinitely higher than the corresponding faculties within the soul. Indeed, even Abraham’s attribute of Chesed could in no way compare to the Chesed of the Sefirot

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והנה כללות היו״ד ספירות שבנשמת האדםNow, as regards the totality of the Ten Sefirot [as they appear] in the soul of man,נודע לכל שהמדות נחלקות בדרך כלל לז׳ מדות

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והנה מדות אלו, הן בחינות חיצוניות שבנפשNow, these emotive attributes — those involved in imparting enlightenment, and the like — are the external aspects of the soul.ובתוכן מלובשות מדות

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והנה כל זה הוא רק על דרך משל לבדNow all this — the above-mentioned effect of the emotive traits upon the resultant teaching or influence — is only by way of allegory, and does not provide