Earlier on, in ch. 4, the Alter Rebbe explained that the Supernal attributes of Chesed and Gevurah — the former finding expression in the diffusion of the Divine life-force that creates and animates created beings, and the latter finding expression in the obscuring of this life-force from them (so that they conceive of themselves as […]

ולכן גם הארץ ומתחת לארץ הן אין ואפס ממש לגבי הקב״ה Therefore, even the earth and that which is below it are naught and utter nothingness in relation to the Holy One, blessed be He, ואינן נקראות בשם כלל, אפילו בשם עוד, שהוא לשון טפל and are not called by any name at all, not […]