{"id":8681,"date":"2017-03-05T07:54:33","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T10:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jabadlaplata.org.ar\/?p=8681"},"modified":"2020-07-16T18:13:59","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T21:13:59","slug":"capitulo-6-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tuviaserber.com\/en\/capitulo-6-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this chapter, the Alter Rebbe returns to the end of chapter 4 where the names were explained. Hawaii<\/i> y Elohim<\/i>, The first being the source of creation and the second of restriction. Now explain in detail that the name Elohim<\/i> It is responsible for the contractions and restrictions to the vital energy of Hashem<\/i> at all levels of creation.<\/span><\/p>\n

When we add up the letters of the word Elohim<\/i>, the result is the number 861<\/sup><\/a>. When we add up the letters of the words \u201cnature\u201d (hateva2<\/sup><\/a><\/i>, (in Hebrew), The result is also 86! This means that the name Elohim<\/i> It represents nature. But what is nature? It's the name we give to all cyclical events, those we're used to and that no longer surprise us, like the sunrise every morning, the waves crashing on the shore, and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n

In reality, every event in the universe contains within it the creative force of the other name of Hashem<\/i> which the Alter Rebbe explained in chapter 4, the name Hawaii<\/i>. But the name Elohim<\/i> It is concerned with hiding that energy from the creatures so that they can exist and are not annihilated at their source.<\/span><\/p>\n

This very interesting relationship between these names of Hashem<\/i> This leads the Alter Rebbe to say something fantastic: we generally associate the name Hawaii<\/i> with the \u201cQuality\u201d of Goodness (Jesed<\/i>) and the name Elohim<\/i> with the \u201cQuality\u201d of Power (guevur\u00e1<\/i>). <\/span><\/p>\n

However, the Alter Rebbe explains, here we can see how the name Elohim<\/i> It also symbolizes goodness: because if it weren't for the concealment it produces and the restriction of creative energy, the world couldn't withstand such energy and would collapse! It's as if we removed the sun's covering: the released energy would be so powerful that it would obliterate everything around it. It turns out, then, that it is the capacity to restrict and conceal that gives rise to the incredible Divine goodness of the universe's existence\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

But there is a point: both the Goodness and the Power we are talking about are qualities and expressions of Hashem<\/i> same. As well as Hashem<\/i> It is infinite, just as His qualities are infinite. This leads us to say that just as the creative capacity of Hashem<\/i>, His Goodness is infinite and can create infinite creatures and worlds; His capacity for Power, the ability to restrict creation, is also infinite!<\/span><\/p>\n

Given that the ability to restrict also Hashem<\/i> It is infinite; apparently, only this material world should exist, and not all the other spiritual worlds. Why? Because in this world the presence of Hashem<\/i> It is completely hidden; it is as if we were to say that in this material world the capacity for restriction is expressed Hashem<\/i> in an infinite way, completely restricting His presence.<\/span><\/p>\n

In each of the spiritual worlds, the presence of Hashem<\/i> in different ways. The higher the spiritual world, the stronger the presence of Hashem<\/i> that is perceived.<\/p>\n

In the world of Emanation, Hashem<\/i> It's been revealed in a very powerful way. But as Hashem<\/i> It's impossible to understand; in this world, it feels like Hashem<\/i> It exists and that's all, nothing else matters, only Hashem<\/i>.<\/p>\n

In the world of Creation, Hashem<\/i> It's a little less revealed. There you can already understand something about it. Hashem<\/i>, Because when He hides Himself a little, He allows something to be understood. It is a world where only understanding matters. Hashem<\/i> and think of Him.<\/p>\n

In the world of training, Hashem<\/i> It is even less revealed. There, one feels love and fear of Hashem<\/i>. The important thing there is not to understand Hashem<\/i>, but to feel love and fear for Him.<\/p>\n

In the world of Action, Hashem<\/i> He is so hidden that it's difficult to even feel love and fear for Him. The important thing there is to feel that Hashem<\/i> He is the King, and we must do what He says. But He is neither understood nor loved or feared.<\/p>\n

This difference in perception of <\/span>Hashem<\/i><\/span> according to the world<\/span> would indicate that the contraction and restriction (the \u201cQuality\u201d of Power of <\/span>Hashem<\/i><\/span>It is not infinite, because it acts gradually, restricting the creative force of <\/span>Hashem<\/i><\/span> OK <\/span>How much Divine revelation can the world bear?<\/span>: <\/span>how much <\/span>higher, <\/span>further<\/span> revealed<\/span> the presence of <\/span>Hashem<\/i><\/span> and the lower, <\/span>less <\/span>reveals<\/span>gives<\/span> this<\/span> His presence.<\/span><\/p>\n

But we said that the \u201cQuality\u201d of Power of Hashem<\/i> is, indeed, infinite. This leads us to think that only this material world should exist where the presence of Hashem<\/i> It is completely hidden, that is, totally and infinitely restricted. How is it that there are many spiritual worlds with different levels of revelation of the presence of Hashem<\/i> in them?<\/span><\/p>\n

The Alter Rebbe calls this \u201cPower contained within Goodness.\u201d Until now, we thought that the \u201cQuality\u201d of Power Hashem<\/i> I meant only restriction, but that's not it. It's not just restriction, but His Power, on the one hand, hidden<\/b> the presence of Hashem<\/i> allowing a creature to exist (and not be nullified at its source) and, furthermore, allows a revelation<\/b> of His presence according to that creature's capacity to withstand the creative energy of Hashem<\/i>. This results in, on the one hand, the existence of many spiritual worlds and, furthermore, in each of them there being a different degree of limited Divine revelation.<\/span><\/p>\n

It can be concluded from all this that the Goodness and Power of Hashem<\/i> They are, in reality, one inside the other\u2026 An example to understand this idea is that of rain. There are different kinds of rain. There can be a blessing rain that waters a field so that the crops grow, and there can be, God forbid, a deluge that sweeps everything away. The blessing rain is, on the one hand, a restraint (it negates the deluge, so to speak) and, at the same time, it allows some water to fall to irrigate the fields. The blessing rain itself is restrained goodness or, in the words of the Alter Rebbe, \u201cPower contained within Goodness.\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

What allows Divine Goodness and Power to be united with one another? They seem like water and fire and shouldn't coexist.<\/span><\/p>\n

To explain this, the Alter Rebbe repeats something he mentioned in chapter 4: Our sages say3<\/sup><\/a> that "\u201cHashem<\/i> and His 'Qualities' are completely unified.' That union of Hashem<\/i> Their \u201cqualities\u201d are what allow them to unite despite appearing to be opposites.<\/span><\/p>\n

With these ideas, the Alter Rebbe answers the question he posed at the beginning of chapter 1. The verse says4<\/sup><\/a>\u201cAnd you will know today, and take it to heart that Hashem<\/i> "He is the Lord, in heaven above and on earth below; there is no other." Would anyone ever think there is a god above the heavens and another below the earth? What is the verse warning about? (It should be clarified that in the original Hebrew where we say "\u201dHashem<\/i>\u201d, the name says Hawaii<\/i>, And where we say \u201cthe Lord\u201d, it says Elohim<\/i>, That is, \u201cyou will put it in your heart that Hawaii<\/i> is Elohim\u201d<\/i>).<\/span><\/p>\n

The verse comes to teach us that the names Hawaii<\/i> y Elohim<\/i> They are, really, one and the same thing, because Elohim<\/i>, which we thought represented only restriction, ends up being kindness (Hawaii<\/i>) also thanks to the incredible union of Hashem<\/i> with His \u201cQualities\u201d which allows His \u201cQualities\u201d to be incredibly interconnected. <\/span><\/p>\n

We will automatically know that \u201cin the heavens above and on the earth below, there is no other,\u201d that is, even this material earth that seems to have a separate and independent existence from Hashem<\/i> It is, in reality, insignificant compared to Him and is nullified in Him.<\/span><\/p>\n

The idea is this: the Alter Rebbe explained that the creative force is the name Hawaii<\/i>, while the force that restricts that creative energy and generates the feeling of a separate world, is the name Elohim<\/i>. The novelty here is that both forces are completely intertwined because they are, in turn, linked to H<\/i>a<\/i>shem<\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n

That's why even the material world where we live (generated by the name) Elohim<\/i>, and represented in the verse by the words \u201con the earth below\u201d) is as nullified at its source as the spiritual worlds, where the presence of Hashem<\/i> is revealed (represented in the verse by the words \u201cin the heavens above\u201d). <\/span><\/p>\n

The reason why this world is nullified at its source (despite perceiving itself as separate and independent) is because of the contraction that the name performs Elohim<\/i> it only hides the creative force of Hashem<\/i> From the perspective of the creatures of the world, but not from His perspective5<\/sup><\/a>: for Hashem<\/i>, Everything has been revealed. <\/span><\/p>\n

In other words, the verse does not clarify that there are no other gods except Hashem<\/i>, but, in reality, there is no other true existence except Hashem<\/i>. All other stocks depend on Hashem<\/i>, They have no existence of their own and are truly annulled in Him, regardless of whether they realize it or not. <\/span><\/p>\n

Now the Alter Rebbe explains in detail the end of the verse.6<\/sup><\/a>\u201cThere is no other.\u201d And, to illustrate this, he uses the example of the relationship between the soul and the body. The soul does not create the body; it only gives it life and controls it according to its will. The body is something independent and secondary compared to the soul and is subservient to it. Furthermore, the soul's energy alone is not enough to sustain the body; it also needs food and drink to survive.<\/span><\/p>\n

But Hashem<\/i> It is not for the material world as a soul is for the body, because Hashem<\/i> He effectively creates and gives life to everything that exists, and the entire universe is nullified in Him, like the sun's ray within the sun.7<\/sup><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In other words, there are three things we learn from this example:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n
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The soul does not create the body.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Hashem<\/i> creates the world<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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The soul alone cannot sustain the body<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Hashem<\/i> It is the only thing that sustains the entire world<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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The body is separate from the soul<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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The universe is canceled in Hashem<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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To avoid this confusion of thinking that Hashem<\/i> It relates to the world in the same way that the soul relates to the body, the verse warns and says8<\/sup><\/a> \u201cAnd you will know today, and take it to heart\u201d: the heavens and the earth are created from absolute nothingness by the words of Hashem<\/i> that are always inside every creature9<\/sup><\/a>, And, even more, the heavens and the earth are like a ray of sunlight within the sun. Therefore, all of creation is nullified at its source, which is the creative and vital energy of Hashem<\/i>, which is always present in everything that exists. <\/span><\/p>\n

It's important to note that the verse says "you shall put it in your heart," meaning that understanding this concept isn't simple; it requires making the effort to "put it" in your heart. This is achieved through meditation.<\/span><\/p>\n

But, as the Alter Rebbe explained in chapter 4, the \u201cQuality\u201d of Power of Hashem<\/i> It contracts and restricts the creative force within the universe so that we creatures cannot perceive it, and makes us see ourselves as independent of it. Hashem<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, for Hashem<\/i> There is no concealment; for Him the world is minuscule and insignificant, like a ray of sunlight within the sun, because that \u201cQuality\u201d of Power is not independent of the \u201cQuality\u201d of Goodness, but they are one and the same, as the verse says.10<\/sup><\/a>: \u201cHashem<\/i> "is the Lord" \u2013 "\u201dHawaii<\/i> is Elohim<\/i>\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Summary<\/b>: Elohim<\/i> It is the source of nature. Elohim<\/i> It is not only severity, but also kindness. Both the \u201cQuality\u201d of Kindness and that of Power are infinite and combined: the Power included in the Kindness of Hashem.<\/i> The union of Hashem<\/i> Their \u201cqualities\u201d allow them to unite, despite being opposites. Hawaii <\/i>is Elohim<\/i>, There is no other existence except Hashem<\/i>. Hashem<\/i> He is not for the world as a soul is for the body, because He creates and gives life to the whole world, and everything is nullified in Him. Hashem<\/i>, like a ray of sunlight within the sun.<\/p>\n

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1<\/a>\u05d0<\/span><\/span><\/span>+\u05dc<\/span><\/span><\/span>+\u05d4<\/span><\/span><\/span>+\u05d9<\/span><\/span><\/span>+\u05dd <\/span><\/span><\/span>= 86<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2<\/a>\u05d4<\/span><\/span><\/span>+\u05d8<\/span><\/span><\/span>+\u05d1<\/span><\/span><\/span>+\u05e2 <\/span><\/span><\/span>= 86<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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3<\/a>Introduction to Tikunei Zohar, 3b<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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4<\/a>Deuteronomy 4:39<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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5<\/a>As the Alter Rebbe explained in chapter 4.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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6<\/a>Deuteronomy 4:39<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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7<\/a>See chapter 3 for more details on this example.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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8<\/a>Deuteronomy 4:39<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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9<\/a>As explained in Chapter 1.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Cap\u00edtulo 6<\/a><\/blockquote>