Hechaltzu chptr 27b- Point, Line, & Area, 3 ways of reality, Infinity, Reshimu, Kav, Ak- RC Dalfin

So good day. We're learning the mime of the rebashab of 18 1898. We're in middle of page in the middle of chapter 27. We're um at the point where he talks about what's called the rishimu a remnant of the saf. And today he's going to talk about the kav the line the vector. So today I'm going to read um quite a bit of the notes because they're very very good and self-explanatory and and I'll elaborate on them. So uh what page do you have us on Zev? page 133 two sorry 233 >> 233 and where we're we're holding I'll tell you is >> it's nud right so it's the last line on right >> right so this is about uh it's halfway down >> halfway okay >> this remnant of the idea of the of the I'm It's still concealed. Next page. And what's drawn from it is only a vector, a line, a thread kind of. This is metaphorically speaking. Okay. And in in within that and within that line and thread it there is revelation. will be Adam. Where is the first place in which the revelation encloses itself in invest itself in is in something called primordial man known in as an acronym for okay I want I want to read now the note here to [clears throat] refer back to the analogy of the teacher After he has established the starting point for his lessons, he must then build it. Similarly, the point of the rishima is shimu is concealed and is concealed and revelation comes only afterwards as the reba proceeds to explain. Nevertheless, there is a fundamental difference between the analogy and the analog. The point from which the teacher begins his lesson is what remains from the substance of his initial conception which had shape and form. The point of the rishimu by contrast is one of utter nothingness. And therefore the only way that there can be some kind of revelation is through what we call the kav the line or the thread meaning a revelation of light is drawn from it. And he explains a line and a vector connect one point to another. Similarly the kav connects the essence of god's light with the framework of material existence. Now he summarizes to summarize the cabalistic concepts explained until this point. Originally on a level above all being there existed only God and his light. Afterwards when he desired to bring existence into being he had to conceal his light. Furthermore, that concealment had to be total and absolute, leaving no revelation of the original light. Otherwise, that light would be too powerful to allow for there to be any other existence. Only a single point which we call the rushimu vestage remained. From that single point was drawn down a vector a cal of light from which all existence came into being. Now the next page the first stage of his encloment and the note now when light is revealed naturally it does not have a cle a medium instead it is revealed as is without reckoning with the limitations of the place into which it shines. Thus, as explained, the sun's light shines into murky places totally unfit for its light. When light is enclosed within a clea or a mabel, a recipient, the light is enclosed within that is adapted and tailored to fit the limits of the medium or recipient. Like a teacher who adapts his lesson so that his students can understand. This constitutes the difference between the light that's shown before the timsum and the light that that shined afterwards. The light that's shown before the tsimum radiate forth God's undefined uni infinity as is. The light that shines after the simple by contrast adapts and tailors God's light as that so that it fits the limits of defined existence. Do I need to explain this or is it understood is did you understand what we just read? >> I understand it but I I don't know that I'm average because I had a background in this. So >> okay, you got it. Is it clear to you? >> I Yes, I do. I understand. >> Okay. Misha, were you on for this part? I'm not sure. Okay. Well, I'm not going to repeat it. Mosa, I'm sorry, but ask you please please over Shabas to reread these two pages because it's really um explains everything. But briefly, but briefly, this is I I I want to summarize in my own words. We have three things. If you can remember these three things, you you're you're doing good. We have infinite God, infinite light, preimsum. Okay. Then we have contraction of the infinite light. And what's left over is rishimu. I call it a remnant. He used another word for it before. Leftover. Rishimu. Impression. You going to use the word impression yesterday. But that isn't enough for there to be creation. You see, say a teacher this, right? A teacher has so much knowledge. He conceals his knowledge and he gives all he he now sees that there is a recipient students that he wants to teach. If he were to only teach with what he contracted, contraction is negativity. CONTRACTION IS HOLDING BACK. HOW CAN YOU TEACH if you're holding back? That's an oxymoron. THAT'S WHAT say you're right. BUT WHAT HAPPENED through the contraction was that there was the formation of the cal the line the thread and that is revelation. It's small minute revelation but already it's revelation. So what would that be in the analogy of the teacher where the teacher finds the words to communicate the idea that he wishes to communicate and mind you this is the difference between a good teacher a good professor and not a great teacher or professor this is this is this is mamish the the issue whether the teacher is able able and understands that in order to communicate well, they need to go back go back within themselves then within themselves to find a place for another and then to [clears throat] communicate somehow to the other to their students. Like I told you yesterday with Rabio that this person who was said that his genius is not in what he says, it's in what he doesn't say. Right. Yes. So the thing is though I want to ask a question. I feel like we're the field that we're talking about here the teacher imparting the actual knowledge. what he says, how much he imparts, how much he doesn't. But what about the whole dimension of teaching of an educator that he he has to be able the whole psychological element, emotional element of him or her connecting with the student. >> We're not talking We're not talking about that. That's true, but we're not talking about that. >> Isn't that But isn't that part and parcel? No, that that that's No, Mosa, that's part and parcel of the overall experience here. We're talking about information data. I think I know what you're saying. You're saying if emotionally there's a connection between the teacher and the student, then the student will will gravitate to to work harder and to understand the idea. Right. That's probably what you're saying. >> Yes. that and also it's not just emotional but in general an educator who's in a classroom let's just take a classroom situation right not even a classroom >> let's just take a classroom >> the teacher has to be able he's got multiple students different levels he's got to be able to be on and connect with the entire classroom management >> yeah that he does >> he doesn't it doesn't it doesn't matter what he's going to share >> right BUT WE'RE NOT TALK THAT'S TRUE, but we're not talking about that either. We're talking now about the original initial uh go over, you know, from from world of teacher to world of student. You're talking about other details that are important, but it [clears throat] you can't begin with the other details if the teacher doesn't recognize the world of a student. That's what we're talking about here. And in the creation of the world is the same thing. You can't talk about gavores. One second. One second. You can't talk ABOUT ALL THOSE THINGS BEFORE THERE IS A WORLD. If there is no emergence of a of a world there's not THE SPHEROS DON'T MAKE sense or or or or you have a world of angels, a world of souls, a world of primordial men. In other words, not our world. We're talking about our world for our world to be you need the first thing is these three ideas. Yes. >> I I I just want Mosha. I think that this is this teacher student think it's it's a mushroom. It's an analogy and you're taking the analogy beyond where it was meant to go >> in this context. whole thing of oracle of education. It's just this one little aspect, >> right? >> That's all. >> That's right. That's correct. Mos is what Israel said is correct. That's I said it in my words. We're not focusing on the other on the other issues. And and and and Israis when you bring a mushel, this is very important. It doesn't mean that we we're we're looking at all aspects of the mushel of the analogy. We're looking at a select particular part of the mushel. And it could be that the other parts don't jive. You know what I'm saying? And it's not and and it doesn't make the mush false because I'm not concerned about those other parts. Let's continue. And he says now, so he says, where is the first place of of revelation? He says, he says it's in primordial man in in Hebrew inabadon. Look at the note please. The third the term Adam man is used because the human body [clears throat] is a varied being with different organs and limbs combining as a comprehensive whole. As such the term Adam is employed by Cababala as an analogy for different rungs of existence. He says primeval man is used because is the first existence brought into being by the k the note after the salus the chainlike progression of spiritual worlds begin. They start beginning. They begin there are multi there are multiple spiritual realms enabling God's light to descend and bring into being our material world in a manner allowing there to be an appreciation of the spiritual realms above it and ultimately of God the creator. All these forms of existence are found in potential. Now I want to bring to your attention sometimes you will hear from aid or you will learn in a mime or this is the way we look at it in adum. So kadma has become in the kabad world a bu a a a buzzword a trigger word for a concept. This what we're learning here is the original the originality of the concept of Adam Kadman. But I want you to know that it's become like a trigger word meaning look at the situation the way it was originally. There's a famous uh kabad saying in the primordial thought of there all all existed for example and that's actually brought I believe in kabal and is for sure the concept being that in this primordial state things were all united things were all GREAT THINGS ALL FIT in Why? Because it was kind of post existence BUT PRE-DEVELOPMENT of existence and in that state everything made sense. Once this starts what we call this is so important to say which you've learned thousands of times the order of progression of the chain light progression meaning the development of the light of God's light as it it it it caters itself to this world and that world and this soul and that soul and these angels all of that which that's where problems start. That's where problems start. Meaning what problems? The problems that every that that the angels have complaints on humans and humans have complaints on each others on and on and on that because that's the beginning that's the beginning of of of yesesh in a sense in Yesesh is I would say much less and and virtually none to say it's none. It's not, you can't say that because it's still already a creation. I don't want to go into it, but but Adam Kadman is also a creation. And the proof is Adam Kadmon didn't exist before. But that's not for now. Let's continue. Okay. So, we have three things. Another summary nuda kavett point line and area is area. Look at the note. Very important. In geometry a point has no dimensions. A line is onedimensional and an area is twodimensional. You're all college educated so I hope I know you know understand this possessing both length and width. So in other words in the cal there's no length and the width because it's only onedimensional but when you come to area there it's multi-dimensional because it's area it's sha and he says that uses this analogy to describe the sequence through which the spiritual cosmos that is a framework of existence that appears apart from its godly source has been brought into being. It begins with the point of the rashimu like a point that has no dimensions. The rashimu is entirely concealed. Now from the nishimu emanates the kav next page a vector of light a revealed ray and that ray brings into being a framework of existence which is an area ahat which appears to exist as an independent entity. So what do we have? We have nikuda point kav lineed one-dimensional [clears throat] multi-dimensional area where does um independent entity begin not in not in kav but only inak and that's what I was referring to earlier that's where yesesh takes form multi-dimensional back into the Next and this is referred to as the superal purity which follows the law. It says he carved an engraving into over there exists. This engraving includes the overall spiritual cosmos. From the beginning, from the most sublime to the lowest of levels, all levels of being are included in explained elsewhere summarizes. There are two levels of light. The first levels the initial original light which is preimsum precontraction. Next page it was infinite light that [snorts] filled the entire void the entire space was filled with light and comes along. Hear the words. Then comes along the light of the C of the lime which is postsum. These two lights are entirely different from each other. The first light represents the original revelation which shines forth from the in from the self from the infinite. It's this light that then becomes concealed vis the contraction. So what is left over from it only a point which is still in a state of concealment. The second level of light is the light of the cal. It comes into um ex into revelation from the state of concealment in which the point exists. Thus the concealment led to revelation comes from the [clears throat] says we have two opposites going on who we have the infinite light of God original infinite is concealed through the first contraction the next page and we also to have simultaneously I'm sorry and this and this and the is is concealed afterwards SPECIFICALLY FROM THE concealment from the point comes about through the rishimu a light the light of the of of the line and the thread meaning beginning of emergence of of of area for who you know we say in you ever think about these words he rolls away light before darkness and darkness before light. So look at the way explains this daily saying uh that we say hashem rolled away the original light the original light of infinity. God rolls away. Get out of here. Go somewhere else. And why does he roll it away? because because of the because of the charact the characters of the so it rolls away it goes into one point Hashem rolls back the remnant of that the remnant with dark of the darkness of the removal and and THE CONTRACTION BECAUSE HE WANTS LIGHT WHICH IS the referring to the light of the of the of of the of the line which is after the simpum. Look at the last note on this page. The anthomorphic wording of the above phrasees as well as the implication that light and darkness are entities of substance are obviously features of speech and not appropriate in a spiritual sense. Right. We'll finish with this. We learned in this paragraph. I'll read the English translation. The previous chapters identified revelation within the attribute of bina and concealment with the with with with the attribute of and explained how they unite and function synergically. in the present chapter that Rasha began discussing the existence of a revelation and concealment in their very source and how these two motives are unified that proceeds to mention the various stages in the process of the revelation of God's light number one the light before theum number two number three the vestage that remains number two three vestage that remains afterwards that exists as a point and number four the light of the kav. He explains how revelation and concealment function harmoniously [clears throat] bringing into being kman and the spiritual realms below it and ultimately what our material world once in a while it's it's good to to to to fly to go into the world of the unknown which this was part of what we learned this morning. Someone was saying something. What? >> I have a question. It seems like that the the the Cav is just a it's the same as as God as the infinite the the ano. It's just as much it's condensed. It's much smaller. But >> totally to no I I good question but totally wrong. The first simp I'll tell you why you would be right if the Simpson was what we call Simpson a minimization the simp we're talking about it's called simparish is he used the word in the beginning English an absolute simpum it's not just a MINIMIZATION IT'S A DIFFERENT kind so when you're going from preum then And THEN WHAT COMES ABOUT IS ORAC IT'S night and day. It's night and day. >> There's not going to be a be a remnant. We said it's a remnant of what's left over from the or itself. So >> wait wait wait. No no no no no no. We said that there is a there is an accuda there that has to be a remnant because Gili must come. I'm sorry. Development and must it can't come from negativity and and withholding. It has to come from positivity and giving. So the the the rishimu the rishimu has within itself a remnant of but that's not that's only ON THE KUDA. HOW CAN YOU HOW can you have you CAN'T HAVE SO THERE MUST be one second is there must be a in other words means again now remember I I you're asking a very good question there's a difference between k which is onedimensional and the kuda WHICH ISN'T EVEN WHICH ISN'T even onedimensional so true onedimensional k is not multi-dimensional and if IT WERE ONLY FROM KAV You couldn't have this rule. We have we need multi-dimensional. We need shat area. But the prelude or the what's the word the progenator you know uh to to to to allow to be is dka from kav FROM ONE. NO ONCE once you go once you are onedimensional you're going to get to multi-dimensional to go from the kuda to to that. It it won't happen. It'll stay in the world of nuda. Yes. Yes sir. Um, I just wanted to share that the way that this was taught to me when I was learning ultra sim was the analogy of a plutonium rod. You have a plutonium rod. You take it away and what's left is >> wait please for us ignoramises. What is a plutonium rod? It's >> what radioactivity comes from nuclear reactions. >> Okay. >> Okay. So, you take away the rod and you're left with radioactivity. It's not the rod, it's the rashima. It's the leftover impression from that thing that was present. From that then that emerges a analogy that that our teacher used this kind of background radiation. It's not the the plutonium. It's just what's left over from it >> and and and from what's left. So Israel's question was >> that itself then kav emerges from that >> right? So his question I think is or part of his question is why do we need kav if we could we can go directly from the nuda from >> the rashima itself is too powerful the rashima itself has to undergo a train >> so I I I I hear what you're saying and and you bring back memories of 50 years ago when I really was into this learning it as a ber but I said another nuden I must have heard it from or I that you you you made one point that is too powerful which because of that's that's your argument right? >> Yeah. >> I I made another point. I saidimu is it's a withholding. >> Yeah. I I Yeah. It's >> that's a different that's a different >> but it is different. It is different. >> You hear that? >> It is a different >> It is different. >> Right. >> I hear it. and and and it could be both are are true both both you know you touch something that's in the back of my brain >> I have no no but >> I believe that there's a there's discussion about these two things in other words it could be THESE ARE TWO ASPECTS OF rishimu you're bringing back things I haven't looked at in in 50 years but this was [laughter] >> and also we are limited by human language and human minds and these are just attempts to help us understand things which are so beyond our understanding. >> Okay, that that that's that's a given is that's a given. But that's that's what the Balata wanted from inabad but wanted that we should understand we should work to understanding these things not just say them and read them like we're reading z that's the difference between you know cabalis kabala and anyway have a great shabas we'll see everyone Monday zun good learning good discussion take care bye I