Chapter Fifty:
Rabbi Yehudah Ashlag's "Introduction to the Zohar"
-- as translated and commented on by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman
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50.
"Nonetheless know that the five lights of Nephesh, Ruach, Neshama, Chaya, and Yechida that were received from the world of Asiyah is only a Nephesh, Ruach, Neshama, Chaya, and Yechida of Nefesh-Light, and hasn’t anything of Ruach-Light or beyond. Because Ruach-Light only exists in the world of Yetzirah, Neshama-Light only exists in the world of Briah, Chayah-Light only exists in the world of Atzilut, and Yechida-Light only exists in the world of Adam Kadmon."
"Still and all, as we’d indicated before, everything that exists on a comprehensive level exists one a particular level as well, and even in its remotest detail."
-- Rabbi Ashlag alluded to a core aspect of this principle (enunciated in the expression, “the beginning is lodged in the end and the end is lodged in the beginning”, Sefer Yetzirah 1:7) in Ch’s 9 and 15. He spoke directly of the idea above in broad terms in Ch. 42, in terms of all the worlds being “interwoven”, and said outright in Ch. 43 that “everything found in existence in general can also be found in each and every world, as well as in each and every one of each world’s tiniest fragments”.
-- His point is that we needn’t be overly concerned for the fact that the
five received lights spoken of above are an aspect of Nefesh-Light alone, for all the worlds are interwoven hence what’s true of one is likewise true of them all.
"Thus all five levels of Nephesh, Ruach, Neshama, Chaya, and Yechida exist in the world of Asiyah as well, as we explained. It’s just that they’re only a *Nephesh* level of (the whole cluster of) Nephesh, Ruach, Neshama, Chaya, and Yechida (for all practical purposes)."
"Along the very same lines there’s also a *Ruach* level Nephesh, Ruach, Neshama, Chaya, and Yechida (cluster) in the world of Yetzirah; a *Neshama* level Nephesh, Ruach, Neshama, Chaya, and Yechida of Neshama in Briah; a *Chaya* level Nephesh, Ruach, Neshama, Chaya, and Yechida of Chayah in Atzilut; and a *Yechida* level Nephesh, Ruach, Neshama, Chaya, and Yechida in Adam Kadmon. The discrepancies between them is the same as the ones we'd indicated between the Nephesh-, Ruach-, Neshama-, Chaya-, and Yechida- levels of Asiyah."
(c) 2006 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman
(Feel free to contact me at feldman@torah.org )
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Rabbi Yaakov Feldman has also translated and commented upon "The Path of the Just", and "The Duties of the Heart" (Jason Aronson Publishers). His new work on Maimonides' "The Eight Chapters" will soon be available.
Rabbi Feldman also offers two free e-mail classes on www.torah.org entitled
"Spiritual Excellence" and "Ramchal"
Rabbi Yehudah Ashlag's "Introduction to the Zohar"
-- as translated and commented on by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman
__________________________________________________
50.
"Nonetheless know that the five lights of Nephesh, Ruach, Neshama, Chaya, and Yechida that were received from the world of Asiyah is only a Nephesh, Ruach, Neshama, Chaya, and Yechida of Nefesh-Light, and hasn’t anything of Ruach-Light or beyond. Because Ruach-Light only exists in the world of Yetzirah, Neshama-Light only exists in the world of Briah, Chayah-Light only exists in the world of Atzilut, and Yechida-Light only exists in the world of Adam Kadmon."
"Still and all, as we’d indicated before, everything that exists on a comprehensive level exists one a particular level as well, and even in its remotest detail."
-- Rabbi Ashlag alluded to a core aspect of this principle (enunciated in the expression, “the beginning is lodged in the end and the end is lodged in the beginning”, Sefer Yetzirah 1:7) in Ch’s 9 and 15. He spoke directly of the idea above in broad terms in Ch. 42, in terms of all the worlds being “interwoven”, and said outright in Ch. 43 that “everything found in existence in general can also be found in each and every world, as well as in each and every one of each world’s tiniest fragments”.
-- His point is that we needn’t be overly concerned for the fact that the
five received lights spoken of above are an aspect of Nefesh-Light alone, for all the worlds are interwoven hence what’s true of one is likewise true of them all.
"Thus all five levels of Nephesh, Ruach, Neshama, Chaya, and Yechida exist in the world of Asiyah as well, as we explained. It’s just that they’re only a *Nephesh* level of (the whole cluster of) Nephesh, Ruach, Neshama, Chaya, and Yechida (for all practical purposes)."
"Along the very same lines there’s also a *Ruach* level Nephesh, Ruach, Neshama, Chaya, and Yechida (cluster) in the world of Yetzirah; a *Neshama* level Nephesh, Ruach, Neshama, Chaya, and Yechida of Neshama in Briah; a *Chaya* level Nephesh, Ruach, Neshama, Chaya, and Yechida of Chayah in Atzilut; and a *Yechida* level Nephesh, Ruach, Neshama, Chaya, and Yechida in Adam Kadmon. The discrepancies between them is the same as the ones we'd indicated between the Nephesh-, Ruach-, Neshama-, Chaya-, and Yechida- levels of Asiyah."
(c) 2006 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman
(Feel free to contact me at feldman@torah.org )
********************************
AT LONG LAST! Rabbi Feldman's translation of "The Gates of Repentance" has been reissued at *at a discount*!
You can order it right now from here
Rabbi Yaakov Feldman has also translated and commented upon "The Path of the Just", and "The Duties of the Heart" (Jason Aronson Publishers). His new work on Maimonides' "The Eight Chapters" will soon be available.
Rabbi Feldman also offers two free e-mail classes on www.torah.org entitled
"Spiritual Excellence" and "Ramchal"
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