[Helen]

is it correct that there are 4 phases in Eye Sof, and the stage 3 is somewhat close to equivalence of form but the Kli is only receiving partial light.  is phase 3 the stage you are referring to?

[Helen]

Hi Gianni

In the Introduction to the Zohar, the first few pages uses the stone/mountain analogy to say the soul is ‘part’ of the Creator, implying they share the same substance. but it also states that the soul’s entire substance is the will to receive, and that this quality is completely absent in the Creator. If the soul and the Creator are opposite in their very substance, how does the stone&mountain analogy hold?

thanks

Helen

[Helen]

trying hard to understand this

1. When Rav said “the Creator reveals His vessel of reception” .  is that vessel Bina? But Bina is one of the ten Sefirot, which means she belongs to the creature’s structure, not to the Creator Himself. So in what sense is Bina called “the Creator’s vessel”?

2. Is the sorrow actually located inside the Kli?  meaning it is the feeling of two qualities, Bina and Malchut, that are present together but not yet merged? And is this something we can actually feel in ourselves as a real inner sensation?

3. Is sorrow a metaphor for a structural state?  or is it an actual feeling that both we and the Creator share in some real sense?

 

[Helen]

Hi Gianni

I have always thought I heard and read that the Creator lack of nothing, has no deficiency/lack. for example this excerpt: “since the Creator is in no way deficient and needs nothing to satisfy His want”.

yesterday’s morning lesson Rav talk about Creator’s vessel of reception and lack, here is the clip: kabbalahmedia.info/en/lessons/cu/Iq1TaCkQ?sstart=41m4s&send=45m1s&mediaType=video&shareLang=en&c=Pa4QQb4y

I am sure this is not contradicting but I couldn’t wrap my mind around above two seemingly contradiction descriptions of the Creator.

2nd layer of above question. does the Creator have emotions? the Sorrow seems to indicate belongs to Shechina, not the Creator… ?

thanks

Helen

 

 

 

[Helen]

Hi Gianni

I have a question about labor before and after the Machsom. Before the Machsom, labor feels mechanical and forced ,  I go through the actions but I don’t feel why I am doing them or what inner change they are supposed to bring. The work is more about quantity than intention.

After the Machsom, is it true that labor itself carries a clear goal and intention? and the intention to bestow is already alive inside it?

If so, does prayer after the Machsom also change? does it become unified with the labor? like you don’t even need a prayer, you already have the right desire and intention, you know what to do, if anything, you only pray for strength?

thanks

Helen

[Helen]

Hi Gianni, this question is related to yesterday’s morning lesson on “What Is the Preparation on the Eve of Shabbat, in the Work?”,

This article seems to say faith can exist without Torah. A person can be Israel through faith alone, and Torah comes later as a gift. But my understanding was that real faith and receiving Torah are simultaneous — you cannot have one without the other. Is the faith described here a more elementary level, not yet the real above reason faith, more of a faith below reason?

thanks

Helen

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