Part 9 · Chapter 26

Explanation of קל עליון concept 0:00

וזהו ענין קל עליון, this idea of קל עליון, the upper force, the upper power. It's a pronoun of God, but קל means like power, which is עליות אור פנימיות אבא שמקבל ממזל ונקה וכולי. That is when the light of אבא, the פנימיות light of אבא receives from the מזל ונקה.

That's the idea of קל was the light of חכמה. קל עליון means when the when the light of חכמה goes up to its source, in the מזל ונקה, right, which it goes from the מוחא סתימאה, אז גומל חסדים טובים, then it's able to give over good kindnesses, ובבחינת יסוד, in a way of יסוד, שנקרא קונה הכל, which is called, acquires everything, להוליד תולדות בזו״ן, to give birth in זו״ן.

What does that mean? That means that when you have feel like the real עצם that's higher, that's like the real עצם of the שכל, then when you're you're able to be מכוון to the אמת. And so then when you're doing things, you're able to do it in a way that's really טובים, that's really helpful. טוב means that it's actually helpful. חסד just means you're being nice, but you can mean you can mean well and not really be helpful.

When you appreciate the real עצם, then you're able to do it in a way that's that's proper, which is idea of יסוד, that's טוב. And then it's idea if it's קונה הכל, then you're able to acquire things, which means that you're able to have something separate like be connected to you, reveal you, which, in this case, is the idea of having children, that you're able to have your עצם come across as something separate, that like your עצם goes into that.

Acquisition (קונה הכל) and birthing separate entities 1:27

Because that's you're you have to, in order to be able to have a child, you have to reach into a level that's like higher than the way that you are revealed consciously in your body and everything like that, and that that same עצם could be revealed in somebody else, because really, you're there's a level of your soul that you could have gone gone into a different body, and be born, you know, to a different to different parents, in a different situation, and made different choices in life, and it would've been you, too.

Because at that level, able, you know, that's able to acquire means like make it that like anything could be like is connected to it. That's what it means that like it's all yours.

So like in this case, it means like even something that's totally separate, at that level your soul can connect to it, and like that's what it means like acquire it for you, you know. And so that's like the level where something that's like, you know, like a separate person like your child like is like really separate person from you, but at that level, you could say it's yours, because at that level, it's ממש your עצם went into it, and so it's really like you, you know.

Remembering the kindness of the fathers (חסדי אבות) 2:45

וזהו וזוכר חסדי אבות ומביא גואל לבני בניהם וכולי. And this is what it means that He remembers the kindness of the fathers and brings redemption to the children's children.

That from going up to the the source of the שכל, the source of the אבות, that's how He's able to bring גאולה, which is the idea of like, you know, the the the נשמה, the פנימיות נשמה and everything, that they should be like a soul to the children and the children's children. Because like if it's this idea of like the way that the שכל is connected to its מקור without limitations.

That it's like in a way of התפשטות, and it's not limited, because like the גבורה is like the way it comes out in the כלי, the מוחין, in a limited, set way. And the חסדי אבות is like the way that it's connected to the source where it's like unlimited, and it can come out in any way.

And at that level, then it can bring like גאולה to the בני בניהם. Which means the בניהם is like the מידות, and בני בניהם is like the מעשה.

Parable of the supreme wise person 3:45

והמשל בזה ידוע, the משל of this is known, כמו איש שהוא חכם מופלג ביותר, a really, really, really smart guy. כאשר ידיעתו עומק השכל ומקורו חוצה ודווקא, אז יכול להיות משפיע לנמוך ביותר. If you want to teach it to a really stupid, low person, you have to be very you have to really understand it well and the the real depth the idea. גם לתינוק קטן, then he can explain it even to a little kid, לעשות צירופים חדשים באופן השכלת השכל ההוא, לא כהוויתו דווקא.

Then he's able to explain it in a way that's totally different than than the normal natural way that it's explained, which is very abstract and difficult, and he can explain it in a new way that the kid can understand.

וכן ביכולתו לחדש שכל אחר, ולהוליד מחדש מחמת זה השכל. He can also come up with new שכל from it, because he has the עצם, so it's not limited to its צורה. He can bring it into any צורה. מה שאין כן מי שאינו חכם מופלג, somebody that doesn't have is not a wondrous חכם, he doesn't get like the עצם of it that's higher than it, ואינו תופס רק החכמה והשכל דברים כהוויתן בלבד.

He only understands it as it is, what was explained to him. He doesn't get the עצם that's higher than the way it was explained to him.

די להפקיע לה להשיגו לעצמו בלבד. So, for him, it's enough that he's able to understand it for himself, אבל לא יוכל להוליד חדשות ממנו כלל, he's not able to get anything new from it, because he only is able to see it the way that it is in its, you know, the current form. He can't find the עצם and apply it to other forms. וכל שכן שלא יוכל להוריד להשפיע סברא, הסבר השכל להבינו לתינוק וכולו.

For sure he can't explain to a child, because he can't even come up with a חידוש within the abstract, you know, intellectual realm, and for sure he can't see how to apply it to like a little child, and you know, it's like totally irrelevant, like such a low, you know what I mean? It's like he, you know, like he sees as being essentially abstract and academic. ונמצא שבבחינת נהי דחכמה שהוא בחינת יסוד, הכח המשפיע למקבל, so it comes out the נהי of the חכמה, which is the יסוד, the power of being משפיע, of teacher, the ability to be a teacher to a student, תלוי בכח המשכיל, מקור חוצב השכל, depends on the כח המשכיל which is the source of the intellect, מאין ליש דוקא וכולו, which brings it from its abstract essence to like a tangible form, and so at that level it's it's abstract, and it's able to come into any form, and so when a person taps into that, then they can explain it even in terms of a little kid.

Teaching as key to understanding חסידות 6:06

So that's why the best thing, if you want to understand חסידות well, you should try to teach it. It's very important. Just learning it, you're never going to understand it well, you have to teach it. וכך הוא בענין תולדות נשמות, same thing with this birth of souls, and מבחינת נהי, שאינו מוליד כי אם בתוספת כח במקור המוחין שלו מלמעלה, מעלה מן השכל וכולו. In order for the souls to come out from the מוחין, you know, spiritually, it has to reveal the עצם that's higher than the שכל.

והוא הטעם שבשביל תולדות נשמות על ידי יחוד אבא ואמא צריך להיות מלמעלה ממקור המוחין. That's why it has to go higher than the source of the מוחין of אבא, and that's, and also the other way around, that we have to have מסירות נפש to reveal for like God to do miracles and stuff like that, which is also the idea, to like change things. שזהו מבחינת מזלות דתחות דיקנא, שהם למעלה גם מחכמה ובינה דאריך אנפין.

Which the מזלות are higher even than the חכמה ובינה דאריך אנפין עצמו, because the מזלות go all the way up to the כתר, all the way to the עצם, כנ״ל. והיינו הטעם דיחוד פנימיות דאבא בליל שבת קדש, this is why the פנימיות יחוד אבא is the night of שבת קדש, מפני שהוא בשביל להוליד נשמות, because it's in order to bring down souls, שלכך אז דוקא זמן זיווגא דחכמים, and that's why תלמידי חכמים, שהם תלמידי חכמים, that's why their time when they have relations is דוקא on שבת, שנקרא קדש, ושבת שרשו בקדש עליון, because תלמידי חכמים are called קדש, and שבת, its source is in the קדש עליון, which is שבבחינת פנימיות אבא כנ״ל בדעת, which is the פנימיות אבא which receives from the כתר, in other words, that since תלמידי חכמים are focusing on like the thing of פנימיות אבא, just like learning תורה לשמה and like appreciating with the עצם connection to God and everything like that, so therefore they דוקא do it on on שבת, which is the time of that thing.