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I N T RO D U C T I O N T O T H E B O O K O F Z O H A R the receivers is only a small portion related to the purification of the still level in the body of man. It is called Nefesh. If we imagine a person in this world and the world of Assiya above him, it means that the only light that will reach him through the world of Assiya will be Nefesh. The vessel of Tifferet (Kli of the world of Yetzira) is finer than Malchut and the light it passes from the world of Infinity relates to the purification of the vegetative level of man's body, because there the light is more powerful than that of Nefesh. It is called Ruach. One receives the light of Nefesh in the world of Assiya and corrects one’s still level. Those who are in the world of Yetzira receive from Assiya the light of Ruach, which corrects the vegetative level of desire. The vessel of Bina is finer still than Tifferet, and the world that corresponds to it is called Beria. Those who are in the world of Beria receive the light of Neshama that purifies the animate level of man's body, and it is called the light. The vessel of Hochma is the finest of all (this is the world of Atzilut). It passes the light of Haya, which purifies the human level in man and whose action is unlimited. 236
I N T RO D U C T I O N T O T H E B O O K O F Z O H A R Why is it unlimited? The reason is that all the light that the Creator passes through the Kli Keter is here. The Kli Keter is AK, while Yechida is already completely similar to the Creator. Then follows Olam Ein Sof, the world of Infinity, where man reaches the combined light called the Torah, NaRaNHaY. In this case, he becomes similar to the Creator not in actions, but in his thoughts. We define Keter as “the Creator’s actions with regard to creation”. “The Creator’s thought with regard to creation” that precedes action is above Keter. 47. In the Partzuf Nefesh, which man has attained through observing the Torah and Commandments without intent, there already dresses a point from the light of Ruach. The Partzuf Nefesh is the smallest of all. We have already started acquiring it. We obtain the light of NaRaNHaY de Nefesh both in the world of AK and here in our world. This can be done by observing the Torah and Commandments without intent, i.e., by performing all kinds of actions that can correct us. Baal HaSulam describes them in his article “Free Will”. What is the meaning of an “action”? “Action” means working with the book during your studies in the group. This directs you toward the Creator, enables you to increase your desire for Him. If you accumulate all your powers, all your desires combined with the desires of your friends while aspiring to achieve the states described in the book, you will cling to the AHP of the superior spiritual Partzuf (the teacher) together with others, so that he will elevate you and attract the Ohr Makif. To this end, you do not need to have special intentions for the sake of the Creator, for they cannot yet appear in you. They will appear because of the Upper Light’s influence, but we can attract the light while still having egoistic intentions. In this case, the light that shines upon us is called not the Ohr Pnimi (it cannot enter us), but the Ohr Makif; and it will purify us all the same. 237
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