Category: Chassidic Discourses

The aspect of the spirit (Ruach) level of the G-dly soul, on the other hand, is the matter of the activation of the emotions, which are much lower than intellect. Nonetheless, this is essential...

The third level of the G-dly soul is the aspect of Nefesh which is lower than Ruach. This is the activation of the emotions as they relate to action only. For example, here the...

Now, the G-dly soul also consists of two additional levels that are higher than the aspects of Nefesh, Ruach and Neshamah. These are the Chaya and Yechidah. The three lower levels, Nefesh, Ruach and...

To understand all this by way of example, we find that whoever exerts himself mentally and emotionally during the “service of the heart” which is prayer, to comprehend and contemplate HaShem’s upper and lower...

However, this matter exists to some extent in the G-dly soul of every Jew as an encompassing light of Chochmah, which is the level of Chaya. This is called the “Mazal”, as in the...

Now, the Yechidah level of the soul is even higher than the above mentioned absence of self-awareness of the “Power of Whatness” of Chochmah, which results from the revelation of the aspect of “Ein-Nothingness”,...