R' Ashlag Ch. 56 (Part 1)

Chapter Fifty-Six:

Rabbi Yehudah Ashlag's "Introduction to the Zohar"

-- as translated and commented on by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman

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56.

1.

"But it’s important to realize that the (all-encompassing) N. R. N. C. Y. we’d cited above is comprised of five elements..., "
-- That is, it’s comprised of a full complex of Nephesh-, Ruach-, Neshama-, Chaya-, and Yechida-elements.

" ... and that all of existence is embodied in it."
-- The great and mammoth, round, gyrating all-encompassing N. R. N. C. Y. can be said to be the very ambiance and context of the cosmos.

"For indeed, everything but everything that exists functions as a consequence (and in the midst) of it, no matter how minuscule."

And so, even the spiritual mineral aspect in Asiyah (of one’s being) ...
-- That is, even when functioning on the lowest level of the lowest world one ...

" ... has to realize the five levels of N. R. N. C. Y. (relevant to him) that are affiliated with (and lower reflections of) the all-encompassing N. R. N. C. Y. "
-- For every single aspect of our being is tied to and absorbed in every other one, and the whole of it must work in tandem.

(c) 2006 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman

(Feel free to contact me at feldman@torah.org )

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