Space, time, and TZIMZTZUM | Chapter 7 of Shaar HaYichud VeHaEmunah

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Shais Taub’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

all right we're weekly we are in the middle of chapter 7 not even really so much the middle of it we barely just started at last week as I mentioned chapter 7 is a super long chapter I believe it's about 25% of the total words of um we got up to that's where we're up to yeah the last word we read was above and below and the four directions okay and what was that talking about was talking about space and it was talking about time and it was speaking about the attribute of malus that Hashem is inherently aloof from all of these limitations such as space and time however mid malus his attribute of kingship is connected to the limitations of space and time because that is what the the whole definition of kingship is that a Mel is one who has a relationship with subjects I just want to make something very clear even though I don't want to rehash last week because we've got a lot ahead of of us the term Malik itself is ahead of of us the term Malik itself is not only a description of an individual but it is an indiv the description of an individual which by definition inherently denotes a relationship with an other because you can be a and be by yourself right you can be wise and just go delve into your own wisdom in fact sometimes that is really what does it it is introverted it is what does it it is introverted it is self uh oriented Mal by definition means there's a relationship because right there is no king without a subject or without subjects so the whole attribute is defined by its relationship with other soid is his attribute which relates to the limitations of space and time and that's why we say regarding malus that

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1. 0:00all right we're weekly we are in the middle of chapter 7 not even really so…
2. 4:42about 30 more seconds to wrap this up yes yes there's a definition of that denotes…
3. 10:01because in the heavens above and on the earth below in all four directions it's all…
4. 15:18with knowledge we could go with awareness is that the first no is the first um…
5. 19:54withdrawal the withdrawal of the luminary himself and uh there are there are theological Arguments for…
6. 25:08way we must say that hem and his knowledge are absolute Oneness without any sense of…
7. 30:51alab is driving at this you're going to have to concede a point something's got to…
8. 35:37was the great calist the cabalist inas right before the okay Hoven and now from here…
9. 40:51because it's a he calls it it's a bodily phenomenon it's a physical phenomenon the idea…
10. 46:11connect do not attach to each other without him except for when Hashem is between them…

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