Inner Space by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan zt"l, Part 5

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

Share the screen. Everybody see our way in. Okay. So, um we um we're over here on page this is page 11 and um we did last last time the uh discussion of the UK vulv as a um uh the first do this over again the mystery of charity and then it is from the bm uh the yud was like a coin The uh the second letter is the hand that gives the coin. The um the third letter is the arm which conotes reaching out and giving also it's a hook and the word and and the fourth letter finally is the hand of the beggar who receives the coin. That's uh one understanding. He says this is the essence of charity on the mundane level. Charity can also be understood however on a divine level. Now uh the um in the in the footnotes in the back he says that um the the four letters of the utk vke represent the four superernal uh universes. The ud corresponds to ailus the universe of divine essence or elocus. The f the initially represented corresponds to Bria, the universe of the throne, the kesser and the uh the um where the namas are emerged from the um the corresponds to the world of uh of universe of angels. The finally corresponds to the physical world together with its spiritual aspect. Now, of course, in also speak about the the the point of the which represents uh represents that which is above so to speak. But in any event, the idea is that uh the the uh according to this [Music] um the greatest good that God gives is existence itself. We have no intrinsic claim to exist. So you cannot demand this of God. I'm not sure why how that

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1. 0:10Share the screen. Everybody see our way in. Okay. So, um we um we're over here…
2. 3:25intrinsic claim to existence. We cannot demand from God. What God when God gives existence therefore…
3. 7:18something you have to understand it and understanding is very closely related to intuition because in…
4. 10:34balance must be struck between the given and the recipient. This implies a concept of relationship…
5. 14:14which creates all existence the coral creation it's God's essence whatever that means it's you know…
6. 17:28time or space but God exists outside of time and space. So how could God be…
7. 21:21innocent fellow came to rebush and asked him in in in each bookish I say to…
8. 24:38it all creation will be overwhelmed from his by his essence the temptum therefore was so…
9. 28:27creation but it does serve useful purpose of further clarifying relationship to the world. For example,…
10. 31:41but of course and of course if you're real a real uh so um and probably…

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