Beginning of Perek 4. This class discusses Makom as the beginning of eventually explaining the Beis HaMikdash (Perek 12 ff) to be מקום ולמעלה מהמקום together. The Tzemach Tzedek begins with the question of Makom (space). Space is an inverse מציאות, as most מציאות assert themselves to be phobic and intolerant of others; מקום invites…

Calling something secondary to Him already indicates importance, thus מקום in Torah cannot possibly mean physical space, it must mean metaphysical space, at least ממלא כל עלמין. The difference in the two opinions: is there one universal space for everything or does each creation have its own space? Both are true, but which does Torah…

An explanation that space is actually our source, space is the beginning of our being and is as such אתרי טפילה לי according to the opinion that מקום is ממלא כל עלמין. The Mishna אין לך דבר שאין לו מקום ואין לך אדם שאין לו שעה is explained not only psychologically but philosophically as well.

Makom is Mimalei, personalized for each creation. The beginning of the explanation of Mimalei, the idea of hislabshus; life that is personalized and individuated.

1) Separation Ohr makif (Chaya/ Yechida) from Ohr Pnimi (Nefesh/ Ruach/ Neshama) 2) The individuation of NaRa”N in each of the three basic cavities; mind, heart and liver, and then the distribution to each aspect of the body.

Perek 4 (6)- more on ממלא כל עלמין There’s so many detail and התחלקות for the sake of התלבשות. In general, there are four kingdoms דומם, צומח, חי, מדבר and specifically, each of these four has many many more particulars.

Perek 4 (7)- more on ממלא כל עלמין The heavens and the earth: 1) They are different because the heavens are קיימין באיש and the earth is קיימין במין 2) The heavens are מה גדלו מעשיך and the earth is מה רבו

End of Perek Daled. The idea of ממלא כל עלמין as it plays out in the smallest and biggest things in creation, but always limited.

Beginning of Perek 5. The idea that the truth is always counter-intuitive to our point of view. Life is natural, while death is a creation. Memory is natural, while forgetting is a novelty. And… infinity and unity are natural, while disunity and finitude are novel. The first level where there is no אין סוף is…

Perek 5 part 3 The audio for this class is (unfortunately) missing. In addition to Malchus being ממלא so is ז”א, because (although it is סוף וגילוי האין סוף, it is so much a גילוי that) it is considered איהו וגרמוהי חד (even the אורות according to the אריז”ל). The two opinions about איהו וחיוהי…