APPENDIX F2: The Suffused Divine
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APPENDIX F2:
The Suffused Divine
Rav Chaim of Volozhin*
a
(b.1749, Volozhin,
Belarus;
Belarus;
d. 1821, Volozhin,
Belarus) elucidates Hashem (the Divine)
Belarus) elucidates Hashem (the Divine)
as lling – and surrounding – all worlds.
“It says in many places in the Zohar that ‘Hashem
lls all worlds’ and ‘surrounds all worlds.’ This
means that from Hashem’s
perspective, He lls all
perspective, He lls all
worlds, and we, from our Torah-oriented vantage
point, see Hashem as surrounding all worlds.
The meaning of the concept of ‘Hashem lling all
worlds’ is concealed from us.
The truth is that from Hashem’s perspective, even
after creating the world, He lls all the worlds
and
and
all existence; literally,
‘There is nothing else beside
‘There is nothing else beside
Him’ (Devarim 4:35).”
Meaning, as per Summa, the Divine is not “over
there”
there”
and we are “over here”;
Rather, the Divine suffuses all.
Rather, the Divine suffuses all.
And, parallel to our metaphysics, wherein Quest
for
for
Potential
∞
is the core of the Divine, and the Divine drives
the cosmos….
*a
Rav Chaim of Volozhin,
Nefesh Hachaim, The Judaica Press, Inc. Brooklyn, NY,
Nefesh Hachaim, The Judaica Press, Inc. Brooklyn, NY,
© 2009, p. 112
