Editing Ohr Ein Sof (section)

== Levels, So to Speak, in the Infinite Light ==
Even though the Infinite Light (Ohr Ein Sof), blessed be He, as His name indicates has no end, nevertheless there are levels within it, and these are of an infinite nature. This begins from the inner essence of the light as it is attached and united with His blessed Essence, and concludes with the tzimtzum (contraction) that occurs within it until it becomes in the aspect of "sovev kol almin" (encompassing all worlds), which gives "place" and possibility for the worlds to come into existence.

This means that even though the Infinite Light encompasses and surrounds the chain of worlds, and is incomparably higher than them, nevertheless, the fact that it encompasses them indicates its connection to them.

The connection of the blessed Infinite Light to the chain of worlds is that the Infinite Light is in the aspect of a will for the creation of the entire chain. And even though Hashem's will "to have a dwelling place in the lower worlds" is rooted in His blessed Essence, nevertheless when the will is included within His Essence—it is not in the category of will at all.

For when the Infinite Light is included in His Essence, it is in a state of complete nothingness, and afterward it extends to become a radiance, and within it was the great tzimtzum, where a "space and empty void" was created, so to speak, for the purpose of establishing the worlds, and a "thin ray of light" that is constricted was drawn into this "space."