Editing Ohr Ein Sof (section)

==== Ein Sof (Infinite Divine Light) ====

====== Its Cause ======
The infinite nature of this light stems from its attachment to the Divine Essence (Atzmut), since all light is similar to its source. Because the Essence is infinite, the light that extends from it is also infinite. (In truth, the light itself is limited, since light has a beginning, and anything with a beginning must necessarily have an end. The infinite quality of this light comes only through the will of the Essence that it remain attached and possess this infinite characteristic).

====== Its Nature ======
The infinitude of the Ohr Ein Sof (Infinite Light) is expressed in the following details:

A. '''It extends everywhere without changes''' - Since it is a completely unlimited light that is one with the Divine Essence, it exists without changes wherever it is present.

B. '''It is revealed everywhere'''. In several ways:

# It is revealed everywhere, and even after the Tzimtzum (contraction) when an "empty space" was created (from the light), when it does shine, it shines equally in all worlds (as in the Holy Temple, on Shabbat, and in Torah, where this light is revealed equally throughout all worlds).
# Even when it is not revealed in the world—due to its infinite nature—it exists in a revealed state everywhere, as its revelation stems from the light itself, even though from the perspective of the worlds, it is not revealed within them.
# The revelation extends even to the worlds—despite their limited nature, they contain unlimited aspects, such as the vast variety of creatures and their eternal nature, which stems from the unlimited quality of the Infinite Light that illuminates creation down to the lowest levels.

C. '''It has no definition''' or form:

# It is not defined by any limitation or form, and no attribute can be ascribed to it. Therefore, it transcends the Sefirot, which only emerge after the Tzimtzum, in the light of the Kav (line of light). Had creation come from this light (without the Tzimtzum), creation would also have been unlimited and simple, without form or limitation.
# Because it is unlimited and without definition or form, it can create '''any''' existence, as it is not limited to creating only according to a specific form.
# It is so infinite and undefined that it is not even defined by the category of "unlimited," and therefore it also contains the "power of limitation."

However, despite being unlimited and undefined, it differs from the unlimitedness of the Divine Essence, because the Essence's existence is self-sufficient, and therefore its unlimitedness is not something added to it. In contrast, since the Infinite Light has a beginning (as mentioned), its unlimitedness is like something added to it. The truly ultimate unlimitedness exists only in the Divine Essence itself.

But because it is the Infinite Light, it "receives" this quality from the Essence—that it too possesses the ultimate quality of unlimitedness, though this is not from its own essence but from the aspect of the Essence within it.