Editing The Self-Concealment - Helem Hatzmi (section)

== The Desire of the Holy One, Blessed Be He ==
On the verse "His legs are pillars of marble," our Sages taught, "His legs - '''this is the world'''." This "non-existent existence" is, as it were, G-d's desire. Before the creation of the world, the "desire" (so to speak) of the Holy One, blessed be He, was hidden. In this hidden thing called the "legs" of the Holy One, blessed be He, there is a longing to be revealed, and this longing to be revealed encompasses all reasons for creation.

That is, the secret of creation is G-d's desire to create it, and this desire is to create His 'Self-Concealment' - to reveal that which is, as it were, hidden between Him and Himself. For additional "essential" matters, see here.

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