Editing Nations of the World (section)

== Beliefs and Views of the Nations ==
The fact that their root of formation comes from the Makif (encompassing light), and their life-force is received through multiple Tzimtzumim (contractions), influences their perception of Elokut (G-dliness) and their relationship to higher providence.

The starting point is that the divine perception of the nations can only be in the aspect of Memale Kol Almin (immanent divine presence) - the root of creation and nothing more.

The fundamental principle is that although there is no Emunah (faith) among non-Jews, there is wisdom among them. Since their souls are drawn from the face of Adam in the Merkavah (divine chariot), the intellectual soul operates within them. At their best, it is this intellectual soul that guides them on their path.

Since all their knowledge of Hashem stems from and is based solely on human intellect, which necessitates that every innovation has an innovator, and "nothing creates itself," and since the world is an innovation - as it is a reality limited by time and space - it is necessary to say that it has an innovator who created it from nothing, and its entire existence exists through the power of its innovator. Therefore, as long as this power operates in creation, it exists, and without it, it is nothing. Thus, the Creator renews in His goodness every day continuously the work of creation, and the power of the creator is constantly present in creation.