Editing Notzer Chesed (section)

== The Difference Between "Rav Chesed" and "Notzer Chesed" ==
They said in the Zohar, "There is chesed and there is chesed," which are "Rav Chesed" and "Notzer Chesed." That is, Notzer Chesed is the kindness that the Holy One, blessed be He, performs through the tzaddikim, and this is "Notzer Chesed La'alafim," meaning the Holy One, blessed be He, preserves kindness for the tzaddikim who are called "alafim," representing "alef" of wisdom and "alef" of understanding. But the "Rav Chesed" that the Holy One, blessed be He, does for His own sake, for the maintenance of the world, as is His way to benefit His creations, is a great and abundant kindness to magnify His kindness with His creatures. And "Notzer Chesed" is when He contracts His Shechinah and illuminates the worlds according to the capacity of the recipients, like an eagle that hovers over its nest, touching and not touching, and the light "reaches and does not reach," for otherwise the worlds would be nullified from their existence due to the brilliance of the lights, and would become nothing. This is "the world is built with kindness." And regarding the kindness that comes through the arousal of the tzaddikim, it says "Bereishit" (In the beginning), for the sake of Israel who are called "reishit" (first), and they are the tzaddikim who are called Israel, as is known.
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