Editing Reshimu (section)

== The Function of the Vessels in the Kav Light ==
Through the enclothement of the Kav light in vessels, it divides into Sefirot and lines. The light before the Tzimtzum is not at all in the category of enclothement and division, but the light after the Tzimtzum is in the category of enclothement and division. That is, the Tzimtzum affects the Kav light so that although even after the Tzimtzum it is still simple light, nevertheless it can already clothe itself in vessels and thereby come to division.

An explanation of the Reshimu by way of analogy is from the transmission of intellect from teacher to student. In order to transmit the concept to the student, first the teacher must restrict his own intellectual capacity, and the revelation must be included in the concealed potential force within him, leaving only a tiny portion of the light of that intellect that is transmitted to his student, so that the student can bear it.

Another analogy is from the power of memory, like the thought-letters that remain after the intellect withdraws. This means that the Tzimtzum is like the analogy of lights clothed in letters, and when the intellect and light of the letters depart, only the letters themselves remain, which are in the category of Reshimu that hints at the intellect and light.