Editing Ohr Ein Sof (section)

==== Koach Ha'atzmut (The Power of the Essence) ====
Extended topic – '''Koach Ha'atzmut'''

Koach Ha'atzmut is the power of the Essence to create and innovate something from nothing (yesh me'ayin). This power belongs only to the Essence because the type of existence of yesh is an existence that does not sense its source and appears as if its existence is from itself. Meaning, in its perception, it is primordial. Since the only existence that truly exists from itself is the Essence, therefore the power to create such an existence belongs only to the power of the Essence and not to any other level that extends from the Essence, because every other level is not primordial but has a source and beginning.

However, since the light is similar to its source, just as in the source - the Essence - there is power to create something from nothing, so too in Ohr Ein Sof this power is 'given.' Just as through the light's attachment to its source it is infinite (even though on its own it is limited as mentioned above), so too it is given the power of the Essence. But the power of the Essence within it differs from the infinitude within it, as the infinitude is a quality in the light itself, whereas the power of the Essence in the light, even after it has this power, is not in the light itself but comes from its attachment.

Because the true power of the Essence is not revealed in Ohr Ein Sof (but in the sefirah of Malchut), since the nature of light is revelation and the power of the Essence is beyond revelation. And since the light has some existence - that 'reveals' the Essence - therefore the power of the Essence does not clothe itself in it. And since the light's purpose is to reveal what is hidden, it cannot create yesh existence, which is an 'innovation.'

The role of Ohr Ein Sof is to be an intermediary between the Essence and the sefirah of Malchut, through which the main creation and coming-into-being occurs, to draw down, reveal, and awaken in it the power of the Essence that is in Malchut. The creation itself happens specifically through a movement of revelation, and the power of the Essence in Malchut is concealed, and specifically through the light it is revealed. Also, the role of the light is to draw down the power of the Essence to be an intermediary between the Essence and the created yesh reality, to draw into it the power of the Essence for its creation.