Editing Action (Levush)

"'''Action'''" is an innate tool the soul uses to express his faculties through physical action. The tools used to consciously tap into and express the Soul and its faculties are referenced to in Chassidic terminology as [[Levushim|garments]]. This is the lowest of the three garments (the first two are [[thought]] and [[speech]]. As opposed to the other garments where there is an apparent connection between the soul's faculties and the garment [i.e. a thought must be processed by the soul's intellectual powers or emotions; speech, likewise, must reflect on a thought or feeling], this garment is "disconnected" from its source [i.e. one can do a meaningless action or an action that opposes his thoughts and feelings]. 

Though this garment is the lowest and can be missing the vitality found in the other garments, using this garment constitutes the essence of divine service, as stated in the [[Mishnah]] in  [[Avot|Avot]]: "Study is not the main thing, but rather the main thing is action"<ref>1:17.</ref>. Specifically through action we bring about and reveal holiness in the world.<ref>See ''[[Tanya]]'' chapter 36.</ref>

Action is the third garment of the soul. In this 'garment', the behavioral powers ([[Nahim]]) of the person are primarily expressed.

==The Virtue of the Power of Action==

Although from a human perspective there is virtue in service through [[thought]], wisdom, [[Sefiras HaBinah|understanding]], and knowledge, from the perspective of revealing G-d's sovereignty in the world, there is a particular advantage specifically in action that recognizes and reveals His sovereignty in the world.

==== Action Is Supreme ====
The [[Sefer HaZohar|Zohar]] teaches that "action reigns supreme." This means that although the garment of action is the lowest of the three garments of the soul and represents the end and culmination of all powers, it specifically contains the virtue of "their end is wedged in their beginning." Through action, the essence of the soul is drawn forth, and through it, the essential divine light is extended.<ref>For more of a broader explanation see ''Sefer Hamaamorim 5682'', maamar s.v. Matzah Zu sec. 2. et al.</ref>

== References ==
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