13 Cheshvan Igeret Hakodesh chapter 27 and Derech mitzvotecha

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The passage of materialism and spirituality from nothingness to this world has to come through the funnel of the Sovev....

כולם בחכמה עשית
"you (Hashem)have created all with Chochma (wisdom)"
In Chasidus we learn that in regards to Hashems essence - Endless light - the physical creation (Asiya) and the initial point of light (Khokhma) is equal.
To us it it may make a big difference. After all the Khokhma Sefira is almost the highest level of Gdlyness we can relate to. but in relation to the essenec of hashem all behkinos (aspects) are equal.
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They asked Shmuel Ber- a Talmid of Reb Hillel of Paritch how does he feel in relation to his Rabbi. A cat went by . Shmuel Ber said that its like the relation to cat.
Afterward he explained that he did not mean that the relation between him and his Rabbi is like the relation between him and the cat. He meant to say that the cat and him are equal when they are compared to Reb Hillel.
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The equal nekuda (point) in the creation is the Or Hasovev (surrounding light) .
And the idea of Or Hasovev answers the famous question that the Rabbis had on ability of Hashem to dwell in Mekomot hametunafim (dirty places) . There is an Halacha that tells us that we can noy learn or ebven think torah in the toilet. dirty places is not limited to physivcal unclean places . there is evil in the world . how can hashem dwell with evil.
The Shomer Emunim (one of the famous Rabbis debating on the Ari's Kabbala) said that when the Kabbala talks about Tzimzum of Hashem it means it literally .
There where scholars that held that in the creation of the world(s) Hashem totally "moved" himself out of te picture . We hold by the Shita (way of learning) that hashem is always present in the world . Understating that there is Sovev (surrounding) light and Pnimi (inner) light explains this.
In impure places there is only Sovev . a level that is equal to all beings.
When we say Sovev we are talking about a light that is not reveled , or Mitlabesh (expresses itself) in the world. Pnimi light can become on with the Mekabel (the vessel . the world) the Sovev does not unify itself.
The passage of materialism and spirituality from nothingness to this world has to come through the funnel of the Sovev.

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Hassidim tell a story of a crass fellow who stole tefillin and was trying to sell them on the street. People passing by asked the dubious looking fellow where, in fact, he obtained tefillin from. He replied: "Why, I'm a shoemaker. I made them myself!"

We cruise through life with G-d's energy flowing through our bodies, through everything we deal with, through the air that we breathe, bringing everything into being in every moment. Losing awareness of the magnitude of the miracle that we exist in, we look at our achievements and proclaim, "I did it myself!"