The Identity of the Sparks and the Role of Names
Lessons in Likutay Torah | January 19, 2024
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The Identity of the Sparks and the Role of Names

Lessons in Likutay Torah | December 31, 2025

for the person, when he is alone by himself does not need a name, he only needs it for other to call him by name.

Similarly, the sparks of Tohu took on an identity once they became separated from their source, since, in their source there is no need for any name, like a person does not need a name in himself.

Once these sparks were retrieved and elevated, thereby becoming completely included in their source in Elokus, they have no unique names of their own.

They are, therefore, referred to then as “צִּבְּאוֹּתַַַׁׁׁהֲוָּיָּ''ה-the multitude of sparks belonging to Havaya,” for they lose their own identity, being completely included in the Name הֲוָּיָּ''ה of Atzilus.

Now we can also explain the meaning of the verse: “Hashem took the Jewish people out of Egypt ‘ע לַַׁׁצִּבְּאֹּתָּםַׁ-above their multitudes [of sparks],’” meaning, that the Jewish people themselves were on a higher level than that of the sparks of Tohu that they elevated, as explained above.

for the person, when he is alone by himself does not need a name, he only needs it for other to call him by name.

Similarly, the sparks of Tohu took on an identity once they became separated from their source, since, in their source there is no need for any name, like a person does not need a name in himself.

Once these sparks were retrieved and elevated, thereby becoming completely included in their source in Elokus, they have no unique names of their own.

They are, therefore, referred to then as “צִּבְּאוֹּתַַַׁׁׁהֲוָּיָּ''ה-the multitude of sparks belonging to Havaya,” for they lose their own identity, being completely included in the Name הֲוָּיָּ''ה of Atzilus.

Now we can also explain the meaning of the verse: “Hashem took the Jewish people out of Egypt ‘ע לַַׁׁצִּבְּאֹּתָּםַׁ-above their multitudes [of sparks],’” meaning, that the Jewish people themselves were on a higher level than that of the sparks of Tohu that they elevated, as explained above.

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