Therefore, specifically through the descent of the Divine soul to become invested in the animal soul to become involved in the worries and thoughts of obtaining livelihood, which are called “many waters”, it is able to come to love Hashem “with all of it might” without any limitations, and -as explained previously- this is a much higher level of love for and connection to Hashem than it experiences before it descended into the body, when it only “enjoyed the radiance of the Shechina”.
This is accomplished specifically through the “is’kafya-overpowering” and “is’hafpcha-transforming” the spiritual darkness, which brings about an advantage similar to the advantage of light that shines in a place of darkness, and light that comes from transformed darkness, as explained above.
This is because in their source above they are higher than the Divine soul, as explained above, it’s just that they “fell down”, as it is written “and they ruled and they died”, and through the “is’kafya-overcoming” the animal’s desires and revealing its lofty source it creates “resurrection of the dead” of these souls and sparks from Tohu that they should “live” with a revealed connection to Hashem.
Part 3
This is the meaning of the Sages “One minute of teshuva and good deeds in this world is better than all of the life of the World to Come”, as explained above.
Since specifically in this world the Divine soul can come to 1-loving Hashem with all of its might, without limits, 2-receiving the “Light of Tohu” hidden in the animal soul and physical objects, which is higher than the “Light of Tikun” that the Divine soul had in its source.
The phrase “יִתְרוֹן הָאוֹר שֶׁמִתּוֹךְ הַחֹשֶׁךְ-the advantage of light from amidst darkness” has two meanings corresponding to is’kafya and is’hapcha: 1-the advantage of light when it has to shine brightly in a place of darkness, then it is much more noticeable than in a well-lit place, similarly a Jew serving Hashem despite temptations and distractions has an advantage over the soul in Gan Eden, 2-the advantage of light that is produced from transformed darkness, for example when an enemy becomes a close friend this has an advantage over someone who was always his friend, so too when the source of the animal soul and physical objects is revealed and they become transformed into holiness they have an advantage over the Divine soul that was always holy.
