limitations of time and all levels of existence that He created. His existence isn’t dependent on anything outside of Himself at all.
However, everything that Hashem created has no ability to exist by itself at all. It only exists because Hashem brings it into existence.
Since the worlds that Hashem creates are limited and changing, the power from Hashem invested in them is also a very limited expression of Himself. The creative energy from Hashem is compared to the light of the sun, or to words of speech. In both analogies, since are limited expressions of their source, and cannot continue to exist without being constantly renewed. Similarly, the creative energy of Hashem must constantly be renewed from its source in Hashem.
The same thing is true of the existence of the worlds from Hashem’s creative energy:
The created beings are only a limited expression of Hashem’s creative energy. Just as the light must be constantly renewed from the sun, so too, each creation needs to be constantly renewed from its source in Hashem’s creative energy.
Another way of saying this analogy: Let’s say there are stain glassed windows producing an image on the wall opposite them. This image is only an expression of the light shining in the window. As soon as the sun sets, the image vanishes, since it is only a projection caused by the light of the sun shining in the windows. Similarly, the entire existence of all creations is merely a “projection” from the existence of Hashem’s Light, which is their source of existence. Just as His Light is constantly renewed, so too all the creations’ existence must be constantly renewed.
When a person will reflect upon this idea and take it to heart, this will cause him to humble himself to Hashem,
וְכַאֲשֶׁר יָשִׂים אֶל לִבּוֹ הַדָּבָר הַזֶּ ה, יִ הְ יֶ ה בִּ בְ חִ ינַת בִּ טּ וּל אֵ לָיו יִתְ בָּרֵ ך,
and, as it says in the Zohar (II, 162b): “when there is a spirit of devotion from the person to Hashem, this brings about and draws out from Hashem a spirit of wanting to reveal Himself to the person,”
וְ " רוּחַ רוּחַ אַ יְ יתִ י רוּחַ וְ אַ מְ שׁ ִ יךכוּ '" , )זֹהַ ר חֵ לֶ ק ב קסב, ב(.
this brings about that the person should truly be able to lose himself in the experience of Hashem’s Infinite Light that is revealed in Torah study.
בִּטּ וּל אוֹר אֵין־סוֹף בָּרוּך־ה ו ּ א מ ַ מּ ָ שׁ עַל נַפְשׁ וֹ בְּעֵסֶק הַתּוֹרָ ה כוּ ' :
This is the idea of “You (Moshe) will תְּ צַוֶּה-command the Children of Yisroel”: “תְּ צַוֶּה-command” is related to the word “צַוְ ות-connection” and bonding.
וְ זֶהו "וְאַתָּה תְּ צַוֶּה אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂ רָ אֵ ל " : "תְּ צַוֶּה" – ְ שׁ וֹ ן צַ וְ ותּ ָ א וְ הִ תְ מִ לק ַ שׁ ּ ְ ר ו ּ ת –
Meaning, that Moshe “connects” and binds the Jewish People with Hashem through His Light that is revealed in Torah study.
However, this connection can only be made through first “bringing olive oil to you (Moshe).”
עַ ל יְ דֵ י " שׁ ֶמֶן זַיִת זָ וְיִקְ חוּ אֵלֶיך ך" לִ בְ חִ ינַ ת ה מֹשׁ ֶ ה תְּ חִ ל.
In other words, first a person needs to bring humility to Hashem, which is called “olive oil,” in order to experience the connection to Hashem that is revealed in Torah study through Moshe.
“Olive oil” represents Chochma. This is the ability to see how everything is constantly being created by Hashem and has no separate existence from Him. When one “sees” that in their mind and heart, this will humble their ego and allow them to perceive Hashem’s Light in the Torah.
