This has been illustrated by the analogy of a Mashpia who transcends all comparison with his Mekabel, and must therefore contract the essence of his light, leaving only a single, minimal point. Similarly, concerning the essential Being of the Ein-Sof-light, there must first be a contraction of the essential light of Atzmus, leaving only a single point which can be a source of Hishtalshelus. Even then the point is still concealed, and from it is drawn the kav, which is revelation. Any more revelation than that and all the created beings would cease to exist out of ‘Bittul’ to Hashem.
This Matter: This revelation of Hashem’s very ‘Atzmus’ onto this world.
Torah: is Chochmosoi Shel Hakodosh Boruch Hu, the pure wisdom of Hashem which is a part of Him, as our Rabbis tell us that Hashem and the Torah are one.
Giving of the Torah: Because by giving the Torah from heaven above to the realm below, Hashem so to speak opened the flood gates to allow a relationship to form from the highest point in Divinity i.e. Hashem’s very ‘Atzmus’, right down to mundane worldly things. And now for ever more the revelation of Atzmus, G-d’s Essence, that took place at the Giving of the Torah, is in the Torah. So when a Jew is aroused from within to set aside fixed times to study Torah, his Avodah is blessed with success.
