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Inverse Relation between Lights and Vessels
763. Inverse Relation between Lights and Vessels
An explanation to what is written in several places, that anyone who receives, receives first in the Sefira Keter, and only the quality of Nefesh. When he corrects the Kli [vessel] of Hochma, he is rewarded with Ruach in the Kli of Keter and the Nefesh descends to the Kli of Hochma, and so forth, likewise. This is so because it is easier to correct the finer Kli, and subsequently the thicker quality.
We can understand this through a depiction. The finer Kelim [vessels] are regarded as the time when a person wears a Talit [prayer shawl] and Tefillin [phylacteries], and reads the Shema reading. Clearly, at that time it is easier for him to correct himself. At such a time we can say that he will be rewarded with Nefesh.
Afterward, when he learns Torah, he also has the strength to correct himself. On the path of correction, it follows that then he obtains the quality of Nefesh, too, but evidently, one who is fine during the learning is certainly more excited during the Shema reading. It follows that at that time, the quality of Ruach shines for him.
One who can correct himself while eating and drinking, too, the Nefesh shines in him, as well. During the learning, a greater illumination shines for him, the quality of Ruach, and during the Shema reading he has the quality of Neshama. If his thought is in Dvekut [adhesion] while he is speaking to people, he obtains the quality of Nefesh. Certainly, when he engages in matters of Mitzva [commandment], greater illuminations shine for him, as in the above manner.
If he is in Dvekut when he engages in commerce or during his work, as well, he obtains the quality of Nefesh. However, for such a person, during the Shema reading, the quality of Yechida shines for him, meaning that the illumination of Yechida causes him the quality of Nefesh in simplest things. It follows that he always receives the greater illumination into the quality of Keter, which is the finest Kli, and the thicker Kelim he corrects, the more his illumination grows.