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A Grip for the External Ones
196. A Grip for the External Ones
I heard in the year 1938
We should know that the Klipot can only get hold in a place of lack. In a place where there is wholeness, they flee and cannot touch.
Now we can understand the matter of the breaking: It is written in several places that it concerns the separation of the light of wisdom from the light of mercy. That is, since a Parsa [partition] was made between Atzilut and BYA, the light of wisdom cannot descend. Only the light of Hassadim, which previously contained light of wisdom, has now been separated from the light of wisdom and descended. Thus, they still have powers from what they had before. This is called “lowering Kedusha [holiness] into the Klipa [shell].”