See the beginning of the Eitz Chaim and the ארבע מאות שקל כסף of Rabbainu the Ari.
The tzimtzum (condensation of the infinite light) was in all the traits.
That can help understand the problem of evil, and the existence of free will.
Thus: the problem of evil to some degree can be understood as Mark Friedman said that for there to exist a moral realm at all there must be free will.
So what we have is this: the traits of God, each one was infinite before the condensation. Then he condensed his light and removed his presence from a certain area in order to create all the worlds.
So he also contracted his compassion and his knowledge. One he contacted his compassion evil and cruelty can exist. But evil could not exist unless there is free will. For there to be free will he also contacted his knowledge.
This relates to Kant's idea of the critique of pure reason. There are unconditioned realities where reason can't go. God contracted pure reason. The Gra said a similar thing that everything has a hidden and an open aspect where reason can not penetrate.
The tzimtzum (condensation of the infinite light) was in all the traits.
That can help understand the problem of evil, and the existence of free will.
Thus: the problem of evil to some degree can be understood as Mark Friedman said that for there to exist a moral realm at all there must be free will.
So what we have is this: the traits of God, each one was infinite before the condensation. Then he condensed his light and removed his presence from a certain area in order to create all the worlds.
So he also contracted his compassion and his knowledge. One he contacted his compassion evil and cruelty can exist. But evil could not exist unless there is free will. For there to be free will he also contacted his knowledge.
This relates to Kant's idea of the critique of pure reason. There are unconditioned realities where reason can't go. God contracted pure reason. The Gra said a similar thing that everything has a hidden and an open aspect where reason can not penetrate.
