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Chasidut su Numeri 11:17

וְיָרַדְתִּ֗י וְדִבַּרְתִּ֣י עִמְּךָ֮ שָׁם֒ וְאָצַלְתִּ֗י מִן־הָר֛וּחַ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָלֶ֖יךָ וְשַׂמְתִּ֣י עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וְנָשְׂא֤וּ אִתְּךָ֙ בְּמַשָּׂ֣א הָעָ֔ם וְלֹא־תִשָּׂ֥א אַתָּ֖ה לְבַדֶּֽךָ׃

E io scenderò e parlerò con te lì; e prenderò dello spirito che è su di te e lo metterò su di loro; e porteranno il peso del popolo con te, affinché tu non lo sostenga da solo.

Kedushat Levi

Genesis 6,3. Hashem.” We need to understand ‎where and when G’d “appeared” to the patriarchs in His ‎capacity as the G’d of Shaddai. We do not find ‎the word ‎וירא‎,‎‏ ‏‎“Shaddai appeared,” in ‎connection with G’d’s addressing any of the patriarchs. ‎Moreover, why did G’d speak of ‎ידיעה‎, a form of ‎intimate knowledge, in connection with His ‎communicating with Moses and the Israelites at this ‎time?
We have learned in Sifri, Mattot, 2 that all the ‎prophetic revelations that subsequent prophets ‎experienced were due to the residue of Moses’ ‎prophetic experiences who had preceded them in this. ‎In other words, no prophet was granted a type of vision ‎that had not already been granted to Moses before ‎him. Elaborating on that subject, we read in ‎‎Yevamot 49, that all the subsequent prophets ‎were only granted blurred visions whereas Moses had ‎been granted clear visions.
It is not possible to absorb “clear” visions of the ‎Creator unless the Creator had first garbed Himself in ‎garments that diffuse the powerful light that emanates ‎from Him. [Prophets of lesser stature than ‎Moses would become too blinded by being exposed to ‎G’d before he had thus screened Himself. Ed.] ‎G’d “garbs” Himself in accordance to whom He ‎dispenses His blessings, the most minimal of these ‎‎“screens” within which He garbs Himself is known in ‎the language of our sages as ‎מאירה‎, literally, ‎‎“illuminating” but in the sense of hiding the minimum ‎possible. It is this “minimal” screen that hid G’d’s ‎essence from Moses when He communicated with him. ‎All the other prophets received their visions as ‎derivatives of the visions which Moses had received. ‎Although Moses himself “dispersed” some of his ‎prophetic powers, [notably when the 70 ‎elders were chosen to assist him, and he “dispersed” ‎some of his holy spirit to them. (Numbers 11,17) ‎Ed.] ‎
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Hakhsharat HaAvrekhim

I truly believe that only God exists, that all of the worlds and all of existence are an illumination of Godliness, that He brought forth319See Bamidbar, 11:17. “He’etsil,” means bringing forth anything from the source, where the source is not in any way lacking when it gives from itself, just as a candle can light any number of other candles without loosing any of its own fire, or a wise man could teach any number of students without depleting his own knowledge. The Kabbalists call this, “atsilut,” or the emenation of light from the light of the Infinite (Ayn Sof). and created them all, managing them down to the last detail320Hashgacha pratis. under His careful scrutiny and according to His good desire.
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