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Kudsha Brich Hu

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The Holy One, blessed be He (Kudsha Brich Hu)

Aramaic, “the Holy One, blessed be He”: G‑d as holy, set apart from the worlds, paired with Shechinteh, His indwelling; read as sovev kol almin, Z’eir Anpin, Atzmus, and sometimes memalei kol almin.

The word It is also simply a name of G‑d in quoted sayings (אלמלא הקב״ה עוזרו). It is a term for a level when the text explains it (פי׳ קוב״ה), even inside a saying (דאורייתא וקוב״ה כולא חד, explained in Torah Ohr, Vaera 4:4), or pairs it with Shechinteh (יחוד קוב״ה ושכינתיה).

Where it’s explained

  1. Likkutei Torah, Rosh Hashanah 2, ¶6Kudsha Brich Hu is what is holy and set apart from the bounds of worlds, beyond thought; Shechinteh is His kingship enclothed in the worlds to give them being. Every mitzvah unites the two.קוב״ה נק׳ מה שהוא קדוש ומובדל מגדר עלמין ולית מחשבה תפיסא ביה וביטול ההשגה
  2. Torah Ohr, Vaeira 4, ¶4Explaining “the Torah and Kudsha Brich Hu are all one”: Kudsha Brich Hu itself is so set apart that the worlds could not receive life even from its radiance.וקוב״ה הוא בחי׳ מה שהוא קדוש ומובדל מגדר עלמין לגמרי שאפי׳ בבחי׳ זיו והוד לא היו עולמות יכולים לקבל חיות ממנו
  3. Torah Ohr, Lech Lecha 4, ¶3The Holy One is Z’eir Anpin, whose attributes have no relation to the people and so are “holy” (set apart), while Malchus, the Shechinah, dwells and enclothes itself in them.פי׳ הקב״ה הוא ז״א כמו פי׳ קוב״ה ושכינתיה שכינתי׳ היינו מה ששוכן ומתלבש בתחתונים
  4. Likkutei Torah, Pekudei 2, ¶24The pair Kudsha Brich Hu and Shechinteh is found at every height: in Atzilus it is Z’eir Anpin and Nukva; far higher, the kav is called Shechinah and the Essence of the Emanator is called Kudsha Brich Hu.ענין יחוד קוב״ה ושכינתיה ימצא עד רום המעלות דהיינו באצילות הם יחוד זו״נ

Stated differently

Which level the name Kudsha Brich Hu denotes

Likkutei Torah, Nitzavim 4, ¶6פי׳ קוב״ה היינו בחי׳ קדוש ומובדל. וכענין הגבל את ההר וקדשתו דהיינו בחי׳ סוכ״ע

Kudsha Brich Hu is the holy and set-apart level, sovev kol almin; Shechinteh is memalei kol almin.

Likkutei Torah, Shelach 13, ¶4קוב״ה ז״א מעולמות א״ס ושכינתיה מלכות המקננת בבי״ע

Kudsha Brich Hu is Z’eir Anpin; Shechinteh is Malchus nesting in Beriah, Yetzirah and Asiyah.

Likkutei Torah, Emor 6, ¶7פי׳ קוב״ה הוא עצמות המאציל אנת הוא שלימותא דכולא

On “Kudsha Brich Hu dwells only in a complete place”: Kudsha Brich Hu is the Essence of the Emanator, above the ten sefiros.

Likkutei Torah, Chukas 8, ¶17הקב״ה נק׳ לפעמים בחי׳ ממכ״ע

The Holy One is sometimes called memalei kol almin; the Torah of this world draws life from Or Ein Sof, from sovev kol almin into memalei (“G‑d listened and heard”).

Main sources

Likkutei Torah, Rosh Hashanah 2, ¶6Likkutei Torah, Nitzavim 4, ¶6Torah Ohr, Vaeira 4, ¶4Torah Ohr, Lech Lecha 4, ¶3Likkutei Torah, Pekudei 2, ¶24Likkutei Torah, Shelach 13, ¶4Likkutei Torah, Emor 6, ¶7

Where it appears

In 8 paragraphs of 8 maamarim (only where it is the subject: the word is common in its plain sense).

  • Likkutei Torah, Chukas 8 ¶17
  • Likkutei Torah, Nitzavim 4 ¶6
  • Likkutei Torah, Pekudei 2 ¶24
  • Torah Ohr, Lech Lecha 4 ¶3
  • Likkutei Torah, Shelach 13 ¶4
  • Torah Ohr, Va’eira 4 ¶4
  • Likkutei Torah, Rosh Hashanah 2 ¶6
  • Likkutei Torah, Emor 6 ¶7

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