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Ra’ava deChol Ra’avin

רעוא דכל רעוין

The Will of all wills (Ra’ava deChol Ra’avin)

The hidden source of all wills: a “will for the will” to create the worlds, from no attribute; the particular wills of the 613 mitzvos are rooted in it.

Where it’s explained

  1. Likkutei Torah, Tazria 4, ¶6The worlds were created because “it rose in His will”; that there be a will for that will, not from any of the attributes, is from Ra’ava deChol Ra’avin, the source of all wills. It is called Adam Kadmon, before Atzilus, to which even Atzilus (Chochmah) bears no comparison.פי׳ מקור כל הרצונות קדמון לכל הקדומי׳ כי בריאת העולמות הוא מפני שכשעלה ברצונו כו׳ אבל להיות רצון לרצון דלאו מכל מדות
  2. Torah Ohr, Mikeitz 6, ¶25The 613 mitzvos are the 613 paths in the skull of Zeir Anpin, the particular wills; their source and root is Ra’ava deChol Ra’avin. It is drawn down only through bittul of one’s own will, as if he had no will but what G‑d wills, which binds him to the Owner of the will Himself.משא״כ תרי״ג מצות הם תרי״ג ארחין שבגלגלתא דז״א שהוא עד״מ למטה בחי׳ פרטי הרצונות. אבל מקורן ושרשן הוא בחי׳ רעדכ״ר
  3. Likkutei Torah, Bamidbar 15, ¶8The mitzvos reveal particular drawings-down of the Supernal Will and so fall under time and place; the Torah reveals the conduct of the Supernal Will within the will spread through the mitzvos, and the source of this is Ra’ava deChol Ra’avin, outside place and time.והרי היא ממשכת הנהגות הרצון העליון לתוך הרצון המתפשט בתוך המצות הרי מקור המשכה זו נק׳ בחי׳ רעוא דכל רעוין שאינה בגדר מקום וזמן כלל
  4. Likkutei Torah, Ki Savo 4, ¶7The Thirteen Attributes of Mercy, the “pure waters,” flow from the place called “the most hidden of all hidden, the Will of all wills,” like the unseen source of a spring whose rivers alone are seen; this is “He who sits on the throne of mercy.”נמשכים ממקום הנקרא טמירא דכל טמירין רעוא דכל רעוין פי׳ למשל מקור המעין שאינו נראה ונגלה רק נהרות הנמשכות ממנו הם הנראים
  5. Likkutei Torah, Balak 3, ¶41On weekdays Malchus descends into Beriah, Yetzirah and Asiyah through gevuros (“the law of the kingdom”); on Shabbos it rises to its root in Atzilus and its face shines through the supernal delight from Ra’ava deChol Ra’avin revealed in it: “the King’s affection (teruas) is in him.”ע״י התגלות עונג העליון מבחי׳ רעוא דכל רעוין שמתגלה בשבת במדת מלכותו ית׳

Stated differently

Which level is called Ra’ava deChol Ra’avin: Keser of Atzilus, Atik above it, or Adam Kadmon before Atzilus

Likkutei Torah, Emor 2, ¶39בחי׳ המשכת הכתר עליון דאצילות שלמעלה גם מהחכמה עילאה הנקרא ראשו עד״מ ונק׳ כתר זה רעוא דכל רעוין

The first crown G‑d places on His own head is the drawing down of Keser Elyon of Atzilus, above even the supernal Chochmah; this Keser is called Ra’ava deChol Ra’avin, drawn by self-sacrifice in the Shema.

Torah Ohr, Tetzaveh 4, ¶5וזהו כתר דאצי׳ קוצו של יו״ד. אך להיות רצון לרצון זה הוא מבחי׳ רעוא דכל רעוין והוא בחי׳ עתיק

Keser of Atzilus, the thorn of the yud, is the will (“when it rose in His will”) from which Atzilus comes into being; the will for that will is from Ra’ava deChol Ra’avin, which is Atik, the Havayah before Atzilus.

Likkutei Torah, Masei 8, ¶9מהקוץ של היו״ד שהוא כתר דהיינו א״ק רעוא דכל רעוין ממנו הוא שנמשך עצם היו״ד שהוא חכמה ואצילות

Adam Kadmon is what is called Ra’ava deChol Ra’avin; the thorn of the yud is Keser, that is Adam Kadmon, and from it comes the body of the yud, Chochmah and Atzilus.

Whether Ra’ava deChol Ra’avin is the level of sovev kol almin or above it

Torah Ohr, Megillas Esther 3, ¶9גם סוכ״ע הוא בבחי׳ מחשבה שהוא בחי׳ חיות. דהיינו בחי׳ מחשבה הקדומה אנא אמלוך שהוא בחי׳ רעדכ״ר

Sovev kol almin too is in the category of thought, the life-force hidden in all worlds equally: the primordial thought “I shall reign,” which is Ra’ava deChol Ra’avin, a will for the will to create the worlds.

Likkutei Torah, Rosh Hashanah 4, ¶8רעוא דכל רעוין שהוא בחי׳ הרצון המקור לרצונות והוא למעלה מבחי׳ הפנימית הלז הנמשך עתה כו׳ והיינו למעלה מבחי׳ סוכ״ע

The present shofar draws from sovev, the Supernal Will; the great shofar of the Time to Come will draw from Ra’ava deChol Ra’avin, the source of wills, above the inner aspect drawn now, that is, above sovev kol almin.

Torah Ohr, Shemos 9, ¶10רצון העליון זהו בחי׳ כתר וסוכ״ע והוא מקיף הקרוב ויש עוד בחי׳ הנק׳ רעוא דכל רעוין שלמעלה מעלה מבחי׳ רצון

The Supernal Will is Keser and sovev, the near makif drawn now through the mitzvos; Ra’ava deChol Ra’avin is a further level far above will, the distant makif that will shine only in the Time to Come.

Whether Ra’ava deChol Ra’avin is revealed on Shabbos or is above Shabbos

Likkutei Torah, Balak 3, ¶41ע״י התגלות עונג העליון מבחי׳ רעוא דכל רעוין שמתגלה בשבת במדת מלכותו ית׳

On Shabbos Malchus rises to its root in Atzilus, and the supernal delight from Ra’ava deChol Ra’avin is revealed in G‑d’s attribute of Malchus: “the King’s affection (teruas) is in him.”

Likkutei Torah, Tazria 4, ¶31שבחינת א״ק רעוא דכל רעוין גבוה מהשבת שהוא רק הפונה קדים כנ״ל. ולכן המילה שהיא להיות גילוי מבחינה זו היא דוחה שבת

Adam Kadmon, Ra’ava deChol Ra’avin, is higher than Shabbos, which is only “the one facing east”; so milah, which reveals this level, above the division of domains in the order of the worlds, overrides Shabbos.

Main sources

Likkutei Torah, Tazria 4, ¶6Likkutei Torah, Rosh Hashanah 4, ¶8Likkutei Torah, Masei 8, ¶9Likkutei Torah, Bamidbar 15, ¶8Torah Ohr, Tetzaveh 4, ¶5Torah Ohr, Mikeitz 6, ¶25Torah Ohr, Shemos 9, ¶10

Where it appears

In 48 paragraphs of 30 maamarim.

  • Likkutei Torah, Bamidbar 15 ¶8
  • Likkutei Torah, Rosh Hashanah 4 ¶8 ¶9
  • Torah Ohr, Megillas Esther 3 ¶9
  • Torah Ohr, Shemos 9 ¶10
  • Likkutei Torah, Balak 2 ¶26
  • Likkutei Torah, Pekudei 1 ¶47 ¶53
  • Likkutei Torah, Pinchas 2 ¶8 ¶10
  • Likkutei Torah, Re’eh 3 ¶13 ¶14
  • Likkutei Torah, Tazria 4 ¶6 ¶23 ¶29 ¶30 ¶31
  • Likkutei Torah, V’Zos HaBerachah 6 ¶9
  • Torah Ohr, Mikeitz 6 ¶25
  • Torah Ohr, Tetzaveh 4 ¶5 ¶7
  • Likkutei Torah, Rosh Hashanah 1 ¶5
  • Likkutei Torah, Rosh Hashanah 3 ¶5
  • Likkutei Torah, Shir HaShirim 41 ¶30
  • Torah Ohr, Tetzaveh 3 ¶20 ¶21 ¶22 ¶29
  • Likkutei Torah, Bamidbar 7 ¶4 ¶5 ¶6 ¶7
  • Likkutei Torah, Balak 1 ¶28
  • Likkutei Torah, Bamidbar 6 ¶6
  • Likkutei Torah, Shir HaShirim 19 ¶15 ¶16
  • Likkutei Torah, Masei 8 ¶9
  • Likkutei Torah, Pinchas 4 ¶27
  • Likkutei Torah, Bechukosai 3 ¶6
  • Likkutei Torah, Emor 2 ¶39
  • Likkutei Torah, Bamidbar 16 ¶5
  • Likkutei Torah, Balak 3 ¶41 ¶42
  • Likkutei Torah, Behaaloscha 2 ¶6
  • Likkutei Torah, Ki Savo 4 ¶7 ¶8
  • Likkutei Torah, Rosh Hashanah 7 ¶5
  • Likkutei Torah, Yom Kippur 2 ¶24

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