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Just to add … if anyone has a hard time understanding the concepts in the sicha (the English translation is Chinese to me)

the concept of the shechina resting in a tzaddik just like in the beis hamikdosh is found in nefesh hachaim (my favorite litvishe Sefer). See nefesh hachaim 1:4 in the hago I quote

לזאת הרי כי ודאי עיקר ענין הקדש והמקדש ושריית שכינתו ית’ הוא האדם שאם יתקדש עצמו כראוי בקיום המצות כולן שהם תלויין ג”כ בשורשן העליון אז הוא עצמו המקדש ממש *ובתוכו* ה’ ית”ש

This in no way implies that a tzaddik is a god ch”v ch”v any more than saying the beis hamikdosh is a god ch”v the real meaning can be understood by anyone reading the nefesh hachaim or the rebbes sicha. That Hashem becomes revealed in this world through a tzaddik.