Reply To: Hashem

Thanks for the responses… let me get a bit more specific. (If any of the terms is not familiar, please ask and I can explain.

So Hashem’s layers of revelation of His One Self are:
Mimale kol olmin (aka nature aka limited to context aka Elokim)

Sovev kol olmin (aka beyond nature/ miracles, infinity, Hevaya)

Atzmus (nimna hanimnaos can bring both opposite categories together and is not limited to just one way of revelation)

Now, from sovev and above, we can’t depict anything Hashem is like, because that is a limitation and Hashem is beyond our minds. In fact, to Him, physical objects and the loftiest ideologies are on the same plane (think: trying to feel a concept with your hands).

But luckily for us limited humans, Hashem gave us the gift of mimale revelation. It’s a gift because it’sa structure we can relate to, and therefore climb with self growth. That awesome structure is the 10 sefiros which corresponds to the 10 kochos hanefesh (chochma, bina, Daas, netzach, hod, yesod, malchus.)

So, since we can only relate to sovev with Emuna, my investigation pertains to mimale.

I want to try to understand as much as possible Hashems persona so to speak.

For example, He likes and identifies with good, and detests evil. That’s something we can relate to and grow from. I would like to understand more about a few things but we’ll start with one.

I would love elaboration on Hashem’s vengeance and punishment of evil, evil doers. Is He sadistic to evil? Etc. I can elaborate more but I don’t want to make the post too long, so I’ll stop here for now, to hear your thoughts sources. (There are so many sources for what I’ve written here that if you ask me about a sentence, it will be easier to list)