The Metaphor of Oil (Essence of Chassidus #4)

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The various innovations brought about by chasidus are but outer manifestations of its true essence, the concept of yechida. We use oil as a metaphor to describe the paradoxical nature of yechida and every essence—while it remains distinct from all parts it is simultaneously found in all parts.

(Chs. 6-7)

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