THE INFINITE FLOW (BITTUL)

Name: THE INFINITE FLOW (BITTUL)
Uploaded: 2026-10-13T14:52:12.790Z
Duration: 3 min 15 s
Channel: Torah Visuals

Animated Torah Episode 4

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How G-d Creates The World - The Infinite Flow (Bittul) | Ep. 4

Episode 4 follows the Alter Rebbe on his path to understanding God’s Unity.

The central tenet of Judaism is that Hashem is One. Kabbalah teaches that this means there is only One entity in existence - God. Everything we see around us, all exists inside of God, and does not add anything to Him - all is just God.

So how do we all exist?

I’m here, does that not negate God’s Oneness? The answer is no, and the subject of this whole series - how can there be only One Being in the whole reality, yet we’re all here?

So the Alter Rebbe begins this series by quoting from the Baal Shem Tov - the founder of the Chassidic movement. He says “your words, o Lord, are forever in the sky”. He explains this to mean that God is continually speaking the words of Creation, and that these words are what keep creation in existence.

Next step is that if God’s words are actively creating and moving everything, then God is taking a very active role in how history and life play out. He’s energizing me, my brain, the words I say, the person who hears them, how they react, and on and on. So the whole drama of life is being played out by Him.

The next step is the fact that since God is energizing and controlling you, and is your Everything, then this means that you don’t actually exist. If all you are is the expression of Godly energy, and all your movements and thoughts are orchestrated by Him, then you’re not you, God is you. You’re just the final product of His imagination.

Compare this to a ventriloquist: he creates the puppet, moves the puppet, speaks for the puppet - he is the puppet! The puppet is not a being for itself.

Now the puppet does physically exist, but it has no independent existence.

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