We learn in the wisdom of Kabbalah that the whole substance of creation is the will to receive. Therefore, the entire science about creation, how that substance behaves, how it changes, how it reaches its purpose, the final form, is called “the wisdom of Kabbalah” from the word “to receive.” The sages of Kabbalah determined that the science about the substance of creation would be called “Kabbalah” according to the functionality of the substance itself, everything that had been created, which is only the will to receive...
What was created is the will to receive. It was created through the Light that, with respect to the will to receive, is called the “Creator.” He created it as “existence from absence,” as darkness from Light, because they are opposite in their attributes. The will to receive is actually something constant, existing...