(ื) ืึฐืึธืึตื ืึธืึฐืจืึผ ืจึทืึผืึนืชึตืื ืึผึพืึดืึฐืจืึนื ึธืึพืึดืึฐืจึธืึธื, ืฉืึถืึผึทืกึผืึผืช ืึธืจืึผืึท ืฉืึฐืงืึผืึธื ืึผึทืขึฒืืึนืึธื ืึธืจึธื ืึทืึผึธืฉื, ืึผึดื ืขึดืืงึผึทืจ ืึฐืฉืึนืจึถืฉื ืขึฒืืึนืึธื ืึธืจึธื, ืืึผื ืึทื ืฉึผืึถื ึผึถืึฐืฉืึธื ืึฐืึธืึธืจ ืึผึดืคึฐื ึตื ืขึทืฆึฐืืึน, ื ึดืคึฐืจึธื ืึดืงึผึฐืืึผืฉึผืึธืชืึน ืฉืึถื ืึธืงืึนื, ืึฐืึนื ืึผึฐืคึดืืจึธื ืึผึทืืณ ืึฐืึทืึฐืจึตื, ืึผึดืึฐืึดืืชึธื ืึผึทืึผึฐืึธืจึธื โ ืึผึฐืงึธืจืึผ ืึตืืึผ ืดืึฑืึธืึธื ืึถืึฑืึธืึทืึผึธืืด, ืึถืึผึธื, ืฉืึถืึผึทื ืึตื ืึทืึฒืฉืึดืืึดืื ืขึทืฆึฐืึธื ืึฐืึตืฉื ืึฐืึธืึธืจ ืึผึดืคึฐื ึตื ืขึทืฆึฐืืึน, ืึผืึธืึถื, ืึทืคึฐืจึดืืึดืื ืึถืช ืขึทืฆึฐืึธื ืึดืงึผึฐืืึผืฉึผืึธืชืึน ืฉืึถื ืึธืงืึนื ืึผึธืจืึผืึฐ ืืึผื โ ืึตืึทืึทืจ ืฉืึถืึตืื ืึผึฐืึตืึดืื ืืึน ืึดืชึฐืึผึธืจึตืึฐ, ืึผึดื, ืึตืื ืงึฐืืึผืฉึผืึธื ืขึถืึฐืืึนื ึธื ืฉืืึนืจึธื ืึถืึผึธื ืขึทื ืึทื ืฉึผืึถืึผึธืึตื ืืึน ืึดืชึฐืึผึธืจึตืึฐ ืึผึทื ึผึดืึฐืึผึธืจ ืึฐืขึตืื, ืึฐืึธืึตื ื ึดืงึฐืจึธืึดืื ืดืืึผืจึตื ืึดืคึฐืจืึผืึธืืด ืึผึทืึผึนืึทืจ ืึทืงึผึธืืึนืฉื, ืึทืึฒืจึตื ืืึน ืึผึฐืคึดืืจึธื ืึผึฐืึทืึฐืึผืึผืชืึน ืึธืึฒืึดืืชึผึดืืช, ืึผึฐืดืืึผืึผึธื ืงึทืึผึตืืึผ ืึผึฐืึธื ืึฒืฉืึดืืืด ืึผืึธืึตื ืึผึถืึฑืึถืช ืืึน ืึดืชึฐืึผึธืจึตืึฐ ืึฐืึดืจึฐืฆืึนื ืึน, ืึทืึฐืึทืึผึถื ืึถืช ืึผืึผืึผึธื ืึผืึฐืึทืึผึถื ืืึนืชึธื ืึตืึทืึดื ืึฐืึตืฉื ืชึผึธืึดืื:
(8) That is why the rabbis, of blessed memory, said that arrogance truly compares with idolatry,9โฏSotah 4b. for the essence and root of idolatry is that it is regarded as a thing in itself, sundered from the holiness of the Omnipresent; it does not imply an outright denial of Gโd, as is stated in the Gemara that they [the heathens] call Him โthe Gโd of gods,โ10โฏMenachot 110a. thus only presuming themselves also to be entities and independent beings. But thereby they separate themselves from the Omnipresent, blessed is He, since they do not surrender themselves to Him, blessed be He. For the supernal holiness rests only on what is surrendered to Him, blessed be He, as is explained above.11โฏCh. 6. Therefore they are called in the holy Zohar12โฏI:158a. โpeaks of separation.โ But this constitutes a denial of His true unity, where everything is as nothing compared with Him and truly nullified before Him, blessed be He, and before His will, which animates them all and constantly gives them existence out of nothing.