Precis Assignment

1. 1.    It's worth emphasizing that although we say this form of Time lead creation of the physical world, its lead is not in terms of physical time that has any form of measurement -- just as we have no form of measurement of any of the higher worlds or the phenomena within them. Furthermore, this form of Time is also a creation, just as all else within the higher cosmos. It leads the creation of the physical world, but is not primal in an absolute sense. That is to say, the very concept of precedent and antecedent is a creation.

Freeman (2011) states that Time lead on how the physical world was created but this does not mean that it can be measured; also it is a creation itself, just like any other form of phenomena. Therefore, the thought of how it was before and how it is today is a creation as well.

1. 2.    Time is also described in Chassidism as the flux of ratzo v'shov -- a continual positive/negative fluctuation of creative energy that drives all phenomena of the cosmos. Just as hearts beat, lungs inhale and exhale, energy pulsates in waves, particles waver between negative and positive states, so too the very substance of the cosmos continually fluctuates between a state of being and not-being. This oscillation, as well, "precedes" Time as we know it. The essential continuum of Time in our world is the eventual manifestation of this higher form.

According to Freeman (2011), Chassidism defined Time as “the flux of ratzo v’shov” which is a fluctuation of positive and negative energy that make phenomena happen. The concept of Time in our world is just the fluctuation on how it has lead to what we know of it today only in a higher form.