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p. 65 The relationship between the container and what it contains. Ko'ach hare'iyah (the power of sight) which is the light of the neshamah (soul). The needs of the nefesh ha'behamis (animalistic soul) - only physical things. All source elements of evil are rooted in the nefesh ha'behamis. The four general spiritual yesodos (basis) are separate, spiritual manifestations of the four physical yesodos (fire, air, water, earth). Anger and conceit stem from the fire in the soul. Phsycial desires are rooted in the yesod (basis) of water. Air, the root of leitzanus (silliness), showing off, and foolishness. "Shooting the breeze" - absolute nothingness. Laziness and depression stem from the yesod of earth.