1. Freeman(2011) stated that time is a continuous “positive/negative oscillation” of energy that is responsible for all cosmos phenomena, also known as “the flux of ratzo v'shov” in Chassidism. Like how “hearts beat”, “lungs inhale and exhale” and how “particles vacillate between negative and positive states” the cosmos themselves unfailingly oscillate between a “state of being and non-being”. Freeman has also stated that “this oscillation 'precedes' Time” and that physical time is the “eventual manifestation of this higher form”.
Freeman, T. (2011). What is Time?. Retrieved from http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/74335/jewish/What-is-Time.htm
Freeman (2011) stated that for creation to be, “ratzo v'shov” is required because for something to exist, two alternate or opposite “processes” are essential and needed, as explained by Chassidism. However, the “object” must be “detached and an distinct entity of its own” but also has to be supported by its Creator's will. This makes Ratzo v'shov the natural object of this conflict and serves as the mediator between the “creative force” and “creative being”. This is further supported by Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch (the "Tzemach Tzedek", 1789-1866), that said that “time is the intermediary between the cosmic soul and space”.
Freeman, T. (2011). What is Time?. Retrieved from
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/74335/jewish/What-is-Time.htm
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