Zohar and Nefesh HaChayim

Both texts affirm Torah's centrality and its connection to divine influx. Text 1 emphasizes that upper forces bestow their power specifically through human action in mitzvot and Torah study that leads to concrete deed (מעשה האדם בפועל ממש במצות ובתלמוד תורה). Text 2 emphasizes that Torah itself contains the Holy Name in both hidden and revealed forms, and that the supernal holy ones inherit from it, which then becomes revealed to other people. Text 1 stresses reciprocal human action as the condition for divine bestowment; Text 2 stresses Torah's intrinsic divine containment and its function as a vessel of transmission. The emphasis differs: Text 1 foregrounds human performance as triggering divine influence; Text 2 foregrounds Torah's inherent divine structure.