Zohar and Tanya

Both texts affirm ohr-ein-sof and sovev-kol-almin but with different emphases. Tanya emphasizes the mechanism of non-descent: Or-Ein-Sof does not clothe itself within worlds ("אֵינוֹ מִתְלַבֵּשׁ בְּתוֹכָם") but rather hovers externally in a transcendent mode ("סוֹבֵב כָּל עָלְמִין"). It sustains worlds through radiance they can bear without obliteration. Zohar emphasizes the hidden nature of the encompassing level ("הַאי רָקִיעַ אִיהוּ גָּנִיז") that lights and sustains all yet remains beyond revelation and observation. Tanya frames sovev in terms of withholding descent to preserve multiplicity; Zohar frames it as intrinsic hiddenness that paradoxically illuminates. Both reject complete immanence, but Tanya's concern is ontological preservation while Zohar's is epistemic concealment.