Zohar and Tanya

Both texts affirm Ein-Sof as unknowable and infinite (Tanya: 'אֵין־סוֹף', Zohar: 'סְתִימָא דְּכָל סְתִימִין, דְּלָא יְדִיעַ'). However, they emphasize different metaphysical processes: Tanya focuses on how Ohr Ein-Sof manifests through contracted divine speech ('רוּחַ פִּיו') embodied in Torah's ten utterances to sustain creation; Zohar emphasizes the concealment mechanism itself and names as bridges between the utterly unknowable Ein-Sof and emanated reality. Tanya stresses continuous divine life-force through contracted vessels; Zohar stresses the veil (פָּרוֹכְתָּא) separating the hidden from the revealed. Both acknowledge Ein-Sof's infinite nature but diverge on mechanism of relationship to creation.