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There's a popular understanding that the Gra asked R Chaim of Volozhin to write a sefer based on his teachings that would deal with many points that the sefer Tanya dealt with and this is the Nefesh HaChaim.

  1. Is there a source to this story?
  2. If not, is it a given that what R Chaim writes in his book is what the Gra himself held to be true?
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    I have heard that it is closer to Tanya with regards to the concept of tzimtzum then the Gra's understanding of tzimtzmum
    – termsofservice
    Commented May 18, 2014 at 16:35
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    see this answer: judaism.stackexchange.com/a/718/2699
    – Bochur613
    Commented May 18, 2014 at 17:17
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    Rav Menachem Kasher in Torah Sheleimah, appendices to Parshas Shemos, considers R' Chaim's understanding of מלא כל הארץ כבודו to be congruent to that of the Baal HaTanya, unlike the strong opposing opinion of the Gra.
    – Murex
    Commented May 23, 2014 at 20:25
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    seforim.blogspot.com/2016/02/… seforim.blogspot.com/2016/06/…
    – Double AA ♦
    Commented Jul 7, 2016 at 1:29
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    @Bochur613 I wouldn't recommend that answer.
    – Double AA ♦
    Commented Jul 7, 2016 at 1:29

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The Toras ha'Gra is on a different plane than the ideas expressed in the writings of Reb Chaim Volozhin so it is probably not possible to make this comparison.

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  • sources? [char]
    – mevaqesh
    Commented Jul 7, 2016 at 1:28

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