>>12305886Are you familiar with the Kabbalah? I’d like an elaboration on a few concepts from Isaac Luria (Ari):
>Shevirat ha-KelimWhere did this myth come from? The earliest mention of the Sefirot I can find is in the Sefer Yetzirah, even then there’s no clear origin for the concept. Wouldn’t it seem silly to think God created vessels that couldn’t contain His own light without shattering?
>TzimtzumThis just doesn’t make sense to me. How can Ein Sof possibly ‘contract’? Wouldn’t it then not be infinite?
>Tikkun olamThis is generally benign, but the dualism of the Ari conflates the dissolutive principalities with the generative powers, so we end up with wackjobs like Jacob Frank claiming that sinning against God is somehow a part of the repair work. Was sin not integral to the shattering in the first place? How can it be used for regeneration?
