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The Breaking of the Vessels

In an effort to explain the apparent disorder and chaos of the world, great Kabbalist Rabbi Isaac Luria of Safed, Israel, proposed in 1570 a dramatic concept equal to the Tzimtzum: Sh’virat Ha-Kelim, or the “breaking of the vessels.” The ten glowing vessels in the void eventually cannot contain the Divine light flowing into them, so they explode, breaking into myriad shards.

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