- The
tzimtzum or
tsimtsum (Hebrew: צמצום, romanized: ṣimṣum, lit. 'contraction/constriction/condensation') is a term used in
Lurianic Kabbalah to explain...
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transmission and
constant connection with its source.
Light can be
veiled (
tzimtzum) or reflected.
White light divides into
seven colours, yet this plurality...
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Worlds within the Infinite. This
revealed new
doctrines of
Primordial Tzimtzum (contraction) and the
Shevira (shattering) and
reconfiguration of the sephirot...
- God himself, and even his light, is
unrestricted by
Tzimtzum, from God's perspective. The
Tzimtzum is
merely the
hiding of this
unchanged reality from...
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Luria in the 16th century,
introduced new
metaphysical concepts such as
Tzimtzum (divine contraction) and
Tikkun (cosmic repair),
which have had a lasting...
- of creation, the
Tzimtzum self "withdrawal" of God to
create an "empty space",
takes place from there. In
Hasidic Judaism, the
Tzimtzum is only the illusionary...
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Subsequent doctrines of
Kabbalah from
Isaac Luria,
describe an
initial tzimtzum (withdrawal of the
universal Divine consciousness that
preceded Creation)...
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Primordial Man", God's will for
Creation before the
tzimtzum There were
three stages of the Sod Ha
Tzimtzum "Secret of Contraction"
taught in the new doctrines...
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Lurianic Kabbalah,
based on the Zohar, are
elaborated upon.[citation needed]
Tzimtzum was one of Luria's most
important ideas that he
stressed in his lectures...
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Schneur Zalman's explanation,
Hasidism interprets the
Lurianic doctrine of
Tzimtzum (apparent "Withdrawal" of God to
allow Creation to take place) as only...
