Metaphysics of Kabbalah: Tzimtzum

Exploring Kabbalah’s concept of Tzimtzum, the Divine Self-contraction, emptying space within for creation, for ‘otherness.’ We’ll look at the Makom Hachalal, the creative vacuum, the residual of Reshimu, tracing traces of luminescent letters inside the void and at the curtains of consciousness created by the Masach, the second tzimtzum.
Watch the full vid here:    • Kabbalah's Great Chain of Being | Cordover...  

Part of a series on Jewish Pantheological thought. Looking at the way thinkers within the Jewish tradition thought about the relationship between God and World, in creative, daring and inspiring ways.
This is a clip from the second instalment looking at the thinking of the Kabbalists on this issue, trying to get a glimpse of just how they go about thinking and unpacking nothing less than what they believe to be the mysteries of the universe, God and the human condition.


0:00 What is Tzimtzum?
0:46 Tzimtzum, literally
2:07 Tzimtzum non-literal
2:40 Residual Reshimu, Tracing traces
3:34 Curtains of Consciousness
4:10 Worlds, Concealing and Revealing
5:54 Opening the Valve
6:58 Penetrating vs Surrounding
7:31 Recap and Thank you

Video credit:
Artistic depiction of tzimtzum:    • The Kabbalah concept of Tzimtzum  


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