Editing The World of Tohu (section)

== Sheviras HaKeilim (Breaking of the Vessels) ==
In Kabbalah as explained by Chassidus, this points to the state of the world 'before' the beginning of the 'avodah'. Generally, the world of Tohu corresponds to its name - to disorder, meaning, all the 'oros' and all the 'keilim' exist, but the problem is they are not organized. The necessary continuation, in order to fix it, follows the 'chronological' and structural order, which is: the breaking of the vessels, and beginning to reassemble the puzzle anew, but this time with more attention, with less oros and many more keilim.

In Kabbalah, the world of Tohu is associated with Eisav, who had tremendous oros but small (undeveloped) keilim, which could not contain the intensity of the oros and ultimately broke, which is why he was hairy. While the world of Tikkun is associated with Yaakov, who preferred much smaller oros, but with broader keilim that would not break again (which is why he was a smooth man, without hair).

In Kabbalah - generally the location of the worlds of Tohu - is above the world of 'Atzilus' from which and below begin the worlds of Tikkun.