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Created page with "'''Chashmal''' is a divine level in the order of hishtalshelus (spiritual worlds), which serves as the parsa and partition that separates between the world of Atzilus and the worlds below it. Its function is like a "reverse" filter, where only the waste passes through it while the refined part remains above. == Essence and Origin of the Name == Already in the book of Yechezkel, when he prophesies in his prophetic vision about the Maaseh Merkavah (Divine Chariot), it sta..." |
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== Essence and Origin of the Name == | == Essence and Origin of the Name == | ||
Already in the book of Yechezkel, when he prophesies in his prophetic vision about the Maaseh Merkavah (Divine Chariot), it states:<blockquote>"And I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing forth continually and a brightness around it, and from its midst something '''like the Chashmal''' from the midst of the fire." — Yechezkel 1:4</blockquote>The Chashmal is also mentioned in dozens of places in the Zohar, and in the book of Rabbi Chaim Vital, the close student of the Arizal, an entire "gate" was dedicated to this topic. | Already in the book of Yechezkel, when he prophesies in his prophetic vision about the Maaseh Merkavah (Divine Chariot), it states:<blockquote>"And I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing forth continually and a brightness around it, and from its midst something '''like the Chashmal''' from the midst of the fire." — Yechezkel 1:4</blockquote>The Chashmal is also mentioned in dozens of places in [[Sefer HaZohar|the Zohar]], and in the book of Rabbi Chaim Vital, the close student of the Arizal, an entire "gate" was dedicated to this topic. | ||
According to what is explained in Chazal, the garments of skin that Hashem clothed Adam and Chava with were also in the aspect of the Chashmal garment. In Chassidus it is explained that just as in the human body there are pores in the skin through which sweat, which is the waste of the body, exits, so too from the 'pores' in the Chashmal garment between the world of Atzilus and the world of Beriah, the 'waste' goes out to the worlds below it. It separates between the divine light above and the divine light below, and it performs an action similar to the action of sifting, but in a reverse manner - the waste passes through it and descends downward, while the refined part remains above. | According to what is explained in Chazal, the garments of skin that Hashem clothed Adam and Chava with were also in the aspect of the Chashmal garment. In Chassidus it is explained that just as in the human body there are pores in the skin through which sweat, which is the waste of the body, exits, so too from the 'pores' in the Chashmal garment between the world of Atzilus and the world of Beriah, the 'waste' goes out to the worlds below it. It separates between the divine light above and the divine light below, and it performs an action similar to the action of sifting, but in a reverse manner - the waste passes through it and descends downward, while the refined part remains above. | ||
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== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
* Olam HaMalbush (World of the Garment) | |||
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