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'''Klipah''' is a concept in [[Kabbalah]], frequently discussed in Chabad Chassidic teachings, serving as a comprehensive term for the existence of evil and impurity in the world. Klipah is also known as "Sitra Achra" (Aramaic: the other side, which is not the side of holiness) or "Chitzonim" (the external forces). The term Klipah, meaning shell, is used because evil is comparable to the shell of a fruit - covering the fruit itself, though it is merely worthless waste. Similarly, impurity and evil are apparent in the world, despite not being the true reality, but rather a covering over the divine holy reality. Through breaking the shell, one reveals the truth and goodness in the world. | '''Klipah''' is a concept in [[Kabbalah]], frequently discussed in Chabad Chassidic teachings, serving as a comprehensive term for the existence of evil and impurity in the world. Klipah is also known as "Sitra Achra" (Aramaic: the other side, which is not the side of holiness) or "Chitzonim" (the external forces). The term Klipah, meaning shell, is used because evil is comparable to the shell of a fruit - covering the fruit itself, though it is merely worthless waste. Similarly, impurity and evil are apparent in the world, despite not being the true reality, but rather a covering over the divine holy reality. Through breaking the shell, one reveals the truth and goodness in the world<ref>See Torah Ohr Vaeira 57, column 4 and onwards.</ref>. | ||
== Types of Klipot == | == Types of Klipot == | ||
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== The Olive as a Metaphor == | == The Olive as a Metaphor == | ||
The olive serves as one of the metaphors for the bitterness of Klipah, as it is bitter, as our Sages said, "May my food be bitter as an olive." Therefore, the olive also causes one to forget seventy years of learning, as forgetfulness comes from the world of Klipot. Through crushing the olive, meaning the subjugation of the Sitra Achra, the oil is revealed, representing the aspect of Chochmah; meaning nullification to divinity (as Chochmah represents nullification, for the word Chochmah also means: the power of "what is" - nullification). | The olive serves as one of the metaphors for the bitterness of Klipah, as it is bitter, as our Sages said, "May my food be bitter as an olive." Therefore, the olive also causes one to forget seventy years of learning, as forgetfulness comes from the world of Klipot. Through crushing the olive, meaning the subjugation of the Sitra Achra, the oil is revealed, representing the aspect of Chochmah; meaning nullification to divinity (as Chochmah represents nullification, for the word Chochmah also means: the power of "what is" - nullification). | ||
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[[he:קליפה]] | |||
[[Category: Concepts in Chassidus]] | |||