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I'll translate the document from Hebrew to English while keeping the Judaic/Torah/Chabad terms as they are. I'll structure it with headings as requested. | I'll translate the document from Hebrew to English while keeping the Judaic/Torah/Chabad terms as they are. I'll structure it with headings as requested. | ||
= The First Tzimtzum = | == The First Tzimtzum == | ||
The first Tzimtzum, also called Tzimtzum in the way of removal, is the primary source for the formation of worlds, where Hashem, as it were, contracted the Infinite Light (Ohr Ein Sof) and left an empty space in which the worlds could come into being. It is explained that if the world had been created in the manner of cause and effect, there could not have been the formation of finite worlds, and therefore it was necessary to have a Tzimtzum in the Infinite Light, after which separate and limited worlds could come into existence. | The first Tzimtzum, also called Tzimtzum in the way of removal, is the primary source for the formation of worlds, where Hashem, as it were, contracted the Infinite Light (Ohr Ein Sof) and left an empty space in which the worlds could come into being. It is explained that if the world had been created in the manner of cause and effect, there could not have been the formation of finite worlds, and therefore it was necessary to have a Tzimtzum in the Infinite Light, after which separate and limited worlds could come into existence. | ||
= Source of the Concept = | == Source of the Concept == | ||
The Tzimtzum is explicitly mentioned for the first time in the writings of the Arizal, and its description is briefly presented by Rabbi Chaim Vital, and these are his words:<blockquote>"Know that at the beginning of everything, all of existence was a simple light called Ein Sof, and there was no empty space or any vacant air. Rather, everything was the light of Ein Sof. When it arose in His simple will to emanate the emanated beings for a known reason... He then contracted Himself in the middle of His light at the central point within it, and there He contracted Himself to the sides and surroundings, leaving a void in between. This was the first Tzimtzum of the Supreme Emanator, and this place of the void is circular, equal on all sides, such that the world of Atzilut and all the worlds are placed within this void. And the light of Ein Sof surrounds it equally from all sides." | The Tzimtzum is explicitly mentioned for the first time in the writings of the Arizal, and its description is briefly presented by Rabbi Chaim Vital, and these are his words:<blockquote>"Know that at the beginning of everything, all of existence was a simple light called Ein Sof, and there was no empty space or any vacant air. Rather, everything was the light of Ein Sof. When it arose in His simple will to emanate the emanated beings for a known reason... He then contracted Himself in the middle of His light at the central point within it, and there He contracted Himself to the sides and surroundings, leaving a void in between. This was the first Tzimtzum of the Supreme Emanator, and this place of the void is circular, equal on all sides, such that the world of Atzilut and all the worlds are placed within this void. And the light of Ein Sof surrounds it equally from all sides." | ||