Parsa (The Dividing Screen): Difference between revisions
Created page with "'''Parsa''' (or '''Masach Hamavdil''' in Hebrew) is a concept in Kabbalah describing a screen that reduces the light as it passes from a higher world to a lower one. The light that passes through the Parsa is a derivative light, not of the same essence as the original light preceding it. Specifically, this refers to the Parsa that separates between the world of Atzilut and the world of Beriah, a Parsa that conceals the light of Atzilut and creates the separate worlds, th..." |
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Similarly, we can understand the concept of the net on the supernal altar, the aspect of Malchut of Atzilut that provides sustenance to BIY"A. This occurs through the net full of holes in which the waste is separated from the good, as it is brought that the net is from the lower half of Malchut where kelipat nogah is located, meaning the net releases the actual waste. The concept is that the divine flow from the 288 sparks is a mixture of good and evil from the breaking of the vessels of the world of Tohu, for the lights of Tohu were in a state of excessive nullification and the vessels were in a state of excessive existence. It is explained in Chassidut that even the nullification of the lights was in a state of selfhood, and therefore the 288 sparks are mixed with good and evil. This is refined through the net, which is the Parsa, as the good remains above the Parsa and the waste passes below it. This is the cause of the existence of evil in the world, about which it is said "and creates evil," which is creation ex nihilo - this is what comes into being from the separated waste. And although no evil descends from above, this is specifically from above, meaning above the firmament and the dividing Parsa where everything is good that has been refined, but from what is separated below the Parsa, from this evil comes into being. This is like the pores of sweat that release the waste in natural heat; similarly, the pores of the Chashmal skin release the waste from the supernal Gevurot, which are holy Gevurot, creating this vitality in the form of actual harsh Gevurot. | Similarly, we can understand the concept of the net on the supernal altar, the aspect of Malchut of Atzilut that provides sustenance to BIY"A. This occurs through the net full of holes in which the waste is separated from the good, as it is brought that the net is from the lower half of Malchut where kelipat nogah is located, meaning the net releases the actual waste. The concept is that the divine flow from the 288 sparks is a mixture of good and evil from the breaking of the vessels of the world of Tohu, for the lights of Tohu were in a state of excessive nullification and the vessels were in a state of excessive existence. It is explained in Chassidut that even the nullification of the lights was in a state of selfhood, and therefore the 288 sparks are mixed with good and evil. This is refined through the net, which is the Parsa, as the good remains above the Parsa and the waste passes below it. This is the cause of the existence of evil in the world, about which it is said "and creates evil," which is creation ex nihilo - this is what comes into being from the separated waste. And although no evil descends from above, this is specifically from above, meaning above the firmament and the dividing Parsa where everything is good that has been refined, but from what is separated below the Parsa, from this evil comes into being. This is like the pores of sweat that release the waste in natural heat; similarly, the pores of the Chashmal skin release the waste from the supernal Gevurot, which are holy Gevurot, creating this vitality in the form of actual harsh Gevurot. | ||
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