Sitra Achra and Tumah: Difference between revisions
Created page with "'''Sitra Achra''' is a general term for '''all''' reality that is not holiness - including permitted matters, while '''Tumah''' is a specific term for things that '''oppose''' holiness. == Sitra Achra == The Baal HaTanya writes: "'''Sitra Achra''' means 'the other side' (that is not the side of holiness), and the side of holiness is nothing but that which is nullified to Hashem." ==== '''Purpose of Its Creation''' ==== The purpose of creating the Sitra Achra is to enab..." |
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=== '''The Three Impure Kelipos''' === | === '''The Three Impure Kelipos''' === | ||
Below Kelipat Nogah there is another partition, more physical, which separates between Nogah and the three completely impure Kelipos. The three impure Kelipos themselves are the overall vitality of the seventy ministers, from whom all prohibitions, impure animals, and lands of gentiles receive their vitality. | Below Kelipat Nogah there is another partition, more physical, which separates between Nogah and the three completely impure Kelipos. The three impure Kelipos themselves are the overall vitality of the seventy ministers, from whom all prohibitions, impure animals, and lands of gentiles receive their vitality. | ||
[[he:טומאה וסטרא אחרא]] | |||