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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>From: Zev Sero <A href="mailto:zev@sero.name">zev@sero.name</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>>> In Aleinu, the most straightforward
translation,<BR>indeed ISTM the only translation that doesn't require any
stretching, is<BR>"to establish the world under Hashem's sovereignty". I
don't even know<BR>what "to repair the world under Hashem's sovereignty" is
supposed to mean;<BR>to my ear it's gibberish, word
salad.....<<<BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>Zev
Sero <BR>
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<DIV>Didn't you grow up Lubavitch? Didn't you grow up hearing about the
kabbalistic concept of the shattered vessels that have to be fixed/repaired
before Moshiach can come? Did that all sound like gibberish and word salad
to you growing up?</DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://www.newkabbalah.com/shev.html">http://www.newkabbalah.com/shev.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV><B>Shevirat ha-Kelim (Breaking of the Vessels)</B> </DIV>
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<P>According to Luria, the ten vessels that were originally meant to contain the
emanation of God's light were unable to contain that light and were hence either
displaced or shattered. As a result of this cosmic catastrophe, the
<EM>Sefirot</EM>, the archetypal values through which the cosmos was created,
are shattered and out of place, and the world within which we reside, is
composed of the shards of the these broken values. </P>
<P>It is significant that for the Kabbalists, only 6 of the 10 <EM>Sefirot</EM>
(from <EM>Chesed</EM> to <EM>Yesod</EM>) were fully shattered (<EM>Malchut</EM>,
the final vessel was broken partially). Had all of the vessels, including
<EM>Keter, Chochmah</EM>, and <EM>Binah</EM>, been shattered, the universe would
have been thrown back into the state of complete and utter chaos, the
<EM>toho</EM> and <EM>bohu</EM> prior to creation. </P>
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<P>As it is, the three highest <EM>Sefirot</EM>, which represent Will, Wisdom,
and Understanding, remained intact; only the six <EM>Sefirot</EM> representing
the spiritual, moral, aesthetic and material values were broken, and are, hence,
in need of restoration or repair (<EM>Tikkun</EM>).</P></DIV>
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<DIV>--end quote--</DIV>
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<DIV>There are a number of Litvaks aboard who would readily call this
"gibberish" I'm sure, but I would be surprised to hear that coming from
/you/.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><B>--Toby Katz<BR>==========<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"></B>--------------------</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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