<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:garamond, 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>according to this site, the vessels of tohu (medrash) did not please Hashem, although they serve a purpose (e.g. in order to be destroyed)... if so, why were they created?</div><div><a href="http://www.chabad.org/kabbalah/article_cdo/aid/380568/jewish/Shattered-Vessels.htm">http://www.chabad.org/kabbalah/article_cdo/aid/380568/jewish/Shattered-Vessels.htm</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; ">Thus</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "><i>Tohu</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New
Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; ">was a primordial form of existence that "was created in order to be destroyed, and destroyed in order to be rebuilt" in a superior form</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "><span class="blue7normal" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 102); ">(see <i>Mevo L'Chachmat HaKabbala</i> part 2, <i>shaar</i> 6, ch. 7)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; ">. The order of creation that followed the disintegration of the world of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "> </span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "><i>Tohu</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; ">is called the world of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "><i>Tikun</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; ">(literally translated as "rectification" or "restoration"). Regarding</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "><i>Tikun</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; ">, the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="732342" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; ">Torah</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; ">states, "And G-d looked over everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "><span class="blue7normal" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 102); ">(Gen. 1:31)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; ">. In the words of the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "><i><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="731206" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; ">Midrash</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "><span class="blue7normal"
style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 102); ">(<i>Bereishit Rabba</i> 3:7; 9:2)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; ">, as explained by the Arizal, "these please Me" refers to the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "><i>sefirot</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; ">of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "> </span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "><i>Tikun,</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; ">whereas the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "><i>sefirot</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; ">of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "> </span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "><i>Tohu</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; ">"do not please Me".....</span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; ">The shattering of the <i>sefirot</i> of <i>Tohu</i> is not a coincidence, nor does it signify a flaw in the creative process. On the contrary, it serves a very specific and important purpose, which is to bring about a state of separation or partition of the light into distinct qualities and attributes, and thereby introduce diversity and multiplicity into creation, as explained above. In addition, the shattering of the vessels
of <i>Tohu</i> allows for the possibility of evil, and gives man the opportunity to choose between good (for which he gains reward) and evil (for which he is punished). Thus G-d's attributes of <i>chesed</i> and <i><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="731673" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; ">gevura</span></i> - the attributes from which reward and punishment derive - are revealed in the world<a class="tiny" href="http://www.chabad.org/kabbalah/article_cdo/aid/380568/jewish/Shattered-Vessels.htm" name="footnoteRef9a380568" style="color: rgb(124, 17, 1); text-decoration: underline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: text-top; ">9</a> , which is one of the primary purposes of creation. <span class="blue7normal" style="font-family: Verdana,
Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 102); ">(See beginning of <i>Otzrot Chaim</i>)</span></span></div><div style="position:fixed"></div>
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