The tzimtzum or tsimtsum (Hebrew: צמצום, romanized: ṣimṣum, lit. 'contraction/constriction/condensation') is a term used in Lurianic Kabbalah to explain...

Worlds within the Infinite. This revealed new doctrines of Primordial Tzimtzum (contraction) and the Shevira (shattering) and reconfiguration of the sephirot...

transmission and constant connection with its source. Light can be veiled (tzimtzum) or reflected. White light divides into seven colours, yet this plurality...

Luria in the 16th century, introduced new metaphysical concepts such as Tzimtzum (divine contraction) and Tikkun (cosmic repair), which have had a lasting...

God himself, and even his light, is unrestricted by Tzimtzum, from God's perspective. The Tzimtzum is merely the hiding of this unchanged reality from...

of creation, the Tzimtzum self "withdrawal" of God to create an "empty space", takes place from there. In Hasidic Judaism, the Tzimtzum is only the illusionary...

Subsequent doctrines of Kabbalah from Isaac Luria, describe an initial tzimtzum (withdrawal of the universal Divine consciousness that preceded Creation)...

Primordial Man", God's will for Creation before the tzimtzum There were three stages of the Sod HaTzimtzum "Secret of Contraction" taught in the new doctrines...

independent of his essence. The new doctrine in Lurianic Kabbalah of God's tzimtzum ("withdrawal") received different interpretations after Isaac Luria, from...

Lurianic Kabbalah, based on the Zohar, are elaborated upon.[citation needed] Tzimtzum was one of Luria's most important ideas that he stressed in his lectures...

reflecting the author's most metaphorical interpretation of the Lurianic Tzimtzum, tending to Acosmic Monism. See Divine Unity in Hasidism. ... It seems...

Schneur Zalman's explanation, Hasidism interprets the Lurianic doctrine of Tzimtzum (apparent "Withdrawal" of God to allow Creation to take place) as only...

the universe is contained within God, like in the Kabbalah concept of tzimtzum. Much of Hindu thought is highly characterized by panentheism and pantheism...

that the universe is contained within God, like in the Judaic concept of Tzimtzum. Much Hindu thought is highly characterized by panentheism and pantheism...

HaMakom – literally 'The Place', perhaps meaning 'The Omnipresent' (see Tzimtzum) Malbish Arumim – 'Clother of the Naked' Matir Asurim – 'Freer of the Captives'...

retaining Omnipresence from the perspective of Upper Divine Unity. After the Tzimtzum appearance of Divine Withdrawal, when Creation receives its own perspective...

interpretation of Tzimtzum. His work is considered a foundational text in Kabbalah and the most prominent representative of the non-literal view of Tzimtzum. To distinguish...

Linton's stage name. It was derived from the Lurianic Kabbalah concept of Tzimtzum. "The Beautiful People" was released as the album's lead single. It created...

examples from the Gemara." Rotenberg has adopted the Kabbalistic-Hasidic tzimtzum paradigm, which he believes has significant implications for clinical therapy...

rejecting it. In Lurianic Kabbalah the first act of Creation is the primordial Tzimtzum (self "Withdrawal") of God, to resolve the problem of how finite Creation...

Part of a series on Kabbalah Concepts Ein Sof Tzimtzum Ohr Ayin and Yesh Sefirot Four Worlds Seder hishtalshelut Tree of Life The path of the flaming sword...

Hasidic one. In the beginning, in order to create the world, God contracted (Tzimtzum) His omnipresence, the Ein Sof, leaving a Vacant Void (Chalal panuy), bereft...

Part of a series on Kabbalah Concepts Ein Sof Tzimtzum Ohr Ayin and Yesh Sefirot Four Worlds Seder hishtalshelut Tree of Life The path of the flaming sword...

Part of a series on Kabbalah Concepts Ein Sof Tzimtzum Ohr Ayin and Yesh Sefirot Four Worlds Seder hishtalshelut Tree of Life The path of the flaming sword...

exile-rectification enclothement, where Adam Kadmon is preceded by the Tzimtzum (Divine "contraction") and followed by Shevira (the "shattering" of the...

Part of a series on Kabbalah Concepts Ein Sof Tzimtzum Ohr Ayin and Yesh Sefirot Four Worlds Seder hishtalshelut Tree of Life The path of the flaming sword...

Part of a series on Kabbalah Concepts Ein Sof Tzimtzum Ohr Ayin and Yesh Sefirot Four Worlds Seder hishtalshelut Tree of Life The path of the flaming sword...

Thus, creation occurred only when God withdrew in part. This idea mirrors tzimtzum, a central notion in the Jewish Kabbalah creation narrative. This is, for...

Brahman God Idealism Infinity Neutral monism Taiji (philosophy) Theogony Tzimtzum Wuji (philosophy) Ayin and Yesh "apeiron". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary...

of that half, and so on ..." (This is also a paradox of the infinite) Tzimtzum: In Kabbalah, how to reconcile self-awareness of finite Creation with Infinite...