The Worlds In The Tehiru Void 43 including an aspect of restriction and limitation ? What is more, how can one speak of a process of purification of the divinity from the roots of judgment included in its own essence ? As we have seen in the previous chapter, the doctrine of Tzimtzum in Lurianic Kabbalah is based on the presupposition of a cathartic process . This means a purification or cleansing of the divinity from the powers of judgment which were latent in its inner recesses from the beginning . We have seen that once the divinity has been purified of these roots of judgment, has rejected them and exiled them outside itself, it discovers also the powers that are to serve as infrastructure for the construction of all the worlds . Both the doctrine of vessels and the doctrine of catharsis in Lurianic Kabbalah posed theological difficulties for Hayim Vital . Thus, he found himself virtually forced to hold his peace concerning these doctrines . He concealed them, and did nothing to ex...
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