![]() ![]() ![]() Quite the contrary - they are nothing other than various phases and levels of G‑d's revealing Himself to man. The sefirot are not distinct entities or intermediaries, which might imply duality or plurality in the Infinite Light or in G‑d. These are divine emanations by which G‑d reveals Himself to man and by which He conducts the worlds, as the introduction to the Zohar states, "You are He who brings forth ten… sefirot." The sefirot constitute the inner structure of each of the worlds The light is revealed in each world by what Kabbala calls the sefirot. In the higher worlds the Infinite Light is more revealed, and in the lower worlds the Infinite Light is less revealed. Therefore the word for "world" in Hebrew, " olam," is etymologically related to the word " he'elem," meaning concealment - referring to the concealment of G‑d's Infinite Light. That is to say, the revelation of G‑d is less or more limited, depending on which world is referred to. All worlds are the result of a constriction and lessening of the Infinite Light (the Ohr Ein Sof), and are, to one degree or another, limited and defined. ![]()
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