文档介绍：Basic Concepts
in Kabbalah
Rav Michael Laitman, PhD
Basic Concepts
in Kabbalah
LAITMAN
KABBALAH PUBLISHERS
Rav Michael Laitman, PhD
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BASIC CONCEPTS
IN KABBALAH
Copyright © 2006 by MICHAEL LAITMAN
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Published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers
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ISBN: 0-9738268-8-6
FIRST EDITION: JULY 2006
The Tree of Life
Behold that before the emanations were emanated and the creatures were created,
The upper simple light had filled the whole existence.
And there was no vacancy, such as an empty atmosphere, a hollow, or a pit,
But all was filled with simple, boundless light.
And there was no such part as head, or tail,
But everything was simple, smooth light, balanced evenly and equally,
And it was called the Endless Light.
And when upon His simple will, came the desire to create the world
and emanate the emanations,
To bring to light the perfection of His deeds, His names, His appellations,
Which was the cause of the creation of the worlds,
He then restricted Himself, in the middle,
Precisely in the center,
He restricted the light.
And the light drew far off to the sides around that middle point.
And there remained an empty space, a vacuum
Circling the middle point.
And the restriction had been