Shevirat ha-Kelim

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Kabbalistic cosmological concept Lurianic Kabbalistic doctrine

Shevirat ha-Kelim is a central Lurianic Kabbalistic doctrine describing the primordial “shattering of the vessels,” a cosmic catastrophe that scatters divine sparks throughout creation and underlies the need for spiritual repair (tikkun).

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Shevirat ha-Kelim canonical	4
Shevirat HaKelim	1
Shevirat ha-Kelim (shattering of the vessels)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Kabbalistic cosmological concept ⓘ Lurianic Kabbalistic doctrine ⓘ
associatedWith	Isaac Luria ⓘ
cause	vessels unable to contain intensity of divine light ⓘ
coreIdea	cosmic catastrophe in the divine realms ⓘ metaphysical basis for tikkun (spiritual repair) ⓘ primordial shattering of the vessels ⓘ scattering of divine sparks throughout creation ⓘ
cosmicStage	occurs after initial emanation of sefirot ⓘ precedes process of tikkun ⓘ
cosmologicalLevel	occurs in upper worlds prior to material creation ⓘ
describedIn	Etz Chaim ⓘ surface form: Etz Hayyim Lurianic Kabbalistic writings ⓘ
developedBy	Isaac Luria ⓘ
ethicalImplication	human responsibility to raise divine sparks ⓘ sanctification of everyday actions as acts of repair ⓘ
geographicalContext	Safed ⓘ surface form: Safed, Galilee
hasEnglishName	Breaking of the Vessels ⓘ surface form: Shattering of the Vessels
hasLanguageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
hasTransliteration	Shevirat ha-Kelim self-link ⓘ
historicalPeriod	16th-century Safed Kabbalah ⓘ
influenced	Jewish conceptions of evil and suffering ⓘ later Hasidic thought ⓘ modern Jewish theology ⓘ
interpretedAs	mythic description of cosmic trauma ⓘ symbolic account of psychological and spiritual brokenness ⓘ
involves	divine light ⓘ sefirot ⓘ vessels (kelim) ⓘ
metaphysicalFunction	explains presence of imperfection in the world ⓘ grounds the need for cosmic repair ⓘ
partOf	Safed Kabbalah ⓘ surface form: Lurianic Kabbalah
relatedConcept	nitzotzot (divine sparks) ⓘ olam ha-tikkun (world of repair) ⓘ olam ha-tohu (world of chaos) ⓘ tikkun ⓘ
religiousTradition	Judaism ⓘ
result	breaking of the vessels ⓘ exile of divine sparks ⓘ fall of shattered fragments into lower worlds ⓘ mixture of good and evil in creation ⓘ
statusInTradition	central doctrine of Lurianic cosmology ⓘ
subtradition	Jewish mysticism ⓘ Kabbalah ⓘ
transmittedBy	Hayyim Vital ⓘ
underlies	Lurianic understanding of exile ⓘ Lurianic understanding of redemption ⓘ doctrine of tikkun ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tzimtzum → relatedConcept → Shevirat ha-Kelim ⓘ

Etz Chaim → hasMainConcept → Shevirat ha-Kelim ⓘ

Isaac Luria → developedConcept → Shevirat ha-Kelim ⓘ

Shevirat ha-Kelim → hasTransliteration → Shevirat ha-Kelim self-link ⓘ

Tikun → relatedDoctrine → Shevirat ha-Kelim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shevirat HaKelim

the Ari → coreConcept → Shevirat ha-Kelim ⓘ

subject surface form: Isaac Luria

this entity surface form: Shevirat ha-Kelim (shattering of the vessels)