First compartment: Yesod

Synopsis

Yesod is a realm of darkness where evil and negative entities reside. By our own wrongful actions, we create the evil entities who wreak havoc and cause suffering in our lives.

Darkness Dwellings Judgment Klipot (Shells – Negativity) Light Shells (Klipot)

40. The first compartment below, THE LOWER COMPARTMENT OF YESOD, WHICH IS SEQUENTIALLY THE FIRST FROM BELOW, is a place of darkness and does not illuminate anything. It is constructed for the dwellings of spirits, administrators of judgment, and forceful, stormy spirits. THESE KLIPOT are invisible and have no light or darkness, or any shape at all. EACH IS STRONGER THAN THE OTHER, BEGINNING WITH THE FIRST OF THE FOUR KLIPOT. IN THAT PLACE, they are not evident, because they have no shape at all. THIS COMPARTMENT CORRESPONDS TO FORMLESSNESS, AS NO ONE KNOWS OF THE EXISTENCE OF THOSE KLIPOT.

40. מָדוֹרָא קַדְמָאָה, לְתַתָּא, הוּא אֲתַר בֵּי חָשׁוּךְ דְּלָא נָהֵיר, וְהוּא מִתְתַּקַּן לְמָדוֹרֵי רוּחֵי וְקַסְטִירֵי וְעִלְעוּלֵי תַּקִּיפִין דְּלָא אִתְחַזְיָין, וְלָא אִית בֵּיהּ נְהוֹרָא, וְלָא חֲשׁוֹכָא, וְלָא דְיוֹקְנָא כְּלַל. וְתַמָּן לָא יָדְעִין בֵּיהּ יְדִיעָא כְּלָל, דְּלָאו בֵּיהּ צוּרָה גוֹ כְּלַל כּוּרְסְיָיא.

Abyss Angels Fire Morning Seventy Tahariel (Angel)

41. This place has a governing angel named Tahariel, who is accompanied by seventy flying ministers. They are overcome by the blasts of lapping flames above them. SOME are destroyed AND SOME SURVIVE - but these are not seen. SOME ARE VISIBLE, BUT UPON CLOSER EXAMINATION are not really there. When morning comes they are all restored. Yet they are not sustained in existence, because when they reach this place they are dissipated and cannot be found, because they go into a hole in the abyss and disappear. When nighttime comes, they are again wiped out by the flames of fire until morning comes.

41. וְעַל הַהוּא אֲתַר מְמַנָּא חַד מַלְאָכָא טַהֲרִיאֵל שְׁמֵיהּ, וְעִמֵּיהּ שִׁבְעִין מְמַנָּן מְעוֹפְפִין וְאִתְמַחוּן מַזִּיקֵי שְׁבִיבִין, וְלָא קַיָּימִין, וְלָא אִתְחַזּוּן, וְלָא מִשְׁתַּכְּחֵי. וְכַד אָתֵי צַפְרָא כָּלְּהוֹ מִתְחַדְּשָׁן וְלָא קָיְימֵי, כַּד מָטָאן לְגַבֵּי הַהוּא אֲתַר, אָבְדִין וְלָא מִשְׁתַּכְּחִין, וְעָאלִין בְּחַד נוּקְבָא דִּתְהוֹמָא. וְלָא אִתְחַזּוּן, כַּד אִתְרְמִישׂ לֵילְיָא אִתְמַחוּן מֵאִינוּן שְׁבִיבִין עַד דְּמָטֵי צַפְרָא.