marriage still possible?
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:53 am
In Kabbalah creation is more or less an act of concealment or withdrawal, (tzimtzum or restriction), of his light creating a formless void or empty space within his infinite being, into which he allowed a single line of light to penetrate.
Originally, the divine light was utterly simple but with the tzimtzum the parameters of the void, the potential for limitation and definition. In the single simple line of light are the male element with its female aspect. Then along came the tzimtzum, separating them into two distinct forces. Ultimately, one of the goals is to effect the marriage between the male and female elements.
According to Jewish custom, when a man and woman become engaged to marry, a contract called tena'im is drawn up,
In the excitement of the engagement to most people the signing of this agreement is nothing more than a formality that is done in haste to get it over with. I myself felt the same way. The first part of this contract reads:
First of all, (male name ) will marry (female name) in accordance with the law of Moses and Israel. They will not hide away nor conceal anything from each other. They will live together in love and affection, as is the way of the world..
Until I began to study Kabbalah I didn’t really understand the power of that contract. Even though I thought I did.
A marriage between two human beings is an analogue of the marriage of divine forces that is the purpose of creation .the divine light which was hidden away by the tzimtzum withdrawn from the void should be restored, and that the divine light which was concealed within the world should be revealed.
The diverse forces of creation will live together in love and affection, as is the way of the world, as it says in the first part of the tena'im in harmony with itself and its God.,
Is this kind of marriage still possible in our society today? Are have our ego's gotten so big that the complete union of two people almost impossible?
Originally, the divine light was utterly simple but with the tzimtzum the parameters of the void, the potential for limitation and definition. In the single simple line of light are the male element with its female aspect. Then along came the tzimtzum, separating them into two distinct forces. Ultimately, one of the goals is to effect the marriage between the male and female elements.
According to Jewish custom, when a man and woman become engaged to marry, a contract called tena'im is drawn up,
In the excitement of the engagement to most people the signing of this agreement is nothing more than a formality that is done in haste to get it over with. I myself felt the same way. The first part of this contract reads:
First of all, (male name ) will marry (female name) in accordance with the law of Moses and Israel. They will not hide away nor conceal anything from each other. They will live together in love and affection, as is the way of the world..
Until I began to study Kabbalah I didn’t really understand the power of that contract. Even though I thought I did.
A marriage between two human beings is an analogue of the marriage of divine forces that is the purpose of creation .the divine light which was hidden away by the tzimtzum withdrawn from the void should be restored, and that the divine light which was concealed within the world should be revealed.
The diverse forces of creation will live together in love and affection, as is the way of the world, as it says in the first part of the tena'im in harmony with itself and its God.,
Is this kind of marriage still possible in our society today? Are have our ego's gotten so big that the complete union of two people almost impossible?