As divine light poured into the new creation, the lower "vessels" (conceptual structures) could not contain the intensity and shattered. This cosmic catastrophe explains the presence of evil and suffering; the world we inhabit is composed of these "broken shards" mixed with divine sparks. Tikkun Olam (Repairing the World):
(Tree of Life) and the vast library of Lurianic thought that redefined the Jewish understanding of creation. The Problem of Authorship and the Search for Texts isaac luria books pdf
—was meticulously preserved and codified by his primary disciple, Hayyim Vital As divine light poured into the new creation,