Shevirat ha-Kelim
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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).
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shevirat ha-Kelim canonical | 7 |
| Lurianic doctrine of shevirat ha-kelim (breaking of the vessels) | 1 |
| Shevirat HaKelim | 1 |
| Shevirat ha-Kelim (shattering of the vessels) | 1 |
| Shevirat haKelim | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T887985 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shevirat ha-Kelim Context triple: [Tzimtzum, relatedConcept, Shevirat ha-Kelim]
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A.
Kodashim
Kodashim is the order of the Mishnah that deals with sacrificial rites, Temple service, and other holy offerings and sancta in Jewish law.
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B.
Temurah
Temurah is a Kabbalistic method of letter substitution and permutation used to uncover hidden meanings within Hebrew scripture.
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Arba’ah Turim
Arba’ah Turim is a foundational 14th-century Jewish legal code by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher that systematically organizes and clarifies halakhic rulings for practical religious life.
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D.
Zohar Manna
Zohar Manna was a pioneering computer scientist known for his foundational work in mathematical logic, program verification, and the formal methods of software correctness.
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Pikuach nefesh
Pikuach nefesh is the Jewish legal and ethical principle that preserving human life overrides almost all other religious commandments.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shevirat ha-Kelim Target entity description: 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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A.
Kodashim
Kodashim is the order of the Mishnah that deals with sacrificial rites, Temple service, and other holy offerings and sancta in Jewish law.
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B.
Temurah
Temurah is a Kabbalistic method of letter substitution and permutation used to uncover hidden meanings within Hebrew scripture.
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C.
Arba’ah Turim
Arba’ah Turim is a foundational 14th-century Jewish legal code by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher that systematically organizes and clarifies halakhic rulings for practical religious life.
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D.
Zohar Manna
Zohar Manna was a pioneering computer scientist known for his foundational work in mathematical logic, program verification, and the formal methods of software correctness.
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E.
Pikuach nefesh
Pikuach nefesh is the Jewish legal and ethical principle that preserving human life overrides almost all other religious commandments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kabbalistic cosmological concept
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Lurianic Kabbalistic doctrine ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Isaac Luria ⓘ |
| cause | vessels unable to contain intensity of divine light ⓘ |
| coreIdea |
cosmic catastrophe in the divine realms
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metaphysical basis for tikkun (spiritual repair) ⓘ primordial shattering of the vessels ⓘ scattering of divine sparks throughout creation ⓘ |
| cosmicStage |
occurs after initial emanation of sefirot
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precedes process of tikkun ⓘ |
| cosmologicalLevel | occurs in upper worlds prior to material creation ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Etz Hayyim
ⓘ
linked to:
Etz Chaim
Lurianic Kabbalistic writings ⓘ |
| developedBy | Isaac Luria ⓘ |
| ethicalImplication |
human responsibility to raise divine sparks
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sanctification of everyday actions as acts of repair ⓘ |
| geographicalContext |
Safed, Galilee
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linked to:
Safed
|
| hasEnglishName |
Shattering of the Vessels
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linked to:
Breaking of the Vessels
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| hasLanguageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| hasTransliteration | Shevirat ha-Kelim ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 16th-century Safed Kabbalah ⓘ |
| influenced |
Jewish conceptions of evil and suffering
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later Hasidic thought ⓘ modern Jewish theology ⓘ |
| interpretedAs |
mythic description of cosmic trauma
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symbolic account of psychological and spiritual brokenness ⓘ |
| involves |
divine light
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sefirot ⓘ vessels (kelim) ⓘ |
| metaphysicalFunction |
explains presence of imperfection in the world
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grounds the need for cosmic repair ⓘ |
| partOf |
Lurianic Kabbalah
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linked to:
Safed 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
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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
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Kabbalah ⓘ |
| transmittedBy | Hayyim Vital ⓘ |
| underlies |
Lurianic understanding of exile
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Lurianic understanding of redemption ⓘ doctrine of tikkun ⓘ |
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Subject: Shevirat ha-Kelim Description of subject: 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).
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Shevirat ha-Kelim
subject linked to:
the Ari
linked to: Shevirat ha-Kelim
subject linked to:
Partzufim (divine personae)
linked to: Shevirat ha-Kelim