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

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]

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.
B. Temurah
Temurah is a Kabbalistic method of letter substitution and permutation used to uncover hidden meanings within Hebrew scripture.
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.
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.
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
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).

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.
B. Temurah
Temurah is a Kabbalistic method of letter substitution and permutation used to uncover hidden meanings within Hebrew scripture.
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.
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.
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 ⓘ 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 Hayyim ⓘ linked to: Etz Chaim Lurianic Kabbalistic writings ⓘ
developedBy	Isaac Luria ⓘ
ethicalImplication	human responsibility to raise divine sparks ⓘ sanctification of everyday actions as acts of repair ⓘ
geographicalContext	Safed, Galilee ⓘ linked to: Safed
hasEnglishName	Shattering of the Vessels ⓘ linked to: Breaking of the Vessels
hasLanguageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
hasTransliteration	Shevirat ha-Kelim ⓘ
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	Lurianic Kabbalah ⓘ 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 ⓘ 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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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 ⓘ

Tikun → relatedDoctrine → Shevirat HaKelim ⓘ

linked to: Shevirat ha-Kelim

Isaac Luria → coreConcept → Shevirat ha-Kelim (shattering of the vessels) ⓘ

subject linked to: the Ari