Shevirat HaKelim ~ The Shattering

Let me introduce you to the part of the Lurianic theory of creation chaos, a place that makes the Mad Hatter's tea party look like a Sunday picnic. The wild and crazy realm is called Olam HaTohu (World of Chaos). It's a world that's completely devoid of structure and chaos reigns supreme. So how did we end up in such a sticky situation? Well, it all started when the divine light, little bits of holy light, AKA "sparks of holiness," got stuck and simply couldn't handle the heat in Olam HaTohu and little bits of holy light were trapped in vessels that couldn't contain them, inevitably shattering, it's like a cosmic game of Jenga gone wrong or a drunken crafting session where sparks flew all over the galaxy like glitter.

As a result, these vessels shattered into millions of pieces. This shindig was called the "shattering of the vessels" or the "breaking of the world." God's got some serious OCD, so you can imagine he was sweating profusely after this happened. But hey, all's well that ends well, right? The end result was a jacked-up world unfortunately, it led to a world full of brokenness, suffering, and imperfection with some holy sparks chillin' inside and you won't find any order or perfection in this place From the imperfections and suffering to the darkness of Tohu it may seem daunting, So now we gotta restore balance, and it's our job as humans to find those sparks and get 'em outta the darkness of Tohu but at least we've got each other so embrace the chaos!