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Basics in Kabbalah and Chassidut: Arich Anpin

The Stages of the Creative Process
from God's Infinite Light to Our Physical World

 Introduction
 Or Ein Sof ("God's Infinite Light")
Sod Ha'Tzimtzum ("The Secret of 'Contraction'")
 Adam Kadmon ("Primordial Man")
Akudim, Nekudim, Brudim ("Binding, Points, Connection")
 Keter D'Atzilut ("The 'Crown' of Emanation")
 Olam Ha'Atzilut ("The World of Emanation")
 ABiYA (The Four Worlds: Atzilut, Beriah, Yetzirah, Asiyah)

 

Keter D'Atzilut ("The 'Crown' of Emanation")
Eight stages of the rectification process of the world of Atzilut which begins with the rectification of its "crown."

Introduction: Partzufei Ha'Keter (The "Figures of the Crown")
Atik Yomin Arich AnpinReisha D'lo ItyadaReisha D'Ayin
Reisha D'ArichGulgaltaMocha Stima'ahDikna

 

Arich Anpin
"The Long Countenance" or "The Infinitely Patient One"

Arich Anpin is the external partzuf of keter, corresponding to the super-conscious power of will in the soul. Arich Anpin is generally identified with the concept of "infinity" or "infinite power," for Arich, "long," implies infinite extension.

As explained above, Arich Anpin, relative to the entire world of Atzilut to come, is referred to as "the higher of the lower." Every state of being or world begins with the power of will to emanate or create a "world" or "environment" conducive to propagate and "home" a specific state of consciousness. The inherent "patience" of Arich Anpin is the patience necessary to allow for a totally new realm of reality to develop and mature into being.

The term Arich Anpin, "the Long Face," derives from the Biblical phrase Erech Apaim, literally "long nose," implying "long breath." While the idiom "short breath" implies a state of anger due to impatience, "long breath" implies a state of infinite patience and mercy. In fact, the thirteen principles of Divine mercy are symbolized in Kabbalah by the thirteen parts of the "beard" of Arich Anpin, as will be explained.


 

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