zimzum

noun

1. The self-imposed "withdrawal" of a part of God to enable the creation of the universe, as described by Isaac Luria.

   uncountable

   At an early stage in the creative process, En Sof had tried to fill the vacuum it had created by zimzum with divine light, but the "vessels" or "pipes" designed to channel it had broken.

Where it comes from

From Hebrew צימצום \ צִמְצוּם (tzimtzúm, “zimzum”, literally “contraction”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry zimzum (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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