The realm known as Berudim/Verudim/Olam HaBerudim (World of "Connection/Flecked") is one of the many spiritual worlds (Olamot) described by Kabbalah, as part of the order of development in Creation. Its significance emerges in

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as a part of the process of

Tohu and Tikun ''Olam HaTohu'' ( he, עוֹלָם הַתֹּ֫הוּ "The World of ''Tohu''-Chaos/Confusion") and ''Olam HaTikun'' ( "The World of ''Tikun''-Order/Rectification") are two general stages in Jewish Kabbalah, in the order of descending spiritual ...

. Berudim is the third of three stages to emerge from

Adam Kadmon In Kabbalah, Adam Kadmon (, ''ʾāḏām qaḏmōn'', "Primordial Man") also called Adam Elyon (, ''ʾāḏām ʿelyōn'', "Most High Man"), or Adam Ila'ah (, ''ʾāḏām ʿīllāʾā'' "Supreme Man"), sometimes abbreviated as A"K (, ''ʾA.Q.' ...

('' Akudim'', '' Nekudim'', ''Berudim''). Luria read these from the esoteric meaning of

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's breeding of

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's flocks in Genesis 30:27-43. In Berudim the

sephirot Sefirot (; he, סְפִירוֹת, translit=Səfīrōt, Tiberian: '), meaning '' emanations'', are the 10 attributes/emanations in Kabbalah, through which Ein Sof (The Infinite) reveals itself and continuously creates both the physical realm an ...

manifest as 10 inter-relating lights in 10 vessels, their harmony corresponding to '' Olam HaTikun'' (the "World of Rectification"), the archetype of Order in Creation. From Berudim emanates

Atziluth Atziluth or Atzilut (also ''Olam Atsiluth'', עוֹלָם אֲצִילוּת, literally "the World of Emanation") is the highest of four worlds in which exists the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. It is also known as "near to God."MEIJERS, L. D., and J. ...

(World of "Emanation"), the first of the comprehensive Four spiritual Realms and the origin of the Lower Worlds. In Atziluth,

Partzufim Partzufim/Partsufim ( he, פרצופים, singular partzuf, he, פרצוף), meaning "Divine Personas", are particular reconfigured arrangements of the ten sefirot, divine attributes/emanations of Kabbalah. Each partzuf is thus a configuration ...

complete the Upper rectification, while Below the Jewish people redeem the fallen sparks of the "World of Chaos" through Jewish observance.

The source of the world of Berudim

The world of Berudim is formed from the lights that emanate

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from the "forehead" of

Rectification in the world of Berudim

Berudim is also called '' Olam HaTikun'' (The "World of Rectification") as rectification of the sephirot begins there, which in Nekudim were isolated principles ("Chaos") causing the shattering of their vessels. Berudim is not completely repaired, but enough to allow ordered existence. Chaos was caused by the sephirot acting in the scheme of independent '' Iggulim'' ("Circles"). In Berudim they begin to co-relate. Rectification is performed through the union of the Divine Names BaN (52, ב"ן - left column in the sephirot/Severity/Feminine) with MaH (45, מ"ה - central column/Mercy/Masculine), both emanating from the "forehead" of

. Their union allows the sephirot to inter-relate in the stable three-column configuration of Kindness, Severity and Mercy. The 10 sephirot relate through each including latent aspects of the others. This subsequently allows the beginning of the construction of the first

(Divine "Configurations") in the World of

, where the sephirot act in the scheme of '' Yosher'' ("Upright"), complete harmonised faculties in the figurative form of Man.

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The Worlds: Stages of the Creative Process from God's Infinite Light to Our Physical World
from inner.org
Worlds of Akudim, Nekudim, Berudim
"Kabbalah Concepts: Introductory and Advanced Concepts of the Kabbalah", Raphael Afilalo on Google books Kabbalah Isaac Luria {{Kabbalah-stub

The source of the world of Berudim

Rectification in the world of Berudim

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