The ninth emanation in the system of the Ten Sefirot is called Yesod and is translated as foundation. Perhaps the simplest of metaphors which I have heard used to explain the system of the Sefirot comes from biology. The lesson which I had learned sought to explain how the “light” which emanates from G-d. goes through a series of changes as it descends or unfolds from its original source.
Our teacher was explaining; at 6:15 am one weekday morning, in front of less than a a dozen students in a living room in Queens NY, was that in order to become the Sefirot Binah, the emanation had to give up being, the Sefirot Chochmah.
One of the metaphor’s which he used to explain how the sefirot emanate from their source on high with G-d, to their destination on earth was that in order for it to become a tree, it first had to give up being the seed.
The Sefirot of Yesod (Foundation, the 9th emanation) was explained to be a vessel which received all the other Sefirot above it it prior to manifesting itself in the final Sefiort, Malchut, the world of action. Each time the “light” descends from it’s original source on high it is changed, or transformed. One might focus on it becoming quantitatively different in this has an element of truth because the previous sefirot above it retains some of the light, because not 100% of it light is transmitted to the sefirot below it.
An analogy from human physiology that I would like to propose is that some of the light which filters through the upper sefirot is retained by the sefirot above it in order to sustain itself, much like the heart which functions to pump blood to all the organs must also receive some blood to supply its needs via the coronary arteries.
The seed itself serves as a very effective metaphor for just about any stage of what is collectively known as the Ten Luminous Emanations. The Ten Luminous Emanations is a system of understanding some of the deepest and most esoteric concepts of Kabbalah, developed by Issac Luria, the Arizal.
The Tree of Life according to the Ari – Rabbi Isaac Luria
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