God Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown: An Essay on the 'Contraction'

God Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown: An Essay on the 'Contraction' of God in Different Jewish Paradigms

In this wide-ranging essay, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Netanel Miles-YÃ©pez explore the profound implications of the kabbalistic idea of Tzimtzum, the 'contraction' of God that allows for Creation, through different paradigms of Jewish belief over the centuries, and look at its function in Judaism and Jewish practice today.

God Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown: An Essay on the 'Contraction' of God in Different Jewish Paradigms