 "Tzimtzum" entails the idea that God "constricted" his infinite essence, to allow for the existence of a "conceptual space" in which a finite, independent world could exist.This "constriction" made free will possible, and hence the potential to earn the World to Come.Further, according to the first approach, it is understood that the Free-will Omniscience paradox provides a temporal parallel to the paradox inherent within "Tzimtzum".