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400,000 Aish subscribers  Kabbalah #22: Yesod: Foundation
Kabbalah #22: Yesod: Foundation  The sefirah of yesod anchors
the world to its spiritual bedrock.  by Rabbi Shimon Leiberman
The word yesod means "foundation." Why, indeed, is the term
yesod used to describe this attribute?  Let us first describe
what is a foundation in the realm of construction. A person
builds a big and imposing building. It may be made of the finest
material and most advanced building techniques, yet it will sink
into the ground and disappear unless it is anchored to solid
bedrock. The foundation is what allows the building to exist
atop of a firm reality.  The created universe is the same as
that big building. It is imposing and beautiful, but what does
it "rest" on?  It is described in the verse "God hangs the earth
on nothingness." This "nothingness" does not refer merely to the
vacuum of space, but rather it refers to the purpose of
existence.  What is the cause