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Akudim
The realm known as Akudim /Olam Ha'Akudim (World of "Binding/Ringed") is one of the many spiritual worlds described by Kabbalah as being part of the order of dev elopment that God utilized to create the phy sical world. Its significance
emerges in Lurianic Kabbalah, as a stage in the process of Tohu and Tikun.

Akudim (‫ֲקוּדים‬
ִ ‫ ﬠ‬in Hebrew) is the first world to result from Adam Kadmon ("Primordial Man"). Sfirot (Heav enly Attributes, depicted as lights) emanating from the ey es, ears, nose, mouth and forehead of Adam Kadmon interact with each other to
create three sequential "worlds" containing combinations of fundamental heav enly attributes: Akudim, Nekudim and Berudim. Luria read these three terms from the esoteric meaning of Jacob's breeding of Laban's flocks in Genesis 30:27 -43.
The world of Akudim corresponds to Hiyuli (‫היּוּלִ י‬,ִ meaning "Potential" Creation). These three stages then interact to produce more "worlds" of increasing dev elopmental complexity . The concepts of primordial man and his body are figurativ e
rather than literal. [1 ][2 ]

Contents
The source of the world of Akudim
"Lights" and "Vessels" in the world of Akudim
Expressions of Akudim in human beings
See also
References
External links

The source of the world of Akudim

The world of Akudim is formed of the v apor that emanates from the "mouth" of Adam Kadmon.

"Lights" and "Vessels" in the world of Akudim

In this world, all the ten Sefirot lights are bound within one v essel, hence then name "Akudim" (meaning "binding"). The lights, unable to "settle" well into the one v essel, enter into a "dy namic" referred to as ‫ מטי ולא מטי‬mati v'lo mati, literally
"reaching and not reaching." The lights descend from the "mouth" of Adam Kadmon to enter the v essel of Akudim and then "about-face" to (partially ) ascend back to their source in the "mouth" of Adam Kadmon, and so, back and forth forev er.

Expressions of Akudim in human beings

In a human being this is represented by a situation in which all of one's attributes, be they emotional or intellectual, hav e only one way to express themselv es. One can compare this to an infant who possesses the sole medium of "cry ing" (or a
single word) that he can utilize to express his my riad attributes.

See also
Lurianic Kabbalah
Tohu and Tikun
Anthropomorphism in Kabbalah

References
1. "Basics in Kabbalah and Chassidut: Olam Ha’Akudim |" (http://www.inner.org/worlds/akudim.htm). inner.org. Retrieved 2015-07-03.
2. Afilalo, R. (2006). Kabbalah Concepts (https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4zzutRYRHAIC&pg=PA48). Kabbalah Editions. p. 48. ISBN 9782923241111. Retrieved 2015-07-03.

External links
The Worlds: Stages of the Creative Process from God's Infinite Light to Our Physical World (http://www.inner.org/worlds/worlds.htm) from inner.org

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