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Several kabbalistic texts teach that “G – d created other worlds and, later on, destroyed them before He finally created our universe and decided to keep it alive".
Several kabbalistic texts teach that “G – d created other worlds and, later on, destroyed them before He finally created our universe and decided to keep it alive".
One theory states that G - d created one of the previous world with the principle of "Judgment - DIN". Meaning that as soon as a human being sinned, he was punished right away.
Can you imagine that, as soon as you do something wrong, punishment is instantly coming upon you and you may be dead. In thas case, you cannot even think whatever you want, as a wrong thought may be due to punishment.
G - d destroyed the DIN - WORLD and created a "Chesed - Kindness" world. Meaning that every person was judged with kindness. This also doesn't work, as you need judgment and can't just act with unconditional kindness. After a while, people start doing whatever they want and no one will take you seriously anymore.
The Jewish Kabbalah teaches the concept of PARTZUFIM. It was the medieval Rabbi Yitzchak Luria (1534 - 1572) developing this concept. PARTZUFIM simply means that two Sefirot (character traits / attributes) interact. There is not only judgement or kindness but the two work together. Thus, G - d or a human can act in a kind way without loosing the power to punish. Or vice versa, when G - d has to punish but does it with kindness.
Can you imagine that, as soon as you do something wrong, punishment is instantly coming upon you and you may be dead. In thas case, you cannot even think whatever you want, as a wrong thought may be due to punishment.
G - d destroyed the DIN - WORLD and created a "Chesed - Kindness" world. Meaning that every person was judged with kindness. This also doesn't work, as you need judgment and can't just act with unconditional kindness. After a while, people start doing whatever they want and no one will take you seriously anymore.
The Jewish Kabbalah teaches the concept of PARTZUFIM. It was the medieval Rabbi Yitzchak Luria (1534 - 1572) developing this concept. PARTZUFIM simply means that two Sefirot (character traits / attributes) interact. There is not only judgement or kindness but the two work together. Thus, G - d or a human can act in a kind way without loosing the power to punish. Or vice versa, when G - d has to punish but does it with kindness.
After creating different former worlds, G - d created ours with kindness and judgment. The famous Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehudah Berlin (The NETZIV) believed that dinosaurs and fossilies were remains from those previous worlds. However, it doesn't really go together with other commentators seeing the dinosaurs created within the six days of creation.
