Editing Qlippoth (section)

==In the Zohar==
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The qlippoth are first mentioned in the ''[[Zohar]]'', where they are described as being created by [[God in Judaism|God]] to function as a nutshell for holiness.<ref>{{cite web |title=Zohar |url=https://www.sefaria.org/Zohar.1.19b?ven=Sefaria_Community_Translation&lang=bi |website=www.sefaria.org}}</ref> The text subsequently relays an esoteric interpretation of the text of [[Genesis creation narrative]] in Genesis 1:14, which describes [[God in Judaism|God]] creating the moon and sun to act as "luminaries" in the sky. The verse "Let there be luminaries ({{lang|hbo|מְאֹרֹת}} ''məʾoroṯ'')," uses a [[defective script|defective spelling]] of the Hebrew plural form for "luminous body, light source" ({{lang|he|מְאוֹרוֹת}}), resulting in a written form identical to the Hebrew word for "curses." In the context of the ''Zohar'', interpreting the verse as calling the moon and sun "curses" is given mystic significance, personified by a description of the moon descending into the realm of [[Beri'ah]], where it began to belittle itself and dim its light, both physically and spiritually. The resulting darkness gave birth to the qlippoth.<ref>{{cite web |title=Zohar, Bereshit 9:110 |url=https://www.sefaria.org/Zohar%2C_Bereshit.9.110?lang=bi |website=www.sefaria.org|quote={{lang|arc|כַּד הֲוַת סִיהֲרָא בְּשִׁמְשָׁא בִּדְבֵקוּתָא חָדָא, הֲוַת סִיהֲרָא בִּנְהִירוּ. כֵּיוָן דְּאִתְפָּרְשָׁא מִן שִׁמְשָׁא וְאִתְפַּקְדַּת עַל (כל) חֵילָהָא, אַזְעִירַת גַּרְמָהּ, אַזְעִירַת נְהוֹרָא. וְאִתְבְּרוּן קְלִיפִּין עַל קְלִיפִּין לִגְנִיזוּ דְמוֹחָא. וְכֹלָּא תִּקּוּנָא דְמוֹחָא. וְעַל דָּא יְהִי מְאֹרֹת חָסֵר (כתיב). וְכָל דָּא לְתִקּוּנָא דְעָלְמָא. וְדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב לְהָאִיר עַל הָאָרֶץ:}} When the moon was in connection with the sun, she was luminous, but as soon as she separated from the sun and was assigned the charge of her own hosts, she reduced her status and her light, and shells upon shells were created for covering the brain, and all for the benefit of the brain. Hence ''meoroth'' is written defectively. All this was for the benefit of the world, and hence it is written, “to give light upon the earth”.}}</ref> Reflecting this, they are thenceforth generally synonymous with "darkness" itself.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sefaria.org/Zohar.2.115b.10?vhe=New_Torat_Emet_Zohar&lang=bi |title=Zohar 2:115b |access-date=2021-10-10 |archive-date=2021-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010202525/https://www.sefaria.org/Zohar.2.115b.10?vhe=New_Torat_Emet_Zohar&lang=bi |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Full Zohar Online - Mishpatim - Chapter 10 |url=https://www.zohar.com/zohar/Mishpatim/chapters/10 |website=www.zohar.com}}</ref>

Later, the ''Zohar'' gives specific names to some of the qlippoth, relaying them as counterparts to certain sephirot: Mashhith ({{langx|he|מַשְׁחִית|mašḥīṯ|destroyer|link=no}}) to [[Chesed]], Af ({{langx|he|אַף|ʾap̄|anger|link=no}}) to [[Gevurah]], and Hema ({{langx|he|חֵמָה|ḥēmā|wrath|link=no}}) to [[Tiferet]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sefaria.org/Zohar.3.279b.1?vhe=New_Torat_Emet_Zohar&lang=bi |title=Zohar 3:279b |access-date=2021-10-10 |archive-date=2021-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010202525/https://www.sefaria.org/Zohar.3.279b.1?vhe=New_Torat_Emet_Zohar&lang=bi |url-status=dead }}</ref> It also names Avon ({{langx|he|עָוֹן|ʿāvon|iniquity|link=no}}),<ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Zohar_Chadash%2C_Tikuna_Kadma'ah.31?vhe=Zohar_Chadash&lang=bi Zohar Chadash, Tikuna Kadma'ah 31], Sefaria</ref> [[Tohu wa-bohu|Tohu]] ({{langx|he|תֹהוּ|tohu|formless|link=no}}), [[Tohu wa-bohu|Bohu]] ({{langx|he|בֹהוּ|bohu|void|link=no}}), Esh ({{langx|he|אֵשׁ|ʿēš|fire|link=no}}), and [[Tehom]] ({{langx|he|תְּהוֹם|təhom|deep|link=no}}),<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sefaria.org/Zohar.3.227a.10-14?vhe=New_Torat_Emet_Zohar&lang=bi |title=Zohar 3:227a |access-date=2021-10-10 |archive-date=2021-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010210627/https://www.sefaria.org/Zohar.3.227a.10-14?vhe=New_Torat_Emet_Zohar&lang=bi |url-status=dead }}</ref> but does not relate them to any corresponding sefirot. Although the ''Zohar'' clarifies that each sefira and qlippa is 1:1, even with equivalent [[partzufim]], it does not give all their names.