Rectification or Additional Blemish
Gate of Reincarnations: Chapter Three, Section 3
Translation by Yitzchok bar Chaim;
explanation by Shabtai Teicher
Cain and Abel, the sons of Adam HaRishon,
committed their own sin in addition to that of their father and thus caused
their sparks to become more deeply immersed in the kelipot.
Cain murdered Abel, and according to the Midrash,
Abel had (previously) looked at the Divine Presence as it descended to consume
his sacrifice on the altar. Gazing such at the Divine Presence was deemed a
grave sin and warranted for Abel the penalty of death. Thus, they caused
further damage and blemish to the soul-sparks from the soul of Adam that were
originally damaged by the sin of the First Man.
However, in
each generation some of the sparks reincarnate into the world to become
rectified.
That is good news. All do not end up like Cain and
Abel. There is tikun.  | | " Cain and Abel, the sons of Adam, increased the damage and blemish of the soul-sparks" | | |
The level of
the "quarry" of the souls of a particular generation can be either
that of the sparks of the head, or the eyes, etc.
The "quarry" [as in a rock quarry] is the
place in the soul-structure of Adam from which the soul-sparks derive. This
varies by the generation. It is like a spiritual quarry from which the sparks
of the souls of a particular generation are "hewn." Some of these
sparks reincarnate and become rectified, but some of them reincarnate, become
more blemished because of sin, and fall deeper into the kelipot, like
the souls of Cain and Abel, the sons of Adam HaRishon. To link to the previous article in this reincarnation series, Effect of the Sin of Adam, click here
To continue on to the next article of this reincarnation series,
Half-way Ibur from Birth, click here
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