Assiah (; also 'AsiyaMEIJERS, L. D., and J. TENNEKES. "SPIRIT AND MATTER IN THE COSMOLOGY OF CHASSIDIC JUDAISM." Symbolic Anthropology in the Netherlands, edited by P.E. DE JOSSELIN DE JONG and ERIK SCHWIMMER, vol. 95, Brill, 1982, pp. 200–21. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctvbqs310.15. Accessed 12 Aug. 2022. or 'Asiyah, also known as ''Olam Asiyah'', "World of Action"GUETTA, ALESSANDRO. "Kabbalah and Rationalism in the Works of Mosheh Ḥayyim Luzzatto and Some Kabbalists of His Time." Italian Jewry in the Early Modern Era: Essays in Intellectual History, Academic Studies Press, 2014, pp. 185–226. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt21h4w96.13. Accessed 12 Aug. 2022.) is the last of the four spiritual worlds of the

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based on the passage in . It is identical to the existing world that we live in. According to the '' Masseket Azilut'', it is the region where the

ophanim The ophanim ( , ; singular: ), alternatively spelled auphanim or ofanim, and also called galgalim ( , ; singular: ), refer to the wheels seen in Ezekiel's vision of the chariot (Hebrew ) in . One of the Dead Sea Scrolls (4Q405) construes them ...

rule and where they promote the hearing of prayers, support human endeavour, and combat evil. Their ruler is

Sandalphon Sandalphon (Hebrew: סַנְדַּלְפוֹן ''Sandalp̄ōn''; ''Sandalphṓn'') is an archangel in Jewish and Christian writings, although not in scripture. Sandalphon figures prominently in the mystical literary traditions of Rabbinic Juda ...

. According to the system of

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, ʿAsiyya is the lowest of the spiritual worlds, containing the Ten Heavens and the whole system of mundane Creation. The light of the

sefirot Sefirot (; , plural of ), meaning '' emanations'', are the 10 attributes/emanations in Kabbalah, through which Ein Sof ("infinite space") reveals itself and continuously creates both the physical realm and the seder hishtalshelut (the chained ...

emanates from these Ten Heavens, which are called the Ten Sefirot of ʿAsiyya. Through them, spirituality and piety are imparted to the realm of matter, the seat of the dark and impure powers. Representing purely material existence, it is known as the World of Action, the World of Effects or the World of Making. In

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, it is associated with the suit of coins in the

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. The world of Yetzirah precedes it.

Correspondences

* He, the final letter in the

Tetragrammaton The TetragrammatonPronounced ; ; also known as the Tetragram. is the four-letter Hebrew-language theonym (transliteration, transliterated as YHWH or YHVH), the name of God in the Hebrew Bible. The four Hebrew letters, written and read from ...

* The sefira of Malkuth and hence the

partzuf ''Partzufim'' or ''Partsufim'' (, singular ''partzuf'', , from Greek: πρόσωπον ''prósopon'' "face" or "mask"), are "countenances" or "personas" of God described in the ''Zohar''. The '' Idra Rabba'' describes a divine being composed of t ...

of Nukvah * The

classical element The classical elements typically refer to Earth (classical element), earth, Water (classical element), water, Air (classical element), air, Fire (classical element), fire, and (later) Aether (classical element), aether which were proposed to ...

of Earth * The soul-level of

nephesh Nephesh ( ''nép̄eš''), also spelled nefesh, is a Biblical Hebrew word which occurs in the Hebrew Bible. The word refers to the aspects of sentience, and human beings and other animals are both described as being nephesh. Not all living organis ...

* The soul-garment of action * The mouth in " Patach Eliyahu" * The

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tradition in " Patach Eliyahu" * The Shekhina * The birkot hashachar and the order of the

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in the

Shacharit ''Shacharit'' ( ''šaḥăriṯ''), or ''Shacharis'' in Ashkenazi Hebrew, is the morning '' tefillah'' (prayer) of Judaism, one of the three daily prayers. Different traditions identify different primary components of ''Shacharit''. E ...

prayer service * In the allegory of the teacher and the student, the final stage is where the student comprehends the teacher's lesson, expanding the compressed information to its full breadth * The fixed, earth, sign of Taurus (astrology) * * Within

; the classical element of earth and the suit of coins in

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