...lies in the breaking of the vessels and their repair. For at first sight it might appear that the root of creation should be in the lights of Kindness (chessed) while the root of destruction should be in the lights of Judgment (din), but not that there should be lights which destroy and negate other lights. For it would seem that the concepts of both creation and destruction should apply only to the creations. But the power of destruction does not negate the power of creation – and yet we say that the Sefirot (of Nekudim) existed, and that they were negated and broken. Likewise it seems problematical to say that the Other Side (Sitra Achra) emerged from these very Sefirot – surely destruction does not come out of creation.