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{{Short description|Spiritual world of the Kabbalah}}
{{for|the tribe of [[Muslim]] [[mercenaries]] serving the [[Khazar]] [[Khaganate]]|Arsiyah}}
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'''Assiah''' ({{langx|he|עֲשִׂיָּה|ʿĂśiyyā}}; also ''''Asiya'''<ref name="meijers">MEIJERS, 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.</ref> or ''''Asiyah''', also known as ''Olam Asiyah'', {{lang|he|עוֹלָם עֲשִׂיָּה}} "World of Action"<ref name="guetta">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.</ref>) is the last of the [[Four Worlds|four spiritual worlds]] of the [[Kabbalah]] based on the passage in {{bibleverse|Isaiah||43:7}}. It is identical to the existing world that we live in.<ref name="meijers" />

According to the ''[[Masseket Azilut]]'', it is the region where the [[ophanim]] rule and where they promote the hearing of prayers, support human endeavour, and combat evil. Their ruler is [[Sandalphon]]. According to the system of [[Lurianic Kabbalah]], ʿAsiyya is the lowest of the spiritual worlds, containing the Ten Heavens and the whole system of mundane Creation. The light of the [[sefirot]] 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 [[Western esotericism]], it is associated with the [[suit of coins]] in the [[Tarot]]. The world of [[Yetzirah]] precedes it.

==Correspondences==
* [[He (letter)|He]], the final letter in the [[Tetragrammaton]]
* The sefira of [[Malkuth]] and hence the [[partzuf]] of Nukvah
* The [[classical element]] of Earth
* The soul-level of [[nephesh]]
* The [[garments of the soul|soul-garment]] of action
* The mouth in "[[Patach Eliyahu]]"
* The [[Oral Torah]] tradition in "[[Patach Eliyahu]]"
* The [[Shekhina]]
* The [[birkot hashachar]] and the order of the [[Korbanot]] in the [[Shacharit]] 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 [[Western esotericism]]; the [[earth (classical element)|classical element of earth]] and the [[suit of coins]] in [[Tarot card reading]]

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{JewishEncyclopedia|url=http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?letter=A&artid=2012|article='Asiyah}}

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