Pekudei: Chapter 54

The first chamber of the Other Side, Empty Pit - the Satan of the Evil Inclination

Synopsis

We hear that the first chamber is called 'a pit empty of everything'. Whoever enters it has nothing to cling to, nothing to stop him from falling. Rabbi Shimon describes the pit and all the chieftains and other spirits of unholiness who judge and torment the condemned soul. This chamber is prepared for those who cursed and who threw things in anger.