Gênesis 5:22 Cabalá: Sha'arei Orah

Know, that when Adam, the first man, sinned, this instilled blemish into him, which became like sourdough causing all the ministers, including the external powers of impurity, to rise, through which he was contaminated,⁴⁸⁹See Talmud Bavli, Brachot 17a (and Rashi there) that the evil inclination is compared to the sourdough or yeast that causes the dough to sour and rise. (This is also the reason that we specifically eat unleavened Matzah on Pesach [Passover].) and though there are deeper matters involved here, this is the contamination instilled into Chava by the snake. When the body of Adam, became instilled with the sourness of the ministers and powers of impurity, like sourdough, this contamination did not depart from the body of Adam, until it was slowly, but surely, refined by the righteous-Tzaddikim of subsequent generations. This is compared to silver being refined in a crucible. How so? Sheth came and refined some of it, as it states,⁴⁹⁰Genesis 5:3 “He begot in his likeness-Demuto-דמותו and image-Tzalmo-צלמו and named him Sheth.”⁴⁹¹That is, when it came to the birth of Cayin (Cain) and Hevel (Abel) the Torah does not say, “In his likeness-Dmuto-דמותו” or “In his image-Tzalmo-צלמו,” indicating that the Image of God-Tzelem Elohi”m-צלם אלהי״ם was exclusively passed to Sheth (Seth). See Zohar I 55a; Also see the beginning of Chayei HaNefesh by Rabbi Avraham Abulafia, and elsewhere. Then Chanoch (Enoch) came and refined more of the contamination, as it states,⁴⁹²Genesis 5:22 “And Chanoch (Enoch) walked with God-Elohi”m-אלהי״ם.” Then Noach came and refined it further, as it states,⁴⁹³Genesis 6:9 “Noach walked with God-Elohi”m-אלהי״ם.” Then Avraham came who refined it further. Even so, some contamination came out through him and was instilled in Yishmael. Then Yitzchak came and refined it further, but even so, some contamination came out through him and was instilled in Esav.