Pillar of Mercy (Right)

The Amud ha-Chesed (Pillar of Mercy) is the right-hand column of the Etz Chayyim, comprising Chokmah, Chesed, and Netzach. It embodies the principle of Hashpaah — boundless divine outflow — the expansive, generative force that the Zohar associates with the attribute of Chesed Olam (cosmic lovingkindness). In Kabbalistic theosophy, this pillar represents the divine impulse to give without limit, which must be balanced by the Pillar of Severity lest it overwhelm the kelim (vessels) that contain it.