Yesh Me'ayin (Kabbalah)

Literally, “something from nothing,” yesh me’ayin refers to the formation of the will to receive, an entity that is entirely new and has never existed before. More specifically, this term is used in reference to the creation of the will to receive, which is the raw material of existence and the vessel through which the supernal light that emanates from the Creator’s essence is received and becomes manifest. Since the will to receive is meaningless in relation to God, who lacks nothing and has no need to receive anything, the will to receive is considered a creation ex nihilo, an entirely new creation. By contrast, the shefa that emanates from the Creator to the created beings is referred to as yesh miyesh, literally, “something from something,” since it is drawn from the Creator’s essence.