Zohar and Tanya

Both texts reference galut and sitra-achra in relation to concealment and exile. Text 1 (Tanya) emphasizes galut as the state of holy sparks trapped in klipot, made possible by divine concealment through study of Halakha—a redemptive process through intellectual engagement. Text 2 (Zohar) emphasizes galut as punishment and purification ("בשלהובי טיהרא בגלותא"), arising from sitra-achra's dominion, and focuses on mystical restoration through divine names and attributes rather than intellectual clarification. Text 1 stresses the methodology of clarification ("בירור"), while Text 2 stresses exile as the bride's fallen state requiring redemption through recognition of divine justice ("צדקה"). The conceptual frameworks differ: Chassidic intellectual redemption vs. Zoharic mystical restoration.