As mentioned in Chapter 1, Mesopotamia, The Cradle of Civilization, was also the birthplace of Abraham, the harbinger of Kabbalah. The conflict between Abraham and Nimrod, ruler of Babylon, stands for much more than a conflict between a ruler and a defiant subject. It is a conflict of perceptions. To Nimrod, reality is a “federation” of forces that he must please, serve, and appease by sacrifice. To Abraham, there is only one force, and worshiping it means living by its law—the law of giving, as simple and as straightforward as that. Considering this contrast of views, it is no wonder that Nimrod had to either destroy Abraham or expel him...
The reason why Abraham was the only one of his generation to discover life’s creative force is that he was a piece of Adam’s Partzuf that was ready to reveal it. But the goal of Creation is not for only one person to achieve the Creator-like state, but for allof humanity to achieve it. Hence, Abraham's discovery was not a one-time-thing, but an antecedent to a new stage in the spiritual evolution of humanity...