{"id":11158,"date":"2025-12-09T14:56:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=11158"},"modified":"2026-01-25T19:06:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T19:06:25","slug":"the-garments-of-the-soul-1","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-garments-of-the-soul-1\/","title":{"rendered":"18. The Garments of the Soul &#8211; 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Concerning the garments of the soul, \u201cRabbi Shimon says, \u2018To the extent that a person exerts in observing Torah and&nbsp;<em>Mitzvot<\/em>&nbsp;[commandments], a garment is made for him above in that palace (the palace of the essence of heaven,&nbsp;<em>Hod<\/em>), to wear in that world\u2019\u201d (<em>The Zohar<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Pekudei<\/em>, Item 166).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We should understand the meaning of clothing. It is known that nothing can be attained in spirituality except by clothing, which is like a&nbsp;<em>Kli<\/em>&nbsp;[vessel] that is suitable for revealing light. Hence, if a person exerts, the exertion makes the&nbsp;<em>Kli<\/em>&nbsp;for him, meaning the desire and the need for the filling of light, since nothing is given from above before there is a need for that illumination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The labor that a person exerts causes him a need and a desire, meaning he becomes needy of the Creator\u2019s help to emerge from the strait in which he finds himself during the labor. Were it not for the labor, he would have no need for His help. 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