{"id":11186,"date":"2025-12-09T18:49:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=11186"},"modified":"2026-01-25T19:51:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T19:51:05","slug":"concerning-two-witnesses","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/concerning-two-witnesses\/","title":{"rendered":"40. Concerning Two Witnesses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>SAM<\/em>&nbsp;seeks to accuse Israel, so the Creator tells him to bring witnesses, so he brings with it the sun. He went to bring the moon, and he followed her. He went up to the place where he was told, \u201cIn that which is inconceivable to you, do not inquire.\u201d The \u201csun\u201d means the Torah, and the moon is a&nbsp;<em>Mitzva<\/em>&nbsp;[commandment], which is faith above reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two times in&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>: 1) The time of&nbsp;<em>Katnut<\/em>&nbsp;[smallness\/infancy], when she has only the point of&nbsp;<em>Keter<\/em>&nbsp;and the light of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. When she is in&nbsp;<em>Katnut<\/em>, she ascends to&nbsp;<em>Keter<\/em>, and then the&nbsp;<em>Sitra<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Achra<\/em>&nbsp;[other side] has no hold on&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;because above reason, there is no grip to the outer ones. It follows that when he wants to slander Israel and brings with him the sun, which is the Torah, he has no witnesses because they are not witnesses unless they are two, which are Torah and&nbsp;<em>Mitzva<\/em>, and wholeness means that there are two things: Torah and&nbsp;<em>Mitzvot<\/em>&nbsp;[commandments].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conversely, if they are adhered in the form of a&nbsp;<em>Mitzva<\/em>, which is faith above reason, called&nbsp;<em>Aviut<\/em>&nbsp;[thickness] of&nbsp;<em>Keter<\/em>, the&nbsp;<em>Sitra<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Achra<\/em>&nbsp;has nothing with which to grip on to Israel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAM&nbsp;seeks to accuse Israel, so the Creator tells him to bring witnesses, so he brings with it the sun. 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