{"id":11211,"date":"2025-12-09T19:32:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T19:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=11211"},"modified":"2026-01-25T20:03:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T20:03:29","slug":"anyone-who-is-angry-it-is-as-though-he-commits-idol-worship","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/anyone-who-is-angry-it-is-as-though-he-commits-idol-worship\/","title":{"rendered":"59. Anyone Who Is Angry, It Is as though He Commits Idol-Worship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cAnyone who is angry, it is as though he commits idol-worship,\u201d since in all the transgressions, there is only one transgression: lust. However, there is no pride in them because one is not proud about one\u2019s inability to overcome lust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not so with anger. Besides enjoying the lust of anger, he also takes pride in being angry, for he knows that justice is on his side. 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