{"id":11690,"date":"2025-12-11T19:53:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T19:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=11690"},"modified":"2025-12-14T22:29:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T22:29:17","slug":"if-the-rav-is-similar-to-an-angel-of-the-lord","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/if-the-rav-is-similar-to-an-angel-of-the-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"306. If the Rav Is Similar to an Angel of the Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>February 15, 1972<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf the rav is similar to an angel of the Lord, let them seek Torah from his mouth.\u201d An \u201cangel\u201d means he has no evil inclination, as our sages said, \u201cWhen Moses rose to heaven, the angels said, \u2018Place your glory over the heaven.\u2019 The Creator said [to Moses], \u2018Give them a convincing answer.\u2019 He [Moses] said to them, \u2018Do you have evil inclination?\u2019\u201d (<em>Shabbat<\/em>&nbsp;[Sabbath] 88b). 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