{"id":11819,"date":"2025-12-12T19:08:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=11819"},"modified":"2025-12-12T19:08:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:08:55","slug":"my-spirit-shall-not-abide-in-man","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/my-spirit-shall-not-abide-in-man\/","title":{"rendered":"My Spirit Shall Not Abide in Man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>477) \u201cAnd the Lord said, \u2018My spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is also flesh.\u2019\u201d At that time, prior to the flood, the river that stretches out of Eden, from Bina, emitted a high Ruach [spirit] from the tree of life, ZA, and imparted in the tree, Nukva, and spirits that live inside people extended from them. Because of it, they lived many days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sefirot \u200eare hundreds. And since the spirits of the living were drawn from Bina, people lived then for hundreds of years. The days of their lives were seven hundred years, corresponding to ZAT of Bina, and if in Gevurot then eight hundred years, as well as nine hundred years. Hence, they lived many days until their wickedness went up on high and they stood at the door, as it is written, \u201cSin crouches at the door.\u201d At that time, the upper spirit from Bina departed from the tree, the Nukva, when the Neshamot \u200eflee from people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is, the upper spirit from Bina departed from the Nukva and only the Ruach of ZA remained in her while the Neshamot flee only from the side of ZA and his Nukva, as it is written, \u201cMy spirit shall not abide in man,\u201d from Bina in man. \u201cForever\u201d means giving her My spirit forever, when Neshamot from ZON flee from people. Therefore, since Bina never gives Neshamot [souls], and now there are Neshamot only from ZA, whose Sefirot \u200eare tens, the years of our lives are only seventy years, corresponding to ZAT of ZA, while if in Gevurot then eighty years, meaning by the grip of GAR, up to one hundred years, when he seemingly passes and is canceled from the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>478) \u201cFor he is also flesh.\u201d \u201cIs also\u201d is Moses because in Gematria, he is Shin-Mem-Hey (345), like Mem-Shin-Hey [Moshe (Moses)], who illuminates to the moon. It is for this force that people live long days in the world. The inner Daat of ZA is called Moses, and he extends the light of Bina to the Nukva, whose Sefirot \u200eare hundreds, hence people lived many days in her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is written, \u201cAnd his days were one hundred and twenty years,\u201d implying to Moses, who lived 120 years, and by whom the Torah was given. At the time of the giving of the Torah, he imparted life to people from that tree of life that comes out of Eden clothed in it from Bina. Had Israel not sinned, they would have always received the life from the tree of life, and they would not have died. It is written, \u201cCarved on the tablets,\u201d indicating that there was freedom from the angel of death, since the tree of life\u2014from which eternal life comes\u2014was extending downward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>479) This is why it is written, \u201cFor he is also flesh,\u201d since \u201cFor he is also flesh\u201d means Moses, clothed in the flesh of the body, the matter of imparting the eternal spirit of life depends on him. \u201cFor he is also,\u201d which is Moses, gripped above and gripped below, meaning ZA of above is also called Moses. Hence, the writing makes the precision \u201cFor he is also flesh,\u201d indicating that it refers to Moses of below, who is clothed in flesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is, through the giving of Torah there will be freedom from the angel of death. Hence, Moses did not die but was gathered from the world into the upper world, to ZA, where it illuminates to the moon, the Nukva. It is so because although the sun was gathered from the world, it did not die. That is, it is not canceled but enters and illuminates to the moon. So is Moses, who parted from the lower world and illuminates to the moon in the upper world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>480) Also, \u201cFor he is also flesh\u201d because by extending the spirit of life in people for a long time, the spirit returned to being flesh, like a body, following the lusts of the body and engaging in possessions of this world. The meaning of the words \u201cMy spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is also flesh\u201d is that he will not extend the spirit of life in man for many days because by prolonging the time, the spirit is returned to being flesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>481) All the generations that were perfected and came from Seth were all righteous and Hassidim. Afterwards, they expanded in the world, begot children, and learned the crafts of the world, to destroy with spears and swords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is, they lived by their swords until Noah came and corrected for them the correction of the world, to toil and correct the land. It is so because in the beginning, they would not sow and plow, for they lived by their swords. But afterwards, they needed it, as it is written, \u201cWhile the earth remains, seedtime and harvest shall not cease.\u201d Thus, at that time, there were seeding and harvesting in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>482) The Creator is destined to correct the world and correct the spirit of life in people so they prolong their days forever, as it is written, \u201cFor as the days of the tree are the days of My people.\u201d It is also written, \u201cDeath shall be swallowed up forever, and the Lord God shall wipe away the tear from all faces, and will remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth, for the Lord has spoken.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>477) \u201cAnd the Lord said, \u2018My spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is also flesh.\u2019\u201d At that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":11756,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"topic":[28],"class_list":["post-11819","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-zohar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kabbalah | My Spirit Shall Not Abide in Man<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;My Spirit Shall Not Abide in Man&quot; 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