{"id":11854,"date":"2025-12-13T00:26:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T00:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=11854"},"modified":"2026-01-25T16:26:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T16:26:48","slug":"shechina-divinity-in-exile-7","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/shechina-divinity-in-exile-7\/","title":{"rendered":"2. Shechina [Divinity] in Exile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I heard in 1942<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Zohar<\/em>&nbsp;says, \u201cHe is the&nbsp;<em>Shochen<\/em>&nbsp;[Dweller], and She is the&nbsp;<em>Shechina<\/em>[Divinity].\u201d We should interpret its words: It is known that regarding the upper light, it is said that there is no change, as it is written, \u201cI the Lord did not change.\u201d All the names and appellations relate only to the&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>&nbsp;[vessels], which is the will to receive included in&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>\u2014the root of creation. From there it cascades to this world, to the created beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All those discernments, beginning with&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, the root of the creation of the worlds, through the creatures, are named&nbsp;<em>Shechina<\/em>. The overall correction is for the upper light to shine in them in utter completeness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The light that shines in the&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>&nbsp;is named&nbsp;<em>Shochen<\/em>, and the&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>&nbsp;are generally named&nbsp;<em>Shechina<\/em>. In other words, the light dwells inside the&nbsp;<em>Shechina<\/em>. This means that the light is called&nbsp;<em>Shochen<\/em>&nbsp;because it dwells within the&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>, that is, the&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>&nbsp;in general are called&nbsp;<em>Shechina<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the light shines in them in utter completeness, we name that time, \u201ca time of corrections.\u201d This means that we make corrections so that the light will shine in them in completeness. Until then, that state is called \u201c<em>Shechina<\/em>&nbsp;in Exile.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that there is still no wholeness in the upper worlds. Below, in this world, there should be a state where the upper light is within the will to receive. This correction is deemed receiving in order to bestow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the will to receive is filled with ignoble and foolish things that do not make a place where the glory of heaven can be revealed. This means that where the heart should be a tabernacle for the light of the Creator, the heart becomes a place of waste and filth. In other words, ignobility captures the whole of the heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is called \u201c<em>Shechina<\/em>&nbsp;in the dust.\u201d It means that she is lowered to the ground, and each and every one loathes matters of&nbsp;<em>Kedusha<\/em>&nbsp;[holiness], and there is no desire whatsoever to raise her from the dust. Instead, they choose ignoble things, and this causes the sorrow of the&nbsp;<em>Shechina<\/em>&nbsp;by not giving her a place in the heart that will become a tabernacle for the light of the Creator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I heard in 1942 The Zohar&nbsp;says, \u201cHe is the&nbsp;Shochen&nbsp;[Dweller], and She is the&nbsp;Shechina[Divinity].\u201d We should interpret its words: It is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":6231,"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":[25],"class_list":["post-11854","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-baal-hasulam"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kabbalah | 2. 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