{"id":12337,"date":"2025-12-16T12:59:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T12:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=12337"},"modified":"2025-12-16T12:59:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T12:59:38","slug":"the-matter-of-limitation","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-matter-of-limitation\/","title":{"rendered":"53. The Matter of Limitation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I heard on the eve of Shabbat,&nbsp;<em>Sivan<\/em>&nbsp;1, June 4, 1943<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The matter of limitation is to limit the state one is in and not want&nbsp;<em>Gadlut<\/em>[greatness\/adulthood]. Instead, one wants to remain in one\u2019s present state forever, and this is called eternal&nbsp;<em>Dvekut<\/em>&nbsp;[adhesion]. Regardless of the measure of&nbsp;<em>Gadlut<\/em>&nbsp;that one has, even if he has the smallest&nbsp;<em>Katnut<\/em>&nbsp;[smallness\/infancy], if it shines forever, it is considered having been imparted eternal&nbsp;<em>Dvekut<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, one who wants more&nbsp;<em>Gadlut<\/em>, it is considered luxury. This is the meaning of \u201cAny sorrow will be surplus,\u201d meaning that sadness comes to a person because he wants luxuries. This is what it means that when Israel came to receive the Torah, Moses led them to the bottom of the mountain, as it is written, \u201cAnd they stood at the bottom of the mountain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(A mountain [Hebrew:&nbsp;<em>Har<\/em>] means thoughts [Hebrew:&nbsp;<em>Hirhurim<\/em>]). Moses led them to the end of the thought and the understanding and the reason, the lowest degree there is. Only then, when they agreed to such a state, to walk in it without any wavering or motion, and remain in that state as if they had the greatest&nbsp;<em>Gadlut<\/em>, and to be happy about it, this is the meaning of \u201cServe the Lord with gladness,\u201d since during the&nbsp;<em>Gadlut<\/em>, it cannot be said that He gives them work to be in gladness because during the&nbsp;<em>Gadlut<\/em>, gladness comes by itself. Instead, the work of gladness is given to them for the time of&nbsp;<em>Katnut<\/em>, so they will have joy although they feel&nbsp;<em>Katnut<\/em>. And this is a lot of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is called \u201cthe main part of the degree,\u201d which is discerned as&nbsp;<em>Katnut<\/em>. This discernment must be permanent, and the&nbsp;<em>Gadlut<\/em>&nbsp;is only an addition. 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