{"id":12539,"date":"2025-12-17T14:46:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T14:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=12539"},"modified":"2025-12-17T14:46:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T14:46:17","slug":"darkness-precedes-light","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/darkness-precedes-light\/","title":{"rendered":"444. Darkness Precedes Light"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cIf the rav [teacher\/great one] is like an angel,\u201d etc. \u201cWho is rich? He who is happy with his share.\u201d \u201cEating materializes a man.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Food has no taste unless it moves through the tongue and the palate. It is likewise with spiritual foods. If the Torah and&nbsp;<em>Mitzvot<\/em>&nbsp;[commandments] do not pass through faith in the Creator, they have no taste, the same as with physical food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is the purpose of creation and the correction of creation. Unlike eating them, there is no pleasure, which are the palate and the tongue. In Torah and&nbsp;<em>Mitzvot<\/em>, they are for the sake of the Creator and&nbsp;<em>Lo Lishma<\/em>&nbsp;[not for Her sake]. The night follows the day because any light lies on its unique darkness, just as every answer lies on its unique question. For this reason, there cannot be light, or day, prior to the darkness and the night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIf the rav [teacher\/great one] is like an angel,\u201d etc. \u201cWho is rich? 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