{"id":12798,"date":"2025-12-19T17:31:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T17:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=12798"},"modified":"2025-12-19T17:31:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T17:31:51","slug":"the-difference-between-concealed-and-revealed","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-difference-between-concealed-and-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"553. The Difference between Concealed and Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cRevealed\u201d means that which another can see, as it is something that is revealed outside. Hence, there is no difference whether a person learns rules or legends or Kabbalah; it is all considered \u201crevealed.\u201d \u201cConcealed\u201d is that which another cannot see, as it is hidden from others, and this pertains to the intention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sensation about it is that his friend cannot know his aim while performing a&nbsp;<em>Mitzva<\/em>&nbsp;[commandment]. Also, he cannot know what flavor he feels while performing the&nbsp;<em>Mitzvot<\/em>&nbsp;[pl. of&nbsp;<em>Mitzva<\/em>] or while learning the Torah. This is called \u201cconcealed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was said about this, \u201cThe secret things belong to the Lord our God, and the revealed things, to us and to our children,\u201d etc., meaning that we are commanded only to acting, which is revealed. This is the meaning of what is written, \u201cThe revealed things belong to us and to our children, to do all the words of this Torah [law].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd the concealed things belong to the Lord our God,\u201d for \u201cconcealed\u201d refers to the intention, and hearing is in the hands of the Creator, for only He can give to man, and the man cannot receive it. But on this there is no matter of choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cRevealed\u201d means that which another can see, as it is something that is revealed outside. Hence, there is no difference [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":6246,"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":[26],"class_list":["post-12798","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-rabash"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kabbalah | 553. The Difference between Concealed and Revealed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;The Difference between Concealed and Revealed&quot; by RABASH [Explores the meanings of &#039;concealed&#039; and &#039;revealed&#039; in Kabbalistic thought.]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kabbalah | 553. The Difference between Concealed and Revealed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;The Difference between Concealed and Revealed&quot; by RABASH [Explores the meanings of &#039;concealed&#039; and &#039;revealed&#039; in Kabbalistic thought.]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-difference-between-concealed-and-revealed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kabbalah\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kabbalahinfo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-19T17:31:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/kabbalah-rep.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@kabbalahinfo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-difference-between-concealed-and-revealed\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-difference-between-concealed-and-revealed\/\",\"name\":\"Kabbalah | 553. The Difference between Concealed and Revealed\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-19T17:31:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-19T17:31:51+00:00\",\"description\":\"\\\"The Difference between Concealed and Revealed\\\" by RABASH [Explores the meanings of 'concealed' and 'revealed' in Kabbalistic thought.]\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-difference-between-concealed-and-revealed\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-difference-between-concealed-and-revealed\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-difference-between-concealed-and-revealed\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Books\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/book\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Assorted Notes\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/rabash-assorted-notes\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"553. The Difference between Concealed and Revealed\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Kabbalah\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Kabbalah\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/favicon.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/favicon.png\",\"width\":49,\"height\":48,\"caption\":\"Kabbalah\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kabbalahinfo\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/kabbalahinfo\",\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/@kabbalahinfo\",\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/kabbalah.info\",\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/kabbalahedu\",\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thehiddenreality\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kabbalah | 553. The Difference between Concealed and Revealed","description":"\"The Difference between Concealed and Revealed\" by RABASH [Explores the meanings of 'concealed' and 'revealed' in Kabbalistic thought.]","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kabbalah | 553. The Difference between Concealed and Revealed","og_description":"\"The Difference between Concealed and Revealed\" by RABASH [Explores the meanings of 'concealed' and 'revealed' in Kabbalistic thought.]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-difference-between-concealed-and-revealed\/","og_site_name":"Kabbalah","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kabbalahinfo","article_modified_time":"2025-12-19T17:31:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/kabbalah-rep.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@kabbalahinfo","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-difference-between-concealed-and-revealed\/","url":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-difference-between-concealed-and-revealed\/","name":"Kabbalah | 553. The Difference between Concealed and Revealed","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-12-19T17:31:50+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-19T17:31:51+00:00","description":"\"The Difference between Concealed and Revealed\" by RABASH [Explores the meanings of 'concealed' and 'revealed' in Kabbalistic thought.]","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-difference-between-concealed-and-revealed\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-difference-between-concealed-and-revealed\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-difference-between-concealed-and-revealed\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Books","item":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/book\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Assorted Notes","item":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/rabash-assorted-notes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"553. The Difference between Concealed and Revealed"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/","name":"Kabbalah","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/#organization","name":"Kabbalah","url":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/favicon.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/favicon.png","width":49,"height":48,"caption":"Kabbalah"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kabbalahinfo","https:\/\/x.com\/kabbalahinfo","http:\/\/youtube.com\/@kabbalahinfo","http:\/\/instagram.com\/kabbalah.info","http:\/\/pinterest.com\/kabbalahedu","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thehiddenreality"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book\/12798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/book"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book\/6246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=12798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}