{"id":12946,"date":"2025-12-21T01:47:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T01:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=12946"},"modified":"2025-12-21T01:47:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T01:47:48","slug":"the-shechina-in-the-dust","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-shechina-in-the-dust\/","title":{"rendered":"129. The\u00a0Shechina\u00a0in the Dust"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I heard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou are fond of suffering. Then he said, \u2018neither they nor their reward,\u2019 about this beauty, which wears off in the dust.\u201d Suffering is primarily in a place that is above reason. And the measure of the suffering depends on the extent to which it contradicts the reason. This is called \u201cfaith above reason,\u201d and this work gives contentment to the Creator. 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