{"id":12962,"date":"2025-12-21T21:22:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T21:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=12962"},"modified":"2025-12-21T21:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T21:22:04","slug":"the-difference-between-the-first-letters-and-the-last-letters","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-difference-between-the-first-letters-and-the-last-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"136. The Difference between the First Letters and the Last Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I heard on&nbsp;<em>Purim<\/em>, 1947<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The difference between the first letters and the last letters is only in the written synopsis, meaning the content of the writing that was given by the King\u2019s house. And the King\u2019s authors elaborate on the content to make it understandable for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The content was simply \u201cthat they should be ready for that day,\u201d and the authors interpreted it as applying to the nations, that they are destined to avenge the Jews. And that force was so that Haman would think, \u201cWhom would the king want to honor more than I?\u201d Hence, in the last letters he wrote specifically, straight from the King, \u201cthat the Jews should be ready.\u201d Conversely, in the first letters he did not specifically write \u201cthe Jews.\u201d This is why they had the strength to complain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The thing is that this force was given because one should not justify any desire for reception of lights, to extend the upper lights below, as the whole work was to bestow. Hence, he cannot extend something from below. 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