{"id":12983,"date":"2025-12-22T01:48:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T01:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=12983"},"modified":"2025-12-22T01:48:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T01:48:29","slug":"the-work-of-reception-and-bestowal","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-work-of-reception-and-bestowal\/","title":{"rendered":"147. The Work of Reception and Bestowal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I heard on&nbsp;<em>Adar<\/em>&nbsp;21, March 8, 1953<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The matter of work in reception and bestowal depends on the heart. This is considered&nbsp;<em>VAK<\/em>. However, work in faith and knowledge is considered&nbsp;<em>GAR<\/em>. Although they are one discernment, meaning that faith is accepted by him according to the value of the work in reception and bestowal, they are still two distinct discernments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is so because even if one can work in bestowal, he still wants to see to whom he is bestowing and who accepts his work. Hence, he needs to work in the form of&nbsp;<em>Mocha<\/em>&nbsp;[mind], meaning believe that there is an Overseer who accepts the work of the lower ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I heard on&nbsp;Adar&nbsp;21, March 8, 1953 The matter of work in reception and bestowal depends on the heart. 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