{"id":13182,"date":"2025-12-23T20:57:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T20:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=13182"},"modified":"2025-12-23T20:57:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T20:57:33","slug":"known-in-the-gates","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/known-in-the-gates\/","title":{"rendered":"214. Known in the Gates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I Heard on&nbsp;<em>Shavuot<\/em>&nbsp;[Feast of Weeks], 1939, Jerusalem<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am the Lord your God.\u201d Also, in&nbsp;<em>The Zohar<\/em>, \u201cknown in the gates.\u201d Question: Why did our sages change from the written word of calling the festival of the assembly by the name \u201cthe giving of our Torah\u201d? In the Torah, this festival is specified by the name \u201coffering of first-fruits,\u201d as it is written, \u201cAlso in the day of the first-fruits.\u201d Our sages came and named it \u201cthe giving of our Torah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The thing is that our sages did not change anything; they only interpreted the matter of the offering of the first-fruit. It is written, \u201cLet the field exult, and all that is in it; then shall the trees of the forest sing for joy.\u201d The difference between a field and a wood is that the field bears fruit and woods are infertile trees, which do not bear fruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that a field is discerned as&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, which is discerned as acceptance of the burden of the kingdom of heaven, which is faith above reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But what is the measure of the faith? This has a measurement, meaning it should fill to the very same extent as the knowledge. Then, it will be called \u201cA field that the Lord has blessed,\u201d meaning bearing fruit. This is the only way by which it is possible to adhere to Him since it places no limits on him because it is above reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Knowledge, however, is limited. The measure of the greatness is according to the measure of the knowledge. And this is called \u201cAnother God is sterile and does not bear.\u201d This is why it is called \u201ca wood.\u201d However, in any case, both are called \u201cedges.\u201d But there should be a discernment of the middle pillar, meaning that he needs knowledge, too, but on condition that he does not spoil the faith above reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet, if he works with knowledge a little better than with faith, he immediately loses everything. Instead, it should be to him without any difference. Then, \u201cThe field will exult, etc., the trees of the wood will sing for joy,\u201d for then there is correction even for \u201canother God,\u201d discerned as the \u201cwood,\u201d because he will be strengthened by faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the meaning of what is written about Abraham, \u201cWalk before Me, and be wholehearted.\u201d RASHI interprets that he does not need support. About Noah, it is written, \u201cNoah walked with God,\u201d that he needed support, though in any case it is support from the Creator. However, the worst that can ever be is needing the support of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two matters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a gift,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a loan.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The gift that one takes from people is the support, and he does not want to return it, but wants to use it for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And a loan is when he takes for the time being, meaning as long as he has no strength or power of his own, but he hopes that through work and labor in sanctity and purity he will obtain his own strength. At that time, he will give back the support he took. Yet, this, too, is not good, because if he is not rewarded with obtaining, he will fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us return to the issue that the \u201cgiving of the Torah\u201d and not the \u201creceiving of the Torah\u201d was because then they were rewarded with the Giver of the Torah, as it is written, \u201cWe wish to see our King.\u201d Hence, the main thing with which they were rewarded is the \u201cGiver of the Torah.\u201d And then it is called \u201ca field that the Lord has blessed,\u201d meaning a field that bears fruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the meaning of the first-fruit, meaning the first fruit of the field. It is a sign of being rewarded with the \u201cGiver of the Torah\u201d and complete awareness. This is why he says, \u201cA wandering Aramean was my father.\u201d Previously, he had descents and cunningness, but now it is a sustainable connection. This is why our sages interpret the matter of the first-fruit as the \u201cgiving of the Torah,\u201d when they are rewarded with \u201cthe Giver of the Torah.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I Heard on&nbsp;Shavuot&nbsp;[Feast of Weeks], 1939, Jerusalem \u201cI am the Lord your God.\u201d Also, in&nbsp;The Zohar, \u201cknown in the gates.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":6231,"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":[25],"class_list":["post-13182","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-baal-hasulam"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kabbalah | 214. 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