{"id":13534,"date":"2025-12-31T16:53:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T16:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=13534"},"modified":"2025-12-31T16:53:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T16:53:38","slug":"just-the-gist2","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/just-the-gist2\/","title":{"rendered":"Just the Gist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The real reality<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The door to the \u201csixth sense\u201d opens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Getting to know what we want<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At the heart of selfishness lies true giving<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that we\u2019ve cleared up common misconceptions about Kabbalah, let\u2019s see what it\u2019s really all about. This chapter briefly presents the basic concepts of Kabbalah. 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