{"id":13612,"date":"2026-01-01T16:28:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T16:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=13612"},"modified":"2026-01-01T16:28:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T16:28:39","slug":"just-the-gist7","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/just-the-gist7\/","title":{"rendered":"Just the Gist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A ladder was made as we came down; now we can use it to climb back up<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>125 spiritual degrees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Reshimot<\/em><em>\u2014your spiritual databank\u2014and\u00a0<\/em>what you can do with them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Free choice and the choice of your friends<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In his \u201cIntroduction to The Book of Zohar,\u201d Baal HaSulam depicts three states that souls experience. 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