{"id":13646,"date":"2026-01-01T19:02:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T19:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=13646"},"modified":"2026-01-01T19:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T19:02:51","slug":"just-the-gist9","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/just-the-gist9\/","title":{"rendered":"Just the Gist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It\u2019s all about the forces<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Understanding the Language of the Branches<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New meanings of old stories<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Demystifying the language of\u00a0<em>The Zohar<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To understand Kabbalah texts, you have to understand the language that it\u2019s written in. No, you don\u2019t have to learn Hebrew, but you do need to understand the way Kabbalistic texts use stories to present ideas. 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