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Why\u00a0Matza\u00a0Is Called \u201cBread of Poverty\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Let us explain the matter of&nbsp;<em>Hametz<\/em>&nbsp;[leaven] and&nbsp;<em>Matza<\/em>&nbsp;[unleavened bread], why&nbsp;<em>Matza<\/em>&nbsp;is called \u201cbread of poverty,\u201d and why the&nbsp;<em>Omer<\/em>&nbsp;is made of barley, which is food for beasts, and the two loaves of bread, from wheat, which is food for man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To understand the verse, \u201cOn Passover, he is judged on the crops, and on the&nbsp;<em>Atzeret<\/em>&nbsp;[eighth of the assembly], on the fruits of the tree.\u201d According to the RASHI interpretation of Rabbi Yehuda, according to him, the tree from which&nbsp;<em>Adam HaRishon<\/em>&nbsp;ate was wheat (<em>Rosh<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Hashanah<\/em>&nbsp;16).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concerning circumcision and removing: The circumcision is the removal of the foreskin, and the removal is the division between&nbsp;<em>Mitzva<\/em>&nbsp;[commandment] and Torah. \u201cA candle is a&nbsp;<em>Mitzva<\/em>, and the Torah is light.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The removal of the will to receive is called \u201cTurn away from evil.\u201d Through&nbsp;<em>Mitzvot<\/em>&nbsp;[commandments] and good deeds and assistance from the Creator, we are rewarded with removal of the foreskin. Afterward, we are rewarded with the Torah, called \u201cman is the tree of the field.\u201d Also, a beast is called&nbsp;<em>BON<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, as in \u201cHis wealth will be only for the Creator.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let us explain the matter of&nbsp;Hametz&nbsp;[leaven] and&nbsp;Matza&nbsp;[unleavened bread], why&nbsp;Matza&nbsp;is called \u201cbread of poverty,\u201d and why the&nbsp;Omer&nbsp;is made of barley, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":6246,"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":[26],"class_list":["post-13823","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-rabash"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kabbalah | 677. 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