{"id":14117,"date":"2026-01-07T02:37:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T02:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=14117"},"modified":"2026-01-07T02:37:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T02:37:42","slug":"before-the-giving-of-the-torah-they-were-dependent-on-luck","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/before-the-giving-of-the-torah-they-were-dependent-on-luck\/","title":{"rendered":"Before the Giving of the Torah, They Were Dependent on Luck"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>64) Those who do not know that secret say, \u201cSons, life, and food, not on merit does the matter depend, but on luck the matter depends.\u201d But we see that Abraham saw in his fortune that he is not destined to have a son, and the Creator brought him out, as it is written, \u201cAnd He brought him out and said, \u2018Look.\u2019\u201d He said to him, \u201cGet out of your wisdom of the stars, of looking into stars and fortunes,\u201d and He raised him above the stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>65) Before the Torah was given to Israel, all the people of the world were dependent on luck, even sons, life, and nourishment. But once the Torah was given to Israel, they were taken out from the necessity of stars and fortunes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We learned from Abraham because his sons were destined to receive the letter&nbsp;<em>Hey<\/em>&nbsp;from Abraham, which is the five books of Moses,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, in whom it is written, \u201cThese are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were created.\u201d He said to Abraham, because of that&nbsp;<em>Hey<\/em>&nbsp;that was added to your name, the heaven is below you, as well as all the stars and fortunes illuminating in the&nbsp;<em>Hey<\/em>, for He raised him above them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, it is written, \u201cNow, here is seed for you, and you may sow,\u201d in&nbsp;<em>Hey<\/em>. It is also written, \u201cFor through Isaac shall your descendants be named,\u201d through the left line.&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Hey<\/em>, extends from it, hence the sowing is in her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>66) For this reason, anyone who engages in Torah, the necessity for idol-worship is removed from him if he is learning Torah in order to keep its&nbsp;<em>Mitzvot<\/em>. But if he does not intend to keep the&nbsp;<em>Mitzvot<\/em>, then he is as one who has not engaged in Torah, and the necessity of idol-worship is not removed from him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is even more so with the uneducated, who are compared to beasts. The text clarifies about them, \u201cCursed be he who sleeps with any beast.\u201d From them the necessity to engage in idol-worship is certainly not cancelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>67) It is written, \u201cAs for man, his days are as hay; as a bud of the field, so he buds.\u201d And it is written about Adam, \u201cI was a youth, now I am old,\u201d and afterward it is written, \u201cWill return to the days of his youth.\u201d It is like a tree whose old branches were cut off from it, and they re-grew from its roots as before, since people die old, then return and reincarnate to this world as children. It is as we learn, that the Creator renews the work of creation each day and always, for a thousand die each day, and a thousand are renewed each day, reincarnating in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>64) Those who do not know that secret say, \u201cSons, life, and food, not on merit does the matter depend, 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