{"id":14268,"date":"2026-01-08T11:38:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T11:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=14268"},"modified":"2026-01-08T11:38:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T11:38:36","slug":"abya-in-the-work","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/abya-in-the-work\/","title":{"rendered":"787.\u00a0ABYA\u00a0in the Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>August 30, 1961, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are four discernments concerning the work. The order is that \u201cFrom&nbsp;<em>Lo<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Lishma<\/em>&nbsp;[not for Her sake] we come to&nbsp;<em>Lishma<\/em>&nbsp;[for Her sake].\u201d There is also an order of internality and externality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The internality and externality also divide into internality and externality, meaning that there are internality and externality in externality, and there are internality and externality in internality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We should also know that externality is called&nbsp;<em>Levush<\/em>&nbsp;[clothing\/garment] in which the internality dresses, in this externality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first&nbsp;<em>Levush<\/em>: A person must be wearing a Jewish attire so the body will know that there is a big difference between Israel and the nations, and will thereby understand and feel that internally, too, one must always be watchful and keep from his internality being similar to the internality of the nations of the world, meaning that he will not grow his hair, and will have a beard and&nbsp;<em>Pe\u2019ahs<\/em>&nbsp;[orthodox side-locks], etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is called the \u201cexternality in the externality,\u201d and it is called \u201cdoing,\u201d meaning it pertains to the world of action, where he must do the externality in practice and does not need any thought, for there is no need to think in order to do these things. All it takes is to walk in Jewish attire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, the buttons should not be left over right, but right over left, and one should also leave the&nbsp;<em>Pe\u2019ahs<\/em>, etc., all of which are regarded as actions, and not as thoughts or imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second&nbsp;<em>Levush<\/em>&nbsp;is called \u201cinternality in externality.\u201d This is regarded as&nbsp;<em>Yetzira<\/em>&nbsp;in the work, since this&nbsp;<em>Levush<\/em>&nbsp;is done by depiction. When a person depicts to himself some depictions during the Torah and work, and these depictions inspire him to tears, or inspire him to joy, this is called&nbsp;<em>Yetzira<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is already regarded as internality, since it must come through imagination and depiction, which are things that come from man\u2019s internality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, that, too, is regarded as externality, since what is revealed outside, meaning what another can see, is already regarded as externality, and in externality, there is a grip to the externals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that the prime basis of Judaism is faith in the Creator, regarded as fear of heaven. In other words, the reason for the work should be the fear of heaven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 30, 1961, London There are four discernments concerning the work. 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