{"id":14274,"date":"2026-01-08T12:17:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T12:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=14274"},"modified":"2026-01-08T12:17:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T12:17:36","slug":"a-stubborn-and-rebellious-son","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/a-stubborn-and-rebellious-son\/","title":{"rendered":"792. A Stubborn and Rebellious Son"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cThere never was nor ever will be a stubborn and rebellious son. Rather, demand and receive reward\u201d (Sanhedrin 71).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We should ask, since it is known that the Torah is called \u201cthe names of the Creator,\u201d meaning that all the practice of&nbsp;<em>Mitzvot<\/em>&nbsp;[commandments] pertain to the internality, so there are things that do not have a grip on the corporeal world. The Torah means the internality of the Torah, and there, all 613&nbsp;<em>Mitzvot<\/em>&nbsp;apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although in corporeality, a person cannot observe all of the 613, such as levirate marriage, still, because all the things in corporeality are generally applied by the general public, it is possible for the individual to observe all 613&nbsp;<em>Mitzvot<\/em>. 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The Torah gave this only for the discernment of \u201cDemand and receive reward,\u201d where \u201cdemand\u201d is as in \u201cZion, no one requires her.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThere never was nor ever will be a stubborn and rebellious son. Rather, demand and receive reward\u201d (Sanhedrin 71). 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