{"id":14812,"date":"2026-01-12T12:30:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T12:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=14812"},"modified":"2026-01-12T12:30:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T12:30:33","slug":"matrimony","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/matrimony\/","title":{"rendered":"869. Matrimony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Any woman who does not have matrimony, not on it and not on others, the offspring is like her. And which one is it? The offspring of a handmaid and a foreigner. How do we know about a Canaanite handmaid? Rav Huna said, \u201cKara said, \u2018Sit here with the donkey,\u2019 with he who is like a donkey,\u201d meaning that matrimony does not apply. \u201cHer offspring is like her,\u201d as Kara said, \u201cThe woman and her children will be to her master.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do we know about a foreigner? Kara said, \u201cYou will not marry with them,\u201d meaning that matrimony does not apply. How do we know that her offspring is like her? Rabbi Yochanan said in the name of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, as Kara said, \u201cFor they will turn your sons away from following Me.\u201d Your son who comes from an Israelite is considered your son, and your son who comes from an idol-worshipper is not considered your son, but her son (<em>Kidushin<\/em>&nbsp;68).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the work, \u201cmatrimony\u201d means a man who is rewarded with&nbsp;<em>Kedusha<\/em>&nbsp;[holiness]. An \u201coffspring\u201d is understandings that help the work. An \u201cIsraelite\u201d is the&nbsp;<em>Shechina<\/em>&nbsp;[Divinity], a \u201chandmaid\u201d and a \u201cforeigner\u201d are the&nbsp;<em>Sitra<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Achra<\/em>&nbsp;[other side], called \u201cthe&nbsp;<em>Klipa<\/em>&nbsp;[shell\/peel] of a donkey,\u201d meaning a \u201chandmaid,\u201d and the&nbsp;<em>Klipa<\/em>&nbsp;of an ox is called a \u201cforeigner.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Any woman who does not have matrimony, not on it and not on others, the offspring is like her. 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