{"id":14836,"date":"2026-01-12T15:30:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=14836"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:30:15","slug":"the-sorrow-of-the-shechina-2","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-sorrow-of-the-shechina-2\/","title":{"rendered":"890. The Sorrow of the Shechina \u2013 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cFor a sin we sinned against You with the evil inclination\u201d (from the&nbsp;<em>Yom Kippur<\/em>&nbsp;[Day of Atonement] prayer).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We should ask, \u201cBut all the transgressions come from the evil inclination?\u201d We should interpret that the sin is in saying that there is an evil inclination instead of \u201cThere is none else besides Him.\u201d If a person is unworthy, he is thrown out from above. This comes by clothing in the will to receive, called the \u201cevil inclination.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the meaning of \u201cFor the inclination of a man\u2019s heart is evil from his youth,\u201d meaning that the Creator created him this way, since the will to receive is the actual&nbsp;<em>Kli<\/em>&nbsp;[vessel], except it must be correct. By this we can interpret what is written, \u201cHe was saddened in his heart.\u201d Man feels that following the inclination gives him sadness, and this is called \u201cthe sorrow of the&nbsp;<em>Shechina<\/em>&nbsp;[Divinity].\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFor a sin we sinned against You with the evil inclination\u201d (from the&nbsp;Yom Kippur&nbsp;[Day of Atonement] prayer). 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