{"id":14892,"date":"2026-01-12T17:48:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=14892"},"modified":"2026-01-13T18:11:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:11:57","slug":"the-point-in-the-heart-940","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-point-in-the-heart-940\/","title":{"rendered":"940. The Point in the Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When the Temple was ruined, it is written, \u201cAnd let them make Me a Temple and I will dwell within them.\u201d This pertains to the point in the heart, which should be a Temple where the light of the Creator dwells, as it is written, \u201cAnd I will dwell within them.\u201d Hence, one should try to build his structure of&nbsp;<em>Kedusha<\/em>&nbsp;[holiness], and the structure should be qualified, so that the upper abundance will enter it, called \u201cabundance bestowed from the Giver to the receiver.\u201d However, according to the rule, there must be equivalence of form between the Giver and the receiver so the receiver, too, must have the aim to bestow like the Giver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is called \u201caction,\u201d as it is written, \u201cLet them make Me a Temple,\u201d where the acting applies to the&nbsp;<em>Kli<\/em>&nbsp;[vessel] and not the light, since the light pertains to the Creator and only the action pertains to the created beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The light is called \u201ca blessing from the Creator,\u201d as it is written, \u201cAnd I will bless you in all that you do.\u201d This is the meaning of \u201cWe will do and we will hear, for through our work we will be rewarded with hearing, as it is written, \u201cAnd all the people were seeing the voices,\u201d meaning they heard the voice of the Creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seeing means with the senses, which is a feeling in the heart, where each one, by Mount Sinai, felt that the voice of the Creator spoke to him and they had no doubt about the matter. 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