{"id":15045,"date":"2026-01-13T21:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=15045"},"modified":"2026-01-13T21:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:32:14","slug":"that-you-should-be-defiled-by-them","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/that-you-should-be-defiled-by-them\/","title":{"rendered":"That You Should Be Defiled by Them"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>112) It is written about that, \u201c\u2026that you should be defiled by them,\u201d without the letter&nbsp;<em>Aleph<\/em>&nbsp;[in the word, \u201cdefiled,\u201d in Hebrew]. This indicates that there is no cure to this abomination in him, and he never departs his impurity. Woe unto them and woe unto their souls, for they will never cling to the bundle of life, for they have been defiled. Woe unto their bodies. It is written about them, \u201cfor their worm shall not die\u2026 and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh,\u201d and it was the side they adhered to that caused them all that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>113) Israel come from the right side. If they cling to the left, they blemish the right side; they blemish their bodies, and they blemish their souls; they blemish in this world and they blemish in the next world. It is even more so with those who cling to the side of impurity, which extends from the left side. It is all blemished, since all are adhered to each other: the impure side and the left side are adhered to each other, meaning the upper left line, which is separated from the right, from which impurity extends, as it is written, \u201cFor you are a holy nation unto the Lord your God.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>114) \u201cAll of man\u2019s labor is for his mouth.\u201d I observed the words of King Solomon, and they are all gripped in sublime wisdom. And the verse, \u201cAll of man\u2019s labor is for his mouth\u201d means that when a person is judged in that world, it is written that every judgment and every suffering in that world, when he suffers the vengeance of the world, all that is to his mouth. This is because he did not watch over his mouth, and defiled his soul and did not cling to the side of life, the right side. \u201c\u2026and yet the soul is not satisfied,\u201d meaning her judgment will never ever be completed. Another interpretation: \u201c\u2026and yet the appetite is not satisfied,\u201d meaning she will never be completed to rise to her place, since she has been defiled and clung unto the other side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>115) Anyone who is defiled in them is as though he is idol worshipping, which is abomination to the Lord. And it is written, \u201cYou shall not eat any abominable thing.\u201d One who idol worships parts from the side of life, exits the domain of holiness and enters another domain. Similarly, one who is defiled with these foods departs the side of life, exits the domain of holiness, and enters another domain. Moreover, he is defiled in this world and in the next. This is why \u201c\u2026that you should be defiled by them\u201d is written without the letter&nbsp;<em>Aleph<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>116) It is written, \u201cAnd you shall not make yourselves detestable by animal or by bird or by anything that creeps on the ground, which I have separated for you as unclean.\u201d What is, \u201cas unclean\u201d? It is to defile the idol worshipping nations, for they are impure and they come from the side of impurity, and each clings to its place. Israel\u2014to those who come from the side of holiness, and the idol worshipping nations\u2014to those who come from the side of impurity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>117) The Creator is destined to purify Israel. With what will He purify them? With what is written, \u201cAnd I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be pure.\u201d These are the waters of mercy, which clothe and include the illumination of the left, from which the purity comes. And since they are purified, they are sanctified, for they cling to the sanctity of&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, which has the&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>, called, \u201choliness.\u201d And Israel, who cling to the Creator, are called, \u201choliness,\u201d as it is written, \u201cIsrael is the Lord&#8217;s sacred portion, the first of His harvest.\u201d It is also written, \u201cAnd you shall be holy men unto Me.\u201d Happy are Israel, for the Creator says about them, \u201cYou shall be holy, for I am holy,\u201d since it is written, \u201cand to Him shall you cling,\u201d and, \u201cHe has not dealt so with any nation; and as for His ordinances, they have not known them, halleluiah.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>112) It is written about that, \u201c\u2026that you should be defiled by them,\u201d without the letter&nbsp;Aleph&nbsp;[in the word, \u201cdefiled,\u201d in 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