{"id":15095,"date":"2026-01-14T10:29:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=15095"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:30:00","slug":"i-am-black-and-lovely","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/i-am-black-and-lovely\/","title":{"rendered":"I Am Black, and Lovely"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>408. Malchut said, \u201cI am black, and lovely.\u201d \u201cI am black\u201d from the side that is below, posterior Mochin. And I am lovely from the side of the incorporation of above, anterior Mochin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>409. \u201cI am black\u201d when I see how many wicked ones annoying the Master of the world, and I feed them from the side of the incorporation of below in him. And I am love, from the side of above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>410. \u201cDaughters of Jerusalem.\u201d Although Jerusalem and the Temple are all one, they both imply Malchut. Nevertheless, the Temple is more important. Three degrees: the Temple, Jerusalem, and the house of Holy of Holies inside of them, the internality of all of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerusalem is the externality of all of them. This is why \u201cdaughters of Jerusalem\u201d means angels, the degrees extended from Malchut when she is in externality, in the first state, when she is in posterior Mochin. The Temple is anterior Mochin, and the Holy of Holies is GAR of the anterior Mochin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>411. When Malchut decorates herself and wants to approach her husband, she decorates herself with anterior Mochin. 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