{"id":15337,"date":"2026-01-15T16:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=15337"},"modified":"2026-01-15T16:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:37:08","slug":"this-is-the-testimony","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/this-is-the-testimony\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is the Testimony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>641. \u201cNow this was in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging, to confirm anything: One man took off his shoe and gave it to the other, and this was the testimony in Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the testimony is the&nbsp;<em>Jerusalem Talmud<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cBind up the testimony, seal the law [Torah] among my disciples.\u201d In the Land of Israel, they were called \u201cdisciples of the Creator, and they were there and not abroad. It is also written, \u201cTo the law [Torah] and to the testimony.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding the exchange, this is the&nbsp;<em>Babylonian Talmud<\/em>, who were philosophizing in the Jewish language, and changed the language to Aramaic. They were all before the Creator before the world was created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>642. To uphold every thing is the circumcision, which is observing all of the Torah. The man took of his shoe is the commandment of Halitza [taking off one shoe as part of a divorce ceremony].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And giving to one neighbor is the commandment of marrying the dead brother\u2019s wife [levirate marriage].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From there, Rabbi Akiva said, \u201cThe commandment of Halitza comes before the commandment of levirate marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the testimony in Israel. 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