{"id":15933,"date":"2026-01-20T18:14:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T18:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=15933"},"modified":"2026-01-20T18:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T18:15:00","slug":"the-upper-spirit","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-upper-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"The Upper Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>278) The upper spirit is the added soul that descends over a person on Sabbath with joy and delights his soul. At that time man\u2019s soul is as it is in the next world, when his&nbsp;<em>Nefesh<\/em>&nbsp;will enjoy the&nbsp;<em>Ruach<\/em>. As the man was delighting that spirit in this world, that spirit delights the man in the next world, as it is written, \u201cThen shall you delight in the Lord.\u201d As the man enjoys great delight, which is the spirit, and delights it, so he will be satiated by it in the next world. Then, when one is rewarded with completing the wholeness of the glory of the Sabbath, the Creator declares about him and says, \u201cAnd He said unto me, \u2018You are My servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>279) Rabbi Aba and the rest of the friends rose and said, \u201cHappy are we that the Creator has brought this road before us.\u201d Rabbi Aba said, \u201cThe Creator has provided me with this road in order to bond with you. Happy am I that I have been rewarded with this road.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>280) On the day when I went off, I saw a light splitting into three lights, which went before me and hid. I said, \u201cI must have seen Divinity, happy am I. And now these three lights that I saw are you. You are lights and high illuminations to illuminate in this world and in the next world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>281) \u201cThus far, I did not know that all these hidden gems were in your possession. Once I saw that these words were said by the will of the commandment of your Master, I know that all the words rise on this day to the upper throne, which is&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, and the minister of the faces, Matat, takes them and turns them into crowns for his Master. This day is crowned with 60 holy&nbsp;<em>Merkavot<\/em>&nbsp;[chariots\/assemblies], opposite&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>, in honor of the throne,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, by these words that were said here on this day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>282) In the meantime, the sun had set. At midnight, they rose to engage in Torah. 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