{"id":16515,"date":"2026-01-26T17:39:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=16515"},"modified":"2026-01-26T17:39:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:39:26","slug":"dust-from-the-ground","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/dust-from-the-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Dust from the Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>938) \u201cAnd the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground.\u201d It is dust, and not clay, as it is written, \u201cFor you are dust, and to dust you shall return.\u201d After he sinned, it is written about the serpent, \u201cAnd dust you will eat all the days of your life.\u201d Dust is the man, of whom it is written, \u201cFor you are dust.\u201d This is why it writes \u201cdust,\u201d and does not write \u201cearth\u201d or \u201cclay.\u201d And it is written, \u201cAnd the serpent\u2019s bread is dust.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>939) Until the Creator awakens and uproots the spirit of&nbsp;<em>Tuma\u2019a<\/em>&nbsp;from the world, as it is written, \u201cHe will swallow up death forever.\u201d Then that dust will be revived and will awaken him to rejoice in the world, as it is written, \u201cAwake and sing, O dwellers of the dust.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>940) But the side that rode the serpent gave him the power to rule, to seduce, and to incite. 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