{"id":16721,"date":"2026-01-27T20:44:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=16721"},"modified":"2026-01-27T20:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:44:06","slug":"graves-of-righteous-people-the-kabbalah-experience","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/graves-of-righteous-people-the-kabbalah-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Graves of Righteous People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Q: I have a few questions concerning the graves of the Righteous: Does the Kabbalah ascribe any meaning to the graves of the Righteous? How does a prayer at the grave of a Righteous differ from a prayer in a synagogue? What should one pray for at the grave of a Righteous? If I wish to study Kabbalah at the grave of Rashbi or any other Kabbalist, what is the best thing to read?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A:&nbsp;<\/strong>A prayer is a desire for the Creator, for His sake, in one\u2019s heart, not on one\u2019s lips. A synagogue is an invention of the last millennia of exile, but every person speaks with the Creator in one\u2019s heart. That is the meaning of a prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visiting a synagogue is not a prayer, it is a ritual introduced by our sages for taking care of the people, as are all other commandments, so that they could exist and not perish. From within this framework, a person starts to question one\u2019s existence (why one does certain things, etc.), which eventually leads to the question of one\u2019s relationship with the Creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hence, it is to preserve the people, the masses, that it becomes necessary to observe the traditions and the daily rituals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But one should differentiate between a ritual and a personal aspiration for the Creator. That is one\u2019s personal work, and it is carried out inside, hence the name \u201csecret.\u201d It is concealed from others and to a certain extent even from oneself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the frame of this inner work of approaching the Creator, a person realizes that this goal can only be achieved by addressing Him with such a request, knowing that only the Creator can move one towards or away from Himself. This request is a prayer, regardless of where it is offered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, if a certain location calls to you, then go there. My advice is to search for such moments while studying. (This does not exclude \u201cthe special places,\u201d but we\u2019ll discuss them some other time with those who can feel the \u201cspecialty of places.\u201d)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: I have a few questions concerning the graves of the Righteous: Does the Kabbalah ascribe any meaning to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":16165,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"topic":[27],"class_list":["post-16721","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-michael-laitman"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kabbalah | Graves of Righteous People<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In &quot;Graves of Righteous People,&quot; 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