{"id":16814,"date":"2026-01-28T18:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T18:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=16814"},"modified":"2026-01-28T18:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T18:16:07","slug":"fundamental-concepts-a-framework","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/fundamental-concepts-a-framework\/","title":{"rendered":"Fundamental Concepts: a Framework"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Q: Everyone ascribes a meaning to his own to life and death, to Light, to the soul etc. How does Kabbalah interpret them?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong>&nbsp;Let me clarify a few concepts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Concept<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Definition<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Time<\/td><td>In spirituality, time does not exist! Creation is eternal.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Creator<\/td><td>The desire to delight the creature.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Creature, soul<\/td><td>The desire to delight in the Creator, in the sensation of the Creator, in the Light.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Life<\/td><td>The fulfillment of the soul by the Light, the sensation of the Creator.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Death<\/td><td>The exit of the Light, the disappearance of the sensation of the Creator from the soul (as a result of the disappearance of the intent \u201cfor the Creator\u201d).<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The reception of a soul<\/td><td>An acquisition of desire (to enjoy \u201cfor the Creator\u201d), with which it is possible to sense the Creator.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Screen<\/td><td>The desire to enjoy with the intent \u201cfor the Creator\u201d; the holy vessel, the spiritual vessel, the corrected vessel; the vessel of the soul, which can feel the Creator.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kabbalah(Heb. Reception)<\/td><td>The science that explains how to gradually receive a complete soul, meaning complete adhesion with the Creator.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Our world<\/td><td>A state lower than spiritual death, below the sensation of the Creator. Located under the left side of the impure worlds of&nbsp;<em>ABYA&nbsp;<\/em><em>(Atzilut<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Beria<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Yetzira<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Assiya<\/em>).<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The birth of the soul, acquisition of life<\/td><td>A passage from the sensation of our world, to the sensation of the Creator.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Reincarnation, cycles of life and death<\/td><td>The constant entrance and exit of Light in the vessel of the soul, which continues throughout the correction in the worlds of&nbsp;<em>BYA<\/em>.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: Everyone ascribes a meaning to his own to life and death, to Light, to the soul etc. How does [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":16525,"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-16814","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-michael-laitman"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - 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