{"id":16852,"date":"2026-01-28T20:41:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=16852"},"modified":"2026-01-28T20:41:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:41:03","slug":"who-is-righteous","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/who-is-righteous\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Righteous?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Q: Who is righteous and what is the meaning of the saying, \u201cthe righteous inherit the land\u201d (Isaiah 60, 21)?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong>&nbsp;A righteous person is someone who has attained a spiritual degree called \u201crighteous.\u201d This person has attained the screen that stands and prevents all pleasures from entering and filling the will to receive. That is why the righteous can always justify the Creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for \u201cthe righteous that inherit the land\u201d \u2013 in each new degree, the righteous inherits, or \u201creceives\u201d new desires (desire \u2013&nbsp;<em>Ratzon<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 stems from the word land \u2013&nbsp;<em>Eretz<\/em>) and places over them a new screen, called \u201creceiving for the Creator.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: Who is righteous and what is the meaning of the saying, \u201cthe righteous inherit the land\u201d (Isaiah 60, 21)? 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