{"id":8360,"date":"2025-11-17T02:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T02:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=8360"},"modified":"2025-11-17T14:52:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T14:52:37","slug":"the-purpose-of-society","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-purpose-of-society\/","title":{"rendered":"The Purpose of Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>We have gathered here to establish a society for all who wish to follow the path and method of Baal HaSulam, the way by which to climb the degrees of man and not remain as a beast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">The Rabash,&nbsp;Rabash\u2014the Social Writings, \u201cPurpose of Society (1)\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>We gather here\u2014to establish a society where each of us follows the spirit of bestowing upon the Creator. And to achieve bestowal upon the Creator, we must begin with bestowal upon man, which is called \u201clove of others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And love of others can only be through revoking of one\u2019s self. Thus, on the one hand, each person should feel lowly, and on the other hand, be proud that the Creator has given us the chance to be in a society where each of us has but a single goal: for Divinity to be among us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">The Rabash,&nbsp;Rabash\u2014the Social Writings, \u201cPurpose of Society (1)\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Each of us has but a single goal: for Divinity to be among us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">The Rabash,&nbsp;Rabash\u2014the Social Writings, \u201cPurpose of Society (1)\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>We must remember that the society was established solely on the basis of achieving love of others, and that this would be the springboard for the love of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">The Rabash,\u00a0Rabash\u2014the Social Writings,<br>\u201cConcerning Love of Friends\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have gathered here to establish a society for all who wish to follow 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