{"id":8562,"date":"2025-11-17T11:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T11:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=8562"},"modified":"2025-11-17T16:44:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T16:44:32","slug":"mitzvot","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/mitzvot\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitzvot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>The\u00a0Mitzva\u00a0is the\u00a0Kli\u00a0(vessel) where the Light is clothed, meaning a Holy Name that belongs specifically to that\u00a0Mitzva. This is the meaning of \u201cThe\u00a0Mitzva\u00a0is a candle and the Torah is Light.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Baal HaSulam, \u201cIntroduction to the book,<br>From the Mouth of a Sage\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Mitzvot\u00a0are called\u00a0Mitzva\u00a0[commandment] after the\u00a0Dvekut\u00a0[adhesion], for attaches the Godly part within one to the entire\u00a0Ein Sof, from the word\u00a0Tzavta\u00a0(together).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Rabbi Menahem Nachum Twersky of Chernobyl,<br>Maor Einayim\u00a0[Light of the Eyes],\u00a0VaYera<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The primary reward from the\u00a0Mitzva\u00a0[commandment] is the\u00a0Metzaveh\u00a0[the commander], which is the Godly adhesion and the spiritual delight in carrying out the\u00a0Mitzva, which is the reception of the face of Divinity. Without that, it would be called\u00a0Mitzva\u00a0vacuously, for it would be without vitality or soul, and would only be the body of the\u00a0Mitzva. Indeed, it is called \u201ca\u00a0Mitzva\u201d only for the passion and the adhesion of the Godly part that dwells within to the Root, with all the parts of Israel. It is known that in every Godly work, both in speech and in action, there are body and soul, reviving that speech or that action. Without it, it would have no livelihood. This is why the wicked in their lives are called \u201cdead,\u201d for their actions are devoid of livelihood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Rabbi Menahem Nachum Twersky of Chernobyl,<br>Maor Einayim\u00a0[Light of the Eyes],\u00a0VaYera<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>There are 613\u00a0Mitzvot, and in each\u00a0Mitzva\u00a0a light of a unique degree is deposited, which corresponds to a unique organ in the 613 organs and tendons of the souls and the body. 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