KabbalaOnline.org The Good of the Land "Other Side" in the Land
KabbalaOnline.org The Good of the Land "Other Side" in the Land "Other Side" in the Land Chapter One, Part 2 Intermediate By Rabbi Nathan Schapira; translation & commentary by David Slavin « Previous Uniqueness of the Land (Ch. 1) Due to the inequities of the generation of the destruction of the Holy Temple , the forces of the Other Side [the kelipot ] 1 extended a membrane from all directions surrounding Eretz Yisrael towards the middle of the opening [above the Land, as mentioned above]--to the extent of sealing off the flow of divine connection from the supernal Jerusalem with the physical Jerusalem , hence the destruction. We must bear in mind that when the membrane of the Other Side interfered, they didn't seal up the opening at one time [of the destruction], rather the consequences of the idolatry and other transgressions drew forth those forces little by little, until the opening was completely sealed,