Kabbalah for Niddah 61:24
משמש והולך (תהלים קטז, ו) ושומר פתאים ה'
understanding and discernment. When his time to depart from the world approaches the Holy One, blessed be He, takes away his share and leaves the shares of his father and his mother with them. R. Papa observed: It is this that people have in mind when they say, 'Shake off the salt<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Metaph. for the soul, 'the preserver of the human body'. ');"><sup>19</sup></span>
The Beginning of Wisdom
23. The sefirot have both revealed and concealed aspects. The revealed is considered external, and the concealed, internal. An example of the concealed aspect is a kindness done in secrecy in which the kindness or goodness is not recognized, as stated in Proverbs: "Good is a revealed rebuke coming from a hidden love," and as stated in Talmud, "The recipient of a miracle does not recognize it as such."
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