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“The ontological status of evil in the world, both in the celestial and terrestrial aspects, may be compared to the status of the firstborn, preferred for its essential priority. Evil precedes good just as darkness precedes light and absence precedes existence.”
Rachel Elior, The Paradoxical Ascent to God: The Kabbalistic Theosophy of Habad Hasidism

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