Kabbalists On The Torah And Commandments, Part 16

Dr. Michael LaitmanDear Friends, please ask questions about these passages from the great Kabbalists. The commentaries in brackets are mine.

The Torah Develops the Recognition of Evil in a Person

The Torah and the Mitzvot [correction of oneself through the study of Kabbalah] were given only to refine Israel [to unite into a single desire], to develop in us the sense of recognition of evil [egoism], imprinted in us at birth, which is generally defined as our self-love, and to come to the pure good defined as the “love of others,” which is the one and only passage to the love of God.
Baal HaSulam, “The Freedom

When one engages in the Torah [the method of correction of one’s innate egoism, and if he indeed studies the true Torah], he sees the truth, meaning one’s measure of remoteness from spirituality, and one sees that he is such a low creature, that there is not a worse person on earth than him.
Baal HaSulam, Shamati #56 “Torah is Called Indication
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Related Material:
Kabbalists On The Torah And Commandments, Part 14
Kabbalists On The Torah And Commandments, Part 13
Kabbalists On The Torah And Commandments, Part 12

One Comment

  1. Question: I was reading Shamati, article 64: There’s use of the term “SAM” in the context of giving us something to do. What is “SAM”…from the notes on the website, i can only see Satan or an angel?

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