Kabbalists On The Torah And Commandments, Part 42

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

Only the Light in the Torah Reforms the Person

Man was created with the will to receive self-pleasure called “the will to receive for one’s own benefit.” We are told that one has to nullify that will to receive and acquire a new Kli (vessel) [desire] called “the will to bestow.” Not every person is rewarded with it, meaning with the ability to acquire Kelim (vessels) [desires] suitable for the Upper Light to reside in [for the Creator to become revealed].

For one to attain the will to bestow, our sages said (Kiddushin 30), “I have created the evil inclination [egoism in a person], I have created for it the Torah as a spice [an addition to egoism in the form of the intention “in order to bestow”],” meaning that specifically through the Torah [studying it in order to correct oneself], one [a person] can achieve the Kelim of bestowal.
– Rabash, The Rungs of the Ladder, “The Importance of Faith”
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