Kabbalists On The Torah And Commandments, Part 38
Dear 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
Torah refers to the Light [of correction] clothed in the Torah [in the aspiration to reach the property of bestowal by connecting with the friends, to be as one], meaning, as our sages said, “I have created the evil inclination, I have created the Torah as a spice.” This refers to the Light in it, since the Light in it reforms it [creates within a person the property of bestowal].
– Baal HaSulam, Shamati [I Heard], Article No. 6, “What Is Support in the Torah in the Work”
The Torah is the only spice to annul [to correct by the upper Light] and subdue [to replace man’s nature with the opposite nature, that of the Creator, to shift from egoism to bestowal and love] the evil inclination, as our sages said, “The Light in it reformed them.”
– Baal HaSulam, “The Teaching of the Kabbalah and Its Essence”
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