Question: Baal HaSulam gives an example of a rich man who feeds and gives gifts to a poor man. The poor man feels direct pleasure from this. But as he receives gifts, he begins to feel shame.

We strongly dislike the feeling of shame because there is no reception in the Creator at all. Does shame also come from the Creator, or does it appear only in creation?

Answer: No negative feelings come from the Creator, only positive ones. They are negative because our disparity with the Creator was created.

The feeling of shame before the giver exists only in creation. It does not exist in our root.
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From KabTV’s “The Study of the Ten Sefirot (TES)” 12/4/22

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