There is no connection between the work of physically performing commandments and the inner work that we study, because the latter can be done only when I acquire forces from above, when I have a connection with the Creator. To the extent that I receive illumination and enlightenment from Him from above, I understand what to do with myself, how to do it in relation to Him, how to address Him, and how to draw closer to Him.

My inner work is my approach to the Creator according to the principle of equivalence of form, as if a connecting thread exists between me and Him. And I, like on a tightrope in a circus, climb along this thread.

The actions that help in this are called commandments; those that interfere are called transgressions; and there are permitted things, that is, recommendations.

These are all inner actions as I rise within myself toward the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/8/26, Rabash, “Concerning the Reward of the Receivers”

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