In the work, a “place” is a place of deficiency.

That is, if a person has some lack, we should say that he has a place in which to receive a filling for the lack. But if he has no lack, it cannot be said that it can be filled, since there is no one to fill (Rabash, “What Is, ‘There Is Nothing that Has No Place,’ in the Work?”).

“Place” is, as Rabash says, that which was created from absence, the will to receive, the creature. That is, the creature is the place in which the Creator is revealed.

When is a person called a creature? When he creates, produces, and gives birth to this place. It does not appear by itself; it must be built from many factors. Initially we are given all the data, all the causes, and all the conditions for building the desire. But the work of its creation is placed upon us.

If we want to build something in the corporeal world, we lay a foundation and begin construction from it. The same is true in spirituality. We must take as a foundation the will to receive, created from absence, which is at our disposal.

As in our world, we learn from great people who pass their experience to us. As in this world, we must exert with great efforts against our desire in order to build something. Our mind loves to rest, and the body prefers to remain at ease, to do only what is convenient and pleasant for it. And in order to do something, we must compel ourselves to make efforts against our desire.

Effort is what we do against the desire. I can jump from morning to night, but this will not be considered effort if it corresponds to my desire. And I can sit still without moving, yet this may be a great effort because it is against my desire. The test here is the dependence on a person’s desire.

Spiritual construction is similar to corporeal construction. We receive desires that are opposite to becoming a place for the revelation of the Creator, and we must correct them so that they become suitable for being filled by the Creator. Our work lies in preparing and organizing the place.

This place is called the soul. While we build it, we pass through 125 degrees, and according to the degree at which the creature stands, the Creator is revealed to it. Then a person becomes a dwelling, a place of residence for the Shechina, a temple for the revelation of the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/7/26, Rabash, “What Is, ‘There Is Nothing that Has No Place,’ in the Work?”

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