The path of the Torah is such that in every state you are given a chance (through various means like the group, books, and study) to advance toward the recognition of evil. Through study, you draw the “allure of holiness” upon yourself.

You begin to sense, at least a little, that there is such a thing as bestowal. From this, you feel yourself sinking ever more deeply into slavery, in Egypt. That is why it is said that the longer the sons of Israel remained in Egypt, the more they felt they were enslaved.

Eventually, you reach a state where the gap (the tension) between that “allure of holiness” you received from above and your current state, your actual qualities, becomes so great that you feel you must escape this state at any cost. You want to run from it, but you don’t know how.

Why did the Creator arrange this feeling of contradiction within you? It is so that for the first time, you would turn to Him and establish a connection with Him. The sons of Israel did not want a connection with the Creator. Even at the giving of the Torah, they did not aspire to address the Creator directly; instead, they asked Moses to speak with the Creator and then relay what was said to them.

The need for connection with the Creator is not inherent in human nature because such a connection places obligations on a person and feels burdensome. It comes only through the light that descends upon a person during study.

This light determines the next state, the tension, the measure of recognition of evil. A person cannot leave their state on their own, but the light gives them the strength to turn to the Creator with a request. There is no other means.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/7/26, Rabash, “The Connection between Passover, Matza, and Maror”

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