In Rabash article, “The Meaning of the Strict Prohibition to Teach Idol Worshippers the Torah” it is stated that “it is forbidden to teach Torah to idol worshippers.” This is not very clear. After all, the Creator created creatures some of whom are smart, some stupid, some of bad character, some of good character, some are lazy,  and some are energetic.

Is it man’s fault that he was created with bad or good qualities? Before the Creator, everyone is the same. What difference could there be? We know that the laws of the Creator are straight and just. He had to have given everyone equal opportunities to advance toward Him because no one is superior to another.

However, we see a wide variety of creations. Why are idolaters forbidden to study the Torah?

There is Israel and there are idolaters. Israel is “Yashar El,” one who is aimed straight to the Creator, wants to be connected to Him, does not run away from this connection, and wants to see the Creator constantly as a goal before him, as the most important and the greatest.

An idolater (Ovdei Kohavim uMazalot) is someone who worships the stars and fate, looking for reasons for everything that happens in all sorts of places and things around him. But you cannot blame a person for that. It depends on what stage of development he is at.

So why is there a strict prohibition on idolaters to study the Torah? It is because the Torah can be both the elixir of life and the potion of death. After all, if a person takes this force and uses it in the wrong direction, he moves away from the goal. But the main thing is that he strays from the path. The more he moves away, the more confused he becomes, the more troubles and obstacles come his way.

Of course, these setbacks and obstacles are designed to bring him back. But he no longer understands what is happening since he is moving in the opposite direction with a large deviation from the right path.

It is simply salvation from above that he is brought back to the path, given an awakening in the right direction again, but in any case, this is a path of great suffering. It may take a long time for him to come to his senses again, return to the right path, and discover once again that there is a goal to strive for.

But until he has built the right intention toward the Creator, toward the goal of creation, until this is fully clarified, he is forbidden to use the force of the Torah for advancement. It is like an aiming device that lets you accurately aim a gun at a target to avoid causing harm instead of helping.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/11/26, Rabash, “The Meaning of the Strict Prohibition to Teach Idol Worshippers the Torah”

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