Theft in the spiritual sense is the result of our uncorrected qualities. We can do this either consciously or unconsciously.

Question: Does the severity of the punishment depend on whether the person does it consciously or not?

Answer: Of course it does because a person judges himself. If he realizes that he has committed a theft, this realization already has lifted part of the punishment. But if it happened unconsciously, then he will “sort of” receive a punishment. Let him reflect on it, as he needs to learn from this.

Question: Why is it that if a person sins in the spiritual sense once, he is forgiven, but if he repeats the sin and says, “I have eaten and will eat again,” he is punished?

Answer: The first time, he sinned in a moment of weakness without thinking. But he received punishment for this. That is, the cause is the theft on his part, and the effect is the punishment. That means he must work on it, find out from whom he received the punishment, and understand what it brings to him in action, life, and the world. Therefore, the second time, it is no longer forgiven. In this case he is held fully accountable.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/7/24, Writings of Rabash “Hear, My Son, Your Father’s Morals – 1”

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