The Torah contains light because the Creator clothes Himself in it. From this general light, we can receive a certain portion into the desire to bestow, that is, into the Kli (vessel) of faith. There is also an external garment called wisdom, and the vessel for attaining it is the human intellect.

Thus, in order to attain the Torah, a person must acquire a Kli (a spiritual vessel). But if one studies the Torah without intending to draw the light that reforms from it in which the entire power of the Torah is contained (the very purpose for which it was given), then such study is not blessed. This is because the nature of the light that comes from the Creator is to return us to the source.

The Torah is called the Torah of life. This means that we must feel life in the light we reveal. Life is what is attained at the degree of the Creator in the desires of bestowal. And this is possible only through working with the intention to draw the force from the Torah that will serve as fuel for acquiring the Kli of bestowal.

There is the Creator and the created being, and the manifestation of the Creator to the created being is called light. The revelation of the light has several forms. The most external manifestation of the Creator to the created being is corporeal life. A more internal manifestation is wisdom; still more internal is the light that reforms, and even more internal is the light that fills the spiritual Kli that has returned to the source.

A person beginning the spiritual path must first “bless the Torah” by intending to attain the true Torah, that is, its innermost light. If one does not strive to reveal the inner light, but studies only the external part of the Torah for the sake of acquiring knowledge; such a person is considered among the nations of the world. After all one wishes to perform the Creator’s work with the intention for oneself and he therefore receives from the Torah, from this light, only knowledge and wisdom.

But if one intends to achieve equivalence of form with the Creator, such a person is called Israel, and accordingly, he first demands correction of one’s intention toward bestowal from the light. After the correction, one wishes to perform actions in order to bestow, that is, to receive the light for the sake of bestowal by means of a screen and reflected light within the Kli of faith.

The light that is revealed in the Kli of faith is called the light of Hochma (the light of wisdom). But this is no longer external wisdom received in egoistic desires; rather, it is the light of wisdom, meaning, the revelation of the Creator’s governance over a person.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/18/26, Rabash, “What Are Torah and Work in the Way of the Creator?”

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