All we need so we can engage in Torah and Mitzvot [commandments] is the revelation. That is, to reveal the delight and pleasure hidden in them so we will see them openly (Rabash, “Concerning Hesed [Mercy]”).

If we were to reveal that bestowal contains many pleasures now, then, like a thief, we would run after this quality in order to obtain those pleasures.

On one hand, we are pushed toward bestowal by the anticipated pleasure, on the other hand, by the suffering we feel in our state. But as we advance along this path, do we see that it is about great pleasure? Is the benefit of bestowal revealed to us in our will to receive? Are we burning with the desire to bestow, which promises pleasures?

If we were in such a state, we would follow the Klipot. We would be included only in the pursuit of the pleasures of the Klipot and would never be able to come out of it.

Therefore, our path is called: “For the Torah shall come forth out of Zion,” that is, from “exits” (Yetsiot), from disappointments, from confusion, and not from pleasures. If it were from pleasures, then it would be through the Klipa, which “buys” you by giving pleasure: “Work for me.”

With us, this does not happen, and this is a sign that we are on the correct path, that the actions performed upon us from above are indeed meant to make us into those who bestow.

It is not simple, it is difficult, because in the vessels of reception, in our egoistic perception, it is impossible to discern how to do this. Our path is devoid of pleasures. We are given no payment along the way, for which it would be worthwhile to work, only an abstract idea: the greatness of the Creator, the greatness of the group.

And we see this in ourselves. We do not advance by means of pleasures, so we have nothing to worry about. Only if we are truly able to perform an act of bestowal will we be able to enjoy it. Such is this “twice-sold deal.”
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/19/26, Rabash, “Concerning Hesed [Mercy]”

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