Question: In Rabash’s article “What Is, If He Swallows the Bitter Herb, He Will Not Come Out, in the Work?” it is written that Maror (bitterness) can only be felt during an ascent. How can one make use of this, if it is at all possible?

Answer: Pharaoh and the Creator are both revelations. One cannot be revealed without the other. Sometimes, the Creator seems to be revealed separately, and at times Pharaoh seems to be revealed separately, but this is not so because each of them is the complete opposite of the other.

Pharaoh is the reverse side (Achoraim) of the Creator, and the Creator is the reverse side of Pharaoh. This is just like the relationship between pleasure (Oneg) and affliction (Nega). Therefore, when Pharaoh is revealed, in principle, I should rejoice that through him, through all his thoughts and impulses, the Creator is essentially being revealed.

Pharaoh is everything that contradicts the Creator: “Why do you need the Creator? Does He even exist? What will you gain from having a connection with Him? Why do you need precisely such a connection that is not based on simply receiving from Him? If it is about receiving, then please, yes, He truly exists, take and receive. But who is the Creator that I should obey His voice? Precisely His voice?” And so on.

Thus, with the exception of the blessing, that is, with the exception of acting for the sake of bestowal, Pharaoh can seemingly do everything that the Creator does. The system of impure forces (Klipa) stands opposite the system of holiness (Kedusha) right up to the end of correction. Anything that is first revealed in the Klipa is practically equivalent to what exists in holiness, to such an extent that you are given everything except one thing: to be like the Creator.

“What will you gain from this? Take as much as you want for yourself.” It is as if you constantly choose something that has no logical justification—to be like Him. And all the forces, all the fulfillments that do not relate to this quality of “like Him,” Pharaoh gives you: magnificent cities, fulfillments, everything—except this one point.

This is why it speaks of a fundamental concept. It is not an evil force, not Amalek, not Haman; it is the Klipa opposite the Creator. If you obey Pharaoh’s voice instead of the Creator’s voice, then you have everything and do not feel any enslavement. You have beautiful cities and everything else. If you do not wish to leave Egypt, take everything, it is yours.

Question: Can a person distinguish the voice of Pharaoh from the voice of the Creator?

Answer: Yes.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/28/26, Rabash, “What Is, If He Swallows the Bitter Herb, He Will Not Come Out, in the Work?”

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