Question: What is the difference between faith and attainment?

Answer: The difference between faith and attainment is that faith is the light of Hassadim (Mercy) and attainment is the light of Hochma (Wisdom). We do not attain through faith.

We can only attain the Creator, the light. Don’t lose sight of these two things: light and Kli. You might not advance far this way, but you will certainly form a correct conception and avoid confusion.

What are you attaining? To the extent that you are like Him, you see your corrected qualities and call this the Creator. You will never feel more than your corrected properties; according to this, you will form an image of the Creator. As it is said, “Yud-hey-vav-hey” (HaVaYaH), filled with light, is called “The name of the Creator.”

Who is the Creator? This is my soul, Yud-hey-vav-hey, filled with the upper light due to its corrections. The lights, along with the corrected Kelim, which give me the whole set of sensations I call the Creator, are me.

In other words, your soul is the Creator, because in the corrected state, you merge: “He and His Name are One,” “Israel, the Torah, the Creator are One.”
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/9/26, Rabash, “Man Is Rewarded with Righteousness and Peace through the Torah”

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