Question: Can we say that opposite the sensation of the Creator’s greatness stands the sensation of a person’s own greatness, when he attributes various things to himself?

Answer: I would not say that this is a sensation of a person’s greatness. Perhaps there are such intermediate states, but in a more advanced state, a person simply knows that he himself is capable of nothing, that if the Creator does not do something, he will not be able to move. Yet he has no strength to call upon the Creator. It is very simple: you have the possibility of being saved from death, but you cannot ask for it.

Ultimately, a person is led to a state of an increasingly correct, increasingly acute lack (Hisaron, an unfulfilled desire). Through all these intermediate sensations of lacking knowledge, spirituality, and so on, you are brought closer and closer specifically to the sensation of a Hisaron caused by the absence of connection with Him.

Focusing on the Creator, directing one’s attention toward Him, is the final thing, and it is very difficult.

The words “And the children of Israel sighed from the work” refer precisely to such a state when they cannot find a connection with Him so that He will help them. This does not mean that He does not want to help or that they are mistaken; they stand opposite Him and are unable to ask.

Question: Is it perhaps because He is not sufficiently great in their eyes?

Answer: One can say that as well. His greatness is certainly revealed there, but the person is unable to ask. He feels that he is incapable of it; he neither sees nor senses it.

Once we gave the following example: a person is at the center of a sphere, while the Creator is all around it. From within, only one thin line leads to the Creator, and I must scan the entire sphere repeatedly before I finally manage to enter this narrow “tube” and ascend through it to the Creator.

I must find the precise inner definition, discernment, of who I am and what this “tube” is. In spirituality, there are no such tubes; one must understand what this desire is, what kind of connection can be established with Him, and who is He who responds to my appeal. In order to bring together these three factors—I, my connection with Him, and Him—a person can be said to scan the entire sphere several times until he feels this thin line.

We must not forget that the sensation of heaviness is a constant call for us without which we would not make efforts. However, it must not become a goal that brings joy.

Coming out of a state of heaviness indicates that we have already realized it, examined it, and clarified that there is no connection with the Creator in it. We then move to the next state, where we again encounter the same sensation, and so on, until we arrive at the correct analysis. All these states are intended precisely to bring us to the point of contact between three factors: I, Him, and the condition of connection between us.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/28/26, Rabash, “What Is the Prohibition to Teach Torah to Idol-Worshippers in the Work?”

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