Everything we study in Kabbalah must be translated into an internal, sensory language. In mathematical terms, Behinot, Sefirot, Partzufim, we simply explain more precisely what is happening within us.

We must not imagine this as existing outside us; therefore, images and pictures are forbidden in Judaism. You know that for thousands of years, nothing was depicted.

In earlier times (during the tenth to fifteenth centuries), there were occasional engravings, but as a rule, there were no images. Why? This follows from the law: “Do not imagine anything existing outside you beyond your sensations.” Feelings cannot be depicted; they can only be recorded. And Kabbalists recorded them.

Therefore, the language should not confuse us. When reading the Torah, the Talmud, or Kabbalah, it does not matter in which language they are written, we must bring what we read inside ourselves and translate it into the language of feelings.

Then, beyond the Machsom, we will be able to communicate without language, through the direct transmission of feelings. This is called adhesion; it is achieved by aligning our corrected desires. No external language is needed then; everything is transmitted because a commonality exists: each person is not only within himself but is, to some degree, outside himself.

To the extent that we exist outside ourselves, we become included in the common field of communication known as the Creator. We understand one another completely, express ourselves to one another, and connect without any words.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/24/26, Sitrin Convention, Sukkot 2003

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