NETZACH: GRACE FOR THE FIRST SHABBAT MEAL
Wishing all friends a great FIRST SHABBAT MEAL!
GRACE ON THE FIRST SHABBAT MEAL
KABBALAH TEACHES US HOW TO RECEIVE IN ORDER TO BESTOW
-by Rav Michael Laitman
In my desire to receive, I can only receive and am not able to give anything to anyone. I am not the source of delight or the Light, as it is only the Creator who bestows since He does have the Light. However, by receiving from the One who loves me in order to please Him, I become a giver! The action of receiving doesn’t change, since I, as a created being, can only receive. I am only adding a correct intention to my pleasure and it therefore allows me to fill another with delight.
However, the bonds of mutual love help me to convert the pleasure of reception into the means to bestow to someone else. This is just as a guest helps himself to a meal in order to please the host. The desire of another becomes primary for me, as I am then receiving pleasure in order to please him.
This is what Kabbalah teaches us; how to receive in order to become a giver.