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GRACE ON THE SHALOSH SEUDOS, THE THIRD SHABBAT MEAL
SHAME – THE FIRST RESTRICTION
-by Rabbi Michael Laitman
Question: Our desires are the creation. The last phase of creation, Malchut, is a conscious desire to receive pleasure from the status of the Creator, that is, to connect with Him and use Him for oneโs own sake.
As soon as Malchut begins to use this connection for its own sake, a sense of shame arises in it, and it performs the next action called the first restriction.
What is this feeling of shame?
Answer: Shame is the feeling of not being similar to the Creator in desires, plans, and actions. From this, a person feels the disparity between oneself and the Creator, called shame.
Shame is a new feeling in creation, in the desire to enjoy, to receive, because there was no such feeling before. It arises when the desire feels that it does not correspond to the Creator.
Question: Is it something created by the Creator, by the upper force? Or is it a reaction of creation, i.e., something new?
Answer: No, this is not a reaction of the creation, but it is what the Creator created and what the creation feels as a fundamental difference from the Creator. The creation understands that it is receiving, but there is someone giving, and this causes shame in it.