Question: It is said that “The Creator is good and does good.” But you are saying that the Creator is both good and bad. How should I envision the Creator?
Answer: That is an excellent question. After all, is there anyone else besides Him? There is nothing in the world except the Creator, the only one, who is kind, positive, and loving. So where do all the evil, hatred, and suffering come from? They stem from the concealment of the Creator. Only from that.
Therefore, the Creator said: “I created evil.” This means, “I created concealment of Myself.”
This concealment is what we must remove, and we can do so only through the connection between us.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/28/19, “Questions and Answers”
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