Kabbalistic Terms: “The Quality Of Hassadim”

Question: There is a concept in Kabbalah of the “quality of Hassadim,” “Hesed.” What does it mean?

Answer: Hesed is a property of bestowal. When such a quality arises in creation or a man aspires to it, we use the term “Hassadim.”

Question: It turns out that all of Kabbalah is about giving and receiving? Nothing else?

Answer: There is nothing else. In our world everything consists of plus and minus. All our thoughts consist of reception and bestowal.

Question: So, there are only two actions in society: either I receive from society or I give?

Answer: Absolutely correct.

Comment: But it seems like there’s a lot more.

My Response: No. Everything still consists of these two directions.
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From KabTV’s “Fundamentals of Kabbalah,” 6/17/19