The Three Gates to Daas

About this episode

This episode explores the gap between understanding and lived experience, revealing how to achieve real transformation.

Why do ideas that make perfect sense (Binah)… still fail to change how we live (Daas)? In this episode, we explore Baal HaSulam’s essay “Disclosing a Portion, Covering Two” to uncover the hidden patterns that keep truth stuck at the level of understanding (Binah)—and what it actually takes to move it into lived experience (Daas). Along the way, we also reveal how the yetzer hara subtly operates to block that transformation—not by rejecting truth, but by shaping how we receive it. If you’ve ever felt the gap between what you know and how you respond under pressure, this will give you a clear framework to understand why that gap exists, how to work with it, and how real transformation actually happens. This isn’t about learning more. It’s about becoming different. Join the Conversation! Be part of our growing community—join the Shema Podcast for the Perplexed WhatsApp group to share feedback, discuss episodes, and suggest future topics. Click here to sign up .

People in this episode

Host: Dan Kullman

Topics covered

• transformation
• understanding
• spirituality
• yetzer hara
• lived experience

Keywords

• Daas
• Binah
• Baal HaSulam
• yetzer hara
• transformation
• spiritual growth
• understanding

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Disclosing a Portion, Covering Two

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