More on the two levels of לשמה. A) to bring us closer to him. The discussion from the רמב”ם’s introduction to פרק חלק about reward and punishment and serving Hashem for a higher purpose, culminating in לשמה. See also הלכות תשובה פרק י. The idea is that even the לשמה is to connect me with Him. B) But there is something higher than that (see תניא פרק י’ מ”א) where we serve Him for His sake, this is לשמה לשם התורה which is לחבר תורה שלמעלה עם הקב”ה. Serving Him for Him. This idea is linked to the idea that מצוות aren’t only conductors of light but make the גשם into עצמות ומהות.
