Question: Which part of my personality should I sacrifice while working in the ten, and which part should I keep?

Answer: You must sacrifice everything that is in you in order to achieve greater unity with your friends.

Together you must be ready to sacrifice absolutely everything so as to rise above your egoism and be connected with each other and with the Creator.

Question: Should we also sacrifice some of our animalistic manifestations, views, and ideology?

Answer: No, not necessarily yet, and later you will see that they correct themselves.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/17/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Anyone Who Pleases the Spirit of the People”

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Question: It is said: “The wicked will prepare and the righteous will wear.” How do we build these properties in the ten?

Answer: The point is that such a state can exist even in one person when he wants to do a spiritual action but still has intentions for his own sake.

However, while doing spiritual work, he gradually corrects himself and acts for the sake of the Creator.

Question: What does a righteous person wear on Purim: the Light of Hassadim or Hochma?

Answer: On the holiday of Purim, he wears the level he reaches.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/22/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Lot Is an Awakening from Above”

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Question: What does it mean to engage in the Torah study continuously?

Answer: This is only possible if you are connected, inspire one another, and set an example.

Then you will be able to be connected with the correction of the Torah in the “out–in,“ “out–in“ states. You must constantly strive for such a state.

Agree between yourselves, like in RAMHAL’s group where each person chose a specific hour of the day for spiritual work, studied excerpts from sources or the Torah, and thought about their friends all the time. In this way they moved forward constantly.

Question: Can the entire ten periodically renew these commitments? How is it best to do this?

Answer: In an orderly fashion, according to a schedule, so that someone from the then is always engaged in it. Agree among yourselves and act.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/18/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “He Who Ceases Words of Torah and Engages in Conversation”

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Question: We teach that the Torah fills the heart with gladness. Is joy on the path the protection that the Torah provides?

Answer: Yes, the Torah gives joy in the heart, and this protects a person.

Question: At what stage of the spiritual path does the Torah begin to protect a person?

Answer: The Torah always protects a person.

Question: It is said that it is difficult to observe the Torah. Why does this heaviness arise?

Answer: Because we are not created to fulfill the Torah without effort.

Question: How can we experience the influence of the Torah on the ten and not enjoy it?

Answer: If we begin to perceive the Creator’s influence only as prompting us to the next spiritual action, we will not receive it for our own sake.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/19/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “All the Work Is Only Where There Are Two Ways – 2”

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Question: We have been actively working in the ten for several years. How can we understand if we have attracted the light of correction at least once? Are we just in preparation for this process?

Answer: We attract the upper light at every lesson, every meeting, every gathering. We only need to increase our connection and collective demand for a new connection.

Question: You said that we attract the light of correction through prayer. Is it possible to attract it also through a dissemination action?

Answer: Yes, dissemination is a very effective correction method, second in importance after the lesson.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/14/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Introduction to The Book of Zohar”

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Question: When we are overwhelmed by the love we feel for the teacher and our friends in the ten, should we make a restriction on it? How should we work with it?

Answer: If you direct all of this toward the Creator, then you experience some ascent. And this happens every time, again and again.

Question: When can a ten be in a state of Nefesh?

Answer: The common light you reach will be called the light of Nefesh.

Question: If everything is good on the spiritual level, what does it mean “pleases or does not please the spirit of people”?

Answer: There are spiritual actions that force us to take a roundabout path, and there are actions where you move straight. This is essentially what determines success or failure in spirituality.

Question: How do we recognize the differences that are important to overcome to reach unity among us and those that can be accepted?

Answer: Anything that prevents us from connecting must be corrected.

Question: What does it mean to bring the left line to holiness?

Answer: It means that all your egoism, which is revealed in you at this moment, must be corrected into altruism.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/17/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Anyone Who Pleases the Spirit of the People”

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Question: We are trying to connect our desires in the work of the ten. Which of them are called Haman and which are called Mordechai?

Answer: Egoistic, uncorrected desires that cannot yet unite are called Haman.

And the small desires, striving for an imperceptible, literally tiny unity, are called Mordechai. This is a very small light, the light of Hassadim, which shines a little in the Kelim of Haman. We need to put all this in order.

The fact is that the desire Haman consists of ten desires called “his ten sons.” They are almost impossible to correct. Therefore, we eventually turn with them to the Creator, and they disappear under the influence of the upper light.

And the other desires we can correct and fill, and thus get closer and closer to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/24/24, Writingsof Baal HaSulam “Haman Pockets”

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Question: If the Torah and the Creator are one, why do we perceive them as opposites during the work?

Answer: We do not perceive the Torah and the Creator as opposites, we perceive them as one within the other.

When we talk about qualities, we refer to the Creator; when we talk about actions or what we want to achieve, we refer to the Torah, the light that influences us and brings us to the desired result.

Question: How should we correctly organize work in the group during the study when we feel this light? How do we correctly bestow it back to the Creator?

Answer: When we act among ourselves in the ten, try to come closer, unite, and hope to do so through our efforts as described in the articles about the group, then we begin to reveal the light within us, and in our unity, we try to direct it toward the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/13/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Torah and the Creator Are One”

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Question: How do we use spirituality in the ten?

Answer: You just have to convey to your friends your correct feelings and help them. Think about the fact that you want to please the other, fill him, and help him.

Success or failure in spirituality depends on persistence and attention.

Question: Will there ever come a time when spirituality will come first?

Answer: It is up to you and your friends to convince each other that there is nothing more important than spirituality.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/17/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Anyone Who Pleases the Spirit of the People”

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Question: It is said that we can merge with the Creator emotionally and attach ourselves to Him with our hearts. But we have the Torah and studying with our minds. What is the advantage of studying with the mind?

Answer: Some people strive to understand the Creator intellectually and technically. And some wish to understand Him emotionally within themselves. It all depends on the person.

We approach the Creator both with our minds and feelings. Often we attain Him more intellectually, and then there are periods when it happens more through emotions, and in this way we gradually move toward Him.

It is like walking on two legs: right-left, right-left, taking steps like that. The same applies here. Sometimes you may feel Him through your intellect, and other times through emotions. We need to progress in both ways.

Question: How can we properly balance the preferences of some for emotional study and others for knowledge-based study in the group? How do we avoid misunderstandings on this basis?

Answer: Gradually, you will start understanding each other because you are required to unite in all your inner qualities. For instance, one person might currently perceive everything through reason, while another through the heart, and then it may switch. You will have to manage this.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/13/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Torah and the Creator Are One”

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