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Posted on April 26th, 2024
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And the Lord said to Moses, ‘Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for with a mighty hand he will send them, and with a mighty hand he will drive them out of his land’” (Exodus 5:23, Rabash, Notes 877, “Three Prayers – 2”).
Question: What does this mean?
Answer: Pharaoh is a special force in nature with a special function, which develops in a person and shows him that it is a force opposite to the Creator. Then a person has an urgent need to escape from Egypt.
This is exactly how Pharaoh helps a person and guides him to leave Egypt.
Therefore Pharaoh is a serious force in nature. Almost all the egoism of nature, all desire, is called Pharaoh.
There is no other ruler in the universe except the Creator, and Pharaoh is His opposite form.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/14/24, Writings of Rabash “Three Prayers – 2”
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Question: What are the “vessels of the Egyptians?”
Answer: They are egoistic desires in their purest form. The golden vessels symbolize the degree of Behina Dalet, the silver ones symbolize Behina Gimel.
Question: We are learning that I should rise above my egoistic desires as much as possible, not use them, and unite with my friends. What does it mean that I borrow these desires from the Egyptians?
Answer: You ask the Egyptians for desires and intentions to bestow, and you use the little light they have.
You use it in your egoistic desires that go through the stage of recognition of evil, your oppositeness to the Creator. Thus, you begin to rise above egoism by gradually rejecting it. This is when your exit from Egypt begins.
Question: The vessels the children of Israel borrow from the Egyptians, do they bring them along into the desert, or do they later bring them into the land of Israel?
Answer: These are very good Kelim (vessels); they keep them. Later, at each stage, we can delve into what happens to them.
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From the 1st part of the the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/16/24, Writings of Rabash “What Is the Need to Borrow Vessels from the Egyptians?”
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Question: The symbol of the Exodus from Egypt is Matza. Why is it necessary to consume Matza during Passover?
Answer: Matza is unleavened bread that is made in a special way with minimal water needed to make leaven. Then it is baked simply over coals or on a hot pan; it does not matter what it is baked on.
Matza is baked in remembrance of the Exodus from Egypt and symbolizes our swift transition from the desire to receive to the desire to bestow. It happens unexpectedly, suddenly, in what seems like the most inappropriate place and time for a person.
There is an accumulating process, accumulation, and a person breaks free from the grip of egoism. This is called the Exodus from Egypt.
Question: So, does a person not expect this exodus?
Answer: They are always expecting it, but they do not know that it is approaching. When it really happens to them, they do not understand how it suddenly came about. But someday, it will happen to everyone.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual States” 4/20/22
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Question: Passover lasts for seven days. Why is that?
Answer: Seven days represent the seven Sefirot, all the levels of our soul. On the first day of Passover, a person exits the intention for oneself and continues to get rid of his egoistic intentions on the second day, the third day, and so on, until he completely detaches from them.
In this way, one approaches a state called Yam Suf—the Red Sea. He is ready to plunge into it to fully detach himself from Egypt (from egoism).
Question: Exiting Egypt is the final frontier of the corporeal, egoistic world beyond which lies an arbitrary line called Machsom. By crossing it, a person begins to feel love, bestowal, and the spiritual world. What happens to him? What transformation occurs beyond this line?
Answer: Beyond this line, a person only thinks about how through others he can increasingly realize in himself the quality of bestowal and love. As a result, he begins to feel in this quality that he is filled with the highest light—the Creator.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual States” 3/28/21
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Question: How do we collectively find the true, correct Hisaron (deficiency) during the night time?
Answer: At night we cannot find anything; there is no light. During this time, a person is under the influence of egoism, under the influence of uncorrected or even evil forces.
Therefore, at night we do nothing, and we act only when morning begins, i.e., from midnight.
In this, we take an example from King David who always woke up at midnight and began writing Psalms.
Question: On Passover night, the body is limited both in thoughts and desires. What is this state?
Answer: It is a state of feeling the exile in Egypt.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/14/24, Writings of Rabash “Concerning the Exodus from Egypt”
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Question: Which is more important: to be happy with the revelation of evil or to ask for a way out of Egypt?
Answer: The joy of revealing evil is not yet a finished action. And the request to leave Egypt is already a more conscious state.
The children of Israel cried out to the Creator to bring them out of Egypt. At the same time their similarity to Him was that they wanted to get out of their state and achieve the opposite: liberation from egoism.
Question: If we feel bad and we try to escape from this place, does it also come from the ego?
Answer: A place is a desire. We try to escape from egoistic desire, to make efforts, and to ask the Creator to help us do this. To our weak efforts, like those of a small child, the Creator gives His help, and then our efforts turn into action. This is how we ascend the steps of the spiritual ladder to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/12/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “And It Came to Pass in the Course of Those Many Days”
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Question: Is it necessary to pursue justice to come to equivalence of form with the Creator? What does it mean?
Answer: To pursue justice means that in any degree you have to look for the basis of what justice is, which means to search for the Creator constantly because that is when you will find Him.
It is said: “Strive for the truth.” That is, because you adhere to justice (Tzedek), you will come to the Creator, who is that quality.
Therefore, in any place, any decision, we must find that justice is the basis of everything.
Justice is one of the types of revelation of the Creator. By pursuing justice, you, by following this path, achieve the inheritance of the land.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/2/24, Writings of Rabash “Justice, Justice You Shall Pursue”
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Question: We are required to awaken from below. Is there anything special about Purim that we still need to do?
Answer: We do not need anything other than connection. The Creator created the desire to receive and shattered it into many parts. And we need to gather them so that they become like one person with one desire.
All these parts are in us. We are broken parts, so our desire to unite leads us to a state of correction.
We must constantly turn to the Creator with a request that He unite us into one common whole.
And when He does, we will have the opportunity to ask Him to fill our common desire with the upper light. This state will be called Purim.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/24/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Haman Pockets”
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Question: Is there a difference between annulling yourself before the Creator and opening yourself to the Creator?
Answer: These are different things. Annulling oneself before the Creator means absolutely nullifying oneself. For example, you can imagine yourself as a tube through which light passes from one place to another and you are only the walls of this tube.
Comment: It seems to me that opening yourself is also being a tube, not a cork.
My Response: No, there is still a difference. These are very complex states; we will study them later. I cannot even describe them right away.
Question: During the lessons, I feel pleasure coming over me, and I have a fear that I am beginning to receive it, to absorb it. What kind of inner work should be done here in order not to agree to accept pleasure for my own sake?
Answer: No, you agree to accept, just make yourself a tube through which you will pass all the good things you receive from above to the group and to the whole world.
Question: What trace does light leave in me when it passes through me, as if through a tube?
Answer: A feeling of fulfillment, joy, gladness, and connection.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/2/24, Writings of Rabash “Justice, Justice You Shall Pursue”
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