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Posted on September 2nd, 2024
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Question: I want to follow your advice and love my friend. But my egoistic nature causes repulsion, and I must rise to the level of love for him. So what is my prayer for the other?
Answer: When you try to rise above hatred to love and you make serious efforts to do so, such great egoism is revealed in you that shows you cannot do this. Then you begin to realize that only the Creator can help you, and you seek contact with Him. It is in this search that one can find the Creator.
Question: So what do I ask Him at this moment?
Answer: Ask Him to help you be in love above hatred.
Question: But it sounds like I am asking for help for myself?
Answer: Why is it for yourself? You want to show love for others! It appears above hatred, above egoism. We do not understand what the manifestation of the quality of bestowal is. It seems to us that I bestow and this is my gain. No, this is not my gain.
The spiritual property requires us to absolutely renounce and rise above egoism. You are making a restriction. We do not feel what the first restriction, the screen, or the reflected light are when you completely start working for bestowal. Then you want to connect to the Creator so He can help you with this. There is no personal gain here; it has long been left behind.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/24/20, “Preparation for the Convention”
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Question: What is the awe from the fact that the Creator is great and rules over everything?
Answer: It is awe before the power that includes all worlds and controls everything. Moreover, its control does not depend on time, place, or movement. It passes through distances and obstacles. This is the power of the Creator.
Question: Until I reveal the Creator, I am in awe of my teacher and friends. Is this the same thing?
Answer: In general, yes. If you have such a connection with your friends, then you will have a connection with me and then with the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/14/24, Writings of Rabash “Anyone in Whom There Is Fear of Heaven – 1”
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Question: When I need to connect with someone and I do not like that person, is it possible to see that the Creator is benevolent to me in this situation, even in an abstract sense?
Answer: I do not know what it means that the Creator is good to me. To the extent that I realize that the entire program works solely for me, for my benefit, I start to reveal that everything in the world exists only to help me correctly express myself within the overall creation.
I begin to discover that I am the only being capable of acting independently within all of creation, that there is no one else in the world except me and the Creator. Then, I realize what I truly need to do.
At this point, it is necessary to nullify my egoism to rise to the level of the Creator as a partner and constantly remain in this state. As it is written: “And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord.”
We must feel that we are chosen, special, and capable of bringing the world to correction and a new state. The Creator has chosen us and we must be worthy of this choice and not beg Him to grant us some egoistic indulgences.
We must act in accordance with the mission He has entrusted to us, and under no circumstances should we lower our heads. On the contrary, we should elevate ourselves even higher so that the mission given to us truly fills and inspires us.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/24/20, “Preparation for the Convention”
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Question: How does prayer help build a screen if we do not ask for it directly or we do not explicitly say in the prayer: “We ask to build a screen”?
Answer: You are asking for it because you are praying for someone else. By doing this, you build the screen.
Asking for someone else is the most reliable way to change yourself and your position regarding the entire Kli.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/11/24, Writings of Rabash “Laboring and Finding”
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Before one is answered for this prayer of the poor, how can it be said that He will answer him the prayer of Moses, which is the Torah (Rabash, Assorted Notes, 436, “Three Prayers”).
Question: What does it mean that the Creator answers the prayer of the poor?
Answer: The poor means someone who has nothing. Therefore, the prayer of the poor is a specific prayer coming from a person who feels deprived. And if his prayer is based on this, then the Creator answers him due to his huge deficiency (Hissaron).
Question: How should the Creator answer the prayer of the poor?
Answer: You will see how He does it gradually, in different ways.
Question: Is it possible to find examples of such a prayer somewhere?
Answer: There are books called Siddur. You can find many different prayers in them. So take these prayer books, read them, and you will see how the Creator answers you.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/2/24, Writings of Rabash “Three Prayers”
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Hence, when teaching morals, we see the importance of Torah and Mitzvot [commandments], meaning which level of pleasure one can have, as well as which punishment he might suffer (Rabash, Assorted Notes, “Hear, My Son, Your Father’s Ethics – 1“).
Question: How do we reveal these measures of pleasure on our path?
Answer: Gradually, we begin to feel that there are immense fulfillments in the spiritual realm for both the mind and the heart. Moreover, the pleasure you experience practically fills the entire world. Some feel it more, some less, but through you, the world is filled as well.
Question: In the group of ten, I can clearly sense from which of my actions the Creator derives pleasure. And what about the nations of the world? How should I engage with them in a way that brings pleasure to the Creator?
Answer: Reveal the purpose of creation to the nations of the world and help them move toward this goal in some way.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/7/24, Writings of Rabash “Hear, My Son, Your Father’s Morals – 1”
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Question: What is better to strive for from the point of egoistic fear: real fear or a state of trust in the Creator?
Answer: Both are necessary. You need to reveal all the vessels (Kelim) within you, examine what is felt in them, and then return to the Creator with this.
Question: The Creator has no desire to receive, so He has no fear. Can we reach such a state to become like Him?
Answer: You want to become similar to the Creator, so you work toward this. Eventually, all your egoistic fears disappear because they are replaced by adhesion with the Creator, connection with Him.
That is how we should feel our progress.
Question: In our ten, we are trying to grasp the state of fear. How can we present this together to the Creator?
Answer: You should discuss among yourselves and come to a specific conclusion about what exactly you want to request from the Creator. Then connect and express your desire to Him. That is possible.
Question: I have a fear of my desires that I do not even know and certainly do not control. Should I be afraid of this?
Answer: Be concerned about what is in your heart now, about your current qualities.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/14/24, Writings of Rabash “Concerning Fear”
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Question: If the Creator shows us the suffering of ordinary people and we are directly related to it, is there any work of ours here, correction as tens?
Answer: Of course there is. Empathizing with someone’s suffering allows us to take away a piece of that suffering and make it easier for them.
Question: What should we do in this case? Gather for common prayer? What should our actions be?
Answer: You just have to ask for the best for everyone. That’s all.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/11/24, Writings of Rabash “Laboring and Finding”
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Question: Why should a man be the one to pursue a woman?
Answer: This is how the Creator arranged it.
Question: Why is this a unilateral action?
Answer: Because she is a woman and you are a man. Each should take into account their own side.
Comment: Let us say I won her over, got married, but it turns out that this process still does not end.
My Response: The process never ends. You must win her favor every moment. You are given no rest so that you have to fight with yourself.
To persuade a woman, to please her, you must fight against your male nature, pride, contempt, and so on. It is a kind of self-discipline. It turns out that you are constantly renewing your relationship.
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From KabTV’s “Man and Women” 7/30/24
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