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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, Shamati #19 “What Is ‘The Creator Hates the Bodies,’ in the Work?” (10.14.2021)

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2nd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah,”(6.21.2006)

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3rd part of the Lesson — Lesson on the Topic “To be as an Ox to the Burden and as a Donkey to the Load”

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4th part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Introduction of The Book of Zohar,” “The Letters of Rav Hamnuna Saba”

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Question: What is the Torah?

Answer: It is the force that corrects us, connects us, and comes to us in its many manifestations. This force is capable of bringing us the recognition of evil, its correction, connection with the good, and shows us examples of unity; that is, the entire system of our correction is called Torah.

ZA (Zeir Anpin) of the world of Atzilut is called Torah because I try to resemble this image, this system, by assembling all the souls in Malchut of the world of Atzilut in such a way that the connection between them resembles the structure of ZA of the world of Atzilut.

In this case, all the souls included in Malchut of the world of Atzilut unite and enter into adhesion (Zivug) with ZA of the world of Atzilut, with the Creator. This is how we reveal the connection and adhesion between us.

Everything happens, begins, and ends in ZON (ZA and Nukva) of the world of Atzilut. Malchut of the world of Atzilut goes through seven states until it reaches the level of ZA, similarity to it in full. At the end of correction, they become like two great lights.

Therefore, ZA of the world of Atzilut, called Torah or the Creator, serves as an example for us in its structure, power, and influence.

And we must first of all strive to unite with each other, in the darkness, and reveal the need for His help.
When we discover in all our efforts to unite that we are incapable of it, then like little children, we begin to cry and demand correction from Him, an example.

Then the upper one will show us an example and will give us the power to unite. But our request and demand must come only from our efforts to unite with each other. Otherwise, we will not be worthy of an answer. Otherwise, we are not in the connection of Malchut with ZA of the world of Atzilut, we are not in Malchut. Malchut feels only the connection.

And we are all below, in the worlds of BYA (Beriya, Yetzira, Assiya). In Malchut, only our desires to unite with one another in order to reveal the Creator and attain the quality of bestowal.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/14/10, The Book of Zohar

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Question: Do I need to turn to AHP first in order to correct Galgalta veEinaim (GE)?

Answer: If we talk about how corrections occur in the Kelim, then each Kli we begin to correct, even the lightest, consists of four parts: GE, AHP, GE in AHP and AHP in GE.

Although the light affects all the Kelim, the lighter ones are the first to awaken, because according to the rule of similarity of form, they are closer to correction. What shows them having greater vessels of giving than receiving? This is hard to explain.

On one hand, one who possessed the screen and was on a high level fell very low. One who was in the property of bestowal, naturally close to Bina, almost did not fall since the bestowing Kelim without a screen, although corrupted, they are not so to the extent the receiving Kelim are, which, having a screen, they remain very high, but without a screen are terrible and fall very low.

We do not have to do these calculations in practice as we start the correction. The light awakens, clarifies, sifts through the Kelim, and corrects them. Therefore, those who feel close to correction come by themselves, join in, and feel a part of it.

Therefore, today we cannot make an accurate calculation. There was no such breakage in the bodies. There are people who, from a “bodily” point of view, are called Jews, and there are those who are called nations of the world.

Among both are those who did not mix with each other, i.e., over time there were no mixed marriages between them. But the shattering happened in the souls! No explanation is given for this. Kabbalists do not want to touch on this topic.

We cannot form an attitude toward the world based on this, if only because we do not know where the lost tribes are, how they have undergone the breakage. You cannot relate to something based on external criteria. We just have to accept as a fact: if we are talking about souls, there is no soul that did not undergo a complete breakage, with all its parts.

It follows that since the light corrects and returns to the source, people awaken to correction without any connection to other factors. In the end, it is a matter of time: either sooner or later.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/13/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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Question: How can one guide their point in the heart through the group, which functions as a spiritual amplifier?

Answer: There are external means that we use: books, the group, the teacher, our system of study and global connection. These conditions were established for us by the Kabbalists.

If we put them into practice, build an external framework for ourselves, and insert our desire for spirituality into this system, then the desire begins to grow.

Initially I have only my one point in the heart, and I pass it to my friends and receive from them all their points in the heart! This network of connection between us, between souls, already exists.

Everything was prepared in advance during the descent of the worlds from above downward for our ascent from this world to the world of infinity.

I only need to be able to enter into this system, lower myself, see everyone else as corrected, and desire to receive the light of correction through them.

Then I will receive from the others their desires for bestowal, which will expand my own desire.
However, at the beginning I had only a small point in the heart, and even that was unclear in its direction.

I invested it into the group, I wanted to enter it; that is, I performed an act of bestowal! And in return I received from the others a genuine force, a true desire to bestow!

Suddenly you see that you really want it and value it. And then fear comes. Will I be able to reach bestowal to the Creator or will I end my life without achieving it?

These are still egoistic thoughts, but they already revolve around how to reach bestowal! This is called Lo Lishma: a) striving to bestow and b) thinking about the benefit.

So through the group you receive a more internal direction toward the Creator.

When you aim yourself toward the Creator, you draw closer to faith, you begin to attract another surrounding light. It is not that the light has changed; you have changed, and therefore the light affects you differently. Now it can give you the quality of bestowal.

And when you acquire the quality of bestowal, you begin to rise above your egoism. This is what you wanted to achieve from the very beginning, but now the light has arranged it so that it comes not through coercion, but by your own desire.

Suddenly you feel how the quality of faith fills you, that is, the quality of bestowal, since faith is bestowal, Bina.

It gives you freedom from your ego! And it is not that it completely frees you from egoism, but it gives you the strength to rise above it. It is already above the Machsom.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/27/2010, Writings of Rabash “Love of Friends – 2”

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Ultimately, Israel and the nations of the world will work together. After all, if we speak of the shattered Kli (vessel), whose particles must awaken and be corrected and in which each particle contains all the others, then from an inner, spiritual perspective, Israel and the nations of the world are intermingled with one another. In spirituality, all these labors are interconnected.

I believe this will also be the case in the corporeal world. I see it based on facts. Before I even awaken toward correction, the outer world already pushes me toward it. Antisemites, all kinds of haters, shout at me and the whole world demands something from me, so I see that they are already beginning to participate.

Even before I begin to desire correction, they are already demanding it, unconsciously of course, but still demanding it. And consciously as well; after all, they claim that Israel is the most corrupted part of the world, that it is Israel who causes all the world’s troubles. What do they demand? Either destruction or correction!

This appeal is quite direct. We do not agree with it: “Why are you treating us this way? What do you want from us? We just want to be like you!” But what does it mean to be “like you”? None of the nations of the world want to see us like them, and they are right. Look at what is happening; it is all so clear, so obvious.

My teacher Rabash never missed the news for precisely this reason. From the news, it becomes evident and clear what is happening in the world. It is as if a prophet is speaking from the radio, reporting the news, and these are facts, not speculations or theories. You turn on the radio and you see what is happening. Ever since the beginning of the return to the Land of Israel, everything has become more and more apparent.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/12/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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Question: Are the efforts to adhere to the Creator a personal task or one that must be done in the ten?

Answer: The point is that the entire essence of personal work lies in integrating into the ten, although this might take a whole lifetime or even more than one.

Look at how long humanity has wandered before finally beginning to understand that there is no other choice but to work on unity. Otherwise, we are out of alignment with the nature of Earth itself, and it will erase us from its surface. How much time, suffering, and effort were needed for this realization!

All the work done before joining a group is merely preparation for the real work. Once I begin to integrate into it, it is as if a progress bar starts crawling forward, showing the percentage of the program being downloaded. To the extent that I incorporate myself into the group, I make room for the thought of creation to enter and fill me.

The more I empty the place from myself and engage myself in the ten, the more the thought of creation can fill my connection with the group. This is called a corrected Kli (vessel). In this form, I become filled, and reach similarity and adhesion with the Creator. This adhesion continuously deepens and strengthens.

The work toward adhesion with the Creator is only possible in a group of ten. In earlier times, that is, in previous stages of humanity’s development, this was not the case, and there were other ways to achieve adhesion with the Creator. But in our time, this is the only path.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/22/19, “There Is None Else Besides Him”

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Our message to the people of Israel must be that a person should be a “kingdom of priests” and a “holy nation” in relation to himself and in relation to a group of people, whether small or large, all the way to the rest of the nations and the world.

The same applies to the group in relation to the world, and the entire nation in relation to the world. It does not matter. Every part of creation, of the will to receive, that feels it is capable of this, in accordance with the awareness of the importance of this action, takes part in the correction both in relation to itself and in relation to the whole of reality, that is, to the rest of creation, to all other souls so that all may reach the degree of adhesion with the Creator.

Question: Can we go out with this message to the people?

Answer: This is our duty. It is no coincidence that Baal HaSulam finished the series of articles “Matan Torah (The Giving of the Torah)” and “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)” by stating that this is our task. This must be our banner.

Question: But isn’t this talking about the final state?

Answer: That is true. Although the phrase “You shall be unto Me a kingdom of priests” doesn’t yet refer to the end, but rather to the correction of Bina in a person, that is, the intention not for one’s own sake, the state of Hafetz Hesed (one who desires nothing for himself).

In general, we are speaking about two very great corrections, which mean attaining two degrees in the revelation of the face of the Creator (Gilui Panim) beyond the Machsom: bestowal for the sake of bestowal and reception for the sake of bestowal. The first degree is called governance by reward and punishment and the second eternal love. They stand opposite the “kingdom of priests” and “holy nation.”

However, since these are very high levels and are still far from us, it turns out that even at the smallest level, you cannot move from your place unless you take into account where you ultimately want to arrive. Even the smallest effort, according to how much you understand in your current state, must already be directed toward the final degree.

Baal HaSulam writes about the kibbutzim and Soviet Russia. Why did they not succeed? Even though their work was, in essence, based on the principle of “Love your neighbor as yourself,” and they were willing to carry it out, they could not do it. On the contrary, they only revealed the Klipa in it, because their work was not aimed at the final goal, and they did not see it as preparation for adhesion with the Creator. But that should have been the starting condition, because “the end of the act is in the initial thought.”

Such is the requirement for every appeal, every condition, and every action of a person because otherwise it is not an act that integrates into the process and becomes part of the spiritual path.
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From the 1^st part from the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/14/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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