Question: RABASH writes that after a gathering of friends, everyone should feel that they are in a state of perfection. But what if I do not feel that?

Answer: If you do not feel perfection after the gathering of friends, it means you did not achieve the proper result, because connection should bring the sensation of the Creator. The Creator is the sum of the shared aspirations toward one common center.

Question: How often should one meet with friends?

Answer: Rabash defined it as once a week. Before I brought him new students, the meetings were held once a month during meals in honor of the new moon. His students would come together from all over the country. Usually, we would gather for no more than half an hour.

Question: In the times of Baal HaSulam were such gatherings also held?

Answer: Back then, it was a bit different, because people lived in small towns very close to one another. There were not same problems as today.

Question: As a rule, does a gathering of friends take place without the teacher?

Answer: Yes, of course. The ones gathering are the friends who need to unite among them. The teacher, practically speaking, has no right to step between them, but may participate in the gathering as a friend, if they agree to it.

Question: What does it mean “as a friend”?

Answer: He can lower himself to the level of a friend. The problem is whether the students are capable of perceiving him in that role.

Remark: Now as a friend, then as a teacher, of course, that is not easy for a person.

Answer: Indeed, that can be difficult.
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From KabTV’s 3/11/19, “Basics of Kabbalah”

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