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Posted on August 10th, 2025

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“Feeding” on the Teachings of Baal HaSulam and Rabash

Posted on August 10th, 2025

Question: What did Baal HaSulam add to the correction of the soul that the ARI started?

Answer: The ARI himself did not write anything. It was his student Marhu (Chaim Vital) who wrote, and his writings were published over the course of three generations after the death of the ARI.

Baal HaSulam explained and systematized the entire teaching of the ARI. Before him, the teaching of the ARI was not arranged in a structured way, and therefore, it was impossible to study it properly. Many who began studying the ARI would eventually switch to studying the works of the Ramak.

I myself studied the Ramak until I discovered Baal HaSulam. I saw many Kabbalists who preferred studying the Ramak instead of the ARI because the books of Ramak are clear and organized.

The writings of the ARI were not structured. Baal HaSulam systematized, detailed, explained, and arranged them: the three lines, the first and second restrictions, the Creator and the created being, the definitions of the worlds, Sefirot, Partzufim, NRNHY KHB, ZON, and he even created a collection of diagrams of the upper worlds in the book Elan.

Although some parts are missing that he could have systematized further (like Adam HaRishon, the impure worlds of BYA), it seems he chose not to deal with them. Without Baal HaSulam, we would not have the method of the ARI. It would be impossible to understand the ARI.

Today when we read other Kabbalists, we understand them only because we are familiar with the works of Baal HaSulam. Without him, we would be confused.

Whatever you read, whether it is the books on Hasidism, the Ramak, or the Agra, you only understand them because you studied Baal HaSulam. Without the articles of Rabash, we would not be able to understand what is required of us and what the work of the Creator truly means.

Without these two Kabbalists Baal HaSulam and RABASH who complement each other, we would not have the correct approach to the method of correction.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/8/10, Writings of Baal HaSulam Preface “Introduction to the Book Panim Meirot uMasbirot”

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From Blind Faith to Knowledge

Posted on August 10th, 2025

Humanity is moving forward. Once it believed only in spirits, in hidden forces of nature: wind, sun, moon, earthquakes, sacrifices, etc. There are still many similar beliefs on Earth today that exist to this day. Some of them will only vanish with the revelation of the Creator.

But as egoism develops in humanity, the ego begins to demand greater revelation, greater comprehension, and a stronger foundation for any action. A person becomes lazier and more egoistic; they want rewards, and demand clear understanding, knowledge, and compensation for their efforts.

That is why, in ancient times, over many centuries, various movements and forms of worship emerged. All of them were also tied to the specific characteristics of each nation that were beneficial to their elites.

But the key point is that all these beliefs are referred to as “faith,” that is, as blind faith—believing in something that a person does not reveal, does not see, and does not feel. Yet when someone begins to work with this, everything in him is purely psychologically shaped into a kind of knowledge, a conviction so strong that one is ready to give their life for it.

Question: Is blind faith close to faith with knowledge?

Answer: There is no actual knowledge here because no one is revealing the Creator. But gradually a person reaches a state where they must do so.

The first person to reveal the Creator was Adam only 6,000 years ago. Although for many centuries before that humanity sought to know the Creator, it remained in a state of faith and not knowledge. Adam HaRishon was the first who attained the Creator. That is, he gained clear knowledge, and the ability for mutual, two-way communication: “I speak to Him, and He responds.” Adam began to work within this interaction.

This kind of attainment of the Creator by a person in this world is called the wisdom of Kabbalah. Only then do we move from faith to knowledge.

The entire wisdom of Kabbalah is based on knowledge. It calls each person to rise either from the level of nonbelief—which is also a kind of faith, a belief in the absence of upper forces, a program of development, etc.—or from the level where upper forces are accepted on faith, to a state where a person reveals the Creator’s governance and begins to interact accordingly.

Thus, in our world there are two completely different approaches to human behavior. That is why there are over 3,000 various belief systems. We can see how much they differ across different regions of the world.

For example, in South America it is customary to dig up the bones of ancestors, wash them out of respect, and rebury them. In China, other types of worship exist, and in Japan, still others. People come up with all sorts of methods. This is one path.

The second path is Kabbalah. It is intended for those who cannot function within blind faith; they need knowledge.

Kabbalah leads them to the revelation of the upper force, not just belief in it where people invent various methods, systems of behavior, and interaction, but actual revelation. A person is shown models of behavior with the upper force, mutual closeness, communication, development, and so on.

Question: So when Baal HaSulam writes “religion,” should we always interpret it as “Kabbalah”?

Answer: Baal HaSulam specifically means Kabbalah because nothing else is connected to the upper force.
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From KabTV’s “The Last Generation” 7/10/2017

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What Is Revealed through Attaining the Creator?

Posted on August 10th, 2025

Question: According to Kabbalah, the purpose of human existence is to reveal the the Creator. What exactly is revealed to a person?

Answer: We exist within a certain informational field, and we do not know where or what it is.

We do not know where we came from, how we exist, what governs us, or where our thoughts and desires come from at every moment. We do not know what directs us when we decide to act.

We float along the current of life, and it seems to us that we are doing things, but in truth, we are not.

In order to understand where we are and who we are, we must reveal the governing force.

This is precisely what the wisdom of Kabbalah is engaged in. There is no greater purpose in our lives than to reveal the upper force and its governance over us. Only then will we know who we are, why we are, and how we are.

Question: What does the word “revelation” mean in this context?

Answer: I do not even know whether I truly exist right now or not, and what my life really means.

Comment: But I feel that I exist in some kind of world.

My Response: But do you feel that you are being governed, and who governs you?

Comment: True, we do not perceive the root cause.

My Response: We perceive neither the beginning, nor the middle, nor the end.

The attainment of the Creator must reveal everything that I want to know about myself, my existence, and reality as a whole—where I am, why, and what for.

Question: So when the reason for my existence and its purpose are revealed to me, is that what is called the revelation of the Creator?

Answer: No, that is the revelation of His attitude toward me. But essentially, that is how He is revealed, only relative to us.

Question: Is this some kind of sensory attainment?

Answer: Of course, it is sensory, direct, and scientific.

Question: Where does this become revealed in a person? Let us say one person attains it, and another does not. What is the difference between them?

Answer: The one who has attained the Creator perceives our world as a part of a vast reality.

He sees how everything happens not only in this world but in all of creation. He understands why each action occurs, with him and with everyone. He feels the entire picture.

We cannot even imagine what that means. But from that picture, a person understands everything that is happening to him and to everyone, in all of history and geography. It does not matter where, he understands the whole of creation and the Creator who governs it.
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From KabTV’s “Basics of Kabbalah” 7/2/19

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Bestowal

Posted on August 10th, 2025

True bestowal can only be achieved under the influence of the upper light when we study Kabbalah in a group.

By reading books that describe the actions of bestowal that the light performs on desire, we thereby cause its effects on our own desires. It is all very simple.

Question: By what measure is bestowal evaluated?

Answer: Bestowal is measured above the desire, meaning, what kind of desire I am able to rise above in order to bestow. Maybe I can give up 10 dollars, or 20, or perhaps 10 million or even 20.

This example is clear to you. It depends on what you are able to rise above. Bestowal is measured by the magnitude of the desire you transcend, by the desire you disregard in order to bestow. This is called a “sacrifice.” You sacrifice your 10 million.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Bestowal,” 9/24/10

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