We are incapable of transcending ourselves, so the group, the Creator, and those around us are indistinguishable in our sensations; to us, they are one and the same. In other words, if we did not work in a group, we would imagine ourselves to be angels.

But by working in it, you see how detestable your friends are to you. You fail to grasp how necessary they truly are, and you would gladly cast them aside.

Young people often come to me and say: “Why do I need a group? I only want to be your student.” Wonderful, this is a good desire. But they do not understand one thing: without the group, the teacher cannot help them in any real way. He can point out the path, assist and support, much like you support a small child, so that you do not fall. But you yourself must walk this path.

The path to spirituality itself consists of your actions with the group. From the side of the Creator, there may be a certain revelation meant to help you in this world. But your vessels of bestowal are located in other souls, which are also parts of Adam HaRishon (the common soul).

Therefore, before you reach the Machsom, you must complete this entire process and acquire the correct Hisaron through the group. The Egyptian exile, Moses, Pharaoh, the plagues, and all the other states symbolize our work in the group.

Bestowal to the Creator and bestowal to the group are one and the same. Work in the group is divided in stages in which a person builds his Kli: to bestow to the group, to exalt the Creator, and to lower oneself before the group as before the Creator.

By working in the group, a person goes through processes symbolizing various spiritual states: bestowing Keter, receiving Malchut, and so on. A person literally builds his spiritual vessel; there is no other foundation for this.

It is impossible to build one’s Hisaron through one’s attitude toward the Creator, toward oneself, or even toward the teacher. The only means available to us is the group. It is like a laboratory where we learn and prepare ourselves for true spiritual birth, that is, for acquiring the desire to pray for the external Kli, the vessel of bestowal.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/14/26, Rabash, “What Is, “If a Woman Inseminates First, She Delivers a Male Child,” in the Work?”

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