In order to come to the state of “Israel,” we pass through several levels.

At first, a person who wants to be “Israel” does not understand or think about it. It is precisely because he is completely disconnected from the Creator that he begins to feel his lack of desire.

Then, after some time, he begins to feel that although it is important, he has no strength. Then he is called Nekeva (female aspect). And if he follows the advice of the Kabbalists, he joins a group that can provide him with the strength to go above reason and fortify the awareness of the importance of the goal above that desire which he had in him.

Desires begin to accumulate in a person to truly attain adhesion with the Creator, unification, and making a covenant with Him. Then instead of Nekeva, he is called Zachar (male aspect).

On this path, it happens that he again falls from the level of Zachar to the level of Nekeva where once more he has no strength. But time passes, the group influences him, and he returns to the level of Zachar.

Sometimes this happens thanks to his own efforts and sometimes due to “What the mind does not do, time does.” And so, he advances.

That person, who advances through his own efforts, who always takes care that the importance of the goal leads him forward, is called “Israel”—Yashar‑El (straight to the Creator). He defines this direction as a way of life, as a process that he must realize over the course of his life.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/23/26, Rabash, “All of Israel Have a Part in the Next World”

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