Question: How can I determine that I am in vessels of bestowal?

Answer: You can determine that you are in vessels of bestowal only if you relate to your state from the perspective of faith above reason, with an intention that lies beyond the boundaries of your awareness.

Spiritual wars, confusion, and all kinds of contradictions in which a person cannot orient themselves always intensify over time because the Sitra Achra are the forces that now confuse us, and it is exactly through them that we discern the uniqueness and perfection of the Creator.

They grow stronger not on the plane of this world where the Creator is concealed from us by such disturbances as a boss at work, a spouse, friends, or even my own inner confusion and turmoil. These forces present themselves as if the Creator has another form, different from the good who does good, perfect, and eternal.

Alternatively, the Sitra Achra whispers to me that I can supposedly attain perfection and eternity without going above reason. In other words, I am confused in all sorts of ways so that I will clarify and acquire vessels of bestowal.

The concealment that we have now takes on a different form, a different coloring, but it remains in the form of confusion. If you see the Creator and opposite Him see various qualities, Klipot, it means you are analyzing with your own intellect. So how will you rise to the next degree?

Confusion always arises because the next degree, more bestowing, more spiritual, comes to my current degree, and therefore it is completely not perceived by me.

You must always acquire vessels that are above your current degree; this is called above reason, because these are vessels of greater bestowal than in your present state. Then through them, you will be able to carry out a correct analysis.

If you try to understand what is happening to you using your current vessels, your analysis will always be incorrect. What is actually happening? I am now at a certain level; I have a will to receive that I have corrected, and with it I want to bestow. I have attained a certain degree and stand on it. It does not matter that these forces come to me from above and that I corrected myself through effort, with the help of the Creator. Even now, during the period of preparation, I am at a certain level.

What happens is that I am given the next degree. I am in a certain state, and above me hangs a higher degree, just as it is. The upper one does not change Himself; He simply shows me His picture. And I must absorb His picture, agree with Him, and try to equalize with Him in qualities.

He appears opposite to me, more bestowing, and I fall into even greater darkness. He is greater in bestowal, and this completely repels me. But in order to begin to agree with Him, I need, not my vessels, but His vessels. Then I must receive His mind, that is, His attitude toward His vessels of bestowal, and only then will I be able to agree with Him.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/26/26, Rabash, “Peace After a Dispute Is More Important than Having No Disputes At All”

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Question: You claim that we are not equal to one another and that our only equality lies in the fact that we belong to a system governed by a single force. Does it follow that equality is achieved only through adhering to this system?

Answer: Equality is achieved through our unification with one another, with the help of the upper force. If, on the earthly level, we try to artificially impose equality, we end up with such distorted forms of communism and violence that the result is nothing but terrible hatred and fragmentation, a scattering in all directions.

But when we strive to unite through the upper force, we will truly attain unity that will connect and elevate us. Then, within our shared desire, each of us will feel the Creator.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Not equal” 9/30/10

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It is written (Genesis 13:8-9), “And Abram said to Lot, ‘Please let there be no strife between you and me, or between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers. Is not the whole land before you? Please part from me: if to the left, then I will go to the right; and if to the right, then I will go to the left.’”

We should understand why he says “For we are brothers,” since they were not brothers.

The Zohar (Lech Lecha, Item 86) interprets this as follows: “‘For we are brothers,’ meaning the evil inclination and the good inclination are close to one another. One stands to the right of a person and the other to his left. That is, the evil inclination stands to his left, and the good inclination to his right” (Rabash, “It is Forbidden to Hear a Good Thing From a Bad Person”).

Rabash writes in this article that “it is forbidden to hear a good thing from a bad person.” Why? How can there be anything good in a bad person? Apparently, it is possible.

The paradox inherent in creation, which we are not so capable of accepting, is that one can advance toward perfection and eternity only from its opposite.

The will to receive, in its essence, is neither good nor bad. But when the light enters it, it gives the will to receive an intention for the sake of bestowal. Without the intention for bestowal, the will to receive is merely a material that enjoys, and by enjoying, it perceives only its own existence in the world.

In contrast to this material, there is nothing else that must be transformed or changed. However, when operating from intentions for the sake of receiving, the material discovers that they drive it, it understands that they are bad, and reveals the recognition of evil within itself. Then the material tries to change its intentions to ones through which it can enjoy, and gradually discovers that these are intentions for the sake of bestowal.

We do not understand that the Creator created creation in such a way that the very opposition to the revelation of divinity is what awakens us. The evil inclination is, in fact, the only true means that brings us closer to the goal; it does not allow us to remain at the still level without movement, but constantly pushes us again and again to search, to find, and to see the full extent of our loss caused by it, and the utter impossibility of attaining anything good without overcoming it. Without the evil inclination, a person would come to a complete standstill.

If one follows the advice of the evil inclination, one feels that one is sinking into suffering. Then a person begins to hate the evil inclination and arrives at the correct decision: to replace the intention for the sake of receiving with the intention for the sake of bestowal. In this way, the evil inclination completes its mission.

Thus, we must respect the function of the evil inclination, what it does for us by exerting its influence on us in all kinds of ways in order to turn us toward the Creator. This is called “help against him.”

Therefore, Abraham said to Lot: “If you go to the left, I will go to the right; and if you go to the right, I will go to the left.” Does Abraham not know where to go? Rather, if Lot chooses a path, Abraham knows that his path lies in the opposite direction. Without this, he would remain in a state of Hafetz Hesed, without direction. It is precisely for this purpose that the evil inclination exists.

Although it sometimes appears to us as bad and sometimes as good, we must always disregard its advice; in other words, listen to the opposite. By doing so, it orients us in the correct direction.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/9/26, Rabash, “It Is Forbidden to Hear a Good Thing from a Bad Person”

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Comment: When you disseminate Kabbalah to the masses, what attracts people is your inner message.

My Response: This happens because I have this energy. People sense that there is an upper force in me. They perceive it, even if just slightly, and sense that knowledge, confidence, and inner light.

I am not boasting about it, but I also do not hide that they really sense all of this. In many, it provokes hatred; in others, respect, approval, or admiration. It makes no difference. The main thing is that it exists, and it is not merely the spark of a brilliant orator; after all, I do not speak Hebrew particularly well, and my manner is generally somewhat rough, with a strange, often off-putting sense of humor.

I craft my statements quite deliberately, even pointedly, specifically to shake a person up and make them feel uncomfortable to prompt them to engage their critical left line a bit. People simply recognize there is a profound logic here, not mine, of course.

By the way, by nature I am practically without any innate talents. The only thing speaking through me is what I have attained from my great teacher. Through my connection with him, I pass on to you what he receives from his teacher, and further, through the entire chain of Kabbalists.

I have simply been privileged to serve as a conduit, to “pour,” so to speak, information from myself into the common Kli. To the extent that you unite with one another, I am able to pour all of this into you.

Whether I am here or not does not matter. The absence of visual contact serves to give you the opportunity for even greater freedom of choice to unite with one another. If I am no longer present, it will simply mean that you have been granted an even greater measure of freedom of will, even greater responsibility to unite. And when you can do this, you will receive even more from me, just as I receive much more from my teacher than when he was physically next to me.

It is said that the righteous live more in their death than in their life. And therefore there is no difference whether I exist now or will not exist in your eyes. If you unite among yourselves, you will feel a spiritual abundance pouring into you, specifically from me, in an even greater measure.

When you are ready for the stage of uniting with one another, without me in greater freedom of choice, since there will no longer be my pressure or direct guidance, and you are able to bring this to fruition, then I will depart. From that point on, it will be entirely up to you whether you succeed in realizing this or not.

Question: Do you think that those external circles we are currently disseminating information to will continue to be drawn to this in the same way?

Answer: This depends on the extent to which you become a magnetic force, how much inner strength you possess (the kind I currently hold), and on your capacity serve as a source of that strength for all of humanity. If you remain in contact with me and allow this force to flow into you through me, you will begin to attract all of humanity. But all this must happen collectively, as a single, unified entity.

Question: Is it possible that we might fail to become a unified whole?

Answer: In that case the obligation would be shifted away from you and placed upon some other group; alternatively you could be compelled toward this unity through the path of suffering. You will be made to unite regardless, because this is the natural trajectory of evolution, the inevitable path leading to the revelation of that system, that state that exists in the world of infinity.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. In the Union” 9/11/10

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Question: The group is outside of me. That means I depend on something external. How can I make it so that it depends on me, and not on something external?

Answer: What exactly is it that you decide here? You choose the group and convince yourself that it is great, good, important, and one of a kind. Then what it gives you naturally becomes important and significant to you. In other words, you must humble yourself before the group, and the group must “advertise” to you what is necessary.

Question: And if I break the connection even for a moment? Is that it?

Answer: If you sever the connection, you are an “animal.” After all, your only choice is the choice of the group.

Comment: You once said that it does not matter which group you come to. You can always be inspired by it if it maintains the direction.

My Response: I said that one can feel an inner response even from a small group because it depends more on how much you humble yourself before it. This is more important. The group may consist of beginners who know nothing but are very inspired and want something. Then you are inspired by their inspiration.

How does a mother become inspired by her infant? Does the infant have any kind of desire? Here love comes into action, the sense of importance. The infant is more important to her than her own life. That is how nature is arranged. Any of their sounds is the whole world for her, and she desires nothing more than to listen to them and fulfill what they want. So does the size of the infant matter? No, what matters are importance, love, and significance.

Question: And if this is not there?

Answer: If it is not, then there is nothing to be done. It means there is no group, and you are in your own hands, that is, in the hands of your nature.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/9/26, Rabash, “It Is Forbidden to Hear a Good Thing from a Bad Person”

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It is known that one is always among people who have no connection to the work on the path of truth, but to the contrary, always resist those who walk on the path of truth. And since people’s thoughts mingle, the views of those who oppose the path of truth permeate those with some desire to walk on the path of truth.

Hence, there is no other solution but to establish a separate society for themselves, to be their framework, meaning a separate community that does not mingle with other people whose views differ from that society. And they should constantly evoke in themselves the issue of the purpose of society, so they will not follow the majority, because following the majority is our nature (Rabash, “Concerning the Importance of Society“).

On the spiritual path, everything happens differently than in other areas of human activity because here I must change myself, in other words, extract myself from an egoistic nature, and enter a new one.

This means that I have no other choice but to deliberately create an appropriate environment around myself where spiritual goals and ideals are elevated as much as possible, developed, and made obligatory for everyone. In such a setting, I can learn from this society and absorb a stronger influence from it than from all of humanity, and most importantly, greater than from my own egoism. Only then will I be able to somehow change myself.

Question: Rabash writes that a person who is among people unrelated to the spiritual path gradually adopts their views. Is a person really that weak?

Answer: It is not that a person is weak; he is simply raw material that is shaped by society. Whatever environment he inhabits, his thoughts will inevitably reflect that environment.

Comment: Kabbalists are often accused of being insular. For some reason, they give everyone that impression.

My Response: They evoke antagonism in others because the Kabbalistic method runs counter to human nature. This can be seen in how humanity relates to Jewish people and senses the seed of Kabbalah within them, even though Jews themselves are not aware of it.

Therefore I remain unperturbed by the fact that I arouse hatred in many people. What can be done? We will have to wait until they correct themselves and understand that there is no other way. I hope that with today’s pace of development, this will happen quickly.
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From KabTV’s “The Last Generation” 7/29/18

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This wisdom is no more and no less than a sequence of roots that cascade by way of cause and consequence, following fixed, determined laws that interweave into a single, exalted goal described as “the revelation of His Godliness to His creatures in this world” (Baal HaSulam, “The Essence of the Wisdom of Kabbalah“).

At first glance, there is some confusion here. First of all, it is said that these roots spread and descend from top to bottom. Immediately following it is written that they are connected and aimed at one lofty goal, seemingly from the bottom up; the goal is the revelation of the Creator (above) to creation, to man (below) in this world.

How did the Kabbalists comprehend this whole system, and describe it to us so that we could use their books to reveal it ourselves?  In exactly the same way we do, but for them it was far more arduous. They had no teacher, and they did not have a group.

For many generations people have been looking for ways to reveal the upper force and what is truly happening in our world, what laws it operates, how we might influence our destiny, and how to gain a sound, accurate understanding of what is actually happening here.

We see that many opinions, religions and beliefs abound in the world. Human beings are constantly changing, and from generation to generation they do not know what is happening to them.

He cannot integrate all of reality into a single coherent picture. After all, there is science and psychology, various faiths and beliefs, a host of phenomena occurring around us, but we do not know where they come from. We cannot find answers to questions about what happened before us and what will happen after. And most importantly, we do not know how to behave in everyday life.

Throughout history, many people have asked similar questions, until a man named Adam HaRishon (the first man) appeared. He is called the first man because he was the first one who received the answer to the question of what is actually taking place.

He revealed the entire system: how the whole reality (within which he exists) is presented to him, how various forces and systems known as “worlds” operate behind this world, how these all descend to him, why he suddenly wants to comprehend all this, what happens next when he begins to comprehend them, and how he proceeds to reveal the whole universe to himself.

The whole picture opened up before him, his entire future path, until he fully revealed the whole of reality as he exists independently of his physical, animal body, above him, above life and death.

He began to reveal all this, and described it in the book Raziel a-Malakh, (The Secret Angel). This is where the science of Kabbalah began.

How did the second person come to this disclosure, and then the third, the fourth, and so on? It is also because a desire awakened in them to know: “Who am I? Why was I born? Why do I exist? What is my fate? Who controls me? Who governs me? I want to control my own destiny! What is the reason for everything that is happening in the world and with me?”

Since we are all in a common system, we are drawn to our root, much like electric charges in a magnetic field or pieces of iron to a magnet. So we came to a place where we can acquire knowledge about the science of Kabbalah, each from their own direction, seemingly by chance.

The second person also came to Adam HaRishon, and began to study with him. And then came more and more. Yet although all of them, studied under their teacher, each attained revelation through the same path he traversed. After all, a teacher can offer assistance only through explanation, showing the student how to step onto the path of revelation, but each person must achieve it on their own.

What does one reveal? It is the order of the roots that descend to them, awaken them, and give them the desire to comprehend them. If a person realizes this desire, they reach the highest root through these roots, and thus reveals the entire universe. What does one reveal? The purpose of creation is to please the created.

At the end of our development, we reach a state in which we are filled with eternal and perfect delight in our mind, feelings, and awareness. We feel the harmony that reigns in all of reality. We reveal what is hidden from us now. And everything that we reveal is called “the thought of creation.”
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From the International Kabbalah Convention 7/17/15, Guadalajara, Lesson 1

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Question: Why should we engage in war during the preparation period?

Answer: You mean that if we go beyond the Machsom, then it is clear where the right line is, where the left line is, where good is, and where evil is. There it seems like it is revealed to me that I am in a state of discord through which I can clarify what is happening and how to build new Kelim (vessels). Then it really makes sense.

But before the Machsom, I have no idea where I am. I do not even know which forces are bad and which are good and whether I am even engaged in battle. I am simply in an unconscious state. So what is the point of this?

First of all, if we think this way about what happens after the Machsom, this is a mistaken opinion. Even beyond the Machsom, in spirituality, every time a person tries to attain a higher degree, he is in disagreement, in a war between the right and the left lines. He does not know what the right line is or what the left line is. He does not clearly distinguish where the qualities of the Creator are or where the qualities of the creation are.

The Sitra Achra (the other side, the impure force) clothes itself in beautiful garments and confuses him until he reveals the true picture and comes to the understanding that he needs to rise above reason, to verify which line, left or right, correspond to forces that are currently acting in him. The clarifications are carried out by the Creator.

We must not think that beyond the Machsom we are already in a state where there is no lack of clarity. If everything is clear, then this is work in the vessels of reception. This is what you imagine to yourself: “Now we will suffer a little, get a bit confused, and after the Machsom, thank God, we will see where the good angel is, where the evil one is, where the righteous are, and where the sinners are, for the former there is heaven, and for latter, hell. And then it is clear that I will go to heaven and everything will work out.”

These clarifications are within the will to receive, in the Kli that you have now, in the animal Kli. Do you think that in spirituality, clarifications are made in the same way?

A spiritual Kli is a Kli of bestowal. The Kli of bestowal is always opposite to our natural Kelim. Only after acquiring the Kli of bestowal can you clarify what in fact operates in spirituality as the right line and as the left line. That is, you must rise to a level above reason, above your Kelim of reception, above your natural mind, and only then can the clarifications be correct and true.

This is what it means “to be above the Machsom.” If you carry out clarifications in your natural Kelim, this is called “below the Machsom.”

What is the Machsom? The Machsom is when you are inside the Kelim of bestowal, which become yours to the extent of equivalence of qualities, and in this part you clarify, work, live, and already develop within the vessels of bestowal.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/26/26, Rabash, “Peace After a Dispute Is More Important than Having No Disputes At All”

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