Question: What does “condensing the circle of the ten” mean?

Answer: “Condensing the circle of the ten” means that we should become closer to one another so that it is not the Creator who is constantly before us but rather our shared Kli (spiritual vessel).

The Creator is the light that fills us. Through our increasingly perfected Kli, we achieve closeness to Him.
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From Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/4/2025, “The Study of the Ten Sefirot“

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Question: How can we learn to ask the Creator without prescribing what actions He should take to fill our Hisaron (spiritual lack)?

Answer: Try to constantly ask for a deeper, more internal desire, one that is closer to the goal, and you will see that eventually the Creator will respond. There isn’t a long path ahead of you; there is only one request between you and the Creator.

The main thing is to ask. Like a small child who is always demanding, always asking their parents: “I want this, I want this, I want this!” And they give it to him. So, ask.
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From the International Kabbalah Convention 10/10/25, “In One Prayer,” Lesson 3

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Question: What did Baal HaSulam mean when he said, “Better death than such a life”? From a material point of view, this refers to a person who has lost the taste for life and wants to end it. But what does this feeling mean spiritually?

Answer: “Better death than such a life” means the desire to be in constant connection with the Creator. For a person, the most important thing is connection with the Creator. Any other state feels worse than death.
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From the International Kabbalah Convention 10/10/25, “In One Prayer,” Lesson 3

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Question: Something constantly prevents a person and the ten from remaining in prayer. Then you start to search and ask yourself: “Why didn’t you ask?” But is it possible not to search for what’s disturbing me and instead learn to take pleasure and delight in the prayer itself?

Answer: To do that you must ask and turn to the Creator. Only in this way will He respond to you.

Question: How can we find that point and eradicate what keeps us from being in prayer?

Answer: I think your folly is that you do not want to close your eyes to everything except unity and from the point of unity turn to the Creator. He always responds to such a desire.
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From the International Kabbalah Convention 10/10/25, “In One Prayer,” Lesson 3

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Question: Each of us has many different qualities, states, and desires, and it seems impossible to come to a common prayer. Should we focus on what we want to ask the Creator for together, or on Whom we are addressing and before Whom we stand?

Answer: It’s the same thing. You all stand together before the Creator. And if you gather all your wishes, prayers, and requests, He will surely hear them.

You can find your connection with the Creator and your connection with the entire world group, and these will essentially be one and the same connection. It will be one unified Kli in which you discover yourselves, your unity, and your bond with the Creator.
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From the International Kabbalah Convention 10/10/25, “In One Prayer,” Lesson 3

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Question: Is prayer the result of the efforts we invest?

Answer: Yes, it is. But we cannot judge it directly. Yet if we truly feel how we unite with one another and sense the heart of the Creator, that will be the result of our efforts.

Question: What should a true prayer be like in order to receive a response from the Creator?

Answer: A prayer for connection with the Creator, for adhesion with Him, for Him to truly be your Creator.

I believe that we must feel our interconnection. Then our collective prayer will help each one sense that they are within the heart of the Creator.
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From the International Kabbalah Convention 10/10/25, “In One Prayer,” Lesson 3

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Question: What is the difference between the prayer of many and the prayer for the many?

Answer: I think there isn’t much of a difference. Of course, they can be perceived somewhat differently, but in essence, if it is a prayer of many, it is already the correct prayer because it rises to the Creator from all hearts together.

What can such a prayer be about? For the many. That is, in this prayer, many ask that their hopes and desires unite and ascend to the Creator, and that the Creator would respond to them and act in such a way as is needed for them so that they may become as close as possible to one another and to the Creator.

Thus, the prayer of the many already contains within it the prayer for the many.
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From the International Kabbalah Convention 10/11/25, “In One Prayer,” Lesson 5

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Question: What kind of prayer should it be if I need to give my heart to the ten, but it feels like a stone?

Answer: Then your prayer should be such that it dissolves the stony heart, turns it into a living one, and the Creator fills it.

Question: It is said, “Better death than such a life,” referring to a person driven to despair by his suffering. But the sources speak of spiritual suffering, not material. How can we transform material suffering in the heart into spiritual suffering?

Answer: If we understand what life and suffering mean, then it is not difficult to imagine what spiritual life and spiritual suffering are. That is within our power.

Question: Can a prayer exist without a request, as pure gratitude?

Answer: Yes, a prayer may consist only of gratitude.

Question: Is prayer a person’s private address to the Creator or is it an address from the unity of the ten?

Answer: It is your collective appeal to the Creator, one for which you seek a shared response.
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From the International Kabbalah Convention 10/10/25, “In One Prayer,” Lesson 3

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