Where there is labor, there is the Sitra Achra [other side], for the Sitra Achra is in deficiency (Baal HaSulam, Letter 55).

Question: What does it mean that we exert efforts in our connection with friends, and how will we be rewarded with holiness?

Answer: As long as we remain in egoistic desires, our efforts pass through a heavy barrier.

The moment we become bestowers efforts disappear and we joyfully and easily acquire the property of bestowal and remain in spirituality.

Here and now, in one hour, we can do much more than over a very long time thanks to many actions in the upper world.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/5/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Letter 55”

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Question: How can you get rid of grievances against the Creator?

Answer: What hurts you is what you need to pray about.

Let a person write down what he wants to address to the Creator, and then at different times of the day check whether what he wrote is correct. And if he feels that he wants to change his prayer, then this is a step forward.

Therefore, continue your work and try to constantly adjust the prayer slightly. Then you will see how the Creator responds to you accordingly. And if necessary, He will correct you.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/2/24, Writings of Rabash “Three Prayers”

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Question: We say that if hatred toward a friend arises within you, you should outwardly show them love. But if a friend shows hatred toward me, is it my fault?

Answer: There is no fault of yours here! The Creator deliberately places you in this situation so that you can rise above it.

Question: What is the correct reaction to this situation?

Answer: Embrace your friend. He is giving you the opportunity to rise above.

Why should you take offense at him unless it concerns joint work in dissemination, translations, or other matters where disagreements arise for the sake of achieving a better result?

Otherwise, everything else is meant only for you to annul yourself.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/24/20, “Preparation for the Convention”

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Question: How does prayer affect us?

Answer: It acts on us through the Creator in such a way that later we can see what we are changing for.

Question: How do we achieve the prayer of the poor? Can we condition ourselves so this prayer is the one that is accepted first?

Answer: We can. That is why it is written that the most important prayer is the prayer of the poor who feels he has nothing and asks the Creator.

Question: What is the difference between prayer and plea?

Answer: A plea is probably much harder than prayer because it is an urgent request coming from the heart.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/2/24, Writings of Rabash “Three Prayers”

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If he does not appease her, he will not stay the night with her because their desire must be as one, without coercion (Zohar for All, Beresheet – 2, “Reconciliation and Receiving Permission”).

Comment: When a married couple has already formed, many people believe that they live together, have a common way of life, joint affairs, and agree that their relationship seems to fade away, becomes forgotten.

My Response: No, it should not be that way, because that is how all relationships end. That is why it is said: “If he does not appease her, he will not stay the night with her.”

Question: Why is it said: “Stay the night with her”?

Answer: First, it has always been customary that in the house a woman has her own section, while the husband, children, and male relatives have the other section. For example, all the men go to dine in the women’s section and then return to their own section to sleep.

Question: Is this a kind of spiritual law? What is it based on?

Answer: It is based on our nature. First, you must go to your wife and please her with whatever you can: give her a gift or at least a bouquet of flowers. Then she shows you her favor by coming to you.

Question: Why can’t we always be in the same space?

Answer: No, that is not good because you cannot be together all the time. Negligence and other negative feelings start to creep in. On the contrary, this distance helps to maintain a spiritual relationship.

Question: Why has humanity rejected this spiritual law of dividing the home into male and female sections?

Answer: We live, as in the song by Vysotsky, “There is only one bathroom for 38 rooms.” Our way of life has kind of canceled it. But there should be a house divided into two sections so that the woman understands that this is hers. And the man might only have a folding bed in his section, and that is enough for him.

Question: How can we achieve that kind of distance like 300 years ago in our time? Can it be maintained today to improve relationships?

Answer: I think so. It is good when the husband and wife each have something separate, and there are hours when they spend time together. Then, perhaps, they will value the time spent together more.
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From KabTV’s “Man and Women” 7/30/24

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Question: When I see my ten’s corporeal Hisarons (deficiencies), do I need to ask for their fulfillment for the sake of bestowal?

Answer: As for corporeal Hisarons, I do not know; you decide on this issue yourselves. In general we should feel what we lack from what we want to express in prayer to the Creator.

We need to understand that if we want to get closer to Him, we must strive for the property of bestowal. Therefore, asking for the property of bestowal so that you can be closer to the Creator, understand Him more, and thus bestow to Him is a serious prayer.

Question: I want to feel not only the Hisarons of the ten, but also that of the world Kli. How can I do this?

Answer: This is slowly forming in each of us. What the whole world Kli wants, in general, is in each of us; only it manifests gradually. So do not worry, this will happen soon.

Once you direct your feelings through the ten to the Creator, you will feel how your intentions become realized.

Question: As we unite in the group, we all work for the sake of bestowal. How can we increase our Kelim of bestowal and expand our Kli?

Answer: The more we think about how to turn to the Creator, the stronger our friends will be, and the more we will feel the desire to receive what we ask the Creator for.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/2/24, Writings of Rabash “Three Prayers”

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Question: I see how my friends in the group are trying to create a collective prayer. How can I strengthen and support it?

Answer: Join them.

Question: What is the mechanism of this process?

Answer: Pay attention to what they are asking for. You can hear it. And you will see if you can join their requests. It is advisable to find reasons to join their prayer. It is very beneficial.

Question: To attune oneself to the Creator, do you need to pray for several hours? How can you shorten this time to always stay connected with the group and with the Creator?

Answer: It is not necessary to pray for a long time. The main thing is that you try to do it from the depth of your heart.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/4/24, Writings of Rabash “By Your Actions, We Know You”

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Letter 47”

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Question: Baal HaSulam writes that people are divided into two types: 10% are altruists and 90% are egoists. What is the root of this division?

Answer: This stems from the properties of nature. The light, when creating the vessel (Kli), forms it from ten Sefirot (emanations, parts). The uppermost part is Keter, the pure property of giving. Then come Hochma, Bina, Hesed, Gevurah, Tifferet, Netzach, Hod, Yesod, and Malchut, which is the part most opposite to the property of giving.

Therefore, between Keter, the property of complete giving, and Malchut, the property of complete receiving, are all our other properties. Based on this, we can say that 10% of people living on Earth strive or would like to live in a society of giving, love, and mutual assistance.

Question: And 90% are pure egoists who only want to use others?

Answer: Not entirely pure, but generally inclined toward egoism to a greater and greater extent depending on what dominates in them: egoism or altruism. Nevertheless, closer to  Malchut are those parts of humanity that possess enormous egoism.
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From KabTV’s “Era of the Last Generation” 7/11/24

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