In order to come to the state of “Passover,” (Pesach) we must reach such a level of development where we are unable to work with egoism; we need to rise above it.

The outburst of egoism happened for the first time in Babylon. Against this eruption that took place when the population was not large, Abraham, a priest of ancient Babylon, discovered the system of ascent above egoism.

Several thousand people accepted this method, and they went together with him to the land of Canaan, present-day Israel. Abraham taught his followers what it meant to be in love with each other, rising above the ego and constantly stepping over one’s ego—Pesach (from the word Pasach, to pass).

Our ego is growing constantly, and we are growing above it, covering it by the law of “… love covereth all transgressions.” Transgressions remain, but, the greater they are—up to immense hatred—the greater love appears between us.

We do not hide our hatred, are not ashamed of it, because we understand that it comes from human nature, and our task is to identify in nature the next, positive force that will give us the opportunity to cover hatred with love.

Then, we will be in a constant state of spiritual elevation. However, hatred will determine the height of the love with which we cover it.

It turns out that we can continue to grow constantly. That is, each transition from stage to stage will become Passover (Pesach), the holiday that is always with you.
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From KabTV’s “Conversations about Passover,” 3/18/15

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In the past, Kabbalists were hidden, but they still formed groups among themselves.

The first group, consisting of several thousand people, was created by Abraham, who singled them out from ancient Babylon and led them to the territory of present-day Israel.

This was done intentionally to place the group under the greater influence of the upper force, because every part of the Earth is affected by a specific upper force. Here it manifests the most.

People who come from abroad to Jerusalem say that there is a special phenomenon there. They suddenly start feeling different. Artists say that there is a special yellowish air there. I find this a bit unclear, or maybe I do not want to believe it, but still there is something to it.

But the fact that by changing location we change our fate is absolutely true. And not because the society is different in another place, but because in every place on Earth, the upper force manifests itself in a unique way.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Environment” 6/10/10

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Question: Which prayer is not pleasing to the Creator?

Answer: Egoistic ones.

Question: It is said that you need to bring your desire closer to the desire of the Creator and then He will answer your prayer. What is this process?

Answer: To desire what He desires, and He only desires our correction. Therefore, a person who strives for correction comes closer to the Creator.

Question: Which prayer is more important for the Creator: the prayer of many, or the cry, tears, and true repentance of an individual?

Answer: The prayer for everyone.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/1/24, Writings of Rabash “Prayer”

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For this reason, they were not ready to receive the Torah at the time of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but only when they came out of Egypt and became a complete nation. Only then was there a possibility to guarantee everyone’s needs without any care or concern (Baal HaSulam, “The Arvut [Mutual Guarantee]”)

After leaving Babylon, the children of Israel went through three spiritual periods known as “Abraham,” “Isaac,” and “Jacob.” These are the right, left, and middle lines interacting with each other.

While in Babylon, people suddenly felt a massive surge of egoism tearing them apart. Therefore, Abraham’s group left Babylon and began to draw closer to each other. This was the ascent to the spiritual level of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

However, while uniting, they again found themselves under the control of egoism. This period is called the Egyptian exile.

The constant growth of egoism is necessary for our further advancement, otherwise we would have nothing to rise above and no basis for working with each other. Therefore, periods of spiritual development always follow this pattern: ascents and descents, ascents and descents.

But the descents are not entirely new states. From the state of a shattered soul, negative relationships and negative qualities continuously arise within each of us and between us, which we perceive as descents.

This is how we move forward. If a person stocks up on the correct energy, has a group, engages in systematic studies, and needs to progress, they will inevitably experience descents and various unpleasant states. But it is precisely by overcoming these states that they will advance.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/18/20, “The Arvut [Mutual Guarantee]”

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The group that Abraham organized in ancient Babylon was founded on the single principle that everyone was ready to achieve the state where he can be connected with another and to “love his neighbor as himself.”  In the Torah and other sources this is noted as the most important commandment.

In general, it should be a commandment for all of humanity, but we see that people of that time could not implement it. Today we are facing this question once again.

Therefore, as Kabbalists have said, we exist in the state of the last generation that must bring this idea to life. We have all the means to do that. The same system that Abraham attained some time ago is becoming revealed for the entire humanity, and we have to realize this idea.

The essence of this system is that we have once again to gather into one single whole through our thoughts and feelings rather than with our bodies. The corporeal world has nothing to do with this. The main thing is the person’s aspiration that directs him or her toward becoming closer with others. Only in this case will we come to the state of loving the other as yourself.

As soon as we reach the smallest level, the minimal connection between us, then right away we will begin to sense the upper world through it, a different state, a different nature.

Our nature is felt in five corporeal senses, but in addition, we will also start sensing the upper nature through the connection between us. To the extent we are able to connect between us, we will experience a completely different universe, different world, and different nature that is built on the property of bestowal rather than the property of receiving.

Let’s say our earthy nature is considered as “minus” because it is constantly attracting others in a negative way, while the upper, spiritual nature is built on the principle of bestowal, “plus,” and we will begin to feel it.

The sensation of the positive nature is completely unlike what we see today. After all, we will start sensing the upper forces, life beyond the boundaries of time, space, and movement. We will start sensing eternal states.

Our correct use of egoism, meaning our ascent above it, will bring us to this state.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/20/20, “The Ten”

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Comment: There are different souls, i.e., those who are awakened by the Creator and there are those who must awaken through us. It seems like this group coincides with those who came to Abraham in Ancient Babylon and became the people of Israel.

My Response: You do not need to elaborate on this because you will not understand anything anyway since you do not attain these souls at the level at which they were. It is useless to assume anything. You will only confuse yourself with incorrect conclusions.

It has nothing to do with those souls. They have done their job and continue their correction at other levels. After all, souls are at all levels of the spiritual world and our world. There are only those who have never been subject to correction.

Once we were all in the common soul of Adam, then we fell to the level of our world, and today we begin our ascent. We should not be confused with the souls of Abraham’s time or others. Someday, you will reveal this in practice, not based on your imagination.

When receiving an awakening from above, you need to know what to do with it: unite with each other, attract the upper light, etc. The closer you become to each other, the more actively you will realize your new properties.

In these properties, you will attain new states up to those upper ones in which the souls used to be or are now, for example, Abraham, Terah, and others. These are high levels.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/18/20, “The Arvut [Mutual Guarantee]”

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All of Israel became responsible for one another. Because the Torah was not given to them before each and every one from Israel was asked if he agreed to take upon himself the Mitzva [commandment] of loving others in the full measure expressed in the words “Love your friend as yourself” [Baal HaSulam, “The Arvut” (Mutual Guarantee)].

First, there is no such nation as the people of Israel. They came into being out of people who wanted to rise above their egoism because they realized it was impossible to exist within it. That happened in ancient Babylon 3,500 years ago. People understood that if they continued to act egoistically, they would destroy themselves and each other. There was great turmoil, mutual hatred flared up, and the inhabitants of Babylon did not know what to do next.

Therefore, Abraham, the son of the high priest Terach, saw problems, internal strife, and various conflicts among the people, and began to study this phenomenon. He realized that it stemmed from the growth of egoism in each person and that the only solution was to rise above the ego and somehow balance it.

Abraham began to preach this idea among the ancient Babylonians and urged them to unite and rise above egoism to achieve proper mutual understanding, to stop killing each other, and to bring themselves to a normal state.

His father Terach also supported this, but the Babylonian king Nimrod was against it. Nimrod thought that he would lose his power because when people become closer to each other, less aggressive, and kinder, they generally do not care about authority. However, if they become hostile toward each other, a king can intervene and control them.

Therefore, Abraham had no choice but to call upon all those who agreed with his idea of unification and lead them out of Babylon to the so-called land of Canaan. Today, this is the State of Israel. Thus, they came to be called the people of Israel (Yisra-El) from the phrase “straight to the Creator” (Yashar El).
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/18/20, “The Arvut [Mutual Guarantee]”

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Question: Are Abraham and Terah historical characters or spiritual qualities?

Answer: Both. Naturally these characters existed in our world as people. And from the point of view of the spiritual degree, Kabbalah, these are our inner qualities.

That is, by reaching certain spiritual degree, we will feel with our accomplishments and qualities that Abraham is in it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/20/20, “The Ten”

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Question: What is the state of death in spirituality?

Answer: It is parting with the Creator.

Question: Is spiritual death inevitable at every stage or can we avoid it?

Answer: At each stage of one’s spiritual ascent, a person must momentarily experience the state of death. Then, the next step opens before one, and one enters it. That is necessary for our development.

Question: What does it mean “in the state of death” to take upon oneself the work of faith above reason? How is it done?

Answer: In the state of death, we do not find ourselves. But what we consider disconnection from the path, from the Creator, we say that it is similar to death. We must accustom ourselves to such states and realize that our spiritual life is much higher than this.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/11/24, Writings of Rabash “The Reason for the Faith”

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Question: At one time was all of humanity in spiritual attainment?

Answer: No, it was not. Only the group of Abraham, who left Babylon, was in spiritual attainment for a brief period; upon exiting Egypt they all ascended to a new level, and then later during the construction of the First Temple. Of course that was not about a building with stones and wood, but about the inner construction of the soul, first, with the erection of the First Temple, then the Second Temple, and then the fall from the spiritual level 2,000 years ago. But together, as one unified nation, this group existed for only a very brief period.

As for all of humanity, it has never been in spiritual attainment because, while in Babylon, it did not want to master the methodology of revealing the Creator, of unity, and rising to His level, which is the highest level of bestowal and love in nature. Therefore, Abraham had to leave there.

Question: So it seems that people should come to this sensation soon. How realistic is it that everyone will feel the spiritual system?

Answer: It is absolutely realistic! Absolutely everyone and the entire scheme of creation. It is all within each of us. All together, we are in collective adhesion with each other in one unified soul called Adam, “Malchut of the world of infinity.” Call it whatever you want; there are many definitions for this state.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. All People are in Spirituality” 1/24/12

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