All the troubles and the hardships that we come across, about which The Book of Zohar tells us, are interruptions on the way to adhesion. After all, if we were in adhesion, we wouldn’t need to explain anything or write about it. The only thing we lack is to reach adhesion—this is the correct request.

If my request is correct each time, I will constantly be in adhesion according to my request. I only need to ask, but the request has to be for the right and clarified absolute desire—relatively to the state I am in.

If I could request correctly now, I would reach adhesion, on my relative level, of course. Thus the desires, the conditions, the inner attributes and the external ones would change in me each time, and if I asked correctly I would advance straight from the bottom up through these points—from one point of adhesion to another.

So all our work is to ask correctly, when we clarify our request more and more accurately. There are many conditions for the preparation for this work: This whole world, the friends, the study, etc. all this is in order to clarify our request.

This world and the friends are the components of my desire that I need to clarify. The only thing demanded from me is a prayer—MAN. Therefore, it says that every correction is performed by a prayer and good deeds by which we clarify our desire.

The book tells us about the desires we have to ask for in our prayers. Kabbalists don’t write about anything else but that, since you will discover everything else by yourself.
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From the 2^nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/11/12, The Book of Zohar

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All of humanity is one spiritual body and the correction is not meant for the part that can be spurred but actually for the part that cannot.

It is possible to bring contentment to the Creator only if we perform the whole formula. I correct myself in order to connect to Israel—to correct it, and then to correct all the nations of the world.

This means that my prayer should include the following components: Me correcting myself in order to build a common desire with others, the corrected part of the desire called “Israel” or “Shechina” and Malchut.

All this is in order to connect with the nations of the world—in order to bring contentment to the Creator.

We should plan the end of the process and this is why I begin. If it weren’t for the final result—contentment to the Creator, I wouldn’t start this whole process, since then it would be an egoistic action.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/9/12, Shamati #46

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The desire is divided into two parts because of the “four phases of the Direct Light.” The first group of desires belongs to the root level, the first and half of the second level of thickness. The second group belongs to the second half of the second level –Bina, the third level, ZA and the fourth level, Malchut.

The first level is still part of the spreading of the Light that operates on the desire. The second part belongs to the desire to enjoy that performs different actions and wants to resemble the Light, which means that it belongs to the reaction of the desire to the Light. Its first part, the lower half of Bina is the plan of the operation, like a “head.”

But when the desire develops, every level includes all the levels that preceded it. In phase one there is the root phase, in phase two there is phase one and the root phase, in phase three there is the root phase, phase one, and phase two, in phase four there is the root phase, phase one, two, and three. This means that every level includes all the previous phases and it adds what mainly characterizes it.

Phase four, Malchut, is actually the created being in which all the other phases are included, the vessels that absorbed the attributes of the Light and are therefore close to correction. The purest levels of the desire that is in the created being is the root level and levels one and two are called “Israel,” while levels three and four are the other nations of the world that cannot correct themselves by themselves because the Light operates in the first levels while the desire determines everything in the last levels.

Therefore the “Israel” desires can be corrected under the influence of the Light. They only need to draw the Light to them when they work against their ego. They still have a small desire to enjoy and it’s as if it doesn’t disturb them from getting closer to the Creator. The third and the fourth levels cannot draw the Light by themselves since their desire is so strong that they cannot even think about these corrections.

But according to the thought of creation, it is these desires that have to be corrected since the fourth phase is the true created being and the Creator’s goal. Israel is the link between the Creator and Malchut that can absorb the attributes of the Light and with its help, when it’s incorporated and connected with the rest of the desire, to correct its thick part.

So there is a mixing of the desires and as a result, Israel includes the nations of the world and the nations of the world include Israel. This incorporation comes from Above, but later there should be a clarification with the help of the work of Israel. This part of the desire that has penetrated deeply into the other layers can draw the Light that Reforms and with its help, clarify itself.

Of course Israel has to feel the pressure of AHP, of the nations of the world who need this Light, so that the desire to draw the Light will be formed. Israel itself doesn’t need anything; it is initially only vessels of GE, Bina. But when it experiences the pressure of the nations of the world, it feels that it needs corrections.

Then Israel draws the Light that Reforms and corrects itself when it connects to the collective body, GE. The collective desire that they build then is called the “Land of Israel,” and the connection among them is called “Knesset Israel” (the Assembly of Israel) or Shechina, the assembly of all the souls of Israel, since that part is already aimed at the Light (Israel meaning “Yashar El” – “straight to the Creator”).

If Israel deals with the correction, the Surrounding Light begins to operate even on the second part of the desire, on the nations of the world, when it brings them peace. If Israel doesn’t worry about its correction, the nations of the world feel pressure and begin to pressure it more strongly. The nations of the world force Israel to unite whether in a good way or in a bad way.

The process of correction is mutual: GE starts it and then the nations of the world join it. How the process will take place is up to Israel, whether they hasten time, which means whether they aspire for correction or not.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/9/12, Shamati #46

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During the study you should combine both corporeal and spiritual aspects to your attitude with the material—both feeling and understanding. We have to combine the mind with the feelings and include all the means that we have in the world: our mind, our perception, our ability to analyze and synthesize, which means to summarize and to clarify.

But this doesn’t mean that a person with a great potential to study can penetrate the material more deeply and someone who cannot study will penetrate it less. Everyone will have relatively enough abilities: mind and feeling in order to attain the goal of creation—his own end of correction. By incorporating with others he reaches the general end of correction just like everyone else.

But now it is about the work, the exertion. It doesn’t matter what I leave the lesson with, I also have to try to understand it—I have to understand the inner spiritual meaning by my corporeal mind.

This means that I have to try to feel the phenomena that are not part of me yet: love, bestowal, giving, incorporation in the desires of others, connection, something that is outside me, outside my feelings. I have to exert myself emotionally to be outside myself, out of my skin.

Then I hear what these phenomena are called and how they are explained in the books, about how a Kabbalist connects them in the system and what weight he gives them: what is higher, what is lower, external or internal, what expands in height or in width. Now I have to try and connect to these phenomena, which are not somehow felt inside me, by using my mind. However, even though I don’t feel them, it helps me approach them and hold on to them at least by some means of perception, even though it is logically. Thus, I expand the vessels of my soul.

The more efforts I make in order to connect the phenomena that I don’t feel, the more I expand my ability to perceive them and approach the spiritual feeling. Although I use corporeal means, my exertion determines the whole work. So, no matter how much everyone understands eventually, one can philosophize beautifully about it as if he already understands everything, while another does everything in his power to understand and doesn’t succeed, but the efforts are what count.

You shouldn’t try to be stupid, but the wise aren’t more successful here than others. The advancement isn’t determined by individual actions at all, but only by the exertion itself, both in the feeling and the mind. It makes no difference whether someone was born more emotional or wise, it is only his exertion. The exertions should be without any special tricks, just consistently growing exertion. These are the ones who succeed, as it says: “Everything is found on the outside!”
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From the 3^rd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/3/12, The Study of the Ten Sefirot

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Preparation to the Lesson

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Kabbalah for the Student “A Speech for the Completion of The Zohar,” (Starting with: “But what are the virtues”), Lesson 2

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The Book of Zohar – Selected Excerpt “VaYikahel (And Moses Assembled),” Item 118, Lesson 2

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Talmud Eser Sefirot, Volume 1, Part 3, “Histaklut Pnimit,” Chapter 14, Item 2, Lesson 40

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Kabbalah for the Student, “Peace in the World,” “The Condition of Life in the Last Generation,” Lesson 3 

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Our work lies in attaining the perfect desire. The first desire is given to a person from above, from the Creator, as it is written, “I am the first.” This is the spark called “the point in the heart,” the aspiration to something higher, a yearning or attraction. By virtue of some seemingly chance occurrence, a person receives his first desire for spirituality and begins to advance.

And then, his entire work lies in asking for this desire to be slightly increased: by a fourth, then by a third, and thus, slightly adding more and more to his advancement. He discerns what is called progress with increasing clarity until he understands that it is the aspiration to bestowal, an exit out of himself toward the neighbor, self-cancellation.

That is how he asks time after time, completely egoistically for now, without understanding exactly what to ask for. Then he begins to understand it better, but conceals it from himself, until finally, he agrees and is willing to give in a little, to bend down and unite with others, to come out of himself to the outside and begin to live inside of them.

He already has a slightly better understanding of the right request, which must come from the very bottom of the heart in order to rise above oneself and give up everything, to cleave to the upper one and be inside of Him like an embryo in the mother’s waters. That is how he senses himself within the group, all of humanity, within the Creator. This is a constant process, “From love to the creatures to love to the Creator,” until a person aims himself correctly and attains the right prayer.

The heavens do not respond to a fourth, a third or any part of a prayer, but only to a full prayer. However, a person is continuously aided in advancing toward this perfect prayer, and when he really does attain the full request, the cry, then it becomes revealed to him. And this is called, “I am the last.” The Creator begins and ends everything. In the end, through many actions, a person attains an answer to his prayer.
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From the Preparation to the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/12/12

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Question: What is the “heart of the group?”

Answer: “The heart of the group” are common desires that are able to exist in a mutual and devoted connection to one another. Together they can use the egoism that each person has risen above and bring these desires into sacrifice. That is, they now have work in the Temple, in their common house, their common desire. It’s within this adhesion to one another they discover adhesion to the Creator.

The unity between friends is a vessel and as a result of all these connected desires the adhesion to the Creator is revealed. It is said: “Through Your actions we shall know You.” The Light is revealed within the vessel.
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From the 3^rd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/12/12, The Study of the Ten Sefirot

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We have to intensify dissemination. Thanks to dissemination people are already starting to understand the reason for the crisis. It’s better if they learn this today (or actually yesterday) since the process of recognition and understanding takes time. A great mass will not understand what is happening immediately; it will not see the solution immediately, since it will have to understand that the situation will not be resolved by itself, that man is actually the problem and he’s the one that should be corrected and not the world.

It’s about a change of perception: “I have to change myself? What’s wrong with me?” Talk to people on the street and try to explain this to them.

We have to reveal the truth gradually by explaining the concept of connection and unity. A person assumes that he is quite connected to those around him and we have to bring him to the minimal recognition of evil, and at the same time not turn him off. It’s because no one likes to hear such things. Therefore, we give objective explanations and seem to be somewhat distracted, bringing the examples of others and bringing a person to the initial recognition, so that he’ll start feeling, “Yes, there is indeed a problem here.”

It turns out that we have simply created a terrible world. Instead of a healthcare system, we have a source of illnesses, the education system teaches crime and prostitution, the banks steal and abuse the customers, the manufacturers impose on the consumer unnecessary products that break down quickly and have to be replaced in a year. In short, we have created systems and mechanisms that are not in our favor anymore.

It’s an unusual crisis, which happens as we “bend the stick” and upset the balance. Fifty-eighty years ago we created quality products and assumed that humanity would prosper thanks to that. But today the “American dream” is collapsing. Suddenly it turns out that the system operates on its own, just like a cancerous tumor that devours its environment. It takes place in every field: in commerce and industry, in health and education; everything is collapsing. Why? Because our ego has ended its evolution and has become “round” and closed. The time has come to repair it.
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From the 4^th part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/6/12, “Messiah’s Shofar”

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Question: What are the signs that you are moving to the King’s palace correctly?

Answer: The King’s palace is not somewhere out there on a mountaintop. This is not the silhouette of a castle, luring us from a distance, or the shape of magical Disneyland.

The palace of the Creator is inside in the human heart, and this is not the picture that a person would want to imagine. It is not pleasant for him to think about how to turn his heart into the palace of the Creator. It immediately requires a person to do something; it forces him to undergo unpleasant states, to take on the laws of bestowal, to change oneself in order to transform himself, his desire, into the temple of the Creator.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/10/12, Writings of Rabash 

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Baal HaSulam, “Messiah’s Shofar:” The revelation of Kabbalah to all the nations is the revelation of Eliyahu (Elijah). And this task was said about Eliyahu the prophet, since the disclosure of the secrets of the Torah is always referred to as “the disclosure of Eliyahu.” It is as they have said, “Let it rest until Elijah comes,” and also, “the Tishbi will answer the questions and problems.” For this reason, they said that three days (a known intimation) prior to the coming of the Messiah, Elijah would walk upon the hilltops and will blow in a great horn, etc.

Does that mean that we shouldn’t disseminate the wisdom of Kabbalah? Will someone come, blow some great horn, and the entire world suddenly will wake up? Could some force descend upon everyone? What if we are doing something that we shouldn’t? What if we are corrupting instead of correcting?

Actually, we have to do our best to disseminate. Its success all over the world is called the “revelation of Eliyahu.” If the wisdom of Kabbalah spreads throughout the world, even on different levels of understanding, it will be a sign that we have attained the “three days before the coming of the Messiah.”

This is actually what we should aspire for, but it depends on our unity, on how strong the connection is among us. We must convey the message to the entire world through the strings that are stretched between the souls and through the external media.

It doesn’t matter how people receive it, whether in a good way or in a bad way. The main thing is to disseminate so that people will know that the people of Israel have a special wisdom that is meant for the correction of the world. Eventually, it will be accepted.

Question: So, why do we hesitate and not go for the clear message about the only remedy that the world needs? The partial, gradual explanations only prolong time and can complicate the transition to Kabbalistic knowledge. Why should we stall when there is no time left?

Answer: True. Why shouldn’t we turn directly to the Jewish people? Friends, we belong to the nation of Israel, which means that we yearn straight to the Creator, Yashar El.

We must connect the “nations of the world” with the Creator—those who know nothing and who don’t want to know and will not find anything in a distant place. So, leave yourselves and take care of them!

However, who actually will take care of them? It is a good question since one needs to think before one acts. I want to bring contentment to the Creator by bringing the nations of the world closer to Him because He wanted to give them the method of correction first.

However, we need the power to bring them closer to Him. We are messengers; we are a link. So, how can we carry out our mission? In order to do that, we need a spiritual force, so, first, we have to connect.

We must be grateful each time that the Creator enables us to do that, to connect, in order to fulfill our mission and to bring the nations of the world closer to Him. It is through that that we bring Him contentment.

This is an oxymoron: He loves us because of our role, and He loves the nations because of their closeness. They are the true vessels for receiving the abundance. We are closer to the Creator only during the time of fulfilling our mission while, in the end of correction when everything becomes one whole, the greatest and cruelest vessels of the nations of the world will reveal the greatest Light and will attain the strongest adhesion.
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From the 4^th part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/9/12, “Messiah’s Shofar”

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