Question: Did the restriction occur on those desires that would be revealed after it?

Answer: We study the spreading of the light in the Kli that it creates. And therefore, apart from what is written, we cannot speak of anything else.

Question: We said that the restriction did not occur because of a difference in form, but because Malchut wanted to increase its connection with the giver. And when the light departed, the opposite was revealed. What does it mean that the departure of the light reveals the lowliness of creation? Or is it just revealing the difference in stages?

Answer: Yes, Baal HaSulam wishes to explain that despite the fact that the restriction was uniform in all its parameters, the light withdrew with equal force from the center it had in that circle.

Still, the light departs from the common center that is shared by all equally, and an absolutely even space remains.
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From the 3^rd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/18/2025, “The Study of the Ten Sefirot“

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Question: Right now I am in the lesson with the friends trying to understand what is written in TES (The Study of the Ten Sefirot). How do the processes described there manifest with respect to me?

Answer: All of them must take place within us, and gradually we will begin to discover that this is indeed how we develop.

Question: At the moment, it looks to me that it is like I’ve never seen a computer, but someone tells me about it. That is one thing. But when it is in front of me, when I can touch it and take it apart it is a completely different kind of study. So how can I begin to “touch” and “take apart” what is described here?

Answer: Gradually, through the process of study, you will begin to feel the movement of the Creator toward you, or the movement of the light toward you, as well as what comes from you: your desires, how they change, and how the light that comes from the Creator depends on your desires. All of this we will come to feel through our own experience.

Question: In order to begin to feel this, what should I listen to within myself?

Answer: Only to what is happening within you, nothing more.

Question: How should I track the states of good or bad, pleasures coming and going, and so on?

Answer: All of this you will feel in time. The light will influence everyone, including you, and in this way all of us will change.
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From the 3^rd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/15/2025, “The Study of the Ten Sefirot“

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Question: Baal HaSulam writes that all the discussed matters of restriction and withdrawal of the light speak exclusively about the level of perception of receiving in the Kli at the central point. Does this mean he is describing a state in which he attains this as a Kli?

Answer: No, he is not describing the sensation in the Kli, but rather what we must gradually begin to reveal for ourselves.

We can attain this through the books, with the help of the study material, and we can perform these actions upon ourselves according to what he writes in his works. We need to make a restriction (Tzimtzum), screen (Masach), reflected light (Or Hozer) for ourselves, and work with them.
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From Daily Kabbalah Lesson  8/18/25 ,”The Study of the Ten Sefirot“

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Question: What does it mean that the light restricts itself evenly in the central point?

Answer: It means that there is no preference given to any particular direction or quality. That is why everything happens in a circle.

Question: The restriction that the Creator made toward creation is the greatest quality of bestowal carried out by Him toward us. If we make a restriction toward Him, will this be the same quality of bestowal toward the Creator?

Answer: Try, and you will see.

Question: What action must we perform now in order to delight the Creator and make a restriction?

Answer: I don’t know, you must clarify that for yourself.

Question: Can we say that the desire to receive in our world does not grow but only rises and becomes purified, and therefore we lose the ability to enjoy it?

Answer: No, we are drawing ever closer to the desire to bestow. We are beginning to understand it more and more, and we feel ourselves coming nearer to it.
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From Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/18/25,”The Study of the Ten Sefirot“

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Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, Shamati #53 “The Matter of Limitation (11.8.2021)”

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2nd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah,” Item 101

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3rd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Study of the Ten Sefirot,” Vol. 1, Part 1, “Inner Observation,” Chapter 4, Item 17

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4th part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Introduction of The Book of Zohar,” “On the Night of the Bride”

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Question: While listening to The Study of the Ten Sefirot, what is the condition for it to be revealed between friends and to not lead a person astray?

Answer: It will not lead you astray anywhere. You will advance. Therefore you need to think only about how you can be together in your advancement, and you will see that this is indeed so, that it influences you more.

Either you will remain in what already exists or you will move forward, try to understand what is happening, and increasingly feel which qualities you lack in order for the light to shine from itself upon you. Then you will understand everything.
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From Daily Kabbalah Lesson  8/18/2025 ,”The Study of the Ten Sefirot“

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Question: Baal HaSulam writes that there are three preceding stages in which the desire to bestow prevails over the weak desire to receive. Does this mean that at a certain stage both the desire to bestow and the desire to receive exist simultaneously? How can that be at the same time?

Answer: Even in material life this happens, when we want to bestow a little and also to receive, since we consist of two opposite desires.

Question: But we study that we consist only of the desire to receive.

Answer: Yes, but when we have a choice to receive or to bestow, then we weigh what is more advantageous for our desire.
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From the 3^rd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/18/2025, “The Study of the Ten Sefirot”

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Question: What is an “object” in spirituality?

Answer: An object in spirituality is the desire to receive the light.

Question: There is a feeling that we are ripening for the revelation of the qualities of the ten Sefirot within the ten. How can we help each other accelerate this process?

Answer: We must try to implement what we read in the articles and in The Study of the Ten Sefirot. From this it will become clearer to us what we need to do, how, in relation to whom, and so on.

Question: What is explained in The Study of the Ten Sefirot is the science of spirituality, and it hardly touches our everyday life. To what extent are the concepts of restriction that we study in spirituality connected to restriction in everyday life, when I restrain myself from various excesses? How much does this help in spiritual advancement?

Answer: It helps a lot in spiritual advancement. I can say this with absolute certainty.
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From Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/16/25, “The Study of the Ten Sefirot“

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Question: If one constantly practices love for one’s neighbor, can it become a habit?

Answer: It all depends on the definition of what is considered caring for one’s neighbor? If it pays well, then why not? I am ready to work for a reward. I can even care for others voluntarily if I receive some benefit from it, not necessarily monetarily, but in some other way like respect. Self-respect also works; even if no one knows about my “kindness,” such modesty can give rise to even greater pride.

One must remember: True analysis is carried out by the light that returns to the source. If I start acting on my own judgment, a thousand opportunities to deviate from the path will open before me.

At one time, Abraham gave such gifts to some of his students: “If you wish, please, plant love without the reforming light. Be sweet children, treat each other well, and good bye.” However, the true property of mercy (Hesed) from the spiritual Sefirot can be borne only by a small group, which Abraham took with him.

We must understand that if we do want to move forward, it should not be by ourselves, and not according to our own reasoning. It is the light that returns to the source (reforming light) that must reveal our path each time. I take a step forward only after it has shown me the way, whether by illuminating it or, on the contrary, by darkening it. That no longer matters. The main thing is not to act alone by following my own logic.

Question: Maybe not alone, but together, in a group, can we “get addicted” to caring for our friends?

Answer: In a proper group this can never happen. On the contrary, you will see that after each ascent comes an even greater descent. What kind of habit can there be? The “turbulence” that awaits you on the path will make you entirely forget yesterday because of the current troubles.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/21/12, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Matan Torah [The Giving of the Torah]”

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Question: It is said: “Anything that we do not attain, we do not know by name.” This refers to the essence itself, the very core. We are strongly reminded not to forget this.

What is the reference point for attainment? When can we actually name this essence?

Answer: When your desires develop to the point that they are suitable for receiving the light, then the light shines within your desire. At that moment, it gives a clear definition of itself, of you, and of the action. Right now, it is still too early to speak about this in detail, but it will come very quickly.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/14/2025, The Study of the Ten Sefirot

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