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At the Central Point of the Group

938.03In The Introduction to the Study of the Ten Sefirot, item 17, it is said: “Hence, the student pledges, prior to the study, to strengthen himself in faith in the Creator…”

I open the book in order to receive the power of faith, the power of bestowal, the power that allows me to be above my desire to receive. That is, to come to a connection with other souls and fulfill the condition of the mutual guarantee.

If we think that we will ever be able to fulfill the principle “love your neighbor as yourself” in a small group even if it is just me and someone else, this certainly seems unrealistic. It is impossible that someone has accomplished this. And that is indeed so.

But we can make a decision that we want this to happen, and we want to reach such a demand that, as Baal HaSulam writes, we revolve around it day and night. And that is enough.

Every second we must check to what extent we are in the force pulling us toward the center of the group so that everything external remains behind us, and everything internal unites in the center of the group.

Each one discerns this within himself. How can I check myself and how can the group check itself? Only in accordance with how much in quantity and quality a person cares to see himself and others connected at the central point of the group.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/10/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 5/30/25

Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Rabash, “A Real Prayer Is Over a Real Deficiency”

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Selected Highlights

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A Connection that Exists but Is Not Active

151If our common Kli were perfect, then ideally, everyone would be one hundred percent devoted to one another. And if someone ignores this, he harms his part in each and every one.

Every broken, i.e., corrupted, quality entered into all the other qualities. This means that within each and every one, all others are included.

Through the shattering, the Kli (vessel) gained a truly wondrous condition—a universal interconnection.

Right now, this connection is not active, but it exists! This is the state of shattering.

In other words, even now, we are all connected to each other and there is no separation between us; there is not a single soul that is not included within all other souls. All that is needed is to restore the proper connection.

Baal HaSulam writes that there can be no general correction without the personal correction of each individual. This is an absolute law that must be realized by everyone, and then it will be realized in everyone else as well.

And if even one person does not realize it, then everyone remains uncorrected to the extent that he is included in them all.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/6/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam, “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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How Can Israel Attain Mutual Guarantee?

939.02Question: Are the people of Israel the smallest, most narrow part that must be corrected first?

Answer: Israel, in correcting itself, is indeed the most narrow part of reality. A question arises: why is it the most narrow? After all, we see that the sons of Israel appear coarser than all others.

The reason is that, for the sake of correction, egoism is currently being revealed in them, while it is not yet revealed in the nations of the world. But when the time comes for the nations to begin their correction, their egoism, Aviut, will also become increasingly apparent.

So how does Israel reach mutual guarantee? By suppressing the forces of the nations of the world within it and awakening its own narrow part, it draws on what is called the “merit of the forefathers.” However, the merit of the forefathers is something general. One must take action within the narrow part in order to reach the state of mutual guarantee.

This is the inner preparation of the narrow parts in the souls. If one uses only them correctly, meaning brings them to a correction called guarantee, then a connection between these narrow parts will form the first Kli in which the upper light can dwell. In other words, they will then receive the Torah.

Only in this way can we come to receive the Torah. If someone believes he already has it, that we once received it already, then I have nothing to say to him. What did he receive? A book that sits on a shelf in his room?

We are talking about the upper light that resides in a person’s soul and brings spiritual life into his existence.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/9/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam, “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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The Inner Picture of Reality

570Question: Should we try to recognize the desires called Abraham, Moses, the people of Israel, and the nations of the world in ourselves, or does it come by itself?

Answer: We work on correcting and bringing ourselves closer to the Creator, to the single force, and we are therefore obliged to relate all discrepancies, all events, and everything that happens at every moment to the single source, to the single cause, to the single thought, to the single goal. A person who, in some way, even with mixed success tries to do this, reaches a state in which he begins to see such a picture.

It turns out that all of history is not really history, but is ultimately a balance of the forces that exist within a person. He reveals desires called Adam HaRishon, Noah, Terach, Abraham, Moses, and so on.

He sees that he is composed of them, and therefore, when he begins to read all of reality from within his soul, he sees that the structure of the general soul and the individual soul is identical. He discovers that only this exists, and above it is a single force. This becomes clear even before the Machsom (barrier).

More precisely, it does not yet reveal itself, but it becomes evident that this is how it is.

Therefore, it is worthwhile to search for this picture within oneself and in the general reality outside.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/14/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 5/29/25

Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Lesson on the Topic, “Continuing the Convention with an Ascent”

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Selected Highlights

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With the Help of the Upper Light

258Question: Once a person understands the necessity of mutual guarantee (Arvut), what are the stages of achieving it?

Answer: We study about them in many articles. Everything you wish to achieve can only be realized with the help of the upper light.

When it shines a bit more, you understand a bit more; it shines still more, you begin to feel more.

You begin to analyze with both your mind and heart. By comparing them, you understand what governs you, whether you are guided by the criterion of bitter–sweet or by truth–falsehood.

Thus, all our work is aimed at attracting the surrounding lights, and with their help we see in which state we are regarding Arvut and the correction of the general Kli.
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From Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/6/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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Calm the Desire to Receive

514.02We must understand that the law of mutual guarantee, which is the foundation of love for one’s neighbor, is not yet love for Him.

It is only a law according to which we will relate to each other in such a way as to give everyone the feeling that they lack nothing.

We perform corrections on their desire to receive, we provide such compensation that this desire is in restriction. It does not break out in a person and does not demand fulfillment. A person is content that he has everything he vitally needs because he receives a certain correction and corresponding influence from other souls: “Do not worry, we take care of you, you will not lack anything.”

And then each person becomes free to develop his Kelim of bestowal, that is, the Kelim of love for one’s neighbor.

Mutual guarantee is only half of the state. It is necessary in order to calm the desire to receive and gradually turn it toward serving one’s neighbor, toward loving him. But this is the work that comes after mutual guarantee. And when we begin to engage in love for one’s neighbor, then through this we achieve equivalence of qualities with the Creator.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/12/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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Analysis and Correction

281.01How can we bring everyone to think about one goal? This is what we must seek because there are no ready-made solutions for every moment of our lives.

We need to search for what kind of connection and in what form, I must have at each moment, so that I may draw upon myself the surrounding light, and that it may give me some elevation toward the spiritual, that is, toward fulfilling the law of mutual guarantee, love for one’s neighbor, and adhesion with the Creator.

All the data is already within us, and according to it, the surrounding light shines upon me. I only need to be sensitive to the difference between me and it, and with its help I need to adjust myself to reach correction. I need to come to a state where the surrounding light affects precisely the uncorrected vessels, my uncorrected intentions.

And each time, I must analyze my states, and clarify them. But I can only be ready for this when the group gives me the sense of importance: “Look, you are sick! A terrible disease is consuming you, and if you do not detect it, you will die! Look at what is inside you!”

Nevertheless, we see that a person does not really listen to this. He is not in a hurry to go to the doctor. ”Maybe in a week… It is not scary yet.” But if he is told this from all sides, and terrifying stories are shared about those who did not go to the doctor, then he will run to the doctor, even if he does not feel anything yet. That is exactly what we need.

All the components are already within us: the light shines, and the vessel is uncorrected. Necessity compels us to begin the work of analysis and correction.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/13/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 5/28/25

Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — “Studying with Friends”

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