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Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 8/1/24

Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Letter 11”

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2nd part of the Lesson — Lesson on the Topic “The Ruin as an Opportunity for Correction”

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Selected Highlights

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When Material Desires Prevail

627.1Question: How can one be satisfied with bestowal if the desire to receive requires fulfillment and prevents one from being in an intention for the sake of the Creator? How should we treat the fulfillment of desires to receive?

Answer: Treat it positively. Increasing the desire to receive is also good because you will build your desire to bestow on it.

Question: What if the desires to receive displace the desires to bestow?

Answer: It will pass. Overcome such periods. They come in waves: a wave of ascent, a wave of descent, a wave of ascent, a wave of descent. Therefore, try to bear them calmly because you are in the power of the Creator. Good luck.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/3/24, Writings of Rabash “Wholeness and Deficiency – 2”

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A Strong Group

530Question: How can we promote knowledge about the Creator to the masses?

Answer: By disseminating information that there is a place where people study how to reveal the Creator.

Question: What is this strong group that promotes knowledge about the Creator and in what should its flexibility be manifested?

Answer: A strong group is a group that studies and works in dissemination. Its flexibility is manifested in its readiness to work with any member of the group and to adapt to them.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson 7/13/24, “Equals, As One: No friend is strong, the Society is strong”

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Efforts and Reward

255Question: How can we receive a reward in the Kelim of bestowal? Let us say the pleasure of minimal unification is also a reward. Can we receive it in the Kelim of bestowal?

Answer: Yes, but we want to be rewarded for every action we take. If this is an act of bestowal, if we rise through it and can influence others and the Creator even more, this is the reward.

Question: How can we relate correctly to the fact that some put in a lot of effort that causes admiration, while others, as it seems to us, put in much less?

Answer: We cannot say exactly how much effort a person puts in. But we must respect anyone who does so.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/11/24, Writings of Rabash “This World and the Future”

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Clothe in the Desires of the Friends

933Question: I clothe myself with the desires of my friends in the ten until the Creator clothes these desires. What does it mean? How does this happen?

Answer: I cancel myself and put on the desires of my friends because I want them to be realized. It is when I clothe their desires with my desire so that they come true, then I reveal the Creator in them.

By this, I achieve the property of bestowal in the form it exists in a friend, and thus I comprehend the Creator. A friend gives me a Kli and I give him Aviut, and the Creator dresses in it.

Question: What kind of clothing do I expect in the desires of my friends? Should they have some sort of additional strength or filling? How can I check that I did my job well?

Answer: According to the result. And the result should be the revelation of the Creator! If I adhere to my friend correctly so that everything he wants comes true and I want him to succeed, I reveal the Creator in him.

I want to fulfill his desire using the property of bestowal. He gave me the format of this property he wanted, and I expanded it. A friend is like a screen on which the Creator is revealed to me.

My quality of bestowal operates in my friend because I want to help him, and the Creator reveals himself to me in his desire.

Think about it. It is a spiritual action! I cancel myself before my friend. I want to lead him to the Creator completely, to spirituality. And therefore, in his desires, when I work with my Aviut and give him Ohr Hozer, the Creator dresses in them, Ohr Yashar.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/23/20, “Preparation for the Convention”

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Enjoyment from the Past, Present, and Future

276.02Man receives pleasure from three Kelim called “future,” “present,” and “past” (Rabash, Notes 200, “Receiving Pleasure from Three Kelim [Vessels]”).

Pleasure comes from the past, present, and future. It all depends on how I feel about it.

The most significant content comes from the future because it has yet to be dressed in any form. I imagine it as superb, which is currently impossible to receive in my Kelim and enjoy, but in the future, yes.

Therefore, although the past, present, and future depend on each other, the future can shine for me for a long time, and the present, which I now feel, will gradually fade away. As for the past, I generally need a mood and an exact connection with it.

So, the greatest pleasure comes from the future. It can be stretched out as much as you like until it comes and turns into the past.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/10/24, Writings of Rabash “Receiving Pleasure from Three Kelim [Vessels]”

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Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 7/31/24

Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Letter 19”

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2nd part of the Lesson — Writings of Rabash, Article 147 “The Line of the Work”

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3rd part of the Lesson — Lesson on the Topic “The Importance of Participating in Social Activities”

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How Can You Rise to the Level of Truth?

504Question: It is said that when you are given an awakening from above, you cannot comprehend the spiritual degree. And it is only through the effort of accepting the burden of heavenly Malchut by choice that one merits rising to the level of truth.

Why is it impossible to attain spirituality through an awakening from above? How can you make the right choice?

Answer: It will not work right away. First you have to draw closer to the Creator.

And in order to make the right choice in accepting the burden of heavenly Malchut, first it is necessary to open the primary sources or collection of prayers, and this will help you attune to the Creator. Otherwise, your thoughts will be scattered in different directions, and you will never achieve anything this way.

You need to direct yourself precisely, as in shooting: you direct, aim, and know exactly with what force you need to strike for the projectile to hit the target. Everything must be weighed here; that is why it takes time and habit.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/12/24, Writings of Rabash “Man’s Greatness Is According to His Work”

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Unite in Attack

938.04Question: Why don’t you periodically shout “Attack!” at a convention so that the entire convention would instantly unite in one intention?

Answer: The fact is that I cannot be the commander-in-chief. This is not a spiritual approach.

The only thing I can say is that it is useful and good if you do this from time to time. Not to overuse it, but to unite in an attack during critical moments when you feel the spirit of unity fading or, on the contrary, at the peak of feelings and aspirations.

But it is not about shouting. It should be a quiet, but very sharp internal surge. So I will not shout anything.

I can shout, swear, and get upset when we deal with corporeal problems. But in the spiritual realm, different laws operate.

Question: What if you mentally command us to attack?

Answer: Then you will rise and follow me into battle. I will command you. I promise.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/23/20, “Preparation for the Convention”

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The Experience of Past States

256Question: It is said that we should not receive any support from yesterday. But we cannot forget and erase everything indiscriminately. We have the experience of past states. How do we properly use it in our work?

Answer: Continue, what was yesterday, you continue today.

Question: What if we realize that some experience weighs us down, and we do not know how to make it better and the tension remains?

Answer: You need to learn to erase it and start the next day anew because you do not want to carry all the various burdens that have remained in your heart from yesterday or from past times with you.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/4/24, Writings of Rabash “And You, Israel”

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