Question: What should I be concerned about: ensuring that the spirit, intention, and aspiration exist within me, within the friends, or in the group as a whole?

Answer: I must ensure that all three of these factors exist as a single indivisible whole. Then, in whatever state I happen to be, my preparation will help me sense if I am somehow falling out of that unity.

I must not separate my work in the group, the group itself, its direction, and the work of the friends into “me,” “them,” and “our common goal.” Just as we must unite the person, their actions, and the Creator from a single point, so here too we must be as one person with one heart, one task, and one goal. This must truly be one.

We do this together, united as a single vessel, within the one Creator, with one fulfillment. What division can be made here? In the point of general unity, everything connects. So why should I divide this now when I am going to correctly realize my state? How can I separate these things?

It is a different matter when working in this way and I fall out of the “I–Creator–action” system, which is the group, the general Kli, then I immediately sense that I have fallen out. Otherwise, the Creator disappears, and I do not feel it; the group drifts away, and I do not feel that; I am absent from the entire process, and I do not feel that either.

Question: Can this be likened to the way an organ of the body cares for the whole body?

Answer: An organ of the body cares about its connection to the whole body so life, the spirit of life, may exist within it. Such is the concern of an individual regarding the group and the Creator. In other words, one must look at the group as a general Kli that is coming into connection with the Creator. Period.

Can one receive the Torah and receive the light if we are not fused together in such a desire? It is impossible. This will be revealed in a simple form. If we do not go through some critical state, critical mass, that is, unless I step outside myself to some definite measure, I will not begin to sense the revelation of the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/22/26, Rabash, Letter 59, 1962

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Each spiritual degree determines a person’s content (filling): their intellect, feelings, and abilities. What remains unchanged within a person are the ten primordial Sefirot, which are identical for everyone.

Therefore one never needs to worry about preserving what one currently possesses or remaining in a particular state because apart from the constant structure of the soul,  all of one’s fulfillments are subject to change.

Regardless of the filling I currently possess, I must strive to advance from degree to degree as quickly as possible because at each higher degree I will receive even greater delight, both quantitatively and qualitatively.

However, in order to move from one degree to another, I must let go of the previous degree, wish to be emptied of it, and become ready to receive a higher fulfillment. And this is precisely where the problem arises. If I am still filled by the degree I presently stand on, how can I desire a higher fulfillment? It appears to me as something different, alien, and even opposite to me, to such an extent that I simply do not agree to it.

It is like a child who wants to play and enjoy what seems good to him, while his parents compel him to change, to work hard, and tell him: “Look, you need to become this way, act this way, this is good for you.”

But the child neither sees nor feels that studying for twenty years, acquiring a profession, and then working is good for him. The parents see this as something good, but they do not understand his life because his life consists of games, that they have no interest in whatsoever.

So it is with us on every degree in relation to the higher one. In fact, it is even more so because in spirituality the difference between degrees is a genuine opposition. Nothing from the lower degree is suitable for the higher one. Everything must be renewed.

The difficulty of spiritual ascent lies precisely in this. Every higher degree is perceived by the lower one as something undesirable, incomprehensible, and contrary to its nature. Therefore, the transition from degree to degree requires a willingness to relinquish what presently feels right, true, and fulfilling, in order to receive something that cannot yet be appreciated from the perspective of the current state.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/24/26, Rabash, “What Is a Flood of Water in the Work?”

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How can you accelerate the transition between states? Only by clarifying in every situation that all the circumstances depend on me. This is a very simple psychological method.

I am facing some kind of problem, a different one every time, so I have to identify my desire and clarify within it which aspects depend on me and which do not; what is within my power and what is not, how to realize this desire, and understand what exactly I need from it.

If I have conducted a correct analysis and clarified my state, I should ultimately conclude that a desire has been revealed in me in its natural form. But I, in turn, must connect this desire to the Creator. That is precisely what our job is.

Because I connect my desire to the Creator, the right intention descends upon it, and now I can use this desire correctly. I combine desire and intention, and thus complete the work.

The Creator endowed me with a desire, I gave this desire an intention, and now we are interacting, adhering to, and connecting with Him. That is all.

Question: Simply put, should I connect every desire to the Creator?

Answer: If you knew exactly what your desire is, if you knew who the Creator is, what His properties are, and could connect your desire to Him, then there would be no problem. However, first you must ascertain who the Creator is, what it means to attach desires to Him, that is, the inner meaning of this action.

It is not enough to realize that desire comes from the Creator. We must also investigate and analyze this desire: why it was given to me, what I want from it, and what the Creator wants, etc. As a result, through this analytical chain, my intention becomes clear—my attitude toward what I received from Him.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/14/26, Rabash, “What Is, ‘If a Woman Inseminates First, She Delivers a Male Child,’ in the Work?”

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Question: What does the process of acquiring a Kli mean?

Answer: Acquiring a Kli is the process in which you determine the correct attitude toward spirituality: how I imagine it to myself, how I am tuned to the spiritual wavelength, how ready I am to disconnect from this world in order to fully devote myself to spirituality.

This is what is called “building a Kli for spirituality.” A Kli is a desire.

Question: So we must fight with every new obstacle?

Answer: No, we cannot fight with every obstacle. If now I am in a state of despair, how can I rejoice? I cannot. Well, I can if I force myself, for example, to dance. However, this will produce only a short-term effect. Therefore, true advancement can only be through the group. Working in it, I acquire and attach additional Kelim to myself.

Question: So when the next obstacle manifests, must I tell myself that this manifestation of force from above is an angel?

Answer: It is desirable to imagine that it is an angel hindering you, and not you yourself. Then we will be able to force ourselves to work against this foreign force. Later, we will still forget about it. After all, this angel is smarter than us, it confuses us, and we simply forget. In the end, nothing will remain for you except working in the group. Listen! That is exactly how it will be!

Question: But what if this state lasts for an unlimited time?

Answer: Imagine the best state in which you would like to be, and work for the group so that it also wishes this. Very simple. There is no need to be too smart!

Question: But why can a person not go through all these states?

Answer: Because these states are him. He cannot overcome himself. For this, he needs a force from outside that will change him. And the force from outside can be either the Creator or the group. The group is the Creator, but only this force is in our dimension.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/20/26, Rabash, “The Difference between Charity and Gift”

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Question: Do Kabbalists observe the commandment “Honor your father and your mother?”

Answer: Kabbalah confers a person an extremely special status. It teaches him to stand before the Creator. There is a Creator, and there is a creation. Apart from these two elements, there is really nothing; everything is included inside the person.

A single person stands before a single Creator. And all these definitions—father, parents, friends, neighbors, wife, children, country, universe, worlds—are all inside a person connected to the Creator.

Therefore, when we talk about inner work, we do not mean biological bodies, even the parents who gave you life, or relatives, friends, etc. Only according to the spirit, only according to connection with the Creator, are connections formed with the rest of creation. We no longer look at bodies but at inner definitions (Avhanot) in terms of spirituality.

For example, “father” and “mother” (Aba ve Ima) are the upper Partzufim (spiritual bodies). As it is written, “And a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife.” in spiritual terms, this means the revelation of a new Hisaron (deficiencies). With this Hisaron, a person turns to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/20/26, Rabash, “The Difference between Charity and Gift”

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Question: How should a person prepare and direct themselves during prayer?

Answer: In the Introduction to The Study of the Ten Sefirot  (TES), Baal HaSulam writes that during prayer, a person should focus on only one thing—to desire that what he studies in the Kabbalistic books be revealed within him, to strive to know and connect with the material being studied.

But if the subject is so distant that a person cannot see how it relates to what is taking place in his soul, then he should regard it as a remedy.

As it is written: “I have created the evil inclination, I have created the Torah as a spice.” And it is also said it: “Heals every illness.” It will give me what is necessary for my advancement; it will come as a remedy, as help from Above.

Question: How can one avoid forgetting this during the lessons?

Answer: If you suffer from an illness, you do not forget about it. Sometimes cancer patients come to see me; they do not forget their illness for a single moment. They are ready to follow any instruction from morning to evening in order to be healed. Without a doubt, they are willing, and they do not forget.

Therefore, everything depends on the recognition of the importance of the goal and the degree of pain. And the importance comes, once again, from the group. Only the group can increase  the importance of the goal, the importance of spirituality, within you.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/20/26, Rabash, “The Difference between Charity and Gift”

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Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Rabash, Article 11 “Concerning the Debate Between Jacob and Laban” (1985)

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2nd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Peace in the World”

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Question: Is our goal to acquire the intention for the sake of bestowal?

Answer: Ultimately, yes. But a person does not know what for the sake of bestowal means. He only increasingly feels his own insignificance and his distance from the goal. He reveals more and more of his egoistic nature and feels his helplessness.

Everything becomes distasteful to him. He has no strength left because his Kelim do not receive fulfillment. On the contrary, he feels the absence of fulfillment and sees that he is even farther from egoistic fulfillment than he had previously imagined.

What does it mean that “the children of Israel sighed because of the labor”? A person was already in such a state before, but now it is revealed to him that he cannot receive reward in the Kelim he presently has. The reward will be received in different Kelim.

Question: At first, is this simply a matter of thoughts?

Answer: Gradually, thoughts, desires, and definitions: “Who am I?” and “What is spirituality?” All the details contained within these inner definitions undergo change. They are transformed.

Most importantly, each time I define differently who I am and who the Creator is. These new definitions increasingly correspond to the truth. And because my definitions become more truthful, the revelation of evil takes place within me: I discover where I am, where the Creator is, and what my state truly is.

The formula here is very simple: a person makes efforts while feeling that he gains nothing from them. Then he exerts even more effort and receives even less. As a result, the correct need, the correct Hisaron (deficiency) is formed within him and eventually become what is called MAN.

Question: Does this also include work in the group?

Answer: In working with the friends, the despair, the effort, and the lack of reward are even greater. Because if a person could truly unite with the friends, he would already be satisfied with that.

In the end, there is nowhere he can receive a reward except from the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/19/26, Rabash, “The Difference between Charity and Gift”

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Question: In our state, can contribution to the group be limited only to thoughts?

Answer: In our state, no. A contribution to the group is expressed, not only spiritually, but also corporeally. After all, we are connected together, we work together, and we perform actions together. Through performing corporeal actions, we are granted strength from above, reinforcement from above.

It may seem that we are simply publishing books or engaging in dissemination. But through this, we receive tremendous spiritual power as a reward. As long as we exist in this world, you cannot separate the spiritual from the corporeal and say: “That’s it, now we are as if without bodies and deal exclusively with spiritual concepts.” That is impossible.

You will always be dealing with bodies and physical actions in this world: creating something, disseminating, and so on. Therefore, one must understand that through such actions, one also comes to spiritual values.

Baal HaSulam writes about this: the more effort a person invests in something, the more important that thing becomes to him, and he can no longer leave it. This connects him to the work until he begins to feel that it is worthwhile to invest effort there, to bring benefit, and even to devote himself to it.

One should not diminish the importance of corporeal actions. If we had not performed the corporeal actions that we do during or before Passover, we would not have attained what we have attained.

Question: So, are physical actions in the group together with correct intentions the proper combination for spiritual bestowal to the group?

Answer: Yes. We must strive for both corporeal actions and spiritual actions to become as one, truly as one so that there is not a single bodily action arising from conscious desire that is not connected with the correct intention.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/22/26, Rabash, Letter 59, 1962

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Question: How should I deal with my surroundings outside of the group (work, family, and friends) who have no aspiration for spirituality?

Answer: You have nothing to do with such a society unless you come to them in order to teach them the wisdom of Kabbalah and they accept this path, become inspired by it, and are willing to work according to what is written in our books.

You may offer them various teachings and methods, and if they accept specifically our method of spiritual ascent, accept the goal, and are prepared to follow this path, then they form a goal-oriented society moving toward spirituality. This is possible. But as long as they have not accepted our method, you cannot relate to them as a Kli  (vessel) through which you will continue your spiritual advancement.

Question: How does my close environment, which has no connection to my path, influence me?

Answer: It depends on how significant and important the goal is to you. If it is important, then they have no influence on you.

For example, I visit my mother, and she begins to complain: “You never rest, you never sleep. How can you live like this? Just look at yourself! How many years have you been living this way?” I sit and listen to her, since she is already advanced in age, but it does not affect me. There is nothing to be done; mothers are all the same. She speaks, and I remain as I am.

However, there are environments that are quite aggressive and can harm me through their influence. In such a case, I prefer to distance myself from them, because I have no obligations toward them. Toward my mother, I must show respect; I have duties toward her. But a friend is someone connected to you by a common goal. The word “Haver” (friend) comes from Hithabrut (connection, joining).

For example, friends from my hometown may come to visit, people I once invited and spent time with, yet today I have no connection with them. I have close relatives who have lived in Israel for ten years or more, and I have not even met with them. Sometimes my mother asks me to call a relative, and then I call and inquire about their health once every few years.

Why do I behave this way? Simply because it is not within my field of attention. How can I maintain a connection with a person with whom I have nothing in common?

I am not telling you this without reason, it is a common situation in life. Everything depends on a person’s desire.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/20/26, Rabash, “The Difference between Charity and Gift”

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