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Build the Right Connection

947Question: From the egoistic point of view, it seems wrong that building a connection with the Creator and afterward with our friends is easier than the other way around. How do you really build connection?

Answer: Building connection correctly means constantly inspiring your friends to reach a higher state together with them.

Question: So the connection is built with the Creator first?

Answer: There is no need to build anything with the Creator. With the Creator, everything will work out for you anyway. The main thing is to connect with the friends.

Question: The primary sources state that one needs to ask for the Creator’s help. If I ask for help from my friends, does it replace appealing to the Creator?

Answer: Those are not the same thing, but one does not interfere with the other.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/10/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Pomegranate”

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Questions about Spiritual Work—125

568.01Question: When people get intoxicated from the “wine of Torah,” can they lose the desire to purify themselves?

Answer: No. It is a special kind of intoxication. It elevates degree by degree.

Question: In the article “Who Comes to Purify,” Baal HaSulam talks about two states: the state of coming and the state of coming and going. What is the difference?

Answer: The difference is that a person comes with a problem and leaves with a gift.

Question: How does a constant prayer correctly combine with joy?

Answer: Joy in prayer, prayer in joy. There are no contradictions between them.

Question: How can one reach the attribute of “the one who came to purify” and stand before the Creator?

Answer: The most important thing is to study the sources, try to feel each article, and then you will be able to present yourself to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/7/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Who Comes to Purify”

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Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 5/27/24

Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Rabash, “Letter 9”

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2nd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Preface to the Sulam Commentary,” Item 9

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Selected Highlights

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Scrutiny in Spiritual Work

235Question: Why do true and false relate only to my scrutiny, while sweet and bitter relate to my corrections? How does this happen?

Answer: When we approach true corrections, it turns out this way for us—true and false, bitter and sweet.

Question: How does the scrutiny of true and false relate to faith above reason?

Answer: Faith above reason helps us identify those egoistic desires we can correct with an intention for the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/7/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Scrutiny of Bitter and Sweet, True and False”

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The Need For Spirituality

032.01Question: Should each person take care of his own desire for the Creator, or should we ignite desire for spirituality in the ten?

Answer: Do not wait for igniting the desire. If you have no need for spirituality, then there is no point in studying Kabbalah at all.

When you start to cool down, you must integrate with your friends, obey them, and then they will pull you along with them.

Question: What desires can be taken from the world and attributed to the Creator?

Answer: Any, because it is all His work.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/9/24, Writings of Rabash “The Order of the Work”

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The Greatness of the Upper

255Question: What is the perfect fulfillment from the upper that grows faith and bestowal in us?

Answer: When we open up to the Creator and wish to receive what He gives us, we gradually begin to feel all kinds of influences from Him.

That is how faith (Emuna) and reason (Daat) form in us, and then faith is higher than reason (Emuna lemala mi haDaat).

Question: The upper conceals himself so that the lower can appreciate him. How can we cultivate the greatness of the upper to acquire new Kelim?

Answer: Nurturing the greatness of the upper is a separate job. But you should at least tune yourself to what the upper says is holy and you want to follow it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/8/24, Writings of Rabash “Faith and Reason”

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Help from the Creator

202.0Question: The more I progress, the more my imperfection is revealed. Is this the Creator’s help?

Answer: Yes. The fact that the Creator reveals more and more imperfections to you is His help to you. Thank Him for that.

Question: What is this point that feels shame at the difference in qualities with the Creator?
If our qualities are opposite to Him, where does shame come from?

Answer: Shame comes from above. The Creator sends it in a form and portion that you need to feel to rise to the next level.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/7/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Who Comes to Purify”

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A Sign of Approaching the Creator

528.01Question: The more we become involved in studying and with the ten, the more we feel our lack. We move on only by understanding that we are still far from the Creator. Is that correct?

Answer: No, it is wrong. Advancement consists of revealing evil in each of you and the entire ten, and to the extent it is revealed, you are getting closer to the Creator and not moving away.

The fact that you feel more and more opposite to the Creator speaks precisely about your approach to the Creator.

Question: How can we raise prayers to the Creator for correction if egoism conceals the necessity to correct ourselves? Where can we get strength and depth?

Answer: Through friends, through the connection between you; you have to get it from each other.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/7/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Who Comes to Purify”

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560Question: How does the scrutiny in the mind affect our heart when we attain some truth transmitted to us by the sages? Conversely, how does it affect the mind if the heart figures out what is sweet and bitter?

Answer: This is how it happens because a person feels bitter and sweet in parallel with truth and false.

Question: How can the Creator hate if He is kind and loving? Where does the hatred come from?

Answer: We say in human language that the Creator hates or loves so we can better understand each other.

Question: The light came and left, and the memory remained. Are we working with this memory when we figure out the categories of true-false or bitter-sweet?

Answer: Yes, this memory is called a Reshimo (an information, spiritual record).

Question: Is there a difference between bringing contentment to the Creator and taking care of the Creator? And how do you find your sincere concern for the Creator and not for yourself?

Answer: True work for the sake of the Creator can only happen after correcting our common Kli. Therefore, it is good that you are thinking, worrying, and caring about it now.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/7/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Scrutiny of Bitter and Sweet, True and False”

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Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 5/26/24

Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Rabash, “Letter 8”

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2nd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Preface to the Sulam Commentary,” Item 7

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Selected Highlights

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