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Whole Stone—Complete Faith

514.02There must be a “small stone,” but it must be “complete,” meaning sufficient to keep the whole of the Torah and Mitzvot based on the “small stone,” and only then is it called “complete” (Baal HaSulam, Shamati 170, “You Shall Not Have in Your Pocket a Big Stone”).

A small stone is small faith (above reason), and a large stone is great faith (reason).

A person must have a “small stone.” For him to fulfill the Torah and Mitzvot based on faith, this stone must be whole. It means we must strive for faith, whether small or large, but complete, not broken into parts.

Therefore, we look not at the size of the stone, but at its integrity—how much the integrity of faith allows us to fulfill the Torah and commandments together.

When we strive for one goal, strength, faith, and action, we see how the Creator unites and turns us into one solid stone.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/20/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “You Shall Not Have in Your Pocket a Big Stone”

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What Is the Difference between Fear and Trembling?

962.3Question: Fear comes to us as a result of the Creator’s distance or nearing. How can we develop trembling due to the lack of connection with the Creator?

Answer: Think about it more than you do now and try to get closer to your friends. Be sure that the Creator specifically gives you such states so that, despite them, you still feel yourself moving toward the Creator.

Question: What is the difference in the work of building a Kli out of fear or out of trembling?

Answer: Trembling is more worrying, and fear is much worse than trembling.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/23/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Concerning Fear that Sometimes Comes Upon a Person”

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Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 3/8/24

Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Rabash, “Forevermore One Sells All That Is His and Marries a Wise Disciple’s Daughter”

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2nd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Body and Soul”

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The Need for Spiritual Fulfillment

549.02Question: If I have a Hisaron (spiritual deficiency) and the Creator fulfilled it only by 80% and 20% still remains empty, but I feel even more pain than before, how should I perceive this new Hisaron that originated from the previous one?

Answer: You should perceive it as a new Hisaron. This means that you have not fully completed the previous state.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/24/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “There Is a Discernment of the Next World, and There Is a Discernment of This World”

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How Can We Achieve Our Goal

569.01Question: Every desire has an end goal and components. Do we need to cling to the final goal and ask for it all the time? Or do we need to delve as much as possible into the constituent moments, clarify them, and ask until these requests lead us to the final request for the ultimate goal of the desire?

Answer: We, after all, need to look through the immediate goal to the last goal and in this way, move forward.

Question: Could the clarification lead me to another desire or goal?

Answer: It depends on how you look at the goal. For example, a gun has two sights. When you look at the target from the nearest sight to the far one, you will hit the target. The same goes for us.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/20/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “You Shall Not Have in Your Pocket a Big Stone”

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When Does the Force of Bestowal Appear in the Ten?

934Question: What will help us realize our interdependence within the ten and the world group and maintain the intention to bestow before each action?

Answer: Just as we currently want to receive everything for ourselves, we should desire to bestow everything to our friends in the ten and through them, to the Creator. Bestowal indicates that I think about my friends and ask the Creator for them to receive everything they desire.

If the ten can unite and direct all its desires to the Creator, it means that there is a force of bestowal within it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/22/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Mitzva that Comes through Transgression”

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Revelation of the Shechina to the Created Beings

938.03Question: What is the revelation of the Shechina to the created beings?

Answer: It is the revelation of all souls connected correctly. When a person attains this, the entire vessel the Creator made is revealed and  He is ready to fill it. The revelation of the vessel is more than just feeling the ten; it is Malchut of infinity.

Question: Should I first feel the suffering because the ten is not receiving the light of correction, and then the ten should feel the suffering of the Shechina?

Answer: No, it is you who should suffer that you cannot correct the Shechina because all your friends should gather in it, and you want them to have the intention to pass the collection of all your desires to the Creator.

Question: How can I inspire the ten to think about the Shechina and build an intention in one direction? After all, I do not know what is in the hearts of others.

Answer: It does not matter what is in their hearts. You just need to talk about this among yourselves, and gradually, through your conversations, the upper light will begin to work on the heart of each friend.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/22/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Mitzva that Comes through Transgression”

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Toward Complete Unity

939.01Question: What do we connect if we feel everything differently?

Answer: We connect our Kelim. When they become larger and deeper, we begin to feel our similarity to each other in them. If we connect to create a common Kli, then in this common Kli we begin to attain the Creator.

Question: How can we come to such a perception of reality that everyone is in complete unity?

Answer: With love, everyone should strive for love.

Question: What is the reason for the transition between our understanding of the relationship between the Kli and the light, and the actual, practical comprehension of these relationships in our receiving Kelim?

Answer: The attainment of the connection or dependence of the light on the Kli is the attainment of the wisdom of Kabbalah.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/21/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “All the Worlds”

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Questions about Self-Sacrifice

566.01Question: How do we distinguish self-sacrifice from narcissism?

Answer: You need to approach yourself soberly, look at all your shortcomings, weigh your strengths, and evaluate how you can overcome these shortcomings on your own.

Question: The more efforts we make in self-sacrifice, the more suffering increases. Why does this happen?

Answer: This is how you feel now. It is in self-sacrifice that we will feel great joy and adhesion with the Creator.

Question: Self-sacrifice seems easy when it is a one-time movement. But this is a serious and lengthy process. How can I feel it? It is easy to jump up once with your saber drawn. How does one live in self-sacrifice?

Answer: Every minute, every second, jump out with a saber against your internal enemies.

Question: Is self-sacrifice an individual or a group state?

Answer: This is an individual state.

Question: Is there a difference if I sacrifice everything to adhere to the Creator or so that my friends will do it?

Answer: There is a big difference. When you sacrifice yourself for the sake of your friends, then it is indeed a great sacrifice and a great action.

Question: Can self-sacrifice be fictitious? After all, everything we do is a game.

Answer: No, self-sacrifice is not a game. You are actually sacrificing something relatively dear to you.

Question: Can we say that true love is self-sacrifice? If I do not sacrifice anything for my friends, does that mean I do not truly love them?

Answer: Not only do you not love them, you hate them because you have the opportunity to come closer to them in love, but you push away this opportunity.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/18/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Labor”

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Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 3/7/24

Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Rabash, “Lend Ear, O Heaven”

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2nd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Body and Soul”

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Selected Highlights

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