Question: What is the difference between a desire of the  Creator and a quality of the Creator?

Answer: The Creator has only one quality—to bestow, to fulfill, to saturate. His desire is to see a person who does what He has directed him to do to receive the upper light from this and be fulfilled with it.

Question: We come to the group with a point in the heart. At what moment can we assume that we have some kind of soul?

Answer: From the moment you start thinking about it.

Question: Is there a difference between mind and knowledge?

Answer: Of course. The mind is the ability of our brain to process data, and knowledge is what we accumulate in ourselves as a result of processing data.

Question: When you feel negative about the actions of another person, suddenly the thought comes to you about what would you do if you really loved him? Is this the voice of the Creator?

Answer: That is the voice of the Creator. This is the opportunity to fulfill the commandment.

Question: Do all the commandments have to be fulfilled only within the ten or beyond it as well?

Answer: We study the commandments inside the ten, and we fulfill them both inside and outside the ten in everyday life.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/16/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “And You Shall Keep Your Souls”

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Conversely, those who do not walk on the path toward achieving Dvekut with the Creator, which is to obtain the desire to bestow, are called “wicked” in that they are not walking on a path where they will be able to do everything for the sake of the Creator, but rather for their own sake.

Yet, here, “wicked” is a different discernment, a completely different interpretation. That is, there are no righteous there in the middle, but all their actions are as wicked, meaning not for the sake of the Creator, but for their own sake.

In the work, they are called “wicked,” but to the general public, who observe Torah and Mitzvot, they are called “righteous” (Rabash, Article  9, “What Is, ‘The Smell of His Garments,’ in the Work?”).

We need to try to fulfill those laws of the Torah that lead us to unity because “love your neighbor as yourself” is the most important commandment. We must strive for it. We must examine this condition and implement it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/12/24, Writings of Rabash “What Is, ‘The Smell of His Garments,’ in the Work?”

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Question: How can we come to a state where Malchut rises to Bina or Bina affects our common Malchut by playing at connection among ourselves in the ten?

Answer: It depends on how much we play at it because the game ends when the upper light affects us; when it shines on us, we begin to gather together into one spiritual Kli.

This happens gradually. Do you want it to happen faster? Perform your actions more intensely; get closer to each other, and try to work together in one desire collected from your private desires so that you feel it all inside yourself.

The intensity of the action depends on the great internal effort of each friend.

Everyone must constantly imagine that they are a part of the other. That is why these efforts are called rapprochement.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/18/24, Writings of Rabash “Concerning Hesed [Mercy]”

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Question: Should the desire to get closer to a friend be mutual or is my desire alone enough?

Answer: In order to connect with a friend, your desire alone is not enough. It is important to find out why you want to get closer to your friend.

There are billions of people in the world. Why do you want this particular person to be your friend? Why do you want to become his friend? What does it mean to be a friend? I am for him, and he is for me. This is a big problem.

Where will there be room for the Creator between you? That is, here you need to imagine the correct combination of both of you and the third one—the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/12/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Let His Friend Begin”

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Rabash, “What Is the Work of Man, in the Work that Is Attributed to the Creator?”

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Question: If the Torah is intended for us to unite, why did the Kabbalists leave such a large amount of material that when studying we have the illusion that we are learning some other facet?

Why didn’t they write an article or articles about the need for connection so that we could study them over and over again and not get confused by so many explanations of seemingly different things?

Answer: The large number of articles depends on the division of souls, on the variations of connections between them. That is why we need such an abundance of material.

Question: If a group of people takes one article, for example, “There Is None Else Besides Him” and advance only according to it, will they reach their goal?

Answer: No, they will not. No article covers all souls.
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From the 1^st oart of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/15/24, Writings of Rabash “What Are Torah and Work in the Way of the Creator?”

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Question: How should we work with fear when we feel the presence of the Creator and His greatness makes us afraid of His actions?

Answer: There is no need to be afraid of the Creator. We need to check whether we are moving away from the right path, from the connection between us and the Creator, and ask Him to help us.

In order to be adhered to the Creator all day, you need to read more, listen, and discuss this topic with your friends.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/14/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “My Adversaries Curse Me All the Day”

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Question: Rabash writes that we are always trying to escape from the work that the Creator has assigned to us. What kind of work am I trying to escape from and what should I do to ensure that I agree to it?

Answer: This is work in connection with friends, with all those who are outside the upper world. But you are ready to be connected with them and to provide them with everything that is missing for their elevation.

Comment: But I am always in tension, which makes me think about my friends and care for them. This internal pressure keeps pushing me away. I do not want to be in it all the time.

My Response: You have to get used to it.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/13/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Is ‘Eating Their Fruits in This World and Keeping the Principal for the Next World’, in the Work?”

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Question: What does every place where there is a lack becomes a place of faith mean?

Answer: When a person lacks something and does not know how to achieve it, he turns to faith. In this case, a desire emerges inside him that develops to the level of similarity with the Creator.

Question: How is this lack formed in us? We unite in the ten, we strive for perfection, and it appears that our Kelim are growing all the time. How does this happen?

Answer: It happens under the influence of the upper light that affects us and expands our Kelim.

Question: I understand that at the time of the lesson I attract a miraculous property (Segula) that corrects me, but here I do not. How to find this indicator?

Answer: This is an internal feeling. There is no other way.

We need to rise spiritually to a level where we attract desires and the light that magnifies these desires, to the point where we can feel the entire universe within us.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/13/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Rewarded—I Will Hasten It”

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Question: Our spiritual environment includes friends representing very different cultures and traditions. How do we learn to appreciate and accept all the richness and diversity correctly?

Answer: We are absolutely not interested in these cultures and traditions. Our interest lies solely in connection to become one person with one heart. That is what we want to feel above everything else without considering anything else.

Question: Can we examine the goals of each person at our meetings?

Answer: No, we must select one common goal that is most relevant for us today and pray for it.

Question: Why did the Creator give us the right environment and, in addition, the illusion of this world? What does He want?

Answer: He wants you to identify your spiritual desires, refine them within yourself, and pray for the Creator to answer them.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/15/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Raising Oneself”

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