Prior to the sin of the tree of knowledge, vitality was not dependent on the bread. That is, there was no need to extend light and vitality, but it illuminated (Baal HaSulam. Shamati 36 “What Are the Three Bodies in Man?”).

Question: What does it mean to extend vitality?

Answer: Before working with the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, there is no way to be in connection with good and evil in order to perform actions between them to separate, distance them from each other, and put ourselves in the middle.

Question: Can we distinguish this vitality in the ten?

Answer: No. In the ten, we must act in such a way as to work with the inner body, i.e., with what concerns holiness (Guf de Kedusha), separate from Klipat Noga, what we can separate, and adhere to the inner body of holiness. And what we are not yet able to correct, we do not touch.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/4/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Are the Three Bodies in Man?”

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The wicked, however, who want to work precisely when there is clothing in the body, called within the skin, they will die without wisdom. This is because then they have no clothing and they are not awarded anything. However, it is specifically the righteous who are rewarded with clothing in the body (Baal HaSulam. Shamati 36 “What Are the Three Bodies in Man?”).

Question: What exactly helps the righteous to be worthy of being clothed in the body?

Answer: Both the wicked and the righteous exist in every person. Therefore, when we sort out our thoughts, desires, and actions, it becomes clear to us which part this or that belongs to.

That is how we define that these are the righteous and these are the wicked, in us, within us! And thus we achieve correction.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/4/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Are the Three Bodies in Man?”

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Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Rabash, “What Is the “Right Line,” in the Work?”

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2nd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Study of the Ten Sefirot,” Vol. 2, Part 6, “Inner Observation, ‘Seder Siba ve Mesubav,'” Item 10”

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3rd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “The Last Generation”

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Question: What does mercy mean in the eyes of the creatures?

Answer: Mercy in the eyes of the creatures is when everyone loves you.

Comment: But this is only in the inner feeling because outwardly they may not love me.

My Response: There is nothing to talk about externally. We talk only about our inner, deepest feelings.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/2/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “And If the Way Be Too Far for You” 

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Question: How does the switch between Lo Lishma (for oneself) and Lishma (for the Creator) happen? Can it be done at any moment, in every thought, in every desire?

Answer: No, this happens only as a result of a person’s long-term work on himself.
In principle, it comes as a gift from the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/8/23, Writings of Rabash “What Are Truth and Falsehood in the Work?”

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Question: How is reception in order to bestow connected with faith above reason and within reason?

Answer: Basically these are very close actions.

Question: And yet, do we receive in order to bestow within reason or above reason?

Answer: Above reason. That is, our intention is for the sake of bestowal, and the action is reception. It turns out that the action is the opposite of itself.

Question: Do we also need to rise above the reason acquired for the sake of bestowal in order to reveal a new level of reason? Or is this the final action?

Answer: No, it is not final; these are degrees. Such work takes place at each degree. That is, the reason that we acquire for the sake of bestowal becomes insufficient at some point. It is correct, but insufficient.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/3/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Receiving in order to Bestow”

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Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Rabash, “What It Means that We Should Raise the Right Hand over the Left Hand, in the Work”

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2nd part of the Lesson — Lesson on the Topic, “Preparation for the Convention”

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In Rabash’s article, “What is ‘The Torah Exhausts a Person’s Strength,’ in the Work?”  it is written that there are three stages of work: the first—when we work in Lo Lishma (for ourselves), the second—when we work in Lishma (for the Creator), and the third—613 commands or deposits.

Question: What is this third stage?

Answer: The third stage of spiritual work is a complete dissolution in the common Kli. But we rarely talk about this. The main thing for us is to overcome the state of concealment we are in and get out of it.

Question: Does a person have to go through all three stages in any state a person engages in spiritual correction?

Answer: Yes, in the state of complete concealment, partial concealment, partial disclosure, and full disclosure.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/5/23, Writings of Rabash “What Is, ‘The Torah Exhausts a Person’s Strength,’ in the Work?”

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Question: What are the signs that a person is not working for the Creator?

Answer: It is when there is no intention in his actions to come closer to the Creator.

Question: Is the partnership between the friends realized through one’s restriction?

Answer: Without restriction, there can be no connection with others at all.

Question: Does it make sense for a person to ask to stay in the right line, in a state of perfection? Or is it against the purpose of creation?

Answer: No, a person only asks for greater connection with the Creator.

Question: It is said, “Sit and do nothing.” What kind of condition are we talking about?

Answer: We are talking about a bad state: if you do not know what to do, sit and do nothing until you feel the laws of new states revealed to you.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/3/24, Writings of Rabash “What Does It Mean that a Judge Must Judge Absolutely Truthfully, in the Work?”

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Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Rabash, “What Does It Mean that the Right and the Left Are in Contrast, in the Work?”

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2nd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Study of the Ten Sefirot,” Vol. 2. Part 6, “Inner Observation,” Item 19″

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