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For the Benefit of People

558Question: In Rabash’s article “What Does It Mean that the Creation of the World Was by Largess,” it is said that when a person connects the name of heaven, i.e., the Creator, with something else, he is eradicated from the world.

How can one turn to the Creator so as not to connect any egoistic desires and intentions with Him, but only to ask for bestowal?

Answer: Only if you ask for the benefit of people and not for yourself, then you will have the right request aimed at ensuring that He fills creation. But the Creator Himself does not need anything.

Question: But when you stand before the king who can give you everything and answer all your questions, how can you not take advantage of this for yourself and ask only for your friends? How does a Kabbalist choose bestowal?

Answer: He gradually gets closer to it by making a restriction, and building a screen and reflected light.

Question: What is the energy that drives us to achieve this?

Answer: The importance of the Creator, His greatness.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/11/23, Writings of Rabash “What Does It Mean that the Creation of the World Was by Largess?“

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Light as a Source of Reward

591The whole of reality was emanated and created with a single thought. It is the operator; it is the very operation; it is the sought-after reward,, and it is the essence of the labor (Baal HaSulam, Study of the Ten Sefirot, Vol. 1, Part 1, Inner Observation)

This thought of creation contains everything from the beginning to the end, in all forms.

Question: Do my efforts and my reward also belong to this thought?

Answer: No, we are not talking about us, but about the Creator, about the light that comes from the Creator and builds the entire creation.

The reward is inside this light. The Creator causes certain actions in the creation, and He also fills the created beings with light.
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From the 2nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/3/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Study of the Ten Sefirot (TES)”

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Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 11/20/23

Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Rabash, “What It Means that the World Was Created for the Torah”

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

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3rd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “A Speech for the Completion of The Zohar“

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At the Stage of Growing Up

935Question: Usually, children under the age of five play without relating to each other in any way. Humanity is going through the same state now as we do not seem to be in contact with each other.

Do we have to go through this state at an accelerated pace or do we have to go through everything we are supposed to without hurrying anywhere?

Answer: We have already passed the state of infancy because we have received instructions for correcting ourselves in connection with each other. That is why we all have to think only how to be connected by good intentions. That is what we ask in prayer.

Question: Then is a real prayer for all of humanity born?

Answer: For the Creator so that we provide Him with a vessel that He would fill with His love.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/3/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Concerning the Giving of the Torah – 2“

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Dig Up Yourself

508.1Question: The more effort I put into connection, the further away from it I am and the more hatred there is in my heart, literally a wall. Is the Creator’s answer to me the fact that He gives me the strength to act like a soldier—just do it and that is it? Or should I somehow get to the feeling of unity?

Answer: I do not know how much you will be able to get to the truth, but at least try with all your heart and with all your strength to aim for the Creator.

Question: What if I still want to get to the bottom of it?

Answer: Then you have to dig all over yourself. You must purify every feeling and every thought from egoism, and direct it to the Creator.
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From the 1st paer of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/2/23, Writings of Rabash “What Is the Son of the Beloved and the Son of the Hated in the Work?”

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Pray to Ein Sof

525The thought of creation, called “to do good to His creations,” begins from Ein Sof [no end]. For this reason, we pray to Ein Sof, meaning to the connection that exists between the Creator and the creatures.

The beginning of the connection starts in Ein Sof, where His name is, which is the root of creation (Baal HaSulam, Shamati 54 “The Purpose of the Work – 1“).

Question: Ein Sof is something that we cannot attain, i.e., equivalence of form. What is this quality of His name and what does it mean to pray to His name?

Answer: His name is the result of attainment from below. When the light of the Creator enters our Kli, then we begin to feel His name.

When we are directed to the fact that the Creator is upper, He is the first, He is the Creator, He is good and does good, and there is none else besides Him, it turns out that we are directed only to the upper root.

Question: How do we pray to Ein Sof correctly? How does one direct oneself to it?

Answer: We are able to feel this only through love for our neighbor, otherwise it is impossible.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/5/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Purpose of the Work – 1“

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Exude Love

938.02Question: If I see myself as evil in the outside world, but at the same time I feel love in the ten, where and what am I distorting?

Answer: You must make sure that in the outside world you are also perceived as exuding love. You must have that feeling about the whole world, even your enemies.

Comment: It is very difficult.

My Response: That is good. And now try to create a relationship of love over your rejection.

It is necessary to refresh the atmosphere. Do not be ashamed to tell each other about love, simply admit it  even though it may not be 100% true that we love each other.

Comment: But there must be an inner prayer.

My Response: That is when you will feel what prayer means.

I see that lately we have gradually begun to go through such internal states that will help us to get closer between us and the Creator. I am very proud of you.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/4/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “First Will Be the Correction of the World“

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How Can I Come to a Cry to the Creator?

528.03Question: How when I am in a ten can I come to despair and cry to the Creator?

Answer: If you are in the ten, try to be connected with it into one common whole, and you have the task ahead of you to reach the Creator, then you begin to see how impossible this task is for you and your ten. That is when you start crying to the Creator.

Question: Am I crying or should the ten cry?

Answer: You, first of all.

Question: Does it then turn out that I am disappointed in the ten?

Answer: No. You see that you are placing yourself above the ten, and you cannot agree with this.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/2/23, Writings of Rabash “What Is the Son of the Beloved and the Son of the Hated in the Work?”

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The Path to the Creator

155Question: What is the difference between the revelation of the Creator to a person, when we see the Creator behind each friend, and the fact that we look at the holy Shechina?

Answer: The difference is that if we want to get closer to the Creator, to His qualities, the quality of bestowal, connection, and love, then we cannot think about anything else. We must put everything on the rails, except what is necessary.

Necessities include caring for children and so on. And all the most important things we have in our souls should be directed to the Creator and connected with Him.

Question: What is the difference between directing yourself to the Creator or directing yourself to the observation of the Shechina?

Answer: Directing yourself to the Creator means to be only on the path to this. But seeing the Shechina or connecting with it is already reaching complete connection with the Creator.

Question: But the connection of the souls of Israel is the Shechina. Is this what we are yearning for? When we say that we want to unite, it is as if we want to see the Shechina between us.

Answer: Yes, of course. But that is the goal. This is not yet the desire we should be in.

Question: Then what should be the desire if the ultimate goal is to connect to Shechina for the sake of the Creator. Where is the Creator?

Answer: The Creator is reached through the connection between us, when we prefer to be connected with Him and with nothing else. This is the path to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/1/23, “Depart from Evil”

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Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 11/19/23

Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Rabash, “Who Needs to Know that a Person Withstood the Test”

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2nd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Study of the Ten Sefirot,” Vol. 2, Part 6, Item 4

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3rd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “A Speech for the Completion of The Zohar“

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Selected Highlights

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