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Lasting Pleasure

572.02In other words, one can please a limited body with one’s work and effort, which is either a passing guest or an eternal one, meaning that one’s energy remains in eternity. (Baal HaSulam, Shamati 30 “The Most Important Is to Want Only to Bestow“)

Question: What is the difference between the feeling of pleasure in the quality of “a passing guest” and the quality of “an eternal one”?

Answer: If you don’t think about yourself, that you want to get something, then everything goes fine. And if you keep thinking “Where is my pay? Where are my earnings?”, then you have nothing left. It all disappears as if it dissipates in the air.

The purpose of creation is to delight the creatures. This is what the Creator wants. But He wants to give them real pleasure: eternal, infinite, unlimited, and imperishable.

Therefore we must reach a state where we are ready to rise above our egoism and think only about how to be able to receive and give unlimitedly, meaning to expand our Kelim (vessels). And then we will have the right attitude to the nature of the Creator and to the nature of the world.

Question: A person gets pleasure from giving to others. How does this differ from the pleasure that is called the quality of a passing guest? How at the same time can one not slip into enjoying for oneself?

Answer: The difference is very big because, according to your intention, you can go from receiving for yourself to receiving for the sake of bestowal. And thus you move from one world that is egoistic to another world that is altruistic.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/27/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Most Important Is to Want Only to Bestow“

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Strengthen Your Faith

934Question: What helps us to strengthen our faith and not fall into doubts? How can we support each other in this in the ten?

Answer: First of all, we must unite in the ten. Moreover, we must unite in such a way that we do not have any questions as to whether we are connected to each other or not, or whether we help each other or not. All these issues must be resolved.

We are absolutely sure that we are connected to each other and therefore connected to the Creator.

Question: Do I understand correctly that only to the extent of my faith, without any doubt, can the Creator honor me with the quality of bestowal?

Answer: This is first. And second, the first is not even as important as the fact that you want to have a sense of faith. Meaning, you want to fully relate to the Creator the way He relates to you. That is the most important thing. I want to bestow to the Creator everything that is in me, and in this case it does not matter to me how much I receive and what He gives me.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/27/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Most Important Is to Want Only to Bestow“

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In Prayer for a Friend

507.03Question: Praying for friends is one of the closest states to Lishma (not for my own sake). But if I pray for a friend who is sick, where is the joy here?

Answer: It goes without saying that we pray for a friend because by doing it we want to transfer our strength to him.

Such a prayer does not necessarily have to be in joy, although prayer for a sick person still includes some joy because you rejoice that you want to give part of your health and strength to your sick friend.

Question: How do we check that the whole body agrees to this prayer?

Answer: It is impossible to check by the clock. Gradually, you will have an inner need, such as Kelim (Vessels), in which you will understand what state you are in, whether you are closer or further from the Creator.

Comment: After the fact, I already see that for some time, I was in other thoughts and not in the thoughts about a friend.

My Response: In that case, you should regret that the Creator pulled you out of connection with Him, gave you some pleasures in other thoughts, and thus, you distanced you from the Creator. Now, you begin to understand this and want to be closer to Him.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/29/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Lishma [for Her sake]“

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Before Reading Psalms

216.04Question: What helps us polish the desire to receive so that it is subtle and we feel who we are fighting with?

Answer: Only our relationships in the group help. The more subtle we are in our relationship with each other, the more subtle our relationship with the Creator will be, and we will succeed in this rapprochement.

Question: What intention should you set before reading Psalms? How can we prepare for this?

Answer: Before reading Psalms, we only strive to get closer to each other. We do not need anything more.

With the help of the Psalms, we wish to connect with each other even more. And in the Psalms themselves, there are already such wishes and prayers that will definitely provide us with all the best.
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From the Daily Kabbalah lesson 10/28/23, “Conduct War Like King David”

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Create the Creator from Oneself

275Question: Kabbalists say that it is necessary to annul before the Creator, and sometimes we hear that we are building the Creator ourselves.

Why is there such a contradiction?

Answer: This is not a contradiction. Through our common efforts, we create the Creator from ourselves and bow before this common effort that helped us create a common image of our connection. This will be the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah lesson 10/28/23, Writings of Rabash “What Is, ‘The Shechina Is a Testimony to Israel,’ in the Work?“

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Connection—Above Everything

939.01Question: Should we pray more about peace and direct our thoughts and desires there, or should we pray more for connection?

Answer: Mainly, we direct ourselves to connection because it is above everything. Connection is when each of us wants to annul oneself and unite with the rest of the friends. This is the most important thing for us.

Question: When I hear a friend pronounce the words of prayer, how do I properly integrate in these words, in his feelings?

Answer: Try to join in, get closer to him internally, merge with his intention, and with his feeling so you will feel him closer.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah lesson 10/27/23, Writings of Rabash “Man Is Rewarded with Righteousness and Peace through the Torah“

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Work Inside the Heart

528.02Question: Does it make sense to ask the Creator in prayer to transfer all the wars and external work inside the heart, inside the tens?

Answer: We must achieve victory over our egoism by any means and connect with the Creator within the connection between us, in the ten, in the group. Practically, this is our job.

Question: How do we achieve this connection without falling into egoism?

Answer: Only by prayer.

Question: External actions push us to a strong prayer, to a cry. Does it make sense to move all this work inside?

Answer: Of course, this is our duty.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah lesson 10/27/23, Writings of Rabash “Man Is Rewarded with Righteousness and Peace through the Torah“

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“At His Right Hand Was a Fiery Law”

555This follows the way of “a time of Torah” and “a time of prayer.” “A time of Torah” means wholeness, when there are no deficiencies. This is called “right,” as it is written, “at His right hand was a fiery law” (“The Agenda of the Assembly,” Rabash).

Question: What is it “at His right hand was a fiery law”?

Answer: The right is the bestowing hand, and the left is the receiving hand. That is, these are the names of actions that are bestowing and receiving.

The flame in the right line is the force of attraction, the force of love.
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From the Daily Kabbalah lesson 10/24/23, Writings of Rabash “The Agenda of the Assembly – 1“

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How to Get Out Of the Strife with the Creator

549.02Question: In the article “Man Is Rewarded with Righteousness and Peace through the Torah,” Rabash writes that a person is in strife with the Creator. How can we avoid this?

Answer: We are initially in strife with the Creator because we are opposite to Him in properties.

Question: What are the right actions to get out of this strife?

Answer: For this purpose, we are given strife and we are given the Torah so that we correct ourselves from being opposite of the Creator to equivalence with Him. Then we will understand who the Creator is, who we are, and how we reach equivalence with Him.

Question: Is faith in the sages inherent in us or do we acquire it?

Answer: Faith in the sages is not inherent in us. We must gradually acquire it.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah lesson 10/27/23, Writings of Rabash “Man Is Rewarded with Righteousness and Peace through the Torah“

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Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 11/10/23

Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Rabash, “What Is, ‘You Will See My Back, But My Face Shall Not Be Seen,’ in the Work?”

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2nd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Study of the Ten Sefirot,” Vol. 1, Part 1, “Inner Observation”

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3rd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “A Handmaid Who Is Heir to Her Mistress”

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Selected Highlights

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