Preparation to the Lesson
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Zohar for All “Introduction to The Book of Zohar,” “Who Is This,” Item 169
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Zohar for All “Rejoicing in Holidays and Not Giving to the Poor”
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How can you prepare yourself for the upcoming congress in the Arava so that you can be with everyone together, at its very epicenter, and not miss something very important, which will then be a thorn in your heart for many years?
If you follow the congress closely, from no matter where, then you will join it and we will all be together in the same Kli, in the same scrutinies, and in the same exercises. And in this way we will rise together.
Of course, everyone will understand this to the extent of one’s preparation. But we still have almost a month ahead of us and we can prepare so that everyone can be practically on the same level. And that means a lot.
It is better to be at a lower degree but all together, than at a higher degree with each on his own. I hope that we will integrate so that we will all be together at a certain small degree, but we will all understand each other and try to rise together. That is what is important for the congress.
So the most important thing for this congress is to be together! Not physically, but psychologically and spiritually.
It is better to be on a lower degree together than on a higher degree alone, because when I am on the same degree with the ten, I am in a spiritual Kli. And when I am on the spiritual degree alone, without a spiritual Kli, there is no guarantee that I will be able to stay there. At any moment I can fall from there.
We need to reach the end of correction at least in the ten, and then all the other tens will join. So far, there are a small number of tens at the degree of the end of correction, Rabbi Shimon’s ten and a few more. And we also want to achieve it, so we are counting on the success, not of any individual, but of at least a ten.
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From the 2nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/26/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Introduction to The Book of Zohar”
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People often ask me how I see the world of the future, what it will be based on, and how we will interact with each other in it.
Unfortunately, I must admit that I do not see it coming in the near future. There will be many more problems that accompany the birth of a new world. But when it is revealed, it will be a different world, one that exists in the minds of people who will understand that it is necessary to live in such a way that we do anything to avoid wars and hatred between us.
We must fight among ourselves so that no one has hatred for the other, but on the contrary, mutual love, respect, and desire for contact.
I hope that we will reach this. At least now all the events in the world are aimed at revealing what is good and what is bad between us.
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From the 2nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/26/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Introduction to The Book of Zohar”
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Preparation to the Lesson
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Zohar for All “Introduction to The Book of Zohar,” “Heaven and Earth,” Item 157
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Writings of Baal HaSulam “Following the Creator in the Desert”
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Selected Highlights
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Preparation to the Lesson
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Zohar for All “Introduction to The Book of Zohar,” “Heaven and Earth,” Item 154
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Writings of Baal HaSulam “Following the Creator in the Desert”
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Selected Highlights
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Preparation to the Lesson
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Zohar for All “Introduction to The Book of Zohar,” “Heaven and Earth”
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Writings of Baal HaSulam “Following the Creator in the Desert”
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Zohar for All “Introduction to The Book of Zohar,” “On the Night of the Bride,” Item 151
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Zohar for All “Introduction to The Book of Zohar,” “On the Night of the Bride,” Item 145
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“The fear of the Lord is the Resheet [beginning] of wisdom.” It is also written, “The fear of the Lord is the Resheet [beginning] of knowledge,” since fear is called Resheet. Also, it is the gate by which to enter faith, and the whole world exists on this Mitzva” (Baal HaSulam, Introduction of the Book of Zohar, “The Commandments of the Torah,” the First Commandment, Item 189).
The fear of the Creator is a common foundation that binds everything and holds the whole building on itself. A person fears the Creator, who is the root of everything, governs everything, and organizes everything. There is nothing in the world that exists outside of the Creator, the one upper force that embraces everything.
It is a mistake to think that a person can exist independently of the Creator and decide something oneself. Such a thing does not exist in nature. Only the Creator does everything, and therefore, fear of the Creator is the root of everything.
To fear the Creator means to tremble before the greatness of the one who reigns everywhere and governs everything like before the only force in the world on which a person depends one hundred percent.
But this is not about being afraid of the Creator, but about being afraid to separate from the force that embraces everything. A person should perceive every moment of his existence as being sent by the Creator. This is what is called the fear of the Creator.
The Creator is the entirety of nature, which includes all the natural laws that He established.
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From the 2nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/23/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Introduction to The Book of Zohar”
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Before reading The Book of Zohar, we need to adjust ourselves so that we feel that we are in a group. Then we are in an equivalence of qualities with the very group of Kabbalists who wrote The Zohar, and we can more easily understand what they want to convey to us.
Understanding comes as a result of the influence of light. The light acts on us from the connection between the souls of the ten Kabbalists, who all together were in a completely corrected state, that is, in a completely corrected connection with each other.
Therefore, when they corrected the connection between them to such an extent that none of them had an uncorrected will to receive, they revealed between them the upper light, called “Zohar” – radiance, which is emanating from the Rosh (Head) of Arich Anpin, the light of infinity.
Therefore, if we try to reach the same relationship between us as the authors of The Book of Zohar, we attract light from the same states they have reached.
This light can also create a connection between us, as it is said: “He who makes peace above will make peace upon us.” This is what we should expect from reading The Book of Zohar.
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From the 2nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/16/10, The Book of Zohar – Selections, Chapter “Shemot (Exodus)”
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