Question: What is our role as Russian-speaking Israelis in influencing the Russian-speaking population of the country? How important is it for us to disseminate to them?

Answer: The Russian-speaking community in Israel is very large. Moreover, it is wide spread outside of Israel. We publish many books in Russian and see that this is necessary. From time to time, these books are reprinted.

I think this will not disappear, and we will continue to teach and print books in Russian, not just in Russian, as many languages are spoken in Russia. If we want to reach people, we need to write in a language they understand.

Question: What are our advantages or perhaps disadvantages as Russian-speaking Israelis regarding the correction of Israeli society?

Answer: At one time I had high hopes for Russian-speaking immigrants. But over time they become ordinary Israelis and are only interested in their own affairs and their families. So I do not see any significant progress in working specifically with the Russian-speaking population in the future; however, many people among them are interested in Kabbalah.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/19/20, “Connecting into One Soul”

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Question: How can our connection awaken the eternal question about the meaning of life in other people who do not study Kabbalah? Is awakening these questions influenced only by dissemination or also by our internal spiritual work in the tens?

Answer: Our internal work influences it to some extent, but to a very small degree. The main thing, in principle, is teaching.

Gradually, a large group of people will form who can teach, explain, and answer questions. Then this internal society will begin to emit certain qualities, the qualities of the Creator, the qualities of the Universe.

Therefore, keep studying, and the most important thing is to stay connected with each other. Because the simplest, even the highest knowledge will not be of any use if it is not tied to others.
It is the quality of the ten that breaks the boundaries of nature and spreads in all directions.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/19/24, “Connecting into One Soul”

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Question: What does a negative attitude toward Kabbalists lead to?

Answer: A Kabbalist is a person who fulfills the program of creation and wants to harmoniously and integrally connect with nature.

If I hate him, it means that I hate not him, but in general the philosophy of his existence, the purpose of his life. That is, I am the opposite of nature, opposed to it, and I put myself in opposition to the forces of nature.

Naturally, such an attitude will cause the strongest suffering in me. If not now, it will be revealed later anyway. It may seem that I am somehow benefiting from this, but in the end, I will have to pay a very heavy price for everything.

We will see all these calculations that will be presented to people who have hindered the spiritual development of mankind. These are the most terrible corrections that they will have to go through.

Comment: You said a negative attitude is also good. That is, the person is still included in the process and is influenced by the light.

Answer: Indifference is the worst, yes. A negative attitude, assuming it is rational, that makes people look for the reasons why they are against it, is helpful. I know many people who, due to their desire to criticize me, became my students.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. The Hidden Influence of The Zohar” 3/7/10

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This is the great revelation that will be revealed in full only in the days of the Messiah (Baal Hasulam, The Writings of the Last Generation).

Question: What revelation is Baal HaSulam talking about? What period of time is this, the days of Messiah?

Answer: The time in which we will be able to suppress, annul, our egoistic properties and replace them with the properties of bestowal and love in order to be like the Creator is called the time of Messiah.

This is not a specific time with a date that can now be named, but a period when humanity begins to strive to change itself from the properties of reception to the property of bestowal.

Question: Should a certain mass of people come to this or is it just a few people?

Answer: There must be a certain mass of people who understand that this is necessary.

Naturally, in accordance with this, some external forces will act to push humanity forward, but not those that are influencing us today. We will have to continue teaching Kabbalah so that it will help people get closer to the Creator by means of similarity of properties.

That is, the idea is, in principle, simple. The Creator, who is altruistic by nature, created us as egoists, and we ourselves must want to acquire His altruistic properties.
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From KabTV’s “Era of the Last Generation” 7/11/24

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Question: You say everything depends on us. Where is the point we can press that will make it work?

Answer: The point to press is the point of realizing that we have no other way out.

We are at a turning point in the world. The world has exhausted its egoistic paradigm of existence and reached its final state. It cannot continue to exist this way.

Therefore, we are in a general crisis of all our behavior in the world. This is specifically a crisis of human relationships, between us and between us and nature. We must change this. How? By becoming an integral part of nature, which we are but we do not wish to acknowledge.

Nature forces us, one way or another, to recognize this fact and change ourselves to become integrally connected with each other and with nature so that the entire universe becomes integrated, closed, harmonious, and unified, and for that, we need to rise above our egoism.

In Kabbalah, there is a force that can correct us and transform us from egoists into altruists so that we are harmoniously connected into one single whole.

We, the people who have a point in the heart, a desire for unity, must first reveal this method within ourselves. Furthermore, the people of Israel, who were once in a spiritual state, must do this because they have spiritual genes. They are obligated to revive and realize them.

When we do this, we will lead the rest of the world. This can be done very quickly, in a very short time!

We do not have to wait until humanity plunges into immense suffering, tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes, and who knows what else.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Everything Depends on Us” 3/7/10

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Question: How can we promote knowledge about the Creator to the masses?

Answer: By disseminating information that there is a place where people study how to reveal the Creator.

Question: What is this strong group that promotes knowledge about the Creator and in what should its flexibility be manifested?

Answer: A strong group is a group that studies and works in dissemination. Its flexibility is manifested in its readiness to work with any member of the group and to adapt to them.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson 7/13/24, “Equals, As One: No friend is strong, the Society is strong”

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Question: I often notice that you close your eyes when you want to convey a specific spiritual picture. Why do you do this?

Answer: To focus. In principle, whether my eyes are closed or open has nothing to do with the sensation of the higher world.

Concentrating on the students and conveying information to them is necessary because it is challenging to bring it out from the inside and clothe it in some earthly form. You need to concentrate so you are not disturbed by images, sounds, or smells. Everything gets in the way!

I remember when an ambulance passed near the place where we were studying with Rabash, he got switched off. If a tractor was working quietly somewhere, emitting a distant, monotonous sound, it was difficult for him to concentrate.

And I have an even bigger problem. First of all, I am not him. He was huge on the one hand. On the other hand, 300 students are in front of me. I must feel them, but feelings still include earthly sensations too.

It turns out that the slightest sound, some kind of knock, someone said something, someone misunderstood something, and I already start to lose my intention, my concentration. Therefore, I need it to be quiet. Even the smell of something is distracting.

It seems to us that the Kabbalist withdraws into himself and plunges inside like a yogi. No. His immersion coincides with the intensification of all earthly senses, I can’t even tell you how much!

For example, while we are walking and talking with Rabash, a small pebble the size of a pea suddenly got into his shoe and prevented him from concentrating. This doesn’t fit at all with how we are used to thinking about the upper world.

To the Kabbalist, all this appears as one whole, and he becomes sensitive to everything. He does not leave, does not float away somewhere; on the contrary, every particle, every connection in the world becomes very important to him. He sees this unity and mutual influence. This whole world is what he needs.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Kabbalist’s Super Senses” 3/11/10

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Question: When you hear yourself on a recording, for example, speaking during a lesson, do you clearly see how the upper force transmits information through you?

Answer: Of course, I feel it. Is there anything of my own in me? Possibly, but only when I am alone. When I am with others, I am not myself; I am merely a conduit through which something is transmitted from above. In this state, I try to adapt the information, convey it, and make myself the most suitable instrument for perception by external vessels, souls, that is, people. I try to find examples and diagrams, while simultaneously integrating with what descends to me, with what I contact from above.

I am entirely focused on being this buffer, this adapter, between the degree I can currently reveal for myself and my recipients, lowering it to the level they are at, and conveying it in the most accessible form for them.

Comment: For example, when someone is engaged in creative work, they often do not understand how it happens. They feel that it is not their achievement, but rather that information comes to them somehow. I see that you often say, “Ask a question, and you will receive an answer.”

My Response: It is not mysticism. It is actually internal work. Creative people also partially feel this way. Why do you need to ask a question? Because when I hear a question, I feel the student asking it, and I understand at what level I need to give the answer. I need to receive the question first; it is not possible otherwise.

These were the dynamics between me and Rabash, where I compelled him to descend in his answer to my level and much lower as much as possible. This prepared him for conducting lessons with other students.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Representative of God!“ 3/13/10

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Therefore, the Tana described the Arvut as two people who were on a boat, and one of them began to drill a hole in the boat. His friend said, “Why are you drilling?” He replied, “Why should you mind? I am drilling under me, not under you.” So he replied, “Fool! We will both drown together in the boat!”

Meaning, as we said, since those rebels wallow in self-love, by their actions, they build an iron wall that prevents the observers of the Torah from even beginning to fully observe the Torah and Mitzvot in the measure of words “Love your friend as yourself,” which is the ladder for achieving Dvekut [adhesion] with Him. Indeed, how right were the words of the proverb that said, “Fool, we will both drown together in the boat!” (Baal HaSulam, “The Arvut” [Mutual Guarantee])

We are drowning along with our world. Therefore, our generation needs to break out of this as soon as possible; that is, it needs to understand how to correct ourselves.

Therefore, Rabbi Elazar, son of Rashbi, who wrote The Book of Zohar, clarifies the matter of Arvut even further. It is not enough for him that all of Israel, not only this group, which received the system of Abraham, be responsible for one another, but the whole world is included in the Arvut.

It follows that all the peoples of the world must also follow the laws of Arvut (mutual guarantee). Therefore, we must explain this to everyone and involve everyone in it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/18/20, “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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Question: In the article “The Last Generation,” Baal HaSulam writes that if the majority of people accept the idea that the whole world is one family, they will immediately join communistic altruism. What about the minority?

Answer: First ideas get intermixed, properties are clarified, and only then is a decision made on what should be done. People will start to adopt certain norms of behavior or laws.

That is, there will be not just the majority among people, but a critical mass will be formed in the nation that will influence the course of history.
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From the 1st part of  the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/24/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Writings of the Last Generation”

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