We need to experience the states called “day” and “night” so that we can integrate both into our goal. If we work in this way, all the efforts we make during the convention will accumulate to a degree sufficient for achieving the goal, and we will reveal the Creator within our common connection. This defines the success of the convention.

The state of night is different from the state of day in which a person is full of strength, inspiration, feelings, and clear understanding of the states they are going through. Still, we must try to gather and unify all the states we go through into one shared state—evening and morning, one day—where everything is good.

Day is when I feel how the light illuminates my relationships with others, and through them my relationship with the Creator. Everything is filled with the light of the day, the light of the Torah.

Night, however, is different. When night is sent to us from above, we must learn to behave in a way where all our thoughts, desires, and actions are only for the sake of accepting the lack of light and reaching unity, which reveals new desires within us.

We learn from both states night and day, which in the end must complement each other, merge into one day where “darkness will shine like light,” and all the states we have passed through will serve our attainment and adhesion.

The light will shine like day because in both darkness and light we must reveal the Creator’s attitude toward us, understand what He wants from us, and draw closer to each other until we reach complete unity (congress).

It is said that a person must stand guard both day and night, meaning they must integrate all states, both open like day and concealed like night, until within all of them together our connection with the Creator is revealed.

During the day we feel our connection with the Creator openly, within reason, through our striving to draw closer to Him. This is the work of the day. But the work at night is entirely different because at night the Creator is concealed, which makes it difficult for us to perceive and feel Him, and to turn to Him.

Yet whether it is day or night, no matter the conditions we find ourselves in, we must strive toward the upper force and try to invest everything we have—our hearts, desires, actions, thoughts, and prayers—so that we can unite together and draw the Creator into the center of our connection.
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From the 2^nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/18/25, Preparation for Opening the Heart at the Congress

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World Kabbalah Convention “Connecting to Lishma,” Lesson 4

Question: How can one bare one’s heart for a perfect prayer when egoism does not allow one to be honest with oneself?

Answer: It does not matter whether egoism allows it or not. When we are in an environment like a convention, our main goal is to awaken the upper light. Then it will become clear to us how far we are from the collective attainment of the Creator.

We must never look back and think, “How can I achieve this? This is holding me back and that is holding me back.” Nothing is holding us back! Even the most difficult questions that arise do so only to push us to rise above them and take another step forward.

Question: And what is that step right now?

Answer: That we unite even more and take this step together.
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From the International Kabbalah Convention “Unite In Lishma” – 2/21/25, Lesson 4

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Question: This is my first time at the convention, and I am feeling excitement and awe. I can’t put into words the love and emotions I am experiencing here. But my ten had no opportunity to come, so I brought them with me in my heart.

What can I do to make my ten feel the love and light I have experienced here?

Answer: Immerse yourself as much as possible in what you feel here so that this sensation penetrates you as deeply as possible. Your ten will feel it through your heart. You’ll see, they will feel it.
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From the International Kabbalah Convention “Unite In Lishma” – 2/20/25, Lesson 1

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World Kabbalah Convention “Connecting to Lishma,” Lesson 4

Question: It is said that we should pray for the strength of faith in order to come to Lishma. But faith is the sensation of the Creator. How can we avoid getting confused and ensure that faith is not just our fantasy?

Answer: We need to strive for the revelation of the Creator. Gradually such aspirations and motivations will form in a person that will lead him to contact with the Creator. So you should keep going.

Question: If a person’s mind is not able to understand what Lishma is, how can he practically enter the work?

Answer: By trying to rise through the degrees of the spiritual ladder, a person perceives different states that will lead him to Lishma.

Question: Why do we detach ourselves from the external world and not ask the Creator to correct it? Is this not important? Or can we not help the world until we ourselves reach Lishma?

Answer: First we need to independently reach Lishma, and then from that degree draw all the living beings in the world toward it. That is how it works.
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From the International Kabbalah Convention “Unite In Lishma” – 2/21/25, Lesson 4

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Question: We are creating a common heart with our efforts. But without the Creator’s force, it is just a heart. How can we invite the Creator into it and ask Him to sustain it?

Answer: Indeed, it depends entirely on the Creator. And the Creator’s response depends solely on our desire and our request. Our request, in turn, depends on how consistently we remain in it.

So it all comes down to us, our desire, our plea, our prayer, that determines how much we can form a common vessel (Kli) where everyone feels as if they are inside their own heart, filled with the desires and actions of all.

Today, I have already observed several friends, both men and women, who have changed significantly during this time. You will see how, over these two days, we will go deeper into our hearts, into our thoughts, and reach the level of faith above reason.
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From the International Kabbalah Convention “Unite In Lishma” – 2/20/25, Lesson 1

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World Kabbalah Convention “Connecting to Lishma,” Lesson 2

Question: What is the role of a sage in relation to the creatures in our world?

Answer: By sage we mean a person who reaches the level of the Creator in his attainment.

A sage is obliged to teach the creatures, to help them rise above themselves, and to unite with each other. He sees this as his mission.

Question: So we can use the work that the sage did before us?

Answer: Of course, this is what we study. All our lessons are dedicated solely to this.

Question: How do I check myself whether I believe in the sages or not? What if I trust myself?

Answer: If you read the primary sources and completely agree with what is written in them, it means that you believe, not yourself, but the one who wrote them.
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From the International Kabbalah Convention “Unite In Lishma” – 2/20/25, Lesson 2

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Question: How can we translate the width of the Kli we created at the congress into depth?

Answer: I do not think you can make such actions yet. But you will be able to very soon.

In the meantime, it is important to try to reproduce the sensitivity you experienced at the congress. You should lift this out of your heart as often as possible because if there is a suitable time and you do not use it to revive the states you have experienced, you are robbing yourself.

Question: You said that faith in the sages expands the Kli and makes it more subtle. What is a more subtle Kli?

Answer: It is a stronger Kli that is capable of absorbing all the sensations and changes in the ten and raising it to the level it was at the congress.

In order for you to have a more subtle Kli, each member of your ten must try to always be ahead of everyone or at least care about its sensations.

Question: What is the relationship in the work of a subtle Kli to the thickness of the revealed Aviut?

Answer: There is an infinitely large distance between them.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/23/25, “Continuing the Convention With an Ascent”

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Question: How can we not miss the opportunity the Creator gives us at this special congress? How can we appreciate every moment?

Answer: You should think of appreciating every moment in advance: “Now I am going to a meeting with my friends where we will connect our hearts. Will I be able to find my place in this union of hearts?”

This will not be a selfish desire. This is a desire that will advance everyone. This is how we will act.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/17/25, Preparation for Opening the Heart at the Congress

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Convention “Connecting to Lishma,” Lesson 2

Question: How can we not miss the moment when you feel the fear of receiving for yourself, and that this fear would not be overwhelming, but motivating, and would not lead us astray.

Answer: Those who study Kabbalah correctly, feel the fear of receiving for oneself, and within this fear they reveal spiritual ascent and attain the Creator.

Question: What spiritual qualities must a person develop in order to be worthy of uniting with the Creator?

Answer: Nothing will help a person except the correct study of Kabbalah.
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From the International Kabbalah Convention “Unite In Lishma” – 2/20/25, Lesson 2

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The World Convention “Connecting to Lishma,” Lesson 4

Question: Tell me, how is it possible that with such a degree of attainment, you can calmly answer any question with “I do not know” or “I cannot answer yet”? I believe this is the highest degree of attainment.

Answer: Yes, as Shakespeare said: “There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”

Of course, I do not know everything, and there is a lot. But we learn and advance supporting each other.
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From the International Kabbalah Convention “Unite In Lishma” – 2/21/25, Lesson 4

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