Question: The Creator gives us absolutely everything today: the conditions, the environment, and the opportunity to act. I do whatever I can, but in the end, I realize that I am not truly ready to ask the Creator. It is as if I do not want to give Him space to work with me and bring me closer to Him. How can I avoid forgetting that I need to make room for the Creator?

Answer: This is an exercise in constantly thinking about the greatness of the Creator, His uniqueness, and the fact that only He is above us and connects us with everything in the world.

We must continuously hold on to Him, always asking like a child who clings to an adult and persistently demands attention. Eventually the adult gives in.

We must pray to the Creator to reveal unity to us in everything. Then we will feel how interconnected we are, that each person defines the state of everyone else, and that there is no distance between us.

Draw closer to one another as tightly as possible, and from that connection turn to the Creator.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/13/24 ,Baal HaSulam Memorial Day, Rav Yehuda Ashlag

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Question: We fulfill what the Creator sends us. How can we do it correctly?

Answer: Ask Him. Ultimately, you have the opportunity to talk to Him, turn to Him, ask Him and not turn away, but insist that He explain everything to you.

But even if you do not ask, but just do, He will correct you. From this, you will learn how to respond correctly to His actions next time.

You need to work more among you; digest, and grind everything that you feel from the Creator.

If you cannot figure out your desires and intentions, ask Him about it. And it will turn out that on one hand you will come closer to Him, and on the other hand you will attract His attention.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/14/24, Writings of Rabash “Two Forces within Man”

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Question: How can the ten move forward? Which force is better for it to use: pulling or repelling? After all, it happens that in daily routine actions, the ten moves at a normal speed and not with acceleration.

Answer: You should seek the pulling force more and then it will become easier to get out of the state of descent and indifference. You will strive to belong to the pulling force and the movement forward.

Where should you look for this power? In the Creator. Only in the Creator!

When you talk to each other about the Creator, you should feel that there is a force in the ten that pulls you forward. Ultimately it will truly manifest itself in you.

Question: Can we say that we initiate the pulling force with the help of prayer, and the force of repulsion is initiated by the Creator when we do not turn to Him?

Answer: In both cases we must seek the Creator and direct ourselves to Him.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/14/24, Writings of Rabash “Two Forces within Man”

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The quality of Isaac, who is “left,” there is also the quality of “right,” which is Hesed, and from there it receives life (Rabash, Assorted Notes, 316, “Adam HaRishon – 2”).

Question: When I perform an act of connection with the friends, I awaken the light upon myself and truly feel warmth and ease.

But then, suddenly, some disturbance arises, and I have to raise a prayer to return to the state of connection. Does the quality of “Isaac” come from this disturbance or my intensified yearning toward the Creator? What is this quality?

Answer: We need all the qualities because in the common Partzuf, when it reaches complete correction, all these qualities are fully expressed, and none are redundant.

Question: So is it like a push from inner desires that have not yet been revealed but they strengthen my yearning for spirituality?

Answer: Yes that is correct.
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From the 2^nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/21/24, “The Seven Ushpizin”

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The Sukkah is made of four walls and a thatch. We should understand the meaning of walls and the thatch, which is waste of barns and vineyard. It is known that there are four sides, and above and below. These are called HGT and Malchut, and Netzach above and Hod below. (Rabash, Assorted Notes 892, “An Article for Sukkot”).

The thatch (roof or covering) of the Sukkah symbolizes the screen, which is the most essential part of the Sukkah. The four walls represent the conditions necessary for us to have a screen over us, meaning we must follow the rules for building a Sukkah.

Building a Sukkah means constructing the soul under new conditions. When we build it and complete the construction, we receive a corrected soul, which we essentially built by ourselves according to spiritual laws but with the forces received from above.

Question: Should each person build their own Sukkah, or should we do it together? What do you recommend?

Answer: You do not have to build a physical Sukkah, instead imagine that you are ready to stay in this state for an entire week, doing everything necessary because it is your inner state.

I think by next year, we will be ready to build a spiritual Sukkah between us, and then we will feel that we are inside it.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/21/24, Writings of Rabash “An Article for Sukkot”

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Question: Lately I feel that nothing is more important than achieving connection with the Creator and that we don’t have much time for it. Yet, at the same time, there is a certain calmness that we will do it that we just need to move in the right direction. How can we maintain this sense of agreement and calmness, and at the same time strive toward the Creator?

Answer: You need to stay more connected with each other, in groups, and pay attention to where your desire is directed.

It must be aimed directly at the Creator, who can only reveal Himself through the right connection between you. After all, only He can help you sense Him and your connection with Him.

Then everything will be fine.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/13/24, Baal HaSulam Memorial Day, Rav Yehuda Ashlag

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Question: What is the light of faith?

Answer: It is the light hidden in the actions that a person performs through the power of faith.

Question: How can we be ready to receive what the Creator wants to give?

Answer: It depends on how prepared the ten is for this.

Question: What desires do we use to build the screen of our spiritual Sukkah?

Answer: Any desires through which we can bring joy to our friends.

Question: What is the pleasure in the concealment of the Creator?

Answer: The pleasure lies in the fact that we can draw closer to Him precisely from the state of concealment.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/16/24, Writings of Rabash Letter No. 12b

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Question: In the past, people mostly studied Kabbalistic texts on their own. Today it is possible to constantly be with a teacher in lessons and in zoom with friends, so there is little time left for reading. Maybe the reason for our slow spiritual development is that we do not work enough independently?

Answer: I don’t think that is the reason. It seems to me that we do not delve deeply enough with our minds and feelings into our connection with the Creator. But overall, we are moving toward revelation.

Question: In our time, we are given all the conditions for advancement, but at the same time the Creator adds egoism, and the external conditions in the world are worsening. Where can we find the balance point?

Answer: I think the Creator gives us absolutely everything. But we do not fulfill His demands diligently enough, and that is why the upper world is not revealed to us.

We need to be more connected with each other as one man with one heart and try from our unification to strive toward connection with the Creator. Then we will feel how long He has been waiting for this and with what joy He accepts us.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/13/24, Baal HaSulam Memorial Day, Rav Yehuda Ashlag

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Question: When a person tries to calculate a reward, but realizes he is not experienced and does not really know how to do it, he feels shame and awkwardness. How can he work in this state?

Answer: This is a wrong feeling. When one wants to get closer to the Creator, he can wish and say anything. And it will always be welcome in the eyes of the Creator.

Question: How do we achieve constancy in our need for inner purification from egoism?

Answer: Constancy can be achieved only through consistent work in the group; otherwise, you will never have a Kli (vessel) in which you can receive light.

Question: What should we regret?

Answer: Not being able to turn to the Creator all together, on our own, and ask Him to let us adhere to Him.

Question: What is the pure work of receiving for the sake of giving?

Answer: It is to receive only in order to give.

Question: How do we know the measure of giving to the Creator so that we give the same amount?

Answer: Give all you want, it will still be less than the measure He has prepared for us.

Question: What kind of regret regarding friends leads to genuine regret regarding the Creator? Is it a regret of not knowing how to support my friends or not seeing them as great?

Answer: It is any kind. In the end, you regret that you cannot gather together with friends into one single desire and give it to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/15/24, Writings of Rabash “According to the Sorrow Is the Reward”

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Question: Is trust within the ten necessary for what we are striving for? What is the foundation for such trust? How should it be born within the ten?

Answer: It is born gradually from the fact that you pray together, turn to the Creator together, and thus form a united group. Then the Creator can feel this group. As a result, you will receive a response from Him.

Question: We do work in the ten and we come together with our hearts. How can we understand that the Creator evaluates our work? What should we focus on?

Answer: Focus on the fact that He is constantly helping you.

Question: Is it possible to clarify the states and desires we receive in thought within the ten?

Answer: Of course it is possible. Try it and you will find where the boundary is that you should not cross in your communication with friends.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/14/24, Writings of Rabash “Two Forces within Man”

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