Question: If the spiritual leadership cannot replace you as the Kabbalah teacher, then who can do it?

Answer: The Creator, who will be revealed between you if you remain together. But if you do not remain together, you will fall apart. That is all.

The role of the spiritual leadership is to call for unity. It cannot issue commands; it can only determine and say: “We must unite, we must unite.”

If you heed its words, the Creator will reveal Himself within your unity and you will learn from Him and from no one else.

There is not a single one of my students who can replace me. Only together, as equals.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. In the union” 9/11/10

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Comment: While working within a group, a person feels a certain satisfaction from having submitted himself to the group and doing what the friends want from him.

My Response: It is true. If a person has performed a specific task and succeeded, then he feels satisfaction, pride, and vanity. But this is not important. Let him do everything for the sake of that, and then, as it is written, from “Lo Lishma” he will come to “Lishma.” Then he will see whether it is worth doing it for the sake of praise and whether he needs this praise at all.

The main thing is to make an effort as much as possible. But if you begin to consider that after all, you are doing it out of your desire to receive, and not yet for the sake of bestowal, you will never do anything at all. These are indeed the correct questions that Pharaoh asks: “Who are you, what are you, and why are you striving so intensely?” But if you do not strive in this way, you will never break free from your current state.

Imagine a child. If he does not learn anything smart or useful, he will remain stuck in his childish games and will not grow up. One should not be overly clever; one simply needs to act.

This is also a problem. There are many seemingly contradictory pieces of advice. On one hand, it is said that one should not be too clever, and on the other hand, that one must act and think. And a person rushes about and does not know what to answer his own doubts because his mind is cluttered with a host of counsels, resolutions, and sayings from the sages.

But after all that, if you cast aside all these intellectual subtleties, you are left with only one choice: to invest your efforts in the group.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/22/26, Rabash, “What Is the ‘Bread of an Evil-Eyed Man’ in the Work?”

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Question: You say that the Klipa is a very powerful force. It is like a counter-force that drags you down and does not allow you to do something. Are we really in a very strong Klipa?

Answer: Yes, but not in a very strong one. We have been given good conditions, practically everything we need, and yet we still cannot make the effort.

Question: Does this depend on a small group or on everyone who has joined us?

Answer: It depends on everyone who wants to participate in the mutual guarantee (Arvut).

Comment: You give such precise answers that present both sides. But it is impossible to connect them.

My Response: It is still impossible, yes. But one must constantly strive for it. To correctly aspire to spirituality means to strive, together with the friends, to create one single, unified common desire. Then it will acquire a quality similar to that of the Creator, and He will be revealed within that desire.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Klipa” 10/9/10

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Question: Many say that we lack unity, that supposedly there are elements that hinder our breakthrough. How long does the accumulative process have to work for this to be revealed?

Answer: It depends on those who are trying to reach the state of unity. What does “long” or “not long” have to do with it? It is possible to achieve this relatively quickly with great effort or it could be stretched for many years with small efforts.

Ultimately, a specific level of shared desire should develop in a person together with the other friends that would be ready to disconnect from each of them and be one.

In this unity, which is called “one,” not each one but one single whole, the point of unity, the Creator will be revealed to them.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. We lack Unity” 9/15/10

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The people of Israel are not formed simply by ordinary individuals connecting with one another. They become a people because together they attach themselves to Moses.

Moses is called the “faithful shepherd,” that is, the emissary of the Creator within the people. And the concept “people of Israel” means that they are connected with Moses.

Moses is the quality of Israel (“Yashar El” – straight to the Creator), the one who points the way. The others, like a flock, simply follow him, and he leads them out of Egypt.

But if each one of the three million Jews who were in Egypt at the time had connected individually with Moses, would that not have sufficed? Why did they have to unite among themselves in order to be able to connect to Moses and, through him, to the Creator? Why was their unification a necessary condition?

The necessity to joining oneself to Moses means the annulment of egoism, of self‑love. And the result of this is love of the neighbor. Therefore, first the people unite among themselves, that is, they nullify their egoism, their love of self, and only then are they able to receive the message of love for the Creator from Moses, and through Moses, to connect with the Creator.

Not every person must attain the level of Moses, but everyone must accept the work “to love one’s neighbor” on the level appropriate to the ordinary people of Israel.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/8/26, Rabash, “Come unto Pharaoh – 2”

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Question: If the people of Israel already came out of Egypt once, then why must we repeat this again now?

Answer: In the historical process of its development, the people of Israel carried out the exodus from Egypt about 4,000 years ago; therefore, we do not need to go through this again on the material level now.

We do not need to journey to Ur of the Chaldeans and then relocate to Israel, descend from Israel into Egypt, return from there to the Land of Israel again, build the First and Second Temples, and go through this entire process once more.

The material bodies in past incarnations did what they were required to fulfill at the level of the spiritual roots; they realized it within matter. However, nothing was accomplished in spirituality since the soul had not yet attained that level.

At the time when all these events took place on the material level, the people, in the spiritual sense, were at their usual degree, at the level of the masses. Both the exodus from Egypt and the entry into the Land of Israel occurred solely on the material level.

All that they possessed on the spiritual level at that time was merely a glimmer of the level of Nefesh, that is, a sensation that they were close to spirituality, to the Creator, and a sense of the importance of their actions, like a person who is under the influence of the spiritual.

But since a specific spiritual root exists, it must necessarily extend into the material world and be realized here. This is precisely why we went through this entire path on the earthly level once with the exception of the final correction.

We have already been in Egypt, exited it, conquered the Land of Israel, built the First Temple at the level of Mochin deHaya, only to see it destroyed, then built the Second Temple at the level of Mochin deNeshama,” and it too was destroyed. We went into exiles. We passed through several exiles and have now returned from the last one.

And now we must build the Third Temple, one in which Mochin deHaya and Mochin deNeshama will be present together as Mochin deYechida, so that the Third Temple encompasses the essence of both it predecessors combined.

This signifies that in the material world we have already traversed the entire path up to the very end of correction. But in spirituality we have not yet accomplished anything. We have only just arrived at our current state, the preparation period. Now we must carry out the exodus from Egypt, enter spirituality, and then go through this entire path in spirituality.

Our present era is the time when, in the near future, all souls are destined to complete their preparatory stage and enter the upper world; they will begin to ascend the spiritual ladder and, pass all 125 degrees, and reach the end of correction.

In the material we have practically nothing left to realize except what must still be done before the building of the Third Temple. The outcome, whether we encounter further suffering or goodness will be revealed to us so that we may come to our final correction, depends on our inner work, on our deeds.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/8/26, Rabash, “Come unto Pharaoh – 2”

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Question: What does it mean to build a better environment each time?

Answer: Building a better environment means that I devote myself to it with the intention that it will become stronger and support me when I need it. I invest myself in it to the extent that I have something to invest. And by helping others, I essentially express love for the friends.

The group can present you with a new, stronger desire for the Creator each time, and if you nullify yourself before it, you can receive from it.

You change the group by constantly investing in it, making it stronger; and you nullify yourself before it to an ever-greater extent, and it becomes increasingly bestowing toward you. This is called “each time, a different environment.”

Sometimes I hear people say they want to move from one group to another. There is no need for this, why do it? On the contrary, if you feel uncomfortable in your group, it means there is a place there where you should invest your efforts. In fact, it does not matter which group you are in. If a person is ready to bestow and to humble himself before it, the group can even consist of beginners.

When a new person arrives, they are burning with desire, wanting constantly to sit right next to me, even fighting for it. But after some time passes, they move farther away and “call” me from a distance, as if with a remote control. I was better off with them when they were just beginners, their desire ignited me. And now where is it? It seems to them that they already know everything, understand everything. And so, it is with each of you.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/22/26, Rabash, “What Is the ‘Bread of an Evil-Eyed Man’ in the Work?”

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Question: Previously it was clear to me: there is “me” and there is a dark point. Then everything inverted and I lost this point, I lost myself in everything. What should I do?

Answer: Yesterday you were in a state where you saw what you must do, and today you are in a state where you do not know where you are, who you are, and what you should do. This means you have entered concealment.

What to do, how to come out of it? Start asking, start pleading. Begin to put artificial pressure on yourself: “What for? Why?” Become an actor who plays as if it were for real. And you will see how your desires awaken and your memory comes to life. You will receive new vital forces and then, at least, you will once again become yourself.

In life we have to do many things artificially. When I write a book, I sometimes fall into such states as if I have nothing and want nothing. But I begin to write, that is, as it were, to speak with someone else.

And when it is “with someone else,” everything returns to me, because the will to receive no longer interferes so much. In this way you advance further and further, fall into various states, clarify them and pass through them. One must use all means.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/28/26, Rabash, “What Is, If He Swallows the Bitter Herb, He Will Not Come Out, in the Work?”

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The difficulty of our work lies in the fact that as we advance toward entering spirituality, or exiting this world, “Egypt” (this world is called “Egypt,” and the spiritual is “the Land of Israel”), we encounter a major problem: This entire process does not unfold according to our reason and this greatly weakens us.

Right now, many people are sitting here, and each of them once “burned” with a desire for the goal, but over time, they have calmed down. They settled into their place, fell asleep, and weakened. Why does this happen?

According to reason and feeling, a person does not receive what they expect. One wants to advance in such a way that there will be clear results within the desire to receive. A person is built so that moving forward means understanding more, gaining experience and strength, acquiring wisdom, and being better prepared for each new stage.

But here it seems the opposite happens. The more a person advances (yet does not see their progress), the weaker they become, the less they understand, and the more they fear what may happen to them. They have already experienced unpleasant states, and therefore are afraid, they don’t know what awaits them ahead, and they give up in advance.

The main thing here is to rely on reason. When we read the story of the exodus from Egypt, it seems beautiful to us. But when it happens within us, “and the children of Israel cried out from the work,” each time it becomes harder with fewer visible results, and a person raises their hands. They are tired and exhausted. What should be done?

Therefore, one who does not constantly work on building a system of support for themselves cannot advance. For example, how do miners work? They go underground, drill tunnels, and install supports. These are not simple tasks. To move forward even one more meter, one must install another support, and another, not just dig and move on.

So it is with us, if a person advances and wants everything they have done not to collapse upon them with such weight that they cannot rise, justify it in their heart or mind, or turn to the Creator, then they must maintain themselves in a certain state.

If there are disturbances against reason, they turn to feeling. If there are disturbances against feeling, they go according to reason. And if there are disturbances in both, what then? Then one immerses oneself in reading, in the articles; and if that does not help, the friends obligate them, and this is already a more advanced state.

Therefore, in order to advance, one must constantly sustain oneself by building a system of support so that there is truly a guarantee, a confidence that one will not fall. This is not just something that keeps a person on the path, these guarantees are built within the soul through work and study. One constructs them as if proving to oneself, to the parts of one’s soul, preparing its entire structure. This is very important work.

This is necessary not only in order to be able to advance and not fall, this structure remains forever.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/22/26, Rabash, “What Is the ‘Bread of an Evil-Eyed Man’ in the Work?”

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Question: What are we missing now?

Answer: We lack quality of intention. I do not want to say more. From here on seek for yourselves. Using this as your starting point, look deeper into what it really is.

That is what our work is about. If I reveal it, I would steal the opportunity for you to figure it out on your own.

Let us say I would give a short explanation in three or four words now. This explanation will have no basis; it will not enter into your flesh. You will just memorize it, know it, and thus you will go past this concept.

Whereas it should dwell deep inside. When you search, the Kelim are revealed, and the definition one ultimately discovers becomes imprinted, like an impression, within those very vessels.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/7/26, Rabash, “The Connection between Passover, Matza, and Maror”

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