It is known that the Sitra Achra has no lights…. Therefore, as one rises from one’s bed daily and washes oneself to purify his body from the filth of the body, so one should wash oneself from the filth of the Klipa (Baal HaSulam, Shamati 59 “Concerning the Staff and the Serpent”).

Question: It is said that Sitra Achra (Klipa, evil spirits) does not have its own lights, but at the same time we can easily fall under its power.

Where does the Klipa get its strength and power without lights?

Answer: From us, because our egoism works for the Sitra Achra. And only if we go against it do we gradually weaken it.

To do this, we need to unite in a ten, accept the desires of the ten as higher than our own, and so continue to advance.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/30/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Concerning the Staff and the Serpent”

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Question: How should we discover the desire and striving for the Creator: in faith above reason or in reason?

Answer: Both in reason and in faith above reason. With a bit of luck, you will figure it out.

Question: Through what actions can a person gain mercy in the eyes of the Creator?

Answer: Only through love for his friends.

Question: Can Bnei Baruch be called the spiritual world?

Answer: Of course. Bnei Baruch is a separate part of our world that strives for universal connection.

Question: What is the rigor of the performance of actions in improving the ten?

Answer: For all of you to be as close to each other as possible.

Question: Before entering Israel, Moses taught the people the laws of the Torah. How can we adopt these laws in a new way so that we can change egoism to bestowal?

Answer: “Love your neighbor as yourself” needs to be checked every day. How committed you are to this principle?
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/2/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “And If the Way Be Too Far for You”

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Question: How do we correct the Kelim (vessels) of the Egyptians in practice?

Each of us lives in our own “Egypt” and at the same time we strive to connect with our friends during the lessons. And it is like two different worlds. How can we correct these Kelim?

Answer: Try to connect with other friends with your Kelim and thus feel the common Kli in your unity. And it will already pull you up.

Question: It is said that the best way to increase the desire is to fall into egoism. Where is the guarantee that when I fall Moses and Aaron will come and get me out of there with my big desires?

Answer: It depends on how you work. You must descend into egoism with the intention, with the hope of, pulling out new Kelim from there with which you can move forward.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/2/24, Writings of Rabash “What Is the Need to Borrow Vessels from the Egyptians?”

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Question: If a friend does not feel any lack in spirituality, then it seems there is nothing we can do to help him. However, Rabash gives advice in his articles that one can always raise his friend’s mood and spiritual state. Do you have any recommendations on how to raise a friend’s spirit?

Answer: For this, you need to show an example and draw him to a more optimistic state. For example, I try to raise the spirit of my students at every lesson.

Question: How did you do this when you studied with Rabash?

Answer: We talked about the good forces in the world and about how much the Creator is waiting and eager to bring us to unity, bestowal, and love.

Question: Can a student raise the spirit of his teacher?

Answer: Yes, because the teacher loves him, the student can raise his teacher’s spirit by his actions when he shows a good progress within the properties of bestowal and love.

Question: Let’s say that when you pass by me you see that I am reading Talmud Eser Sefirot. Will it influence your mood in any way?

Answer: Even if I see that you are reading a book on Kabbalah will raise my mood.

Question: Or, for example, if you learn that I come an hour in advance before the lesson and prepare for it?

Answer: This would be a special attitude to the lesson that will make me want to help you, approve of you.
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From KabTV’s “Practical Kabbalah” 12/19/23

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Question: What does it mean to fulfill the desires of the friends I have incorporated in?

Answer: This means that you can make calculations on how to fulfill the desires of your friends, then make Zivug de Hakaa (coupling with striking) with the upper light, and fill these desires with it. It is not an easy job.

This is how you connect with all your friends. They feel that they exist in one desire, and from this desire they come into contact with the Creator. That is, you all perform a common action together.

Zivug de Hakaa is the result of the fact that you want to receive all the light into all the Kelim of the group with the intention for the sake of the Creator.
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From KabTV’s “The Study of the Ten Sefirot (TES)” 1/3/24

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Question: Several friends always wake up an hour before the lesson to prepare. How can I increase the germ of envy toward them?

Answer: We need to raise the importance of preparation in ourselves. A person who prepares for a lesson gets a lot more from the lesson than the lesson gives.

Question: How can you properly attach external Kelim to yourself?

Answer: With love. And then there will not be any problems.

Question: My ten is getting closer to me than my family, as if it lives in my mind all the time. Many things that used to interest me are no longer valuable to me. Does this mean that I have a good connection with the ten?

Answer: Yes, because this is how you begin to feel your soul.

Question: Why, by imagining some states, although they are all fantasies and not real, do we get to the right spiritual degrees?

Answer: It is normal. That is how you progress. You stumble, but eventually, you crawl to the upper degree, like a small child who, unable to go up the stairs, climbs them.

Question: What is the difference between the concepts of “house” and “temple”? These are different Kelim (vessels). How are they different?

Answer: The temple is a home for many souls placed there and from there they cry out to the Creator from their unity.

A house is a family that lives in it and aspires to the Creator or maybe not. In other words, the house is for the family, and the temple is for the souls.

Question: Can one envy the Creator?

Answer: Yes. We want to become like the Creator, so we envy all His qualities, which we want to resemble. This point is called our correction.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/31/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Are Three Things that Broaden One’s Mind in the Work?”

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Question: We constantly ask the Creator for the whole society to become one big family. But judging by the fact that we must go by faith above reason, we cannot do it within reason in order for it to be realized.

Let’s say we asked the Creator, “Please make sure that everyone lives together in peace,” but this does not happen. Should I just annul and assume that everything is fine, because otherwise next time I will not be able to ask for it to be realized?

Answer: You must ask for connection with your friends and with the Creator in one state, in the same bundle.

But if you made a request once and left it, then your desire was not real, not serious.

Question: And if I go above reason, will I be able to see the result?

Answer: You will see the result, but after the action is over. By connecting to your source, you will begin to receive filling from it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah lesson 1/1/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Embrace of the Right, Embrace of the Left”

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Question: In Baal HaSulam’s article “She Is Like Merchant-Ships” (Shamati 121), it is written that Moses is modest and patient because a person needs to accept his lowliness, i.e., at each stage, he must strengthen in the realization of his lowliness. What does that mean?

Answer: Everyone should lower themselves before the friends and, naturally, before the Creator, and hold on to them. One’s existence is hinged only on holding on to the Creator through his friends.

He should feel himself the lowest, the weakest, the most lagging behind, and if he holds on to his friends, through them, he will hold on to the Creator. Being lowered actually brings one closer to the Creator because his pride and ego are suppressed.

Comment: Further in the article it is written that the moment a person loses his lowliness, he instantly loses the degree of “Moses.”

My Response: Yes. As it is said about Moses, he always felt below others, which is why he was the greatest. He believed everyone else was above him; therefore, he just served them.

It was precisely because he cared about the people that he led them forward and was their leader. After all, on the spiritual path, one who puts himself below others is the most advanced.

If you feel all the friends are above you and more deserving in your eyes, you can be their leader. Such a perspective is a consequence of spiritual revelation.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/19/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “She Is Like Merchant-Ships”

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Question: When a lack of confidence and hope appears in the ten, can such properties as envy, vanity, and honor return it to the state of the spirit of life?

Answer: Of course. If you think about the state you want to experience in the ten, try to create it, and you will see it is possible. By imagining a good future, you will thus attract it to yourself.

Question: What should we focus on when we are envious or jealous? Do negative qualities ensure spiritual growth?

Answer: No, it does not increase spiritual growth. Envy with good envy and it will help you rise. And when you rise with your friends, then you will help them.

In any case, try to live with those positive feelings that you want to use. Start feeling them more, and then you will understand what you can use and cannot.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/31/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Are Three Things that Broaden One’s Mind in the Work?”

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Question: A person leans on a staff when walking. What is spiritual support?

Answer: It is faith above reason. The staff symbolizes this quality. Everyone must annul themselves before the others to realize it in the ten. Then it is considered walking forward with a staff in his hand.

You must correct your desires from reception to bestowal to receive faith above reason. This is only possible in a group because one person cannot do it.

Question: How can you be in faith above reason, in complete faith in dissemination?

Answer: Ignore the failures and thank the Creator for giving you the opportunity to disseminate. In our world, you are His representatives.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/30/2, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Concerning the Staff and the Serpent”3

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