Our sages said, “What is Hanukah? Our sage taught,” etc. We see that Hanukah has the letters of Hanu (parked/paused) Koh (here/thus far), meaning that on the 25th of Kislev (third Hebrew month) they had a pause in the war, as pausing happens specifically in the middle of the work. The pause in the middle is in order to muster strength in order to be able to continue the work (Rabash, Letter 53).

Question: What does it mean for us to pause in order to muster strength? What should we focus on?

Answer: You need to focus on connecting with each other and in such a way that it will lead us to the following degree where you work in mutual desires.

The pause on the spiritual path is a respite before an attack. I really hope that you will succeed at least partially.

Question: What does it mean to work in a mutual desire?

Answer: To work hoping for success in the mutual yearning to connect with each other and then with the Creator.

To do this, you need to open your heart to the friends in the ten, connect your hearts, and direct this united heart toward getting closer to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/7/23, Writings of Rabash Letter No. 53

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Question: It is written, “He and I cannot dwell in the same abode.” What does it mean?

Answer: The Creator cannot be revealed in our egoism. As long as we are pure egoists, we are unable to attain the Creator.

To the extent that we fight the ego and reduce it, we will begin to feel that the Creator is getting closer to us. When egoism disappears, we will feel how the Creator fills us. That is called being in adhesion with Him. This is how we will hold onto each other.

Strive to be connected so that you never forget about the Creator. Combine your hearts, put them in one “basket” and keep them together. Then you will succeed.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/1/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Fear of God Is His Treasure“

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Question: What is modesty in spiritual work?

Answer: Modesty is when a person does not demand anything other than to go out into receiving for the sake of bestowal (Lishma). If that is all he thinks about, it gets passed on to everyone else.

Question: It is said that when the body gets used to working against the desire to receive, a person has the means to work to bring pleasure to the Creator. What means are Baal HaSulam and Rabash talking about?

Answer: Do what you believe gives pleasure to the Creator. If you do not know this, join your friends and do it with them.

Question: How do we correctly perceive the inner essence of the Torah so that this can improve the quality of connection in the ten, strengthen the unification, and reveal the Creator between us?

Answer: Read the article we are studying in class together once a day. And you will see how everything will go smoothly.

Question: How do we, together with our friends in the ten, form a Kli in prayer?

Answer: You form it from your attachment to the Creator, your excitement of Him. So, no matter what you do, you are doing a group action.

Question: What determines the strength of the Kli in prayer?

Answer: Your unity.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/30/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Lishma Is an Awakening from Above, and Why Do We Need an Awakening from Below?“

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Question: During Hanukkah should we connect all our desires aimed at bestowal to each other?

Answer: Yes, everything that is in us is given to us by the Creator. We want to turn this into bestowal to Him through our qualities, hearts, and desires.

Question: How are we, the Bnei Baruch group, ready to accept the light of Hanukkah into our common Kli?

Answer: We are ready. It all depends on us. We have sources that we study and discuss. In general, we can say that we are ready.

We have a whole week ahead of us. Let us load this week with the topic of Hanukkah to understand it as best as possible and to be close to this state. We will succeed. At least we can go through the first stage of correcting egoism.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/7/23, Writings of Rabash Letter No. 53

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Question: We accept the value of friends as the beginning of the work and the value of friends as the whole path that we are going through here and now. How can we accept the value of friends as a miracle?

Answer: It is really a miracle that you have the opportunity to sit in a circle with your arms around each other, connect other hearts to this circle, and cling to each other and to the Creator with naked hearts, just like that. Include me as well in your circle.

If you constantly do such exercises, you will see how much your inner feeling opens up, and the Creator appears there.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/3/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Is “The Lord Is High and the Low Will See”? – 1“

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Question: How can I find the thread on the sensory level that I can pull to directly feel the connection with the Creator and understand if I have awe of Him?

Answer: You do not have that thread yet because you are all within the ego. That is why we work in a group to get ourselves out of it with the help of our friends.

We do not deceive ourselves by saying we are here for the Creator. We really want to achieve this.

Question: Is awe the cause of love or the effect?

Answer: Awe is a person’s inner anxiety when he feels he can get closer to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/1/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Fear of God Is His Treasure“

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Question: What does it mean to cancel your individuality?

Answer: If you give yourself fully to helping everyone in the world, then your desire and qualities connect with everyone’s and help everyone.

Question: What does it mean to be together in the ten so that the Creator raises us?

Answer: It means to be connected, and through the connection, to turn to the Creator so that He raises you.

Question: What is the correct reaction to accusations and slander from someone?

Answer: Show him that you accept it within a quality of goodness.

Question: I see my friends as great, but if someone corrects me, I immediately start blaming her internally and externally. In this case, how can I accept what my friend wants to correct in me? And in general, can she correct something in me?

Answer: No, your friend can only give you an example; only you can correct yourself or rather only the Creator, according to your request.

Question: What does it mean to go deeper into our studies?

Answer: To go deeper means to seriously study what Baal HaSulam writes.

Question: You have many more descents than all of us combined. How do you exit the state and go through a descent correctly?

Answer: I fly up, and that is it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/29/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Descends and Incites, Ascends and Complains“

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Question: You said that in order to feel corrected, I need to include all the desires of the friends within me.

How can I do this if a friend in the ten has a concealed desire to connect, if he does not participate in lessons and workshops?

Answer: You just need to connect to his desire and that is it.

Your correction depends on how much you annul yourself in order to connect with him in one desire.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/2/23, Writings of Rabash “What Is the Degree One Should Achieve in Order Not to Have to Reincarnate?“

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Question: How do you come to ideal work in the ten when you constantly implement the measure of annulment and merge with the Creator?

Answer: This state is achieved when not only you but all the friends in the ten think the same thing.

Question: If, for example, I have worked out the measure of my annulment in the ten, then am I given my next measure? Or am I working out a global unprocessed measure of annulment of the entire ten?

Answer: No, this cannot happen. Everyone corrects only their soul.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/29/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Descends and Incites, Ascends and Complains“

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Question: If we feel a friend, then he is part of us. Does this mean that when we are not physically together,  prayer connects us?

Answer: No, this is not true. The main thing for us is to be together in our ten, and then we will feel how much we can begin to rise together with our combined effort. The Creator will lift us up.

Question: How can I annul before the Creator? We study how to nullify before friends. Is there any difference between annulment before friends and the Creator?

Answer: There is no difference. Only the friends are a group, and the Creator is the only one above this group. If you learn to annul yourself before your friends, then you are learning to nullify yourself in before the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/29/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Descends and Incites, Ascends and Complains“

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