A Mitzva (commandment) is the correction of our desires in order to connect them into one, in one direction and one intention. We can divide our desires into 613 parts, 620 parts or 10 parts and to other forms of division. However, the Torah and the Mitzvot are, in fact, a correction that is called the correction of the shattered desire to receive, from in order to receive to in order to bestow.

Thanks to this correction, all the desires connect to one general intention, to one source. Every part doesn’t worry about its own pleasure any more, but about delighting the one Creator. So, all the parts connect, as it is written, “For in Him doth our heart rejoice.” We connect thanks to our yearning for Him.

Unity is possible only through connecting, as “Israel, the Torah, and the Creator are one,” which means that we want to delight the Creator. We cannot just connect to one another if it were not aimed at the Creator because the desires to receive cannot connect by themselves. They only can connect through their goal. If each of us wants to delight the Creator, we connect in Him!

It is the same when it comes to the private parts inside a person. A person is a small world that is made of 620 parts. Each of the 620 egoistic parts of my soul wants to enjoy either sweet or bitter food, listen to music, rest, or get fresh air. If I want each of these pleasures separately, I feel what I enjoy, and each of the pleasures is different from the other.

However, if I want to feel all these pleasures in order to bestow, in the Creator, all these multiple, small, private pleasures turn into one big pleasure for me. This is called the one and simple Light of Ein Sof (Infinity) that is not divided into separate Lights of NRNHY.

All our unity is fulfilled only in the Creator. There cannot be any connection between us outside the Creator since each part is wrapped in the shell of its ego and cannot connect with others. We are like a bag of nuts that cannot connect to one another. Only if we annul ourselves and want the bag to collect and bring everyone together and to be the one thing that unites them, each annuls his shell and everyone becomes incorporated in one bag.

So, “Israel, the Torah, and the Creator are one” isn’t just a saying. There cannot be Israel (a person who yearns for Yashar El, straight to the Creator) and the Torah if they are not fulfilled in the Creator. This is a very important principle.
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From the 2^nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/28/13, The Zohar

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Question: How should we construct the work in the groups of ten? Can the groups of ten be formed according to participation in projects?

Answer: The division into groups often is useful for discussions because discussions in a large format is very difficult. Discussing means listening to someone else, joining with him, completing him, and listening to others.

A group of ten is a kind of gathering that is optimal for our internal structure, for our thoughts, our intellect, and our hearts. This is the maximum amount of people that I can include within me and can see them all as if they were like my ten fingers. And if the amount is greater, it is very difficult, practically impossible. If there are more, we automatically contract ten people and sometimes only five or even two. It depends on the development of a person.
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From a Talk About the Dissemination 10/17/13

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We have had situations where we have worked a long time on some projects, and suddenly a need for developing and implementing a new project appeared. We stopped all the work in our factory and worked on the urgent project for a month or two.

On the one hand, this was our joint decision. On the other hand, at the time that the decision was made, many things were not clear to everyone: “Why are we doing this? For what? We are dealing with some kind of common joint dissemination, and what else?” People didn’t understand how much this could consolidate them, ignite them, how much they would begin to feel each other, how much this would burn within them. They thought that they had no need for this: Why take off in all directions or conversely go into some particular area?

So, I was compelled to give instructions directly so that everyone would be involved specifically with this. After that, people understood that this had been truly imperative, although, in the beginning, many were opposed and some even thought that they needed to be involved with the wisdom of Kabbalah only.

We had a friend who studied with us for fifteen years. He, ultimately, didn’t understand that dissemination had become a necessary condition for our unification and connection, and was, therefore, compelled to leave, for if two people don’t give rise to a third component, don’t care for it as if it were their little child, and they don’t unite, this is not a family, but simply two people living together.

A family is when there is some third thing in common, and now we are going out for a project like this in which we all are involved together, this is our small child and it leads us toward unity and connection.

Besides that, this project gave us an inner sense of urgency that we need to bring to people what they are missing. We went out to the masses, we promised them everything that we could, and after that we found ourselves in a dilemma, “And what else? How will we fulfill them? How will we carry out what we promised the people?” You see that they are all found here next to us, and you cannot escape from them somewhere like a traveling circus.

In other words, we intentionally promised them many things. It follows that we intentionally took upon ourselves great ambitious missions and we promised people that we would carry them out. We put ourselves into a trap. And we have no other choice but with fear, with shame, with inner trembling, to be infused with that condition that obligates us to unite, for otherwise, nothing will emerge for us, and what are we going to do now? Where will we find that power that will fulfill everything that we promised the people?

It follows that all the promises to the wider circles of society force a person to an internal mobilization, to be connected with the others, obligating the search for a way out.  And there is only one way out: to shout to the Creator. Unite and scream to the Creator.

Otherwise, they will beat you. They will shame you. They will relate to you with contempt. All the work that we have done ultimately will become negative publicity for you. You will be like all the rest of the parties and organizations who only make promises and don’t carry anything out and cannot do anything.

Therefore, it is specifically necessary to go out to the wider circles of society and make promises, and after that to clarify how you will fulfill these promises so as not to be ashamed to go out into the street. The Creator will arrange feelings of shame like this for you that will oblige you to unite, to search for salvation, and then everything will be okay.
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From a Talk About Dissemination 10/17/13

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Question: Our central group in Petach Tikva is currently engaged in a very serious dissemination effort. What can we do to strengthen them?

Answer: The central group is at the forefront of the struggle for truth in the world.

To carry the truth to the world means to reveal Kabbalah as the method of correcting humanity because there is no need to correct the world, but it is necessary to correct the human being. With each passing day, more and more people understand that if we continue to live within our egoistic nature, we will loss the possibility of further existence on Earth, that is, we will bury ourselves and will not be able to do anything.

It is written in The Book of Zohar that the angel of death (his egoistic desire) appears before a person holding a sword with a drop of poison on its end. And not being able to prevent himself from greed, the person opens his mouth, swallows the drop, which the angel of death puts into his mouth, and dies.

We cannot correct our world; we cannot correct ourselves by any other means but through attracting the Upper Light. To do this, the wisdom of Kabbalah has been given.

Moreover, we are not able to correct ourselves even with the help of the Upper Light, if we are not organized in a group, do not study the structure of the upper worlds, the correct state of matter, where the Upper Force comes from and seemingly radiates on us if we seek these states.

The time has come when we must reveal this to the world. Due to this, we ourselves will ascend.
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From the Convention in Bulgaria 11/01/13, Lesson 2

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As we move forward, there are all sorts of egoistic fears, uncertainty, and hesitations. Of course, we do not want take such dramatic steps. It seems that it would be better to soften everything, not to speak out openly against the powerful forces of this world.

This is similar to how Pharaoh goes against Moses. Who is Moses? He is no one and nothing because he is afraid all the time, in awe of Pharaoh. But the Creator pushes him forward and compels him to confront Pharaoh face to face, that is, to stand against the manifestation of all the egoism of our world.

Moshe (from the word “Limshoh” – to pull out in Hebrew) is the force that pulls us out of egoism.

Moshe is not free. He stands before Pharaoh, shaking with fear, but it is the Creator who puts him in these conditions, and therefore, if he accepts them, he wins.

Today, we are in a state, which we would never be able to plan ourselves, in a state of absolute uncertainty, with the threat of conflict. And I am incredibly happy about that. This joy is multiple, multi-layered.

First of all, this joy comes from the fact that we deserve such opponents. Baal HaSulam wrote that we wanted to blow up the wall between humanity and the wisdom of Kabbalah because it alone can save humanity. Today it is manifested. We deserve enormous publicity, which we could not create ourselves. Whether it is positive or negative, it does not matter. Publicity is publicity.

We are making strides in dissemination. This forces us to rise, to evaluate everything differently. We are going to fight. All this is not simple because it involves a huge risk, and indeed it is. But the payoff is huge, and there is no turning back.

The Creator sets these circumstances and does everything so that we cannot escape. This picture is completely clear to me, and our friends start seeing that there is no way out; the Creator puts us before Pharaoh, forcing to work.

I am very happy about this first because we have earned such a strong, dramatic attitude of the Creator. Secondly, because the entire world group understands this state, this critical battle, and we are giving our last effort; we agree to withstand the onslaught and correctly respond to it; on one hand, we do so calmly, and on the other hand, without fear, without hesitation, without doubt.

The current period gives me confidence that we really are before the Egyptian exile. These are already serious battles against our egoism, which is now revealed to us in this way, especially, in the last stage of our fight against certain circles.

It is said that when the people of Israel were going out of Egypt, there was a chase. Moreover, it is not said that the Egyptians chased them, but Erev Rav (the mixed multitude). Who were they? There was no one to go after the Israelites because the Pharaoh’s army was defeated, and all the servants, etc. allegedly died of the ten plagues.

Who stayed behind in Egypt? Those who clung to it; those who were afraid of the Creator, who worked for Pharaoh. We are at war with them now. If we have reached this state, we are really close to the exit from Egypt. I congratulate all of us with this.
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From the Convention in Bulgaria 11/01/13, Lesson 2

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Question: How can every member in the group be like Moses who demands that Pharaoh let the people of Israel, the whole group, leave Egypt?

Answer: Everyone must be like Moses. It isn’t enough to be a passive member because by that you drill a hole in the general boat. You have to do your best, otherwise you are not a friend.

Imagine that we are all hanging from a cliff above an abyss, each holding the other, and you are holding everyone with a quarter of your strength. How can you be called a friend then? You have to give 100% of your powers every moment as much as you possibly can. Of you will not be able to do it, and you will quit time and time again and then come back. But in order to clarify things as quickly as possible, you have to understand that things can be that way.

Of course the desired and reality are not always consistent with each other. But still, you have to check yourself with regard to the ideal state. Only then can you really be called a friend.

Our connection creates a place for the revelation of the Creator, and it’s only for that reason that we give it priority. By connecting we create the conditions for the revelation of the Creator.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/30/13, Writings of Rabash

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Question: Why do I feel such terrible heaviness during the lesson and a desire to sleep? I don’t usually feel that way. Is there a connection between my descent and the coming convention?

Answer: Very strong Lights are revealed, are ready, and are about to enter you. You, however, feel them as darkness because you are not ready for them. So you have a feeling of heaviness and you fall asleep and may sleep during the lessons until the convention is over. This is how the response of the defensive force of your ego is revealed. Your angel of death wants to kill you.

I, on the contrary, am actually very impressed by our work and by what we are doing with regard to integral education and the fact that the upper Providence enables us to do so and is even guiding and pushing us. Of course we feel constant difficulty and heaviness, but at the same time I understand and feel how the efforts that I make help me advance efficiently.

We have to check and clarify the source of the sleepiness that you feel and the reason for it. It happens because you don’t feel the importance of the work and this is shown to you from above. Why don’t you feel the importance of the work? Because you have been shown a bit more of your egoistic desire now, and of course you don’t find dissemination important in any way, neither in your own country, in Bulgaria, or anywhere else.

A person’s state is not a matter of chance in any way. Nothing happens without a reason. Only small children say that the glass broke because it fell and broke by itself. They simply don’t connect the two events. You are doing the same thing, thinking that you fell by yourself, but there is no such thing since there is none else besides Him. The Creator makes us feel this general fogginess now so that we will rise to a higher level. A person who participates and is incorporated in this work will rise, and those who are not won’t rise but instead will sleep until the end of the convention and as usual miss everything.
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From the 2^nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/30/13, The Zohar

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Question: Can we be considered a group if we gather only to disseminate but we study separately on the Internet?

Answer: It makes no difference. If you are connected by dissemination, then of course you are a group. If you meet occasionally not only in order to disseminate but also for general coordination meetings and go out to different places, participating in different events, then you are undoubtedly a group.

A group is a collection of people who have a special connection and who are closer geographically or virtually, where you coordinate your activities and exchange news, and support the connection between you. You feel that you are a group. This is how you are determined.
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From a Talk About the Group and Dissemination 10/20/13

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Question: Is there a spiritual pyramid of cooperation within the global vessel?

Answer: The spiritual system is established only according to the line of closeness to the Creator. So every person has a special place in it. This line is divided into three lines: the right line, the left line and the middle line, through which a very complex process flows, because this is the system of the integral connection between all the shattered parts of the soul.

The whole system is connected and so its lower parts can determine what will happen to its uppermost parts and conversely, the upper parts can influence the lower parts, the middle parts, etc. This means that it isn’t just a linear system that determines who is further away from the Creator and who is closer to Him. In addition there is also a very complex integral dependency here, a complicated mutual connection between the parts. So of course there is a spiritual pyramid of cooperation within the global vessel and there are people and groups in it who are closer to spiritual attainment and those who are more distant from it. But because of the connection between us, they influence each other.

All of humanity is connected, including people who apparently do not live in this world, that is, former and future Kabbalists including the souls that have fully emerged on Earth, although there aren’t really any new souls in our world, since they have all been to the lower and the upper dimensions several times. But since we operate in one integral vessel that is called Malchut of Ein Sof (Infinity), everyone determines everyone else’s state.

The spiritual pyramid doesn’t just determine someone’s level and whether he advances to a higher level, but each of us influences the others because of the general connection. So there may be a group of people on the other side of the world, let’s say Costa Rica, who are yearning for spiritual attainment now, or who are in a lower state than they were yesterday or the day before yesterday. With us there are ups and downs and we depend on people who but who belong to the spiritual advancement in some way. By the way, the whole world is clearly advancing towards spirituality. This means that the spiritual pyramid exists, but one’s state in it is determined by everyone and one’s advancement in it is also integral.

Everything depends on the unique effort of the whole group. Although there are many weaker or stronger groups, we totally depend on one another, and so we want everyone to advance. We want all of humanity to advance so that this pyramid will develop harmoniously, and will take on the form of a circle in which everyone is equal, although each of us has his own special attributes, conditions, and special abilities. In the spiritual world all this is taken into account, so if every group is making every possible effort, then this is enough to support all the other groups and to be incorporated in everyone.
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From a Talk About the Group and Dissemination 10/20/13

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Question: When the team is unable to get organized to do some work, is it possible, for the sake of efficiency in  disseminating, to begin doing it by myself without the team support and agreement?

Answer: In no way should one go out and disseminate without the agreement and support of the team. We should not have someone who jumps out, because he will not have any strength. Strength comes only from the center of the group!

If we go out on a dissemination effort, we must precede the action with a general, internal connection within us. Only from our connection by getting an inner point of contact between us, should we go out for the day to the outside world, and then once again, we replenish this point. Otherwise, there is no reason to work!

We must constantly develop this point. We will sense the Creator in it. Otherwise, what is the use of all our actions? We will sit like that for another fifteen years!

Please understand that we exist within the natural laws of nature, and we learn how to follow these laws in order to rise to the next rung of development. We go through all stages of evolution according to the most objective and clear laws! If you want, you can follow them. If you don’t, you don’t have to, but then we slowly will be pushed by sufferings.
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From a Talk About Dissemination 10/17/13

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