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Working Alone Keeps Us In Exile

Dr. Michael LaitmanQuestion: What stops a person most from coming out of Egypt?

Answer: A person forgets that we acquire spirituality by connecting. So this becomes the work in Egypt. If you work alone, you are called Pharaoh’s slave.

We should always check ourselves with regard to the group because there is no other scale we can use. We were given vessels, shattered deficiencies that are scattered among all of us since everyone is incorporated in everyone else. Therefore, we don’t understand what is happening. We need to start arranging ourselves in the group and to bring it to the form of a spiritual Partzuf.

It should be a form in which the upper force, the Creator, is revealed. This is all our work: building ten Sefirot, not nine and not eleven, no more no less. All of creation is made of ten Sefirot.

We have to find our place in the Partzuf, the place of those who want to connect in bestowal. This matches GE, the phase of Israel, and rest are AHP that join us and help us. How can we grow? We grow by the AHP, with its help. The bigger the AHP is, the bigger our part of the GE above it can be. Thus we build Aviut (thickness) in GE too, and then the work with the real AHP begins.
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From the 4th part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/16/14, Writings of Rabash

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Borrow Desires from the Egyptians

571.03Question: What are the “vessels of the Egyptians?”

Answer: They are egoistic desires in their purest form. The golden vessels symbolize the degree of Behina Dalet, the silver ones symbolize Behina Gimel.

Question: We are learning that I should rise above my egoistic desires as much as possible, not use them, and unite with my friends. What does it mean that I borrow these desires from the Egyptians?

Answer: You ask the Egyptians for desires and intentions to bestow, and you use the little light they have.

You use it in your egoistic desires that go through the stage of recognition of evil, your oppositeness to the Creator. Thus you begin to rise above egoism by gradually rejecting it. This is when your exit from Egypt begins.

Question: The vessels the children of Israel borrow from the Egyptians, do they bring them along into the desert or do they later bring them into the land of Israel?

Answer: These are very good Kelim (vessels); they keep them. Later, at each stage, we can delve into what happens to them.
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From the 1st part of the the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/16/24, Writings of Rabash “What Is the Need to Borrow Vessels from the Egyptians?”

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Getting Out of Your “Egypt”

749.02Question: 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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Visual Animation

275Our goal is to achieve infinity, that is, an endless, unlimited adhesion with each other and with the upper force that connects and fills us.

I don’t see anything in this idea that a person couldn’t imagine. You could even animate this topic with little dots trying to come together, to connect, but they can’t because at micro-distances, there are forces of mutual repulsion.

On the surface, it looks like they are connecting, everything seems fine, but they can’t get any closer. When they try to come into real, close contact, special forces arise (well known to physicists), and at that point, the Creator is needed.

That is when they begin to feel that they need a special upper force that can help them overcome the barrier between them. Only then do they genuinely feel the need for this force, the Creator, feel its presence in nature, and call upon it.

It becomes clear to them that it has to be this way, and a request to the Creator arises. Then this force is revealed within them and connects them from within.

Such an animation could illustrate this process very clearly.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Properties of a Friend” 7/18/10

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Expose Yourself to the Light

165Question: You say that we need to expose ourselves to the source of light. Suppose I visit a sulfur spring and clearly know that when I soak in it, it will benefit me. In the case of an abstract form, how and where can a person find the light? What is the most effective way to attract it?

Answer: The key is to desire this light. A person must have the yearning to change and become similar to the light. Then the light will act upon them to the extent that they wish to become equal to it. There is no other way.

Therefore, we first need to cultivate a desire to become like the light, a desire for bestowal, love, connection with others, and the revelation of the Creator.

How can this be done? For this, we have been given a specific community, a group. This is precisely why we are shattered into countless pieces. It is so that from our fragmentation, separation, and mutual rejection, we can gather ourselves together and, in doing so, create within us a detector for feeling the Creator.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Expose Oneself to the Light” 7/5/10

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Connect Points in the Heart

534Question: How can we practically distinguish our points in the heart and unite them?

Answer: Practically, decide! Pull this point out of yourself! Get rid of everything else! Kick away your “I,” your body, all this outer shell! That is why it is called Klipa. Shed it like a snake sheds its skin.

Comment: You say this so easily, but I do not quite understand how to do it.

My Response: It is actually very simple! Really. Just separate it.

Can you imagine it conceptually? We always communicate using feelings, expressing something. Extract that point!

Once you lived without it, went about your business, existing like a normal animal. Then suddenly, a point appeared that pulls you beyond the animalistic level. Isolate it, separate it from your physical self, and connect it with other points.

It is designed from above for us to exist separately so that we can demand the Creator. In that way, we can define our need for Him, determine where He exists, and what He must do. We begin to recognize the attributes of this force and how it manifests in relation to us.

We do not know the Creator Himself. We can only perceive His actions and manifestations concerning us. We can do this specifically when we attempt to unite our points. These points are our desires for Him.

However, these desires must not be egoistic but directed toward bestowal. Therefore, if we try to unite above our physical existence, disregarding our bodies and this world, we will begin to demand Him for the sake of bestowal.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Properties of a Friend” 7/18/10

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Calling upon the Upper Force

938.07Question: We constantly try to connect. Everyone is exhausted and does not know how to. And you say: “It is simple, guys! What is the problem? Just connect, and that is it.”

Answer: The issue is that a person cannot isolate that inner point within oneself, one’s spiritual “I,” the point in the heart, which is a part of the Creator from above and exists within one. Otherwise, they would not be here.

Our circle consists of chosen individuals from all over the world who feel drawn to attaining the Creator and the essence of life.

I am trying to elevate them so they can extract this point, separate it from their corporeal shell and everything else, and connect it with the points of their friends. Only then will they be able to form a spiritual vessel.

As they attempt to connect their points, they will realize they cannot do it on their own and will be compelled to call upon the upper force to connect them. Then they will feel the upper force, the Creator within themselves, in the measure of their connection with one another and with Him. This state is already spiritual.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Properties of a Friend” 7/18/10

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All Along the Way

938.05Question: What does it mean to reach love for friends in the ten to such an extent that we can exit Egypt?

Answer: The connection we reach at the end of our development and through which we exit Egypt (the evil inclination) is our complete and perfect unity. It is precisely through this unity that we rise from the point of rejection of one another and transition from hatred to love.

Question: Is this the result of systematic work throughout the entire process of correction? Or are there intermediate stages? For example, can we reach love for friends tomorrow or in a week in order to truly exit Egypt? Or does this refer to something that will only happen at the end of correction?

Answer: From the very beginning of the path and throughout the entire period until complete correction, we must constantly strive to identify the forces within us that oppose the exit from Egypt and ask for their correction.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/21/25, Writings of Rabash “Love of Friends – 1”

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You Will Receive Everything You Want

632.3Question: What is this special unity that we must achieve in the attack before Passover and during Passover itself?

Answer: It is when we connect with each other, draw closer to the Creator, and demand that He shines light upon our request for unity. In this way, we unite and form a single group out of all of us.

Then we will feel what true unity means and what the force that is within us but has not yet manifested between us means. I would really like for us to achieve this.

Question: You said that we must continue the exercises for unity until we receive a clear response to our effort, to our prayer. What does it mean to receive a response to our effort?

Answer: It means that we will feel how each of us is under the pressure of many friends who push him or her and hold us close to them.

Let’s try to make this happen. I assure you that from above, you will receive everything you truly desire if you genuinely wish to exist in truth.

And one more thing I ask: it is essential to thoroughly understand the articles of Rabash. That is all. Good luck!
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From from the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/25/25, Writings of Rabash “Come unto Pharaoh – 1”

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Overcome Confusion

528.01Question: Do I understand correctly that I must fill in and correct the qualities of my friends?

Answer: Of course, these are your qualities!

Question: How exactly should we relate to this? People have different personalities. Let us say I see a scoundrel or someone good. How do I interact and connect with them?

Answer: You can see how confusing this is. Now you will ask: “If I see others as a part of me, should I correct them or myself? If they correct themselves, they will be corrected in me. If I correct myself, they will be corrected on the outside. What should we do?”

I understand all this confusion, but none of this is necessary because it will lead you to all sorts of philosophies that will only distance you from the necessary practical actions. Ultimately, you will not achieve anything; you will only be confused or brag to others about how smart you are.

That is why Kabbalah is against it! First, it limits the portions given to people in the measure they can implement correctly. You do not need more. What for? Otherwise, it is all nonsense, philosophy.

In addition, there are some things a person simply cannot perceive correctly, which confuse him even more. This is not allowed. If you start telling an unprepared person about quantum physics and all sorts of variables beyond time, he will say you are not in your right mind.
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