Comment: I have noticed that the Jews in Israel seem to be the most indifferent. They do not care about anything, and walk around arrogantly, as if nothing interests them.

My Response: I do not think they are like that on the inside. It is more of a protective reaction of the organism.

Why are they called “Sabras”? Sabra is the fruit of the cactus—prickly on the outside but soft and tender within. It is edible.

The Jews of Israel are the same: outwardly prickly, as if they do not care about anything, but inside, they are very sensitive and gentle.

The thing is, our country is still young, and people must learn to adjust to one another. Moreover, for decades, practically until the 1950s, people were founding settlements and were constantly forced to fight, much like the first American settlers once did. All of this leaves a mark that is not easy to erase.

The problems of David and Goliath and the besieged fortress of Masada still exist today. The country is surrounded on all sides by enemies who are constantly arming themselves and preparing for new wars. People live through one war after another, and that is why they are the way we see them.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. The Jews of Israel” 9/13/10

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Therefore, once all the members of the nation agreed, they were immediately given the Torah, for now they were capable of observing it. But before they grew into a complete nation, and certainly during the time of the fathers, who were unique in the land, they were not truly qualified to observe the Torah in its desirable form, since with a small number of people it is impossible to even begin with engagement in Mitzvot between man and man to the extent of “Love your friend as yourself,” …. This is why they were not given the Torah (Baal HaSulam, “Matan Torah [The Giving of the Torah]”).

A distinction must be made between the Torah of the forefathers and the Torah of the era of Egyptian exile. In Egypt egoism grew to the degree of Pharaoh, and it had to be corrected by the light that returns to the source. But the desires revealed in the times of the forefathers were very pure and did not require this light.

Even afterward, for almost a thousand years until the era of the sages of the Talmud, one had to humble one’s desires through asceticism and labor in the Torah. Only thanks to the corrections carried out by the sages of the Talmud is it sufficient for us to engage in joint study, which brings the light that returns to the source (the reforming light).

In any case, the form of correction of the forefathers differed from ours. In the present stage of development, we must attain love for one’s neighbor as for oneself, and from this it is clear how the Torah, that is, the Kabbalistic method, must be applied. At the end of the Preface to The Book of Zohar, Baal HaSulam explains that first of all it must be realized within the people of Israel, and afterward—in the entire world.

The application of the Kabbalistic method is possible among a great number of people who support one another and become guarantors for one another. Each is obliged to care for everyone else, and then a person has no worries about himself. For even his basic needs he receives because others care for him. As a result, a person completely disconnects from his egoistic desire and performs a restriction upon it.

This restriction is not based on forceful methods, not on self-coercion. It does not mean restraining myself from eating a tasty piece of cake. That would be a diet, not a restriction. What we are speaking of is the action of the light, which raises in my eyes, bestowal above reception, and then I simply cannot receive anything egoistically. Within me there remains the desire to receive, but above it reigns the desire to bestow.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/11/11, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Matan Torah [The Giving of the Torah]”

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Question: How can the revelation of evil on the 9^th of Av be corrected on the 15^th of Av, on the holiday of love? After all, the holiday of love refers to a couple in love, while the 9^th of Av is the day of the destruction of the Temples, meaning it relates to the entire people of Israel.

Answer: Both of these days relate to a couple in love, only we do not see it. The couple in love is the people of Israel and the Creator. All creations, all the desire to enjoy created by the Creator, is like a woman, Malchut, Shechina, in relation to which the Creator acts as a man, a bestower.

If there is no unification between us, then we cannot be a vessel, a place, for the revelation of the
Creator so that He may reign in us and we can merge in an embrace, a kiss, in spiritual unity. There are three levels of spiritual merging with the Creator: “embrace,” as it is said: “His left hand is under my head, and His right hand embraces me,” then “kiss,” and then “union.”

Therefore, the actions of the same name in the material world also symbolize the connection between those who love each other. And in the spiritual world, these concepts signify a very sublime connection between man and the Creator.

That is why the 9^th of Av symbolizes the terrible breakage, which is the cause of all troubles and misfortunes. After all, good and evil are determined only by how much we draw closer or distance from the upper light, from the upper force, the Creator.

The 9^th Av is the source of all destruction, and the 15^th Av is the source of all goodness. But since we have not yet reached this goodness, we do not feel the true power of this day and we perceive it as a holiday of ordinary lovers.

In the same way we underestimate Purim and perceive it as a children’s holiday. Unfortunately we are still in exile and do not see obvious symptoms of redemption. Redemption is already near, but we have not yet reached it, and therefore we do not know what spiritual “embrace,” “kiss,” and “union” are.

The whole Torah speaks only about the relationship of this couple: humanity and the Creator, and not about earthly young women dressing up in white garments and going to dance in the vineyards on the day of love, the 15^th of Av.
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From the conversation 7/30/15, “New Life 600 – The 15th Of Av – The Holiday Of Love”

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Question: One of Jerusalem’s unique features is a psychological disorder found only in this city. It is called “The Jerusalem Syndrome.” About 50 foreign tourists suffer from it each year, regardless of their religion. Could it be that Jerusalem has some kind of mysterious influence on people?

Answer: Of course, it is a special city that leaves an indelible impression on most of us. It breathes antiquity, and the history of humanity flows through it.

Nevertheless, the Jerusalem syndrome is a purely psychological phenomenon, completely understandable and explainable. Similar effects, after all, occur at other world-famous landmarks as well.

The inner vibrations of the capital of three religions, its unique aura of being chosen by God, all of that is created by people and not sent from above. There is no holiness in stones. Spiritual qualities do not clothe in our corporeal physical world.

The true spirit is created only by people themselves when they unite in a common aspiration toward bestowal and love.

The real Jerusalem is the one in the heart, a spiritual capital of the whole world. It is not merely a city, but a special degree of human connection. A level where the trembling of creation seeking connection with the Creator and His response, merge into one whole.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman,” 12/5/24

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Question: If we address the wider public, will we need to raise the topic of the group and show that it is a much more general concept?

Answer: I think the topic of the group is actually a very easy one to explain to the public. After all, the people of Israel are not a nation in the usual sense of the word.

At its foundation, it is a group of Kabbalists established by Abraham. The nation exists as a group, in collective responsibility, in relationships of equality by birth, always with a dismissive attitude toward money and honors.

Throughout all generations, the values of the nation were spiritual. If we add to this the antisemitism and general hatred from the world, it becomes clear that from both the side of good—the spiritual side, and the side of evil—the corporeal side, the entire nation is driven from two directions to exist as a group.

Therefore, this approach, when we speak about ourselves and include the entire nation in this process as a group, is very positive and truly resonates.

In the heart of each person, there is something that is rarely found in other nations, a sense of mutual dependence on one another. At the same time, the nation is split into factions that treat one another in extreme ways with hatred, with envy, which is something not seen in other nations.

A nation may be divided into several religions or parts that do not even interact, yet they allow each other to live. But here, that is not the case. There is no tolerance for division within the nation into factions.

We need to explain that, in fact, this is what brings all the evil that exists, that we are all responsible for one another “as one man with one heart.” The people already have a certain readiness for this: they understand that this is harmful, even on a corporeal level, and can also come to realize that, spiritually, this is damaging.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/12/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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Question: What is the difference, from an internal point of view, between the people of Israel and the Land of Israel? What do these definitions mean?

Answer: There is no difference! The people of Israel and the Land of Israel are both attributes of Bina. Both are necessary. We currently lack the attribute of Bina in the Land of Israel because there is no sanctity of the land, and there is no holiness of the land because the people of Israel do not dwell in holiness.

We must reach the correction of GE, that is, zero Aviut, the first and second degrees, as it were, Bina, and that will mean that internally we have entered the Land of Israel. Then we will also enter the Land of Israel externally because externally we will have the strength to be here and no foreign force will be able to invade us.

How did Moses defeat many nations? How did the Romans or Greeks defeat us when they came here? Every war boils down to one question: on whose side is the spiritual advantage—ours or theirs?

If we want to remain here, as Baal HaSulam writes in the article “Introduction to The Book of Zohar,” then we have no choice, in our life here today, in the Land of Israel, we must attain the attribute of “the Land of Israel.” Without this, we have no right to be here! That is why Baal HaSulam writes that if we fail to achieve this, only a handful of people may be left of us. The rest will be overtaken by the Arabs, and we will not be able to live here.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/12/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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Question: Do I need to turn to AHP first in order to correct Galgalta veEinaim (GE)?

Answer: If we talk about how corrections occur in the Kelim, then each Kli we begin to correct, even the lightest, consists of four parts: GE, AHP, GE in AHP and AHP in GE.

Although the light affects all the Kelim, the lighter ones are the first to awaken, because according to the rule of similarity of form, they are closer to correction. What shows them having greater vessels of giving than receiving? This is hard to explain.

On one hand, one who possessed the screen and was on a high level fell very low. One who was in the property of bestowal, naturally close to Bina, almost did not fall since the bestowing Kelim without a screen, although corrupted, they are not so to the extent the receiving Kelim are, which, having a screen, they remain very high, but without a screen are terrible and fall very low.

We do not have to do these calculations in practice as we start the correction. The light awakens, clarifies, sifts through the Kelim, and corrects them. Therefore, those who feel close to correction come by themselves, join in, and feel a part of it.

Therefore, today we cannot make an accurate calculation. There was no such breakage in the bodies. There are people who, from a “bodily” point of view, are called Jews, and there are those who are called nations of the world.

Among both are those who did not mix with each other, i.e., over time there were no mixed marriages between them. But the shattering happened in the souls! No explanation is given for this. Kabbalists do not want to touch on this topic.

We cannot form an attitude toward the world based on this, if only because we do not know where the lost tribes are, how they have undergone the breakage. You cannot relate to something based on external criteria. We just have to accept as a fact: if we are talking about souls, there is no soul that did not undergo a complete breakage, with all its parts.

It follows that since the light corrects and returns to the source, people awaken to correction without any connection to other factors. In the end, it is a matter of time: either sooner or later.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/13/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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Ultimately, Israel and the nations of the world will work together. After all, if we speak of the shattered Kli (vessel), whose particles must awaken and be corrected and in which each particle contains all the others, then from an inner, spiritual perspective, Israel and the nations of the world are intermingled with one another. In spirituality, all these labors are interconnected.

I believe this will also be the case in the corporeal world. I see it based on facts. Before I even awaken toward correction, the outer world already pushes me toward it. Antisemites, all kinds of haters, shout at me and the whole world demands something from me, so I see that they are already beginning to participate.

Even before I begin to desire correction, they are already demanding it, unconsciously of course, but still demanding it. And consciously as well; after all, they claim that Israel is the most corrupted part of the world, that it is Israel who causes all the world’s troubles. What do they demand? Either destruction or correction!

This appeal is quite direct. We do not agree with it: “Why are you treating us this way? What do you want from us? We just want to be like you!” But what does it mean to be “like you”? None of the nations of the world want to see us like them, and they are right. Look at what is happening; it is all so clear, so obvious.

My teacher Rabash never missed the news for precisely this reason. From the news, it becomes evident and clear what is happening in the world. It is as if a prophet is speaking from the radio, reporting the news, and these are facts, not speculations or theories. You turn on the radio and you see what is happening. Ever since the beginning of the return to the Land of Israel, everything has become more and more apparent.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/12/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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Our message to the people of Israel must be that a person should be a “kingdom of priests” and a “holy nation” in relation to himself and in relation to a group of people, whether small or large, all the way to the rest of the nations and the world.

The same applies to the group in relation to the world, and the entire nation in relation to the world. It does not matter. Every part of creation, of the will to receive, that feels it is capable of this, in accordance with the awareness of the importance of this action, takes part in the correction both in relation to itself and in relation to the whole of reality, that is, to the rest of creation, to all other souls so that all may reach the degree of adhesion with the Creator.

Question: Can we go out with this message to the people?

Answer: This is our duty. It is no coincidence that Baal HaSulam finished the series of articles “Matan Torah (The Giving of the Torah)” and “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)” by stating that this is our task. This must be our banner.

Question: But isn’t this talking about the final state?

Answer: That is true. Although the phrase “You shall be unto Me a kingdom of priests” doesn’t yet refer to the end, but rather to the correction of Bina in a person, that is, the intention not for one’s own sake, the state of Hafetz Hesed (one who desires nothing for himself).

In general, we are speaking about two very great corrections, which mean attaining two degrees in the revelation of the face of the Creator (Gilui Panim) beyond the Machsom: bestowal for the sake of bestowal and reception for the sake of bestowal. The first degree is called governance by reward and punishment and the second eternal love. They stand opposite the “kingdom of priests” and “holy nation.”

However, since these are very high levels and are still far from us, it turns out that even at the smallest level, you cannot move from your place unless you take into account where you ultimately want to arrive. Even the smallest effort, according to how much you understand in your current state, must already be directed toward the final degree.

Baal HaSulam writes about the kibbutzim and Soviet Russia. Why did they not succeed? Even though their work was, in essence, based on the principle of “Love your neighbor as yourself,” and they were willing to carry it out, they could not do it. On the contrary, they only revealed the Klipa in it, because their work was not aimed at the final goal, and they did not see it as preparation for adhesion with the Creator. But that should have been the starting condition, because “the end of the act is in the initial thought.”

Such is the requirement for every appeal, every condition, and every action of a person because otherwise it is not an act that integrates into the process and becomes part of the spiritual path.
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From the 1^st part from the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/14/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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Question: What can we ask of a Jew living today in the land of Israel or elsewhere in the world so that he may become aligned with Galgalta veEynaim (GE)? What does it mean to be like GE?

Answer: Baal HaSulam writes about this. We received the land of Israel and indeed returned here, and yet, it cannot be said that we truly received it since we were forced to come here under the pressure of the events that the Creator sent us.

And now we must make use of our free choice. In the material sense, it does not exist. In the spiritual, however, the only free choice is to agree with the development, to take it upon ourselves as it is said: first to become “a kingdom of priests” and then “a holy nation.”

If we do this while still here in the land of Israel, then we will fulfill what is incumbent upon us. But if not, there will come such troubles that we cannot even imagine.

We must understand that we went through four exiles, which were necessary. We returned from the last exile not by our own strength. In other words, we were given the conditions for finding out how the correction must take place after the shattering.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/13/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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