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The Only Free Choice

933Question: 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 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/13/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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How Do You Implement Kabbalah?

254.03Question: What should I say to a simple person who does not study and probably will not study Kabbalah?

Answer: There is no need to study Kabbalah! The wisdom of Kabbalah is not for studying it. Studying is not its realization. Realization in our world occurs through awareness of the separation and correction and not through any kind of physical action.

Physical action is the dissemination to the people of Israel and the nations of the world of the idea of what the purpose of creation is and the process of achieving it. Once a person hears it and to some extent agrees with it, a person, as they say, carries it out.

There is no realization in our world. How would you implement it? With hands, feet? Even the work in the Temple, the sacrifice of animals for the Temple service are external symbols of internal agreement. All the work is internal.

You sow this knowledge in yourself and in the nations of the world, in everyone without any distinction, and everyone feels that this is indeed so and, apparently, the entire world is in a bad state precisely because we do not follow this general law. This is how you correct everything.

After all, the correction does not lie in extracting a few more tons of oil or coal, or building a few more factories, or in doing something else. Correction is not accomplished by physical actions. An action is achieving the correct intention. That is all. All the actions of this world are useless, and we see how destructive they are.

The intention for the sake of bestowal was shattered; the intention that should have been in the head of the Partzuf of the world of Nikudim or Adam. At that time, in the head (Rosh), there was an intention to receive for the sake of bestowal, but it was not realized in the body (Guf). It is precisely this intention that must now be realized. Intention!

Therefore, to the question “What should we do in this world?,” I answer: we should not perform any physical actions other than dissemination, other than study. This is what is called the “kingdom of the priests”: the priests (Kohanim) have no inheritance, they do not have to do anything. They should only teach, pass the method.

And what about the other nations? They work with the desire to receive; that is considered their work. The actions are only in connection, dissemination, explanation. And that is all.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/13/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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Let the Sparks of Purity Flow into the World

937Today we are in a state where we are obliged to make corrections. If we do this, we are using our free choice. We create a group through which we strengthen ourselves, analyze the Kelim, and correct them from simple to complex.

First we correct “Israel in its land” to the extent possible, and then our inclusion in the nations of the world. This means that we give the nations of the world the method of correction, explain to them why everything exists, what its purpose is, and what the process and goal of creation are.

This is what is meant by Galgalta veEynaim (GE) working on the AHP, being inside it, and due to this the AHP joins GE to the extent possible.

If we function as we should, then, as Baal HaSulam, writes “sparks of enlightenment and purification” will pass from Israel to the nations of the world. By doing this, we carry out the one and only action that we can perform by free choice.

But if we do not use our freewill, specifically that which is given to us in this particular moment in history, then the general force that is obliged to bring us and all the nations of the world to the end of correction (Gmar Tikun) will act upon us in such a way that we will be made to fulfill what is required.

To the extent that we deviate from the correct direction, this force acts upon us to return us to it, but this return comes through suffering, and therefore, we risk finding ourselves in the most dreadful states.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/13/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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How Can We Achieve Peace on Earth?

933Question: Are we allowed to give away parts of the Land of Israel?

Answer: We must not involve ourselves in politics or anything of the kind, but only in intention! You cannot hold onto the land by force. You can see for yourself that it does not work.

The more a person acts with force, the more he loses; much more than his predecessor. You can see; Golda Meir did not give anything away. Now the generals come and each one concedes more than the one before. Why? The lower he falls, the more he gives.

It is clear to us that we will not be able to hold on to even a millimeter here by force because our world is structured according to the spiritual world. Therefore, we must correspond to the roots. Even those who want to achieve peace or security at any cost are unable to do so.

This is possible only through the forces that govern all of creation. Our world is a consequence. If you bring the forces of the spiritual world into order, this will inevitably bring about a result in our world.

Never through any action in this world that a person wishes to carry out through matter will he succeed in doing something that will truly benefit him. Sooner or later, he will feel it.

No matter how seemingly good a person’s intentions may be, if he uses forces, matter, or laws of the corporeal world alone, he will discover the evil contained within them. This is how nature is built; correction, order, and change must flow from above downward. And above it, we act only through our intention.

No matter how insignificant our attitude toward the world may seem to us (after all, what difference does my attitude make, I cannot measure or truly understand it); nonetheless, it is exactly this that has power! This is what humanity must reveal and arm itself with, intention, the correct attitude. If not, the world will continue to fall apart, faster and faster.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/12/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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Strive to Merge with The Creator

294.3It is written, “Do not put an obstacle before a blind person.” How can it be that the people of Israel are required to become a kingdom of priests and a holy nation?

At Mount Sinai, the people are required to be as one person with one heart; otherwise, “this will become your burial place.” The condition at Mount Sinai is a state, it is not our condition. It means we have now come out of Egypt, out of the desire to receive. This escape was accomplished through the first three Sefirot of Hochma (GAR de-Hochma), through the upper force, awakening from above.

Now that we have some idea of what it is, we must assume the next state we must enter, called: “the kingdom of priests” and “the holy nation.”

Coming out of the desire to receive and entering the spiritual world must take place in the vessels of bestowal, without any concern for oneself, for the sake of adhesion with the Creator. A state with no self-concern is achieved through a means called “love your neighbor as yourself,” with the help of a group. And merging with the Creator is achieved through working with Him.

Once a person acquires the vessels of bestowal, one interacts with the Creator. But the intention, from the start, must be in order to merge with the Creator.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/13/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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For the Sake of the Common Correction

214These are the words of our sages in clarifying the ending, “These are the words which you will say to the children of Israel.” They made the precision, “These are the words,” no more and no less. This is perplexing: How can you say that Moses would add or take away from the words of the Creator to the point that the Creator had to warn him about it? (Baal HaSulam “The Arvut [Mutual Guarantee]”).

Question: What is the meaning of the warning given to Moses: “No less and no more…”?

Answer: “No less and no more” means that the correction must continue until all the vessels are corrected.

In other words, Galgalta veEynaim (GE) have no right to exist if it is not for the sake of the common correction.

That is, GE are obligated to awaken, correct themselves, and correct others; this is the reason for their elevation before the rest. They are not permitted to be under AHP, because their role is to correct AHP due to their own purity and degree of Aviut (coarseness).
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/12/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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An Attitude toward the Spiritual System

224Therefore, the Creator gave him the above warning, “no less,” but offered them the true nature of the work, in all its sublimity, expressed in the words, “a kingdom of priests.”

Regarding the reward that is defined in the words “a holy nation,” he was warned, “no more” (Baal HaSulam, “The Arvut [Mutual Guarantee]”).

The words “no more” and “no less” essentially speak about one’s attitude toward the system.

What does “a kingdom of priests” mean? It means not for one’s own sake. It refers to a correction that is not intended for me; I cut myself off from personal interest. In everything I do and carry out, in everything that will happen, there is no “I.” My “I” is, so to speak, completely absent from reality. My concern is that reality should exist and not that I should exist in it. This is called “a kingdom of priests.” And we must reach “no less” than this correction.

The words “no more” imply the form of work with AHP. One may engage with the AHP only in such measure and with such Aviut, that it is always “no more” than in order to reach adhesion for the sake of bestowal.

In this way, the distinction between the work according to the principle of “no less” with vessels of bestowal, and the principle of “no more” with vessels of reception is expressed. Baal HaSulam formulates it in this way.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/13/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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The Point of Support Is on the Creator

183.01Question: How can one balance the need to explain people’s guilt in what is happening on one hand, and on the other, make sure that they accept it?

Answer: As Baal HaSulam explains at the end of the Introduction to The Book of Zohar, all correction begins from within, from the innermost part of ourselves.

If you find a point of support on the Creator within yourself and from this point you influence yourself and the group, and from this point you reach out to the whole world, you will be able to explain it, be right, and self-confident. There will be no difficulty in doing so. But only if you have that point of reliance on the Creator.
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Jews and the Nations of the World Have Different Tasks

448.4Is there a difference today between Jews and the nations of the world who are awakening to seek spirituality, to spiritual work?

According to what Baal HaSulam writes at the end of the Introduction to The Book of Zohar, first and foremost, we must awaken those who are customarily called “the people of Israel” in this world.

This is not according to their aspiration to adhere to the Creator, not to look for such individuals as we do in global dissemination, but simply by working within the people. This is what we are doing now. And this work, as it turns out, is the most difficult.

The point is that to those who allegedly belong to the people of Israel, those who have “Jew” written in their passport, you must come with a real accusation: that they are inherently guilty of not fulfilling their role in this world despite being Jews. Clearly no one wants to hear this.

As for the nations of the world, you approach them with a different task. You say: “You must help the Jews fulfill the correction that will be revealed to the world through them.” This is what the AHP must do in relation to Galgalta veEynaim. That is, you ask them for help, but you do not accuse them of not making corrections because the vessels of reception cannot carry it out. If they could, they would have received the Torah.

It is said that the Creator tried to give the Torah to each of the 70 nations, but they were unable to accept it. Therefore, there are no claims against them.

And when they already know what the process of correction entails and the reason for the purpose of creation, then you can demand participation and help from them, but only after that! As it is written: The nations of the world will carry Israel on their shoulders and bring them to Jerusalem. And then you will see that indeed the whole world is ready to participate in everything for the sake of correction.

And as for the fact that today we are being accused of being a part that has no purpose, this is because we, those living in Israel, claim that the inner part of the Torah, the wisdom of Kabbalah, meaning the means for attaining the purpose of creation, is unnecessary. That is why the nations of the world treat us this way.

Baal HaSulam writes about this very clearly and plainly. In this way, we ourselves determine the world’s attitude toward us and the measure of suffering or the measure of serene peace in the whole world.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/13/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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The Importance of Our Attitude Toward Reality

294.2Question: We see how difficult it is for us to maintain the correct intention. So what can we even say about the whole world?

Answer: That is true. But as we study in the wisdom of Kabbalah, there is nothing but intention. The whole issue lies in realizing its importance.

Either you will attain the importance of your attitude toward reality and toward the Creator, through your own free choice or He will instill this importance in you through suffering. Choose one or the other, but you will have to do it based on importance. Importance is what you must attain. Either blows will provide it for you, or attention. That’s all. Now decide!

Today when you tell the people of Israel that another catastrophe could befall them, one even more terrible, you hear in response: “God forbid! What are you talking about?! How dare you?!”

But I only want the full importance, the full seriousness of the situation to be realized; therefore, I speak of potential disaster before it arrives. “No! Absolutely not!” they say, burying their heads in the sand.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/13/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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