Question: Baal HaSulam writes that all the discussed matters of restriction and withdrawal of the light speak exclusively about the level of perception of receiving in the Kli at the central point. Does this mean he is describing a state in which he attains this as a Kli?

Answer: No, he is not describing the sensation in the Kli, but rather what we must gradually begin to reveal for ourselves.

We can attain this through the books, with the help of the study material, and we can perform these actions upon ourselves according to what he writes in his works. We need to make a restriction (Tzimtzum), screen (Masach), reflected light (Or Hozer) for ourselves, and work with them.
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From Daily Kabbalah Lesson  8/18/25 ,”The Study of the Ten Sefirot“

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Question: What does it mean that the light restricts itself evenly in the central point?

Answer: It means that there is no preference given to any particular direction or quality. That is why everything happens in a circle.

Question: The restriction that the Creator made toward creation is the greatest quality of bestowal carried out by Him toward us. If we make a restriction toward Him, will this be the same quality of bestowal toward the Creator?

Answer: Try, and you will see.

Question: What action must we perform now in order to delight the Creator and make a restriction?

Answer: I don’t know, you must clarify that for yourself.

Question: Can we say that the desire to receive in our world does not grow but only rises and becomes purified, and therefore we lose the ability to enjoy it?

Answer: No, we are drawing ever closer to the desire to bestow. We are beginning to understand it more and more, and we feel ourselves coming nearer to it.
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From Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/18/25,”The Study of the Ten Sefirot“

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Question: It is written: “Everyone judges according to his corruption.” On one hand, a Kabbalist sees that the world is full of bad conditions and wars. On the other hand, he understands that it is he who has done all of this and associates himself with it. How can these two states be combined? How is it possible?

Answer: When a person looks at the world, he sees himself, his own reflection. He understands that all of this is within him. But he cannot correct anything on his own, so he is given a group (a ten). He has nothing to blame himself for. He accepts everything as a given.

A person can blame the Creator. He himself has nothing to do with it. It is his corrupted soul, which is given to him so that he could correct it.

The more he corrects himself, the sharper his vision becomes, and he sees the world as even more corrupted because even the smallest flaw appears to him as something very big. At the same time, he has no claims against the Creator except one—to receive the light of correction from Him. And he is grateful to the Creator for this because by absorbing his negative and already corrected positive qualities of the world within himself, he begins to attain the greatness of the Creator and become like Him.

Question: Does this mean that a Kabbalist has no claims against anyone but himself?

Answer: Not against himself either because everything is done by the Creator. The Creator is the root of all states, of everything that exists, and therefore, all appeals must be to Him. The only thing to clarify is how one should appeal to Him. Why did the Creator give us precisely such bad qualities? Why did He help connect them with Himself? What should we do with them?

Question: If people had no claims against each other but only against the Creator or themselves, would the world look different?

Answer: You would not correct the world by not having claims. If no one had them, everyone would just be animals. On the animal level, one devours another but without claims. People should have claims against each other, and at the same time understand that their root is the Creator. He deliberately broke our souls so that we would try to unite them and fail, not succeed, and then ask Him to correct them and to become His partners in the correction of the soul.

Then we would clearly understand what He wanted from the very beginning, why He created one soul, broke it into parts, and after that, He is turning to us so that we would take up its correction and ask Him to help us.

And with each small movement toward the correction of the common single soul we ask Him for help, become His partners, and thus we attain His level. The final state of humanity is to become equal to the Creator.
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From Kabbalah Lesson in Russian, 2/18/2018

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Question: While listening to The Study of the Ten Sefirot, what is the condition for it to be revealed between friends and to not lead a person astray?

Answer: It will not lead you astray anywhere. You will advance. Therefore you need to think only about how you can be together in your advancement, and you will see that this is indeed so, that it influences you more.

Either you will remain in what already exists or you will move forward, try to understand what is happening, and increasingly feel which qualities you lack in order for the light to shine from itself upon you. Then you will understand everything.
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From Daily Kabbalah Lesson  8/18/2025 ,”The Study of the Ten Sefirot“

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Question: Baal HaSulam writes that there are three preceding stages in which the desire to bestow prevails over the weak desire to receive. Does this mean that at a certain stage both the desire to bestow and the desire to receive exist simultaneously? How can that be at the same time?

Answer: Even in material life this happens, when we want to bestow a little and also to receive, since we consist of two opposite desires.

Question: But we study that we consist only of the desire to receive.

Answer: Yes, but when we have a choice to receive or to bestow, then we weigh what is more advantageous for our desire.
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From the 3^rd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/18/2025, “The Study of the Ten Sefirot”

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Question: What is an “object” in spirituality?

Answer: An object in spirituality is the desire to receive the light.

Question: There is a feeling that we are ripening for the revelation of the qualities of the ten Sefirot within the ten. How can we help each other accelerate this process?

Answer: We must try to implement what we read in the articles and in The Study of the Ten Sefirot. From this it will become clearer to us what we need to do, how, in relation to whom, and so on.

Question: What is explained in The Study of the Ten Sefirot is the science of spirituality, and it hardly touches our everyday life. To what extent are the concepts of restriction that we study in spirituality connected to restriction in everyday life, when I restrain myself from various excesses? How much does this help in spiritual advancement?

Answer: It helps a lot in spiritual advancement. I can say this with absolute certainty.
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From Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/16/25, “The Study of the Ten Sefirot“

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Question: If one constantly practices love for one’s neighbor, can it become a habit?

Answer: It all depends on the definition of what is considered caring for one’s neighbor? If it pays well, then why not? I am ready to work for a reward. I can even care for others voluntarily if I receive some benefit from it, not necessarily monetarily, but in some other way like respect. Self-respect also works; even if no one knows about my “kindness,” such modesty can give rise to even greater pride.

One must remember: True analysis is carried out by the light that returns to the source. If I start acting on my own judgment, a thousand opportunities to deviate from the path will open before me.

At one time, Abraham gave such gifts to some of his students: “If you wish, please, plant love without the reforming light. Be sweet children, treat each other well, and good bye.” However, the true property of mercy (Hesed) from the spiritual Sefirot can be borne only by a small group, which Abraham took with him.

We must understand that if we do want to move forward, it should not be by ourselves, and not according to our own reasoning. It is the light that returns to the source (reforming light) that must reveal our path each time. I take a step forward only after it has shown me the way, whether by illuminating it or, on the contrary, by darkening it. That no longer matters. The main thing is not to act alone by following my own logic.

Question: Maybe not alone, but together, in a group, can we “get addicted” to caring for our friends?

Answer: In a proper group this can never happen. On the contrary, you will see that after each ascent comes an even greater descent. What kind of habit can there be? The “turbulence” that awaits you on the path will make you entirely forget yesterday because of the current troubles.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/21/12, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Matan Torah [The Giving of the Torah]”

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Question: It is said: “Anything that we do not attain, we do not know by name.” This refers to the essence itself, the very core. We are strongly reminded not to forget this.

What is the reference point for attainment? When can we actually name this essence?

Answer: When your desires develop to the point that they are suitable for receiving the light, then the light shines within your desire. At that moment, it gives a clear definition of itself, of you, and of the action. Right now, it is still too early to speak about this in detail, but it will come very quickly.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/14/2025, The Study of the Ten Sefirot

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Question: It is said that Malchut of the world of infinity adorned herself in order to come to equivalence of form with the upper light. What does this mean?

Answer: Malchut chooses the form in which it can receive, in order to be filled with the light of infinity that was revealed at the beginning of creation.

Question: What is the difference between reality before the Tzimtzum and after the final correction?

Answer: That the true reality becomes revealed.

Question: Is the Tzimtzum, essentially, the only action through which equivalence of form with the Creator is possible?

Answer: For now, yes. And afterward it will depend on how much and in what way the Kli receives. In this will be the equivalence.

Question: Is the act of Tzimtzum connected with the restriction of the desire to bestow?

Answer:Yes, the act of Tzimtzum is the restriction of our will to receive.

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From Daily Kabbalah Lesson  8/15/25 ,”The Study of the Ten Sefirot“

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Comment: Sometimes I feel such despair that my throat closes.

Answer: This is fine, but such states need to be used correctly and rationally. One cannot walk forward on one leg, but only on two legs. The desire for the Creator and the strength of desire must be balanced. That is why many want to, but cannot, express it.

On one hand, they have a desire for the Creator, but on the other hand, it is just a bare desire, like a child’s desire. In order to reach the Creator, one must also have an addition to this desire: what exactly do I want, what for, why, and so on. Then you will have a complete desire, which the Creator will answer.
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From  Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/12/25 , “Ask and Demand First”

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