Question: The Creator is burdening my heart. I am in a very low state, and at the same time a glimmer remains where I feel that my friend also has a heaviness of the heart. For whose heart should my prayer be directed first?

Answer: This is not a simple question. But if we reduce it to an ordinary question, then a person who is under the rule of egoism decides for himself what he should start fighting with and what exactly he must humble.

Therefore, in general, the question always comes down who do  I obey in this state.
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From the 3^rd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/6/25, “Correction of The Heart “

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It is written in the Mishnah (Taanit, p 26b): “Rabbi Shimon Ben Gamliel said, ‘No days were better for Israel than the fifteenth of Av [11th Hebrew month], and Yom Kippur [Day of Atonement], when the daughters of Jerusalem would come out dressed in borrowed white garments, so as not to shame those who do not have.

The daughters of Jerusalem would come out and dance in the vineyards. What would they say? ‘Young man, lift up your eyes and see what you choose for yourself.

Do not cast your eyes on beauty; cast your eyes on family.’” (And on page 31) “Those who did not have wives went there. Our sages taught, ‘What would the beauties among them say? ‘Turn your eyes to beauty, for a woman is only for beauty.

’What would the wellborn among them say? ‘Cast your eyes on family, for a woman is only for sons.’ In The Eye of Jacob he adds, ‘The wealthy among them say,

‘Cast your eyes on the wealthy.’ What would the unsightly ones among them say? ‘Take what you take for the Creator, as long as you crown us with gold coins.’” (Rabash, “The Fifthteenth of Av”)

“The unsightly Daughters of Jerusalem” is the final stage of Malchut, Dalet de Dalet, called “poor and wretched.”

A person runs away from such work; he has no motivation or desire for it because all of this work is in faith above reason.

One must understand that this is arranged deliberately, precisely to help a person attain the spiritual world!

He must see that exactly where his egoistic desire does not function, where there is no desire, where beauty and fulfillment do not attract, that is the sign he needs a different kind of fuel.

He is given the opportunity to picture a state in which he is not bribed by his egoism, and if he works in such a state, it will be for the sake of bestowal.

But where will he get such “anti-fuel,” the ability to work without energy, without filling his ego?

It is precisely in such a state that he realizes he needs the Creator’s help. If he does not receive the force called “the light” from above, he cannot move from his place.

If I desire only to bestow without wishing to receive any compensation, neither wealth, nor beauty, nor nobility, and I choose a “poor and wretched wife” in the evaluation of my egoism, and choose only the ability to bestow without any conditions, then I arrive at the day of joy, the Day (quality and light) of Love (the 15^th of Av).
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/26/10, Writings of Rabash “The Fifteenth of Av”

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Comment: In order to implement the method of Kabbalah, three components are necessary: a group of like-minded individuals, original sources, and an instructor. Work in a group of like-minded individuals is the work of coming closer to one another to reveal the goal that Kabbalah speaks of: the revelation of the Creator.

My Response: Our world is intended for us to carry out the work called the restoration of the soul. According to the wisdom of Kabbalah, the Creator created a system of a single common soul called “Adam.” This system, in its original state, consisted of egoistic desires that were connected together and worked toward one goal: to support one another.

Then a shattering occurred, and the entire structure broke apart into a vast number of inanimate, vegetative, animate, and human elements, which are now in a state of relative connection with one another. Relative because their relations to one another imply only mutual complementation, that is, using each other, and on the other hand, a desire to constantly develop at the expense of others, to absorb one another. This is the egoistic principle of existence of the entire system.

Now we must return it to its original state, in which all its parts will relate to each other, not egotistically from a purely consumerist standpoint for themselves, but with the understanding that it is necessary to work for the entire system as a whole, for the sake of all. Therefore, every mature, sound element of the system must attain the state of “love your neighbor as yourself.”

Only under this condition will all the elements unite above their initial egoism and form a single, unified, integral system that will be able to exist properly and be filled with a special force called the Creator.

This work we must carry out here in this world, now in our generation. We are those who understand the significance of this work, the conditions that nature or the Creator provides us with, the importance of our mission, and who feel such a drive and responsibility for it.

That is why we gather in a group to unite in mutual help, mutual efforts, and to connect all our ties together in similarity to the global force of the Creator. The Creator represents the force of bestowal, connection, love, and mutual complementation. And we must generate this force between us in such a way as to become similar to Him in our relationships.

We cannot do this by ourselves because we are initially opposite to one another. Each of us is an egoist and cannot think of others. But we can ask Him to change us. And then, in the group, we will be able to realize this idea.
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From KabTV’s “Basics of Kabbalah” 12/25/18

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Question: How does the force of correction that comes during the lesson affect me?

Answer: It affects you only to the extent you want it to.

Here we are not under the authority of the Creator. He keeps us in a state where we can determine for ourselves who we are, our feelings toward Him, and what we would like to change.
He adds and subtracts all these urges, desires, and forces, and as a result, we feel what is happening to us.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/9/25, “Subjugating the Heart”

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Question: How can we continue to support our friend if we do not know whether she listens to the lessons? What should be the frequency so that we understand that this is the circle in which we are going along the path?

Answer: There can be no set frequency. Once a week, once a month, I do not understand this!

If you are able to, you must definitely be present at the lesson. I think that first of all, you need to think about making the group in which you are constantly present into your permanent ten.

This means that you hold on to each other, try to always be in ascent, in the form of all the ten members, and follow exactly what we are studying.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/9/25, “Subjugating the Heart”

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Question: If I understand correctly, is Kabbalah about creating difficulties in order to later feel the spiritual?

Answer: No, Kabbalah is not about creating difficulties; it is about revealing the Creator, the quality of bestowal and love, in each individual and in everyone together through the correction of egoism.

Question: But isn’t correction about breaking the ego?

Answer: No! You can try breaking it if you’re stubborn. But if you’re not, you’ll gladly exchange it instead. Let’s say you go to a store, return ten empty bottles, and get a bottle of beer in return. Is that a bad thing?! You benefit from it. Instead of empty desires you can’t fill, you get one full “beer.” Sure, you give up ten, but in return, you receive one full one. Who would refuse that?

Comment: There’s also a beneficial egoistic calculation here—what feels good to me.

My Response: Of course! There’s nothing without calculation. Kabbalah comes from the word “to receive.” You just need to understand that you actually receive much more when you give up your empty, egoistic desires. So ultimately, it can be said that “love your neighbor” is a means of self-fulfillment.

Question: Let’s say I return ten bottles and receive one full one. Is the process of correction like making that full bottle?

Answer: No, that’s not your job. That’s not you. You just need to exchange one for the other. All the “bottles,” the “recycling station,” all of it already exists. You just have to want to make the trade of your empty desires for one full one.

Question: So basically I’m not really doing anything? I just add a tiny grain to the process and the rest is the system?

Answer: You only contribute your desire to exchange, nothing more. Both the empty and the full “bottles” already exist. You just need to want to exchange them.

Question: But it won’t work automatically?

Answer: No, never. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have freewill. Otherwise, you wouldn’t truly exist. You have to do it!
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. I Am the System?!” 9/28/10

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Question: How can you follow the advice to “be in joy” when you feel “the taste of garbage” in spiritual work?

Answer: This is a stage where you still do not understand the importance of the garbage. But can anything grow without waste, without fertilizer? There is nothing superfluous in the world, so it all depends on your attitude.

We must go through all the states and inevitably feel each one of them. These are such states where death seems sweeter than life, but you will not be able to avoid them, because you must understand what “the will to receive” is.

I am speaking directly and without exaggeration: if you do not feel this, you will not be able to come out from under the control of the will to enjoy, although even that does not help very much. This is the revelation of the “angel of death.” Without the support of the group, without a strict daily schedule, without the commitments you take upon yourself, it is impossible to cope with it.

The best thing you can do for yourself is to take on commitments. You must complete the work today; let it press on you like a yoke on an ox. There is nothing worse than feeling free. Even though you see nothing, feel nothing, understand nothing, and remember nothing, you begin to work because you must, and gradually you come out of the state of descent and continue on the path.

We are governed by two forces, and we are given only the opportunity to move from the rule of one to the influence of the other. There is the rule of two forces and an intermediate state in which you choose under which influence to be. You must try, from this intermediate state, the middle line, to control these two forces, as if they were two reins in your hands.

Therefore, keep your daily schedule: the lesson, reviewing the lesson, sing, dance in your room when no one sees you, laugh; do everything to come out of a bad state. You don’t agree; you resist the governance of this force! Despair is the worst thing of all.
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From Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/27/11, Writings of Rabash “When Is One Considered “A Worker of the Creator” in the Work?”

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All of the Creator’s works are not as people’s works. When people build the Temple below, first they make the walls of the city and then the Temple.

First, the walls of the city, to protect them, and then the construction of the house. The Creator builds the Temple first, and finally, when He lowers it from the sky and places it in its place, it will build the walls of Jerusalem. This is why David said, “By Your favor do good to Zion” first, and then, “Build the walls of Jerusalem” (Rashbi, Zohar for All, “The Old Man [The Grandfather]”).

Question: What is the difference between building walls and building the Temple in spiritual work?

Answer: Our work lies in the fact that within the vast desire to receive pleasure that is revealed to us, we define a certain area where we are able to connect only with thoughts and desires aimed at bestowal, and we can relate them to others: friends, the group, the Creator.

All the rest of our desires we are not yet capable of using for the sake of bestowal. Therefore, our desire is divided into many parts, including the stony heart.

This is why we first build boundaries, screens, and only afterward, with the help of those screens, when we already know how to act correctly, we perform Zivug (coupling) and construct a Partzuf.

The building of the inner part of the Partzuf, from Peh to Tabur is called the construction of the Temple (in Hebrew, the word for Temple means House of Holiness). The Rosh (head) of the Partzuf is used for planning; this is called the “work of Bezalel.” The Sof (end) of the Partzuf is not yet properly engaged.

But in essence, it is with these parts of the Partzuf, which serve as boundaries, that the Temple is built, because we can construct something only from its opposite, good and evil, light and darkness; it is only by comparing opposites can we create boundaries and build a structure.

Whereas the Creator builds differently, not through limitations or calculations of “how much there is” and “how much is lacking.”

On the contrary, the upper light builds holiness, bestowal, the Temple itself within the desire, and the remaining part of the desire, which the upper light does not enter, is what forms the “walls of Jerusalem” erected afterward, in the final act.

This is the difference between constructing the Temple from below upward and constructing it from above downward.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/3/11, The Book of Zohar, “Mishpatim”

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Question: Lately, there has been a feeling that we should already be approaching the quality of bestowal since everyone in the ten has this desire. On the other hand, it is noticeable that most of the friends have calmed down and are paying more attention to corporeal needs. It turns out that the quality of bestowal seems to be there, but there is nowhere to apply it. What should we do?

Answer: You must integrate into your ten in such a way that there are no distances between you, so that what one has, flows to another, to a third one, and so on. Then your ten will be unified, and you will be able to feel the spiritual structure. This is what you need to achieve.

You must dissolve in the ten and together with it—together with it—move forward. If all of you feel yourselves as one, then you will succeed.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/9/25, “Subjugating the Heart”

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Question: What is a woman’s Hisaron?

Answer: A woman’s Hisaron is the natural deficiency that forms within her that must be worked with more intensively. There is nothing artificial about it!

Let us say I want something, so let me want it today. Later I will want it more consciously, so just want it more consciously, and so on. It is not an artificial desire for something nonexistent. What we are engaged in is entering into the true nature, not the deceptive, egoistic nature that surrounds us, but the eternal and perfect nature that is 100% altruistic and entirely directed toward bestowal.

Right now we are merely in a small, illusory volume, like a dream, where everything operates in opposition to bestowal. But in truth, all of nature is founded on altruism, bestowal, and love, which is the Creator’s quality. It is only us who experience this clouded perception when we are in the opposite state.

Comment: So we should just leave the women alone.

My Response: Yes, let everything move as it should! Just more desire, more inner tension, more yearning, and everything will come to fruition. The intensity depends on the overall effort, on the collective influence we have on one another.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. A Woman’s Hisaron” 9/23/10

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