Question: When a person prays to the Creator and receives a response from Him that seems to encourage him to delve deeper into his egoism and see his negative qualities, what does this indicate?

Answer: This means that a person should delve more deeply into himself, and then he will be closer to the Creator.

Question: How does one discern which desires he receives from the Creator and which are under the rule of the evil inclination? How can one know which desires to work with?

Answer: Gradually a person will feel what comes from the Creator and what originates from himself.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/19/25, Preparation for Opening the Heart at the Congress

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Question: Yesterday there was a worldwide women’s gathering as preparation for the convention. At the end of the gathering we felt like one woman. How can we maintain this feeling and bring it into the convention?

Answer: You need to maintain the connection among all the friends so that there is such unity in which you promise not to separate from each other, and then everything will be fine. You will immediately begin to add more and more to the connections between you.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/19/25, Preparation for Opening the Heart at the Congress

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Question: How do we increase the importance of the group?

Answer: It depends on the greatness of the goal. To the extent of its greatness, you attain the greatness of the means to achieve the goal.

The group is the only means by which we can reach the goal.

That is, I can reach eternity and perfection only if I join the group as an absolutely homogeneous integral element, find my place, take it, precisely connect everyone else around me, like a Lego, and precisely replenish what I must replenish. Then I will begin to feel the common life of the entire group, of the entire system, including the Creator.

Imagine that the Creator is revealed within this system in the connections between its elements; in other words, the system in general is more important than the Creator. Although this system is a means for His revelation, and His revelation is the goal, since He is in it, it is as if it includes Him within it. From this point of view, it is greater than the Creator.

Although the Creator has created and fills it, but since it is as if it includes Him, when you attain the full perception, you do not see the difference between them because in their properties they are absolutely similar and equal.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. First Impression of Kabbalah” 6/22/10

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Question: We feel pleasure from our unity. How should we relate to it? When it comes, you want to freeze and not move at all.

Answer: Do not enjoy it like an ordinary egoist. Enjoy the fact that you can attract this pleasure through your friends.

Question: But how do we do this?

Answer: Tell yourself that you want to see this pleasure coming to you through your friends.

Question: Can we try to internally give this pleasure to our friends?

Answer: No, you cannot imagine any pleasures with which you fill others. It is unnatural. We will talk about this later.
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From Daily Kabbalah lesson 2/17/25, “Preparation for Opening the Heart at the Congress”

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Question: Rabash writes in Article 13 that we must not forget to constantly raise the question of how far we have progressed in love of friends.

Does that mean that we should do this as a mandatory exercise at meetings of the ten, at gatherings, or is this individual work? What exercise do you recommend for working in the ten?

Answer: I recommend that you constantly think during your studies about how you can unite, how everyone can make way for friends, and then you will succeed.
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From Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/17/25, “Preparation for Opening the Heart at the Congress”

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Question: You say that the Internet and mobile phones can provide a person with a simulation of continuous spiritual connection with us. Isn’t there a danger of getting drawn into this game to the point where it consumes us like a drug?

Answer: That is exactly what we need. I don’t think such a game will become a strong addiction because a person will constantly face challenges and have to solve them.

It will be a conscious game, a real state of being. He will see all his problems, all his internal misalignments, between himself and the group, between himself and the Creator. Because of this, it will not have the same gripping power over our egoism as other addictive things do.

On the other hand, the spirit of competition, the desire to achieve the goal, the envy that others are moving forward while I am not, self-respect, vanity, the desire for power—all these seemingly negative qualities must actually help us. We will see why they were created.

Egoism itself is an aid against us: “I have created help against you,” was said to Adam about Eve. This is precisely our egoism. In other words, all the negative qualities in a person are necessary to pull him out of egoism.

The worst egoistic traits—power, fame, various negative impulses toward others, the desire to dominate and control—are actually what bind me to my environment. And here, I truly become its slave.

If I did not have envy, the desire to be above others, or the need for their respect, I would pass by them as indifferently as a cat passing by a symphony orchestra. But because I want to make full use of my surrounding environment, I become dependent on it.

At this point, we begin to realize how wonderfully egoism is designed, because from our current state, the only way to connect with our environment is through egoism. And so this opportunity is given to you, your dependence on the environment.

Now the environment will dictate its terms: “Ah! So we are important to you? You want our respect? You envy us?” And they will impose conditions on you by which you can in some way fulfill and satisfy your egoistic needs.

And their conditions are strict: bestow, love, and sacrifice yourself for us. And you begin to understand that these conditions are necessary for you to fulfill yourself and move forward. This truly is the help that exists within you.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Virtual Community, Part 3” 5/16/10

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Question: Do texts written by your students contain light? Is there any point in them writing?

Answer: Yes, because a person inevitably connects others to the  upper world through himself. I believe this is justified and beneficial both for them and for others. It is better for such books to exist than others. Look at how many books are published in the world. It’s not a big deal.

You might say: “Yes, but there are other books in the world, and these might confuse people.” I don’t think so. A true seeker will quickly sort everything out. So much nonsense is written about Kabbalah! It is better that my students write.

Question: Suppose one of your students makes a video clip, writes an article, or a song. Does this material contain light?

Answer: Yes, any material contains light if a person studying with us tries in some way to pass on his impressions through himself even if he does not fully understand or know much yet.

But he is making an effort, and the light acts because he is included in the overall system. He may not even realize what he is doing, but in reality, it is all happening through him. I believe this is necessary, and I welcome my students’ efforts.

The most important thing is that they work because in doing so, they develop themselves and through their creations help others.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Kabbalistic Texts” 6/18/10

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Question: The more a person restricts their desires for the sake of bestowal, the more they progress. Is there any gradation of desires, or does each person have their own?

Answer: Each person has their own desires, and it is not known which ones will cause them to stumble.

Question: Where should I focus my efforts? Should I try to hold onto the Creator and, at the same time, to all my friends by praying for them? Or should I simply try to annul myself and dissolve within everyone?

Answer: That is the best approach.

Question: How can we break the “wall” that prevents us from opening our hearts and asking for greater light?

Answer: Through persistence.

Question: Does envy depend on how great the Creator is in my eyes? Where does this feeling of envy come from? Is it only from the greatness of the Creator?

Answer: Yes.

Question: What should I do with the shame and regret I feel over the difference in efforts between me and my friends from the world Kli? They have received from the Creator the ability to bestow and are using it, whereas I have not yet been given this opportunity.

Answer: It is neither better nor worse. Whatever is given is given. Therefore, do not look at others, just try to ascend.
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From Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/15/25, “Reaching Lishma through Envy”

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Question: Yesterday we were invited as guests to take part in a meal with our friends’ children. It is impossible to put into words what happened there! I was amazed! Outwardly, they are ordinary teenagers, but it was clear that they are true Priests, special souls. It was obvious that they have the power to lead millions, even billions to the Creator.

The Creator gave me a gift to see this. I could not fall asleep for a long time. It was as if I had been turned upside down! And now, what am I supposed to do with this?

Answer: You were given a good example of what can be made out of our everyday life: family, children, study, work. That is all. Draw your conclusions.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/16/25, “Reaching Lishma through Envy.”

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Question: You gave us this pattern for spiritual work: at the first stage, annul ourselves in order to dissolve in our friends and at the second stage, try to elevate everyone.

Today, as we explore envy and all its aspects, is this some new structure, a new stage? Are we leaving behind yesterday’s structure, or are we continuing the same as yesterday just at a higher quality?

Answer: We are constantly trying to expand the qualities we used yesterday in order to build a better form of the world.

Question: So we continue to annul ourselves, dissolve in our friends, and strive to ascend? And all of this is now also imbued with envy toward them?

Answer: Yes.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/16/25, “Reaching Lishma through Envy”

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