On the last day of the Sukkot holiday, we must combine all our requests into one big cry for salvation—Hoshana Rabbah. If we talked about it all the days of the holiday, studied, and wanted to feel what was happening to us, then, of course, at the end of the holiday we can collect all these occurrences and come to great salvation.

We want all the requests we raised during the holiday to come together and make us feel an immense need for great salvation.

We ask the Creator for salvation, that is for conditions under which the light can be revealed through us. We have been preparing for this all the days of Sukkot; otherwise, we would have neither the right desire nor the right shade. The cry comes through as a reward for the effort.

The Creator conceals how close we are to salvation with this shade if we turn to Him with this exalted and powerful request: “Creator, save us!”

Just as the Creator creates a shade for His light and gradually raises us stage by stage, we need to accept this shade and try to see it as a means to rise above reason, above the shade, to come to the light of faith. When we come to such a need, it is already the beginning of salvation.

The state when a person comes to the desire to live in the light of faith is called the night of Hoshana Rabbah. During all the days of the holiday, he revealed an ever-stronger inner desire for salvation, because every day, more and more light of correction was revealed to him. And he rejoices that he has reached a realization and a feeling that only the Creator can and is ready to save him.

The light of faith is revealed in the Kli that a person prepares by his refusal to receive the light directly and by his desire to remain in the shade. We need to achieve such a connection with the Creator when He shines on us, but we do not want to receive this light directly and push it away, wishing to resemble the action of the light in relation to the Creator.

Thus, our correct attitude toward the Creator is also called light. This is how we begin to feel the light completing all our work. The Creator gives us an example of how we can give to Him in the same way He gives to us.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/23/24, “Hoshana Rabbah”

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To guarantee our staying in the land, then the facts before us pose a great threat to us, since matters are developing favorably for our enemies, who seek to destroy us from the face of the Earth.

It is also clear that the enormous effort that the rugged road ahead requires of us mandates unity that is as solid and as hard as steel, from all parts of the nation, without exception (Baal HaSulam, The Nation).

Baal HaSulam issued that warning 85 years ago when in the newspaper he wrote and published. But we see that from the very birth of the nation of Israel until the present day that we have been accompanied by internal separation, and despite all the suffering and difficult circumstances we have endured, the people are unable to unite. This has been intentionally arranged as preparation for the correction that our people must carry out thereby setting an example for all other nations.

Meanwhile, we are incapable of uniting even under the condition that external pressure holds us together like nuts in a sack. Nevertheless, throughout our long history, we have been forced to take steps toward greater closeness with each other, to becoming more aware, and to agreeing that someday our unity will indeed become a reality.

A nation that has existed in separation, both material and spiritual, for thousands of years and until today, will eventually rise, desire to correct itself, and pull all of humanity along with it.

Especially these days, on the anniversary of the tragic events of October 7^th, we must realize the necessity of uniting and consolidating the nation into one union. We should recall our history to see how time and time again we encounter the same problems in our development and are unable to deal with them properly, which allows them to grow to enormous proportions until we begin to fight them. And so, it repeats year after year.

I hope that our Bnei Baruch group will be able to bring about this transition of the entire nation to complete unity around which all the nations of the world will unite and see their future in it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/7/24, Baal HaSulam “The Nation”

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Sukkot is temporary residence. …they said, “Leave the permanent residence and dwell in temporary residence” (Baal HaSulam, Shamati, 96, “What Is Waste of Barn and Winery, in the Work?”).

When a person leaves his permanent home, he finds himself in a state without a home. Therefore, he must surely find a place where he can “land.” This is a temporary dwelling. One begins to feel he can get comfortable there.

When a person reaches such a state, even while still in the process of searching, he begins to understand what his permanent home and temporary home mean. By agreeing to a temporary home, he feels how much the Creator brings him closer to Himself and is filled with a sense of happiness.

This is the Sukkot holiday, when a person leaves his permanent home and goes into a field or a forest, it doesn’t matter where, and arranges for a temporary dwelling for himself there.

Therefore, a temporary dwelling, a hut, is not intended for living in it but only for moving from one level to another. While a permanent home is a corrected Kli, it is a home we must return to.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/18/24, “Sukkot”

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Question: It is said that we should strive for a state of rest, but what about the Kabbalistic postulate: “If not me, then who?” How can you be at peace if the Creator expects you to act?

Answer: At the same time you can be at peace because you consider this state to be the most stable, the most correct.

Question: Does the degree of rest depend on our choice?

Answer: Yes, it does.

Question: Can I determine my state by the influence of the power of rest on me?

Answer: No, not yet. You have to enter and exit the state of rest into the opposite several times while trying not only to achieve peace, but also actual spiritual actions, and then you will begin to feel your place in the system of forces.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/9/24, Writings of Rabash “Seek Peace and Pursue It”

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Question: It is said that a complete righteous person is one who has corrected their past. What does that mean?

Answer: To correct the past means that you no longer reveal current or especially past transgressions because all of them are transformed into entirely just and proper actions. Such a person is called a complete righteous (Tzadik Gamur).

Question: But is it possible to correct the past?

Answer: Of course. Past transgressions are covered by present correction, so we should not worry about them. They will be corrected along the way.

In principle, the past, present, and future exist only in relation to our perceptions. In reality, none of these truly exist.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/2/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Introduction to The Study of the Ten Sefirot”

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Question: When you stand before the Creator in trembling, like during an exam, and you’ve passed this exam, you experience a state of powerlessness because you’ve done everything you could. What is this state?

Answer: It is indeed a state of powerlessness because you have given everything according to all your feelings.

Question: The Creator knows what is in every person’s heart. So why do we still need to give an answer to the Creator? Is this like a reverse connection to the Creator?

Answer: Of course, you need to work on the connection with Him.

Question: If a person feels a longing for the Creator, what should they do with this longing?

Answer: Pray, pour it out to the Creator.

Question: How can we develop a deeper emotional closeness with each other?

Answer: Think about it more.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/10/24, Writings of Rabash “How I Love Your Teaching”

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Question: What should we fight for every day, every minute, every moment? What is the spiritual battle in which the Creator must always prevail?

Answer: We must fight for all our actions, not only physical but also mental, to have a purposeful meaning; otherwise, we won’t move forward. We need to reach the point where our actions come only from the good inclination.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/9/24, Writings of Rabash “Seek Peace and Pursue It”

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Question: How can the quality of suffering point to the action the Creator expects from us?

Answer: It is pretty simple. The Creator always awaits only one action—unification with others and a request for Him to fill everyone. That is all.

Question: Sometimes there is a lack of a specific connection with some part of the Kli, which we cannot always determine. Perhaps it is possible to understand precisely where this connection is missing from suffering.

Answer: Keep stubbornly moving forward, and you will see that the Creator exposes this connection and is waiting for you.

Question: You said we need to build connections based on our achievements, not on what we lack. So should we not pay much attention to what we lack in our connections?

Answer: You should be mindful of it, but not in a way that stops you.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/29/24, Writings of Rabash “Happy Is the Man”

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Question: If we are still not in Lo Lishma (receiving for our own sake), then where are we?

Answer: You are still in egoism. A sign that you have entered Lo Lishma is the ability to position yourself in a way that you can overcome your egoistic intentions.

The transition from Lo Lishma to Lishma happens gradually. At each spiritual degree, specific desires that are defined by that degree are revealed.

Question: Can a person, through a special awakening from above, immediately reach Lishma without going through Lo Lishma?

Answer: No, in no way. We attain Lishma only after we go through the state of Lo Lishma.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/26/24, Writings of Rabash “From Lo Lishma to Lishma”

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Question: We want to give all power to the Creator. How should we relate to the fact that some people try to seize power over others? What should the reaction in our hearts be in relation to the Creator?

Answer: Everyone works for themselves. Therefore, if my friend chooses something for himself in spirituality, I do not interfere.

Question: We see that there is a very fierce struggle for power. What should we do: nullify ourselves or pray for everything to change? It seems that we do not obey the Creator.

Answer: We must go through what Rabash writes about in our desires. And then we will develop the right attitude toward our actions.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/2/24, “Rosh HaShana”

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