If several individuals come together with the force that it is worthwhile to abandon self-love, but without the sufficient power and importance of bestowal to become independent, without outside help (Rabash, Article, “Love of Friends -2”).

That is how we feel in the ten: it seems that there are some desires and some motives, but there is no strength, conviction, or intention to annul ourselves before our friends.

All have at least the potential love of the Creator.

They are drawn to this and would like to acquire it. Not by any means, but they would still like to. In general, there is a desire, but it is weak.

Though they cannot keep it in practice, then by each joining the society and annulling oneself before it, they become one body.

That is the most important thing. Neither of us has the strength nor the desire to annul ourselves before the Creator. We cannot do this because we were created unable to do it.

Therefore, if the same ten gathers, and other tens around it—after all, we are not alone, there are many of us—and thus we unite, then each of us contributes his part, his little strength, a little desire to this union.

In this case, our desires add up together, and we become like one person with great force who can invoke the qualities of the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/20/20, “The Ten”

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Question: You said that a person has nothing of his own, only what he receives from the Creator and what he can give to others.

If everyone should feel the common soul, at what point does he begin to see it from beginning to end?

Answer: We will feel the common soul when we become a spiritual embryo. That is the first spiritual degree we aim to ascend to.

As soon as we reach the first degree of connection, we will immediately begin to feel ourselves as a single whole at the level of Aviut de Shoresh, that is, at 1/125^th of the entire soul. Nevertheless, it will be a feeling for all of us together.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/20/20, “The Ten”

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Question: When we sit in different tens during workshops, is there some similarity that we can identify whenever we change the ten?

Answer: What difference does it make?! You exist in one organism. All of humanity is one ten that now is broken into multiple parts.

This way, it is not important who you will be with, just like it is not for the cells of one body. Therefore, the most important commandment of correction is “Love your neighbor as yourself.” It means we must reach complete agreement, balance, and unity.

Thus, there is no difference with whom to sit, with these or those. On the contrary, each time you absorb from others some new aspects of connections and approaches—you toward them, and they toward you. In this way, you accumulate a great experience.

As for an entire year, you accumulate experience in one ten, while here at the congress, you can go through all these states within one week. Think about this opportunity.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/19/20, “Preparation for the Convention”

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Question: What is my internal perception when I am inside a friend?

Answer: You feel no difference between you as your desires merge. They do not just add up arithmetically, like 10 plus 10 or 20 plus 20, but in a different progression.

When you and your friend connect and can combine your desires and intentions, you get a Kli—a desire with intention, which increases, as it is said, 620 times and even much more.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/19/20, “Preparation for the Convention”

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Question: During each lesson, it feels like your intention just covers the entire field, and it is so pleasant to sit, listen, and absorb everything. Is this a good sign? Or does it indicate that I am not doing some kind of work?

Answer: This is something you need to determine for yourself. Do you feel inner tension while processing what you hear from me? Are you in a state where you must absorb it, internalize it, connect with others, and somehow realize it all?

Comment: Yes, there is such tension, but it is not clear how to convey it further.

My Response: But this is a different matter.

I will tell you one thing: you have a serious preparation and serious potential. You can indeed succeed. Don’t relax!

We must present the Creator with such a collective desire with the right intention to compel Him to reveal Himself within us. That is what we must do.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/19/20, “Preparation for the Convention”

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Question: I understand that women cannot directly connect with each other but men can. How will we feel our connection? Will it be through men and not directly with each other?

Answer: You will feel both your connection and connection with the men to the extent that you can draw closer with each other.

There is no difference between male connection and a female one. The women’s connection is even somewhat simpler. When women begin to think about the higher goal, their earthly egoism, in general, does not bother them so much.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/18/20, “The Arvut [Mutual Guarantee]”

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Question: Are Abraham and Terah historical characters or spiritual qualities?

Answer: Both. Naturally these characters existed in our world as people. And from the point of view of the spiritual degree, Kabbalah, these are our inner qualities.

That is, by reaching certain spiritual degree, we will feel with our accomplishments and qualities that Abraham is in it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/20/20, “The Ten”

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Question: In Letter 40, Rabash writes that when one stone is rubbed against another, fire is ignited. What does it mean when our hearts touch?

Answer: When our hearts touch, all contradictions and inconsistencies manifest themselves between us.

And if despite them we still want to unite and rub our stony hearts, then we begin to feel warmth among us. Hence the physical law of our world.

Question: Is this warmth brought by the Creator or is it our work?

Answer: This is the work of the Creator. He brings warmth to our hearts when we want to erase the contradictions that arise between us.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/22/24, Writings of Rabash Letter No. 40

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Moses received the Torah at Sinai and transmitted it to Joshua, Joshua to the elders, and the elders to the prophets, and the prophets to the Men of the Great Assembly. (Mishnah, Pirkei Avot, Chapter 1).

Question: The Mishnah has not only a corporeal, but also a Kabbalistic meaning.

Should we approach these texts with literal understanding or should we
seek the reforming light in them?

Answer: We in particular seek texts the force of connection in these so that the Creator can be revealed in us.

Question: Why does the Mishnah specifically mention the transmission of the Torah from Moses through Joshua to other sages?

Answer: At that time, the Torah was still transmitted verbally. Each sage received, what they passed on to their disciples.

Therefore, the Mishnah describes the sages passing on their spiritual attainments. Antigonus received certain teachings from Shimon the Righteous and passed them on. Yose ben Yoezer of Tzreida received from Yose ben Yochanan of Jerusalem and passed it on. Yose ben Yochanan of Jerusalem said something, meaning he taught his disciples a particular principle, and so on.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/22/24, “Mishna, Pirkei Avot”

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Question: When you studied with Rabash he surely told you: “Do not ask questions. The time will come and you will understand everything yourself.” At the time, did you believe that you could reach spiritual attainment?

Answer: There is a concept of “faith in the sages” where a person has no choice but to trust those who have attained the upper world. You may not believe it and you can go check with others or try to do something yourself; this is your choice.

In our world, you are in a suspended state. The question arises: how will you move forward? With your own intellect? Then you will spend your whole life inventing a perpetual motion machine, going from blow to blow, like everyone else or like various inventors, enthusiasts, and experimenters.

You have no other choice but to trust your heart: what does it suggest and to what should you attach yourself? The world is full of sages, all opposed to each other, and all of them are right and all of them are smarter than you. What can you do? You have only one thing—your heart. Your mind is filled with who knows what! Your heart is also confused!

Therefore, you need to try to feel with the most hidden corners of your heart, with all your inner self, where the truth is and what you need. But at the same time, try to cleanse yourself from all sorts of layers imposed by life and feel from within: where is mine?

Maybe you will find that you need meditation, Scientology, new psychosomatic inventions, or whatever. Or maybe you need to try yourself here in Kabbalah. It is the heart that should show a person his place. Nothing else.

Do not take anyone into account. Our world has already learned that there are no geniuses. You talk to any smart person and after a couple of days, if not the same day and in the same conversation, you begin to understand that all of it is limited, and derived from some sources built on semi-deception, semi-guesses, and and semi-beliefs.

Why trust someone or something that the human mind has invented? You should trust only your heart.

After all, beyond the heart, there are no Kabbalists, no philosophers, no Buddhists, no one; trust what lies in its very depth.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. To Believe a Kabbalist” 1/28/10

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