Angels said to the Creator, “Master of the world, what is a woman-born doing among us?’” (Rabash. Article 34, 1990, “What Are ‘A Layperson’s Vessels,’ in the Work?”).

Question: I get the impression that angels feel some kind of jealousy toward people. Are they some kind of independent beings?

Answer: Angels are the will to receive, which at the moment, according to the article, allegedly oppose the advancement of a person to the Creator so that he would understand better how to move forward and would turn to the Creator.

Question: Does it mean that angels are our competitors?

Answer: Angels are our helpers, but as a rule, they act through the questions. But these questions shape a person and raise him.

Question: How can we correctly interact with angels?

Answer: We interact with the Creator. Only with the Creator, but about the questions that the angels awaken in us.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/6/24, Writings of Rabash “What Are ‘A Layperson’s Vessels,’ in the Work?”

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“Israel provide for their Father in heaven.” What provision do they give Him by which He is sustained? (Rabash. Article 34, 1990, “What Are ‘A Layperson’s Vessels,’ in the Work?”).

Question: Usually the Creator sets the table, i.e., the host invites the person. But here, on the contrary, a person prepares a meal; he is like a host. Why is it the other way around? Does it mean something?

Answer: It all depends on what you are doing it for—either for the sake of receiving or for the sake of bestowing. If for the sake of bestowing, then you feed the King. But if it is for the sake of receiving, then you are being fed.

The actions are different, but everything determines the intention. It reverses the actions.

Question: How can we control the intention? Is it through a request, or in some other way?

Answer: Only through requesting.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/6/24, Writings of Rabash ‘What Are “A Layperson’s Vessels,” in the Work?’

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Rabbi Shimon opened and said, “In the beginning God created.” We should consider this verse. Anyone who says there is another God will perish from the world (Rashbi, Zohar for All, “Heaven and Earth”).

In the beginning, the Creator created two opposite desires: the desire to receive and the desire to give, called “heaven and earth.” Between them is the whole creation.

The earth symbolizes the desire to receive, heaven, the desire to bestow.

Question: Wasn’t there a desire to give before that? After all, it is written the Creator is a pure desire to bestow.

Answer: Yes, but this does not apply to the creation of the world. The Creator created what is called “heaven and earth,” the desire to receive against the desire to bestow. Between these two desires is the whole creation: inanimate, vegetative, animate, and human nature.

Later it says if someone believes there is another god, he will perish from the world. This means there will not be a state where people think there is another force besides the upper force (the Creator).
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From KabTV’s “Introduction to The Book of Zohar“1/21/24

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Question: Is it right to feel that no matter what efforts we make, it is still not due to our merit because the Creator gave it all: the efforts, the result, and all the resources?

Answer: So what? We are getting closer to the Creator, merging with Him, and He is spreading into us.

Question: If prayer to the Creator builds a connection with Him, are our actions the Creator’s response?

Answer: No, you cannot say that. Our actions are our actions. The Creator’s answer can be if you feel that He is responding to you. Do not mix one with the other.

Question: Is it possible to imagine that the Creator is the whole group, the whole Bnei Baruch?

Answer: No. The Creator is the upper force that is outside of us.

Question: You say that yet we have no connection with the Creator. And what is it when we feel a reaction or an answer to our prayer or some action? Is this not a connection with the Creator?

Answer: It is small, but it is already there.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/2/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “If I Am Not for Me, Who Is for Me?”

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Question: You said we must agree to the conditions for ascending to the first degree. What are these conditions?

Answer: The conditions for ascending to any degree are that a person is ready to do anything to merge with the Creator.

At the same time, one must thank the Creator for paying attention to him or her, for giving him such conditions, and for being ready to be lifted because all acts we perform stem from the Creator.

Question: What if a person is in a neutral state or does not feel gratitude in his heart? Can one rise to this gratitude?

Answer: Of course he can. After all, he is with his friends and can receive their assessment of the situation, their importance of the goal, and their importance of the state. Therefore, it all depends on how connected he is with them. If he is among friends, he can constantly feed on their achievements and thus ascend.

Question: How can I convey gratitude to my friends in order to give them power?

Answer: By example and the willingness to help them with whatever they ask for.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/5/24, Writings of Rabash “What Is ‘Do Not Slight the Blessing of a Layperson’ in the Work?”

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Question: When you work hard and receive praise, egoism clings to it. How can you lower your head and work in such a state?

Answer: When you hear praise, keep quiet and do not interrupt those who sing your praises and say only good about you. Let them talk.

Later, you must display a measure of modesty, lower yourself, continue your spiritual work, and annul yourself before the ten.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/3/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Honor”

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Question: You said we constantly need to check whether we are getting closer to the Creator or not. Is there even a test of desire? How can we come to a state for the sake of heaven?

Answer: When we reach the revelation of the Creator, we will see by the magnitude of the revelation whether we are approaching Him or moving away. No one has such feelings yet.

Question: Is it necessary to go straight to the ten when you are in a descent or do you need to try to cope with the descents yourself and turn to the ten if you cannot do it alone?

Answer: The fastest way to establish a connection with the Creator is through the ten.

Question: How does my escape from holiness affect the spiritual advancement of the whole group? Am I harming the group with this?

Answer: Of course you are harming the group. But if you improve, then the whole group will rise with you.

Question: What can this mean if the states of separation become frequent and intense sensations?

Answer: You are getting closer.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/1/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Is ‘Hurry, My Beloved,’ in the Work?”

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Question: How does Kabbalah define the quality of humility?

Answer: Humility lies in that a person does not ask for anything for oneself, but only for the sake of everyone else and the Creator.

Question: If I ask to love my friends, isn’t it contrary to humility? I am not asking for myself. I do not get any benefit from it.

Answer: It is good. You can ask this way.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/2/24, Wrtings of Baal HaSulam “If I Am Not for Me, Who Is for Me?”

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Question: Do we have any points of choice we could take into our work and constantly follow them?
Answer: Yes, there are such points that generally take on different shapes.

These are the so-called reference points: who I am, what I am, my connection with friends, my connection with the Creator, and so on; that is, we must keep in mind these nodal states.

Question: Is modesty also one of these states?

Answer: Yes, but we must understand the meaning of humility in spiritual work.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/2/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “If I Am Not for Me, Who Is for Me?”

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Question: What does it mean: “everyone who adds, worsens”? What can we worsen in spiritual work?

Answer: If the desire to receive increases, this worsens the state. We should only think about how to increase the desire to bestow.

To exit work within reason, we need to rise above it in faith above reason and let the desire to receive remain in the same place.

You are obliged to ask the Creator for the force of bestowing. To the extent that you begin to acquire it from Him, you are able to start using it.

Question: In our understanding, can we come to a clear sensation of the spiritual root of our achievements?

Answer: Of course we can. It depends only on us.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/30/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Does It Mean that the Sitra Achra Is Called ‘Malchut without a Crown’?”

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