Question: You said that the true judgment is the middle line. At our degree of development, is it possible to come to the middle line to become a true judge of oneself? Was the article “What Does It Mean that a Judge Must Judge Absolutely Truthfully, in the Work?” written for Kabbalists or people like us?

Answer: Of course it is written for special people, Kabbalists, who correctly combine the right and left lines, and thus come to the middle line.

Question: At our degree of development, will we have the opportunity to work in the middle line?

Answer: Yes, this is our goal.

Question: How can you come to the middle line and judge yourself in the true form?

Answer: If we include all the forces of nature and accept them as coming from the Creator, then we eventually come to this.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/3/24, Writings of Rabash Rabash “What Does It Mean that a Judge Must Judge Absolutely Truthfully, in the Work?”

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Question: How can you help yourself when you get trapped in your mind and thoughts paralyze you?

Answer: Go above the feelings and reason despite yourself.

Question: The world was created with one thought, and we must also become one thought. What is this thought that we should become?

Answer: It is the absolute connection of all creations in one desire and one goal.

Question: It is said that when a person is honored to feel the taste of the Torah and the commandments, he pursues the service of the Creator. In this case, how can he not get into a situation where his pride and he himself are at the top of the climb? What can be called a genuine ascent?

Answer: When he does it only to bring contentment to the Creator.

Question: What does it mean that our soul teaches us in the ten? How do we enter into this system?

Answer: Connect everyone and constantly increase unity. Then you will begin to feel what faith above reason means.

Question: In the Shamati article “Receiving in order to Bestow ” it says that we should value the state of reason because we are now honored to reveal His names to attract the upper abundance. What is the correct acceptance of the revelation of the Creator’s names? For whom and for what do we draw the upper abundance?

Answer: We wish the upper abundance to be revealed to everyone, that is, the names of the Creator, His manifestations, because that way the whole world will experience the greatness of the Creator.

Question: Are we figuring out what joy is and what kind of joy should be given to our friends for them to enjoy our connection?

Answer: Yes, respect your friends more, raise them, and you will see how they come closer to you with greater joy.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/3/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Receiving in order to Bestow”

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Prior to the sin of the tree of knowledge, vitality was not dependent on the bread. That is, there was no need to extend light and vitality, but it illuminated (Baal HaSulam. Shamati 36 “What Are the Three Bodies in Man?”).

Question: What does it mean to extend vitality?

Answer: Before working with the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, there is no way to be in connection with good and evil in order to perform actions between them to separate, distance them from each other, and put ourselves in the middle.

Question: Can we distinguish this vitality in the ten?

Answer: No. In the ten, we must act in such a way as to work with the inner body, i.e., with what concerns holiness (Guf de Kedusha), separate from Klipat Noga, what we can separate, and adhere to the inner body of holiness. And what we are not yet able to correct, we do not touch.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/4/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Are the Three Bodies in Man?”

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The wicked, however, who want to work precisely when there is clothing in the body, called within the skin, they will die without wisdom. This is because then they have no clothing and they are not awarded anything. However, it is specifically the righteous who are rewarded with clothing in the body (Baal HaSulam. Shamati 36 “What Are the Three Bodies in Man?”).

Question: What exactly helps the righteous to be worthy of being clothed in the body?

Answer: Both the wicked and the righteous exist in every person. Therefore, when we sort out our thoughts, desires, and actions, it becomes clear to us which part this or that belongs to.

That is how we define that these are the righteous and these are the wicked, in us, within us! And thus we achieve correction.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/4/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Are the Three Bodies in Man?”

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My Comment: In the article “Concerning Love of Friends,” Rabash asks the following question: “Should we know what each friend lacks in order to understand how to fill him? Or is mutual work on love of friends enough?”

My Response: When all the friends in a group have a common intention to come to such feelings as friendship, connection, love, and rapprochement, then of course it is necessary to understand what I have to do to a friend so that my actions are defined as giving and love, and as well what I should feel in this from a friend. It is very important.

That is, it is necessary to know what each friend personally lacks, and act in this direction.

Basically, Kabbalah claims that we move from light to heavy. We do not immediately rush to love the whole world, but we start in a small group in which there is interaction, and then we expand this to the whole world and to the Creator.
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From KabTV’s “Practical Kabbalah” 12/19/23

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Question: What does mercy mean in the eyes of the creatures?

Answer: Mercy in the eyes of the creatures is when everyone loves you.

Comment: But this is only in the inner feeling because outwardly they may not love me.

My Response: There is nothing to talk about externally. We talk only about our inner, deepest feelings.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/2/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “And If the Way Be Too Far for You” 

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Question: How does the switch between Lo Lishma (for oneself) and Lishma (for the Creator) happen? Can it be done at any moment, in every thought, in every desire?

Answer: No, this happens only as a result of a person’s long-term work on himself.
In principle, it comes as a gift from the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/8/23, Writings of Rabash “What Are Truth and Falsehood in the Work?”

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Question: How is reception in order to bestow connected with faith above reason and within reason?

Answer: Basically these are very close actions.

Question: And yet, do we receive in order to bestow within reason or above reason?

Answer: Above reason. That is, our intention is for the sake of bestowal, and the action is reception. It turns out that the action is the opposite of itself.

Question: Do we also need to rise above the reason acquired for the sake of bestowal in order to reveal a new level of reason? Or is this the final action?

Answer: No, it is not final; these are degrees. Such work takes place at each degree. That is, the reason that we acquire for the sake of bestowal becomes insufficient at some point. It is correct, but insufficient.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/3/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Receiving in order to Bestow”

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Question: In the article “Purpose of Society,” Rabash writes that a person should be proud that he was given a chance to come in contact with practical Kabbalah, because for thousands of years it was concealed and people had no opportunity to get to know it. How can we realize the importance of this opportunity?

Answer: To do this, you need to work in a group and strengthen your connection with the friends more and more.

Rabash gives recommendations on how to arrange the group, how to be in connection with each other, and how to start coming closer to the Creator’s qualities. This is how we gradually will come to a state where we feel the Creator.
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From KabTV’s “Practical Kabbalah” 12/5/23

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Question: The article “Rabbi Shimon’s Exit from the Cave” talks about how Rabbi Pinchas stands on the shore of the Kinneret and talks with two birds as he wonders where Rashbi is hiding. In The Book of Zohar everything is coded in such a way that it is unclear what is being said. Why couldn’t it have been written more simply?

What does it mean that he talks to the birds and asks where Rabbi Shimon and his son Rabbi Elazar are?

Answer: Rabbi Pinchas wants to come in contact with Rabbi Shimon; therefore, he turns to all the forces of nature. As a result, he receives the desired contact, which, of course, is carried out, not through birds chirping in the trees, but through the spiritual forces of the animate level.

He contacts Rabbi Shimon, sees him emerging from the cave, and is ready to meet him.
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From KabTV’s “Introduction to The Book of Zohar” 12/24/23

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