Question: Does the Creator feel pleasure when I return to Him, through the reflected light, the pleasure He filled me with? After all, He does not feel a lack of anything.

Answer: Yes, you can be sure He receives pleasure from you.

Question: By annulling ourselves in the ten, do we allow our friends to elevate or lower us?

Answer: The main thing is to annul. It does not matter what I may experience at the same time: ups or downs. The main thing is that I nullify myself.

Question: What is humility?

Answer: Humility is when you accept the greatness of the Creator on any terms. The main thing is to come closer to Him.

Question: How does my egoism transform when I suppress it constantly, try to be good, and do not show it in a group?

Answer: It is hard to explain, but eventually, we will understand how our egoism turns into the correct Kli from the point of view of joy and the point of view of grief. We will see its unique transformations later.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/3/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Is “The Lord Is High, and the Low Will See”? – 1“

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Question: We know that we are not allowed to use Hanukkah candles. What is this potential that we are forming during Hanukkah?

Answer: This is a spiritual work symbolized by light. Therefore, these candles cannot be used. They are not for lighting but for reminding us of the symbol of this holiday.

Question: What is the difference between Hanukkah candles and Sabbat candles that we light on Saturday?

Answer: We can also use Sabbath candles for lighting, but Hanukkah candles are intended only for the holiday because it is a holiday of light. That is, the difference is in the reason why we use candles: either because it is for holiday or because we need light.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/10/23, Writings of Rabash Letter No. 68

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Question: What is a miracle in spiritual work, and how do we recognize this miracle in us?

Answer: A miracle in spiritual work is when a person wants to be guided by spiritual laws, the laws of the upper world. After all, we usually agree only with the laws of our world.

Question: How do we ask and pray correctly on Hanukkah? What should I pray for?

Answer: For coming closer to your friends. Just about that.

When you unite with them, then pray to adhere to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/10/23, Writings of Rabash Letter No. 68

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When a person has that boundary, he has a wall his enemies cannot penetrate. This is a keeping from foreign thoughts. This is why faith is called a “wall.” The Greeks broke that wall, and a miracle occurred and the Creator helped them, as it was mentioned, “Were it not for the help of the Creator, he would not have prevailed over it.” (Rabash Letter No. 68)

Question: In the swarm of thoughts that always come from the Creator, how does a person develop sensitivity in himself in order to understand that this thought, this desire, comes as a miracle from Him?

Answer: If the desire is aimed at connecting with friends, connecting with humanity, and together coming closer to the Creator, then these are the right thoughts and actions. We must welcome them and bring them closer to us.

Question: But the article says that the Greeks have already broken through the walls, i.e., foreign thoughts have broken through. What does it mean in this state of descent that the Creator has performed a miracle? Does He give any other thoughts?

Answer: Yes, it is in this state, when a person is in a descent, that the Creator brings him closer to Himself, and he expels the Greeks. But here he needs the help of the friends because he is one of the members of the group.

We must support him, hug him, lift him, and pull him out of connection with bad desires and intentions, and thus give him a place between us. After all, as soon as we begin to lift him up, the Creator gives him new thoughts.

We lift him up the ladder of the Creator by approaching him, engaging with him in common spiritual work, pushing him forward, and helping him. Thus he begins to receive the same thoughts and feelings that we have.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/10/23, Writings of Rabash Letter No. 68

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Our sages said, “What is Hanukah? Our sage taught,” etc. We see that Hanukah has the letters of Hanu (parked/paused) Koh (here/thus far), meaning that on the 25th of Kislev (third Hebrew month) they had a pause in the war, as pausing happens specifically in the middle of the work. The pause in the middle is in order to muster strength in order to be able to continue the work (Rabash, Letter 53).

Question: What does it mean for us to pause in order to muster strength? What should we focus on?

Answer: You need to focus on connecting with each other and in such a way that it will lead us to the following degree where you work in mutual desires.

The pause on the spiritual path is a respite before an attack. I really hope that you will succeed at least partially.

Question: What does it mean to work in a mutual desire?

Answer: To work hoping for success in the mutual yearning to connect with each other and then with the Creator.

To do this, you need to open your heart to the friends in the ten, connect your hearts, and direct this united heart toward getting closer to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/7/23, Writings of Rabash Letter No. 53

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Question: It is written, “He and I cannot dwell in the same abode.” What does it mean?

Answer: The Creator cannot be revealed in our egoism. As long as we are pure egoists, we are unable to attain the Creator.

To the extent that we fight the ego and reduce it, we will begin to feel that the Creator is getting closer to us. When egoism disappears, we will feel how the Creator fills us. That is called being in adhesion with Him. This is how we will hold onto each other.

Strive to be connected so that you never forget about the Creator. Combine your hearts, put them in one “basket” and keep them together. Then you will succeed.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/1/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Fear of God Is His Treasure“

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Question: What replaces sight for us during the first spiritual attainment?

Answer: The light of Hochma, which we comprehend.

Question: So this is a pure perception of light?

Answer: No, it is not pure because it is perceived in my senses. Just as I now perceive everything through physical vision, I perceive it through spiritual eyes.

Everything that I comprehend, I still perceive in my inner disturbance. I do not perceive pure light. I call light what is formed in my perception.

There is nothing in creation that can be perceived objectively. There is no such understanding! I perceive everything to the extent that my properties coincide with some object outside myself, with some force outside myself.

I do not know what a force, an object, or anything that exists outside of me is, and I never will! I cannot feel it. I can only perceive how I feel things outside of me.

Let us say, I have a blind dog with nothing but a sense of smell. Around it is a big world of images, different shapes, large cubes, statues, and people who move, talk, and do something. The dog does not hear, does not see; it just smells. That is its whole world.

It does not perceive forms, peoples’ expressions, or their external expressions. It perceives everything through smell.

Since we represent a whole system (each of us), then when I scold you, there is one smell; when I rejoice, I have a different smell, and so on. And dogs have a spectrum—millions of different smells. The dog catches this and builds its own picture of the world. So are we.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Limitations of Vision and Hearing” 11/29/11

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Question: What is modesty in spiritual work?

Answer: Modesty is when a person does not demand anything other than to go out into receiving for the sake of bestowal (Lishma). If that is all he thinks about, it gets passed on to everyone else.

Question: It is said that when the body gets used to working against the desire to receive, a person has the means to work to bring pleasure to the Creator. What means are Baal HaSulam and Rabash talking about?

Answer: Do what you believe gives pleasure to the Creator. If you do not know this, join your friends and do it with them.

Question: How do we correctly perceive the inner essence of the Torah so that this can improve the quality of connection in the ten, strengthen the unification, and reveal the Creator between us?

Answer: Read the article we are studying in class together once a day. And you will see how everything will go smoothly.

Question: How do we, together with our friends in the ten, form a Kli in prayer?

Answer: You form it from your attachment to the Creator, your excitement of Him. So, no matter what you do, you are doing a group action.

Question: What determines the strength of the Kli in prayer?

Answer: Your unity.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/30/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Lishma Is an Awakening from Above, and Why Do We Need an Awakening from Below?“

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Question: It is said: “Precisely when people despise, it is considered lowliness.” What is the meaning of this quote regarding spiritual work?

Answer: If a person feels that he is lower than everyone in the world, then we can say that he deserves special treatment.

Question: So lowness is the work of annulling oneself?

Answer: In general, yes. But often the work of annulling oneself, to the contrary, gives a person the opportunity to be proud, to feel superior to others. It needs to be checked.
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From the Daily Kabbalah lesson 12/3/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Is “The Lord Is High and the Low Will See”? – 1“

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Question: One day, a woman had a dream that there was the Creator behind the counter of the store. “What can I buy from you?” The woman asked. “You can buy everything from me,” the Creator replied. “Then give me health, happiness, love, success, and a lot of money.”

God went into the back room and returned with a small paper box. “Is that all?” the woman exclaimed. “Yes,” God replied, “didn’t you know that my store sells only seeds?”

So, we have everything we need to grow? Seeds are given to us. The main question is: how can we understand this and how can we grow them? Watering, caring for, and so on?

Answer: This is the meaning of life. It is not easy to understand what the Creator requires of you and how you should behave every moment.

Question: Is this “growing seeds”? To understand what He wants from me and how I should behave?

Answer: Yes.

Question: But this initial one, that I do not need anything around, that everything is in me, how can I come to this?

Answer: You just have to believe in it. Everything is built into me; I just have to try to put myself in the right environment.

Question: Is it called “like seeds in the soil”?

Answer: Yes, and then everything that is necessary will sprout in me.

Question: What do I water these seeds with?

Answer: With your sweat.

Question: So my efforts and in general everything that I go through is what I water these seeds with?

Answer: Yes, and they will germinate.

Question: What would you ask the Creator if, say, He was standing in front of you?

Answer: In principle, the maximum wisdom is to agree with Him in everything. Cancel yourself completely before Him so that no thoughts and feelings arise in addition to what I get from Him.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 11/13/23

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