The work of Amalek, of the Klipa, is to lower the greatness of the Creator, the greatness of the goal, of spirituality, as if there are more important values in our world.

The Klipa works against sanctity not in order to obscure it but only to create some disturbances on the way to it so that we notice where we are and what we should associate ourselves with: egoism or bestowal.

We are not aware of how much the evil forces help us in our lives to position ourselves correctly in this world. If we did not feel the pain, we would stick our hand into fire without noticing that it was burning. This is how adults raise a child, constantly cautioning him about dangerous actions. When the child grows up, he will understand what to watch out for and will act correctly.

This is what the evil inclination, egoism, does. We discover our egoistic intentions in every state, they are of different strength and different character, and we can work against them and turn them in order to bestow. After a few such actions, we begin to discover the Creator.

Amalek stands between us and the Creator and hides the Creator from us, seemingly preventing us from coming closer to the Creator. However, through this, he actually focuses us on the Creator but in the opposite form. It is in this opposite form that we can understand this clue, feel and depict the Creator through it. Otherwise, we simply cannot.

This is how our entire advancement happens: first, we are pulled forward by egoism, and then we begin to see how egoistic this attraction is and then it is possible to avoid it and achieve genuine goodness. There is no other way to come closer to the Creator but to recognize our evil inclination, the Klipa, and enjoy it as it was at first in Egypt during the first seven years of satiation.

When we connect with this Klipa, we see that it is good only for our belly but not for our soul and that it is impossible to come to true good in this way. This Klipa, which raised us over seven years of satiation in Egypt, brings us to the recognition of its evil, and we no longer want it. This is called “help against.” The evil inclination develops us to such an extent that we begin to despise it, to reject and hate it, to suffer from it.

This is how the whole world was enjoying its egoism. The bigger the egoistic desires of a person were, the more successful he was and the more he enjoyed life until the time of our “last generation” came and we start to reveal how flawed our entire past egoistic development was. We can no longer use our egoism because it does not bear any fruit.

We suddenly discover that the king is naked! He is not a king at all! Then we want to replace him because we cannot exist without enjoying life. If now we are no longer satisfied with the life we had in the twentieth century and it is not enough to be well-fed, rich, noble, and educated in order to be happy, if all this does not bring fulfillment, then he is no longer a king.

This is exactly the period we are in, as it is written: “And the children of Israel sighed from the work.” That is, we do not want to be under the control of our egoistic desire, under the power of Pharaoh, the King of Egypt. He has become the exact opposite and brings us evil and draws us to harmful activities.

Now, during the pandemic, we see that this whole race for egoistic goals has turned out to be a fraud. We have built huge pyramids, and we see that there is no hope to receive any fulfillment from them. We were building palaces, but they are tombs for the dead.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/18/21, “Amalek“

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Question: The Torah tells us that seven weeks (49 days) after leaving Egypt, the people of Israel, several millions, came to Mount Sinai and received the Torah. There is even an expression in Hebrew: Ma’amad Har Sinai—standing at Mount Sinai.

Why did this happen exactly seven weeks later?

Answer: The fact is that the complete exit from Egypt should take exactly so much time, that is, a person should go through so many states.

The number seven represents the degree or the most important part of any degree. After all, there are ten degrees in total, seven main and three additional ones.

In other words, in seven so-called weeks, we have to do a certain work to exit Egypt. Otherwise, what does “exit” mean? Just walk away?

This is inner spiritual work when a person must realize how he was exiled from the Creator’s quality and how he must now come closer to it. So this is a very serious realization.

Question: What is a “degree” in our spiritual development?

Answer: It is the degree of attainment of the upper world: the next revelation of one’s egoism, ascending above it, and attaining the Creator.
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From KbTV’s “Spiritual States” 4/9/21

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Comment: When a person is engaged in creating artificial intelligence, he is trying to repeat some processes that the Creator Himself did to him.

My Response: Our whole life is practically a subconscious equivalence with the Creator. We are trying this way or that way, although we are not aware of it. Thus, He teaches us, as little children, through small rewards and punishments.

Then this path becomes conscious when I consciously want to be like Him. This is already beyond my consciousness and my earthly mind. I really begin to explore myself, but in principle, just my equivalence with the Creator, in what exactly I am equivalent with Him.

The entire nature is a reflection of the Creator, a reflection of the force of bestowal. We are created on purpose as a quality of reception in order to be able to deal with contradictions, black-and-white differences, and to begin to distinguish precisely ourselves. That is when our mind appears.

In other words, the middle line that we draw from the opposition and our equivalence with the Creator is our attainment.
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From KabTV’s “Meetings with Kabbalah” 1/3/19

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Question: From the point of view of Kabbalah regarding spiritual work, the whole society can be divided into three parts:

“Israel“—people who strive for the Creator.

“Egyptians”—people for whom spirituality is not important at all and they are busy fulfilling their material needs.

The “mixed multitude”—people that on one hand fear God, and on the other hand want to use the connection with the Creator for their own sake, which is identical to working for the Pharaoh.

The question is: How is it possible to use the Creator or connection with Him for oneself?

Answer: If you look around, the whole world more or less believes that there is a higher power, the Creator. Look how many temples have been built on Earth and all kinds of denominations have been created! And all of it is an expression of man’s desire for connection with the Creator. In fact, there is practically no real atheist in the world who completely cut themselves off from the Creator.

Comment: They say that only two percent of people in the world are atheists.

My Response: If you really dig into this issue, then this is not the case because the point of connection with the upper force was initially established within us. Any person can be driven to a state where he demands faith in the Creator because without this he will have no reason to live and somehow hold onto this world.

Therefore, all people are clearly divided into two classes. One kind are those who live a normal life and use their connection with the Creator in order to add confidence and all kinds of sensations to themselves. These are ordinary believers of all colors and denominations, no matter what kind.

They can be very different, opposite, even opponents, but they still believe in an upper force, they call it differently and clothe their connection with it in different stories. All of this refers to the cultural framework of humanity’s connection with the Creator.

And there are people who want to reveal this connection for real. So they demand it, they want it to appear, they want to reveal the Creator Himself so that He manifests in them just like a person we know would appear before us.

Just as in the surrounding world we see the still, vegetative, animate, and human nature, they want no less obvious manifestation of the fifth type of reality—the higher power, the Creator. In what form and what conditions are there for it to manifest itself, this must be clarified. But in principle, such a desire exists in a person.

Therefore, the wisdom of Kabbalah says that if such an aspiration exists in a person, then it can be fulfilled, one just needs to know how it is done. And then you will feel how in our world, in addition to the inanimate, vegetative, animate, and human species, there is also a higher level—a force that controls all of them and determines absolutely everything: past, present, and future. This mighty, great, omnipresent force can manifest and reveal itself to any person.

The science of Kabbalah is the system of knowledge that prepares us for the revelation of the Creator, and we can gradually understand Him. This is the subject of its study and implementation.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual States” 4/2/21

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Comment: The commandment: “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy” corresponds to the act of Creation: “Let the earth sprout vegetation, seed yielding herbs and fruit trees producing fruit according to its kind in which its seed is found, on the earth.”

My Response: Earth (Adamah) comes from the word “domem,” something inanimate, absolutely dead, dust. On the other hand, here we mean Adam: the earth from which Adam grows like the Creator.

When you think of the Sabbath day, which you need to come to as to the end of the whole epic of existence in this world, you start to grow. Then a spiritual sprout appears in you, which gradually increases and becomes a tree.

Man is called a tree similar to the Creator. That is, the plant represents something that changes.
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From KabTV’s “The Power of The Book of Zohar” #10

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Question: When we attract the light, then we realize that we cannot do anything by ourselves and that only the Creator rules. It feels like an illumination in the group. How can we provide the group with at least a small constant illumination so that we always hold on to this level?

Answer: How to make you constantly feel close to the Creator?

You must connect together in such a way that everyone tries to maintain constant connection with the friends and with the Creator. But being only in connection with the Creator will not help because collective support from the ten is required. You should all try to think about the friends, and they will also think about it and about the Creator. Then you will hold on to it and will not fall.

You will not be able to reach a state that you feel some kind of spiritual attribute in you, a spiritual ascent, without falling from it. Only your friends can help you.

This is the reason we learn that a person cannot get himself out of prison by himself but only with the help of the friends. If you support each other all the time, you will be able to constantly be in spiritual sensation.

Question: So this constant illumination is us being in Arvut?

Answer: Yes, Arvut between you will bring you to constant illumination. Good luck!
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From KabTV’s “Fundamentals of Kabbalah” 4/9/19

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Amalek is a property very close to us. And although it seems to be an absolute evil, an obstacle that must be destroyed erasing even the memory of it, it is known that the Creator did not create anything superfluous, everything is only for the benefit of our development.

And therefore Amalek is a property that helps us grow correctly and protects us all the time. As if we are walking along the road and wherever we can fall, go astray, thorns stick out, he warns us not to step there. This is how Amalek constantly guides us in the right direction.

The desire comes from Amalek and unwillingness also comes from him. Amalek means for my own sake (Al MenAt LEKabel),  an egoistic desire. It is written: “I have created the evil inclination; I have created the Torah as a spice.” The evil inclination stands directly against the Torah, the upper light, and both of them work on us to direct us toward the middle line between the two.

We must treat Amalek with respect as a very important property without which we would not be separated from the Creator and would never become creatures. After all, thanks to the evil inclination that pushes us away from the Creator and incites us against Him, we begin to notice the Creator. Amalek helps us by opposing the Creator, revealing His properties, and showing how you can find them instead of the properties of Amalek, that is, the egoistic intention.

Amalek skillfully shows us how much we care only about ourselves and demonstrates to us that we must act in opposition to this. Thus, he teaches us the skill in this work. We will learn how to work with our evil inclination and use it correctly, because it is this inclination that helps us become like the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/18/21, “Amalek”

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Question: In every person, at every stage of his spiritual development, the desires of the “mixed multitude” are manifested and we must fight them. How can we fight them? What are they? Willpower?

Answer: This is the analysis of one’s internal states and constant work with the texts of Rabash and Baal HaSulam.

You must see how all this shapes you, and how you filter out what belongs to the external world and add what belongs to your inner world, that is, how you separate the property of Malchut from the property of Bina. This is how you move forward.

The properties of bestowal, love, and connection with others become more and more important and define for you in comparison with the desire to receive a reward, which is originally inherent in you.

Comment: But in order to analyze all this, it is necessary to be in a group of like-minded people, otherwise it is impossible.

My Response: Naturally! Only this way! All these desires cannot manifest themselves in one person if there is no connection and interaction with other people.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual States” 4/2/21

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Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me: The meaning is that you will not have any other pointer in the world to direct you to the goal of your life, to the goal of creation. There will be no other quality before you except for the quality of bestowal and love, which is the symbol of the Creator whom you will worship.

What does worship mean? To see this as the highest value, the highest importance!

Comment: But life functions in such a way that I am, on the contrary, torn apart by a million desires, both mine and of others.

My Response: That is why you are commanded to make sure that all your desires and movements, in whatever direction, are tied to attaining the Creator. He must be your only goal in everything you do!

Question: What should I do for this?

Answer: First of all, you should want it to happen. And then see how you can arrange your life in such a way.

As a summary of your life, you must come to the conclusion that the Creator will be in front of you as your close partner, as a friend, as a ruler and ruled by you. You must enter into such a connection of mutual love, mutual adhesion, with Him, that there is none else besides Him. He will take over your entire world including your wife, your children, and your boss.

Comment: But we must get to this.

My Response: Of course. This is what life is given for!

Question: So what should I do?

Answer: You should realize the commandment “Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me.” In principle, it is realized in a group, through studying Kabbalah, when a person gradually begins to understand how to implement it. In general, the entire science of Kabbalah is intended for implementing this commandment.
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From KabTV’s “The Power of The Book of Zohar” #10

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Question: Why does the Pharaoh say after each plague: “I will let you go out, and you will sacrifice to the Lord, your God, in the desert, but do not go far away; entreat on my behalf.” and then he adds, “No! You will not go anywhere!”

Answer: It is the nature of man that says to him: “Yes, you can break away from egoism, you can go forward because you see that these blows help you.” But they do not really help to get out of Egypt.

They only help you rise above them when you prefer to be with the Creator instead of being in Egypt in spite of all your egoistic rewards. Otherwise, you will never get out of Egypt! Only without any egoistic benefits.

Just close your eyes and that is it: in a dark night, in a hurry, almost without collecting anything, run away from your egoism. It is the only way you can get away from it.

Question: The Creator repeats every time: “And the blood will be for you a sign upon the houses where you will be, and I will see the blood and skip over you, and there will be no plague to destroy when I smite the land of Egypt.” It is as if all this falls on the Egyptians’ heads, and the Jews stand apart. Why does this happen?

Answer: Because all the aspirations of a person toward the Creator, which are called Israel in him or the Jews in him remain intact because they lead a person to this goal. And everything that does not lead to it but is in the egoism gradually dies away in the process of fighting it. And a person must pass ten blows in order to completely break away from egoism and start his new path.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 4/12/19

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