Question: Is the path or the goal more important in spiritual work?

Answer: I would say they are equal. I must treat every step on the path with the same respect and value as the final goal.

Question: What is more critical: the effort in the ten or the correct way to learn?

Answer: No one can tell you about the correct way to learn. As for the effort, you should feel that you are making it against your egoism, against your desire.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/28/19, “Questions and Answers”

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Question: What is the screen of the ten, and how can it be increased?

Answer: The screen of the ten is the organ that Kabbalists wish to create among themselves to sense the Creator. Within it, they reveal the connection between themselves and the Creator, and in this way, they can advance.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/3/24, for Graduates of MAK – the International Academy of Kabbalah in Russian, “We have gathered here”

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When he came to Sulam Tzor and saw them engaged in weeding at the time of weeding, and in hoeing at the time of hoeing, he said, ‘I wish I had a part in this land.’ The Creator told him, ‘Unto your seed will I give this land’’ (Rabash, Assorted Notes 344, “Go Forth”).

Question: What does “weeding desires” mean in our work? Since we can’t destroy them.

Answer: We cannot destroy desires, nor should we. On the contrary, we need to cultivate them so that they resemble the Creator’s qualities, meaning we should rid ourselves of bad, egoistic desires by transforming them into altruistic qualities—into qualities of bestowal and love.

It is essential to engage in weeding, because when you plant certain crops, weeds inevitably grow around them, which must be pulled out and discarded. We need to do the same with our desires.

Question: Should the ten work together to identify what “weeds” exist in our desires and accordingly weed them out?

Answer: Yes, this can be done together.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/4/24, Writings of Rabash “Go Forth”

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Question: How does the transition from individual inner work to inner work with the ten happen?

Answer: A person begins to feel that they do not exist independently. They exist only as an elementary particle without the right to spiritual existence, which is above egoism.

To be above egoism means to include oneself in others who were specifically created as if they were outside of oneself, through the shattering of the single Kli, so that a person can cultivate within themselves the quality of moving from an egoistic self to altruistic qualities. This is the essence of our methodology.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/28/19, “Questions and Answers”

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Question: For the past two years, we have met daily in our group of ten, read primary sources, attended lessons, and attracted the light. Yet it does not feel like we have become closer. We continue working, everyone has the right attitude, but there is no sense of closeness.

Answer: What kind of closeness would you like?

Comment: I want to genuinely think about my friends all day, to care about their progress and participation.

My Response: So what is stopping you from thinking about them, caring for them, and focusing on them instead of yourself?

Comment: I am waiting for this feeling to arise naturally within me so that I start caring about my friends instead of myself.

My Response: Then start! Or do you want this feeling to come to you on its own? Do you expect a good inclination toward others to suddenly appear?

The thing is, through your kindhearted, collective work in your ten—when you strive to support each other, embrace one another, and do everything possible—only negative emotions will likely arise between you.

Question: So I should not wait for something to change, for me to start being drawn to my friends?

Answer: No! Do not wait to feel drawn to them. Why would you? Your egoism should start revealing itself. What are you waiting for? To suddenly become a good person? There is no angel within you—only a serpent.

Therefore, expect that good work with your friends will bring up utmost difficult feelings. But these feelings will ultimately compel you to unite with your friends, leading you to ask the Creator for the quality of connection between you. In that connection, you will reveal Him and finally begin to sense the upper world.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/28/19, “Questions and Answers”

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Question: How is the Creator revealed in a group when its members annul themselves before each other?

Answer: The Creator is revealed gradually according to our ability to rise above our egoism and connect with our friends solely through bestowal and love. It is within this collective desire that He is attained.

Question: Can we still build the Creator if not all the friends are working toward bestowal?

Answer: Yes, you can. Even if only half the group is working toward bestowal, you can still build an image of the Creator to depict Him before you and yourselves before Him correctly. Then, everything will be in order.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/3/24, for Graduates of MAK (the International Academy of Kabbalah in Russian), “We have gathered here”

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Question: Why does Rabash consider a group essential for spiritual growth?

Answer: This is not only Rabash’s view but the view of all Kabbalists since the first revelation of the Creator in our world.

As soon as people in our world began to attain Him, the wisdom of Kabbalah emerged among them, and they established the principle that the most important thing for those studying Kabbalah is to strive toward the Creator.

Question: Kabbalists say that all of humanity must come to correction. However, people, in general, are far from spirituality. Can we expect a radical correction of humanity through the methodology of Kabbalah in the foreseeable future? Or is the main focus our individual path?

Answer: We need to study the wisdom of Kabbalah with the aim of connecting with each other in our tens, within which we can reveal the Creator. From there, we will feel how tens can come together to form a larger group. That is our path.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/3/24, for Graduates of MAK (the International Academy of Kabbalah in Russian), “We have gathered here”

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Question: How is it that we as a ten come to a single opinion and all our spiritual accumulations become one accumulation?

Answer: Although our efforts in the ten are felt and appear differently, they all ultimately unite into one effort: attainment of the Creator.

Question: What does it mean “to be ready to die for the ten” in a spiritual sense?

Answer: “To die for the ten” means to completely renounce one’s egoistic goals for the sake of the ten.

Question: In what way should the feeling of the greatness of the Creator expressed so we can carry out the principles of bestowal?

Answer: All of this is expressed within a person. A person should feel how the Creator has revealed Himself to him and wishes to assist in his spiritual advancement.

Question: How does one attain the force of the Creator to work for the sake of bestowal within the ten?

Answer: You must show each other that you are working in this way, and then you will inspire in each other the same desire.

Question: What is the temple of the human soul and where is it located? Why do we not have a connection to it?

Answer: The temple of the human soul is in the Creator. When we strive toward the Creator, we simultaneously reach toward this temple.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/4/24, Writings of Rabash, Assorted Notes 344, “Go Forth”

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Question: Why should I feel awe before the Creator rather than affection and gratitude toward Him?

Answer: We feel awe from the awareness of the Creator’s revelation when we attain Him. But in general, this is not mandatory; it comes by itself.

So let’s keep striving step by step to come closer to the Creator, to reveal Him, and will see what it evokes within us.

Question: How can we perceive this sense of awe to foster unity and love within the group?

Answer: Together as a ten turn to the Creator and implore, request, and plead with Him to lift you closer to Him. Use the simplest words, He will understand everything.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/3/24, for Graduates of MAK – the International Academy of Kabbalah in Russian, “We have gathered here”

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Question: In the ten, a great force is created that allows one to fight with oneself to annul egoistic desire. Does the force of egoism increase to the same extent?

Answer: No, the force of egoism practically does not increase. It is revealed slightly, in proportion to our spiritual ascent, so that we feel our connection to the spiritual ladder more deeply and recognize our connection with the Creator and with the friends at each degree more and more.

Question: How can we strengthen the connection within the ten so that it has the full potential to acquire qualities of bestowal?

Answer: You need to find a common language and shared feelings between you, otherwise the Creator will not raise you. Coming closer to the Creator is only possible through connection with each other.

To reach this, listen to what your friends say, try to feel their desire for spirituality, and be inspired by it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/3/24, for Graduates of MAK – the International Academy of Kabbalah in Russian, We Have Gathered Here

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