Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood, and cover with pitch inside and out (Rabash, Assorted Notes, 343, “Gopher Wood”).

The Ark of the ten is built from our desires to overcome all distances between us and the Creator and to arrive in a good state to the connection with Him.

The correct work of the ten involves overcoming the waves that try to break our ark. We work against them to hold onto each other and steer the ark forward.

A ten that can withstand the flood consists of ten friends who understand that they can reach the purpose of creation only if they help each other.

In this way, by holding onto each other, they direct their ship toward the highest waves, and the main thing is to reach the correct destination.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/31/24, Writings of Rabash “Gopher Wood”

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Question: You said that many of your students are already beginning to feel or are nearing the feeling of the first degrees. Is there a certain potential that can be unlocked and reached at each of our lessons and meetings? Or is everything generally open and dependent on one’s preparation?

Answer: Everything is open, and everything depends on a person’s preparation and inclusion in his ten.

Even if the ten is small and weak, but he is included in it, like Rabbi Yossi Ben Kisma in his disciples, then for him, this ten becomes his soul in which he reveals the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/28/19, “Questions and Answers”

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Question: How can we understand that the Creator has been revealed? Is it expressed in feelings or in some special way?

Answer: The Creator reveals Himself when the vessel (Kli) is ready. If ten people are connected in mutual help and love on the very first degree that they can create between them, and they turn to the Creator to form and support this degree, then the Creator establishes the connection between them and supports it.

The Creator serves as the guarantor that they will hold on to each other, and only then can He be revealed within the connection He has created from them. All that is required from them is the request.

Question: What does it mean to turn to the center of the ten?

Answer: Turning to the center of the ten means to the point where everyone comes together.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/28/19, “Questions and Answers”

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Question: How does a person differentiate between the light of Hochma and the light of Hassadim in their inner work?

Answer: The difference lies in the very vessel, in the desire itself: either I strive to be in the light of Hochma or in the light of Hassadim. These are opposite things: we receive the light of Hochma in the vessels of reception, while the light of Hassadim is received in the vessels of bestowal.

We should strive to create such a state of connection between us where both the light of Hochma and the light of Hassadim will fill us, and we will be able to retain them within ourselves.

Question: What does it mean to fill a person with the light of Hassadim?

Answer: It means we draw them away from receiving so that they remain in the quality of bestowal at all times.

Question: In the group of ten, we try to bestow upon our friends and ask the Creator to grant us this quality. At what point can we begin to care about the vessels of reception?

Answer: A person should not focus on their own vessels of reception. We should only care about how to bestow upon our friends. In doing so, we will correct ourselves to the point where our vessels become entirely vessels of bestowal.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/31/24, Writings of Rabash “Gopher Wood”

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Question: What is the mutual dependence of the ten on the Creator and how should it be realized?

Answer: The Creator and the group of ten are interdependent both in positive and negative ways. This means that the group of ten must understand that in its desire to move forward toward the Creator, it influences Him, and He changes them accordingly.

Therefore, the most important thing for us is to relate to the Creator in a way that allows Him to feel, correct, and elevate us higher. Only then will we reach the purpose of creation; without this, it is impossible.

By striving in the ten toward the purpose of creation, we direct ourselves clearly toward Him, and nothing can prevent us from this except ourselves.

Thus, we need to clearly understand what we seek from our path, from ourselves, and from our request to the Creator, that is, from our prayer. By examining this, we correct ourselves on the path to the purpose of creation. Otherwise, we will not achieve it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/30/24, Writings of Rabash “And the Lord Saw”

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The fruit bearing tree is a sign of Kedusha, and one that does not bear fruit is a sign of Tuma’a and is called an “indecent wise disciple.”

This is as it is written, “the fruit of a righteous, a tree of life.” What are the fruits of a righteous? Mitzvot [commandments] and good deeds (Rabash, Assorted Notes, 883, “For Man Is the Tree of the Field – 1”).

Question: What is the “fruit tree” of the ten that bears fruit in due season?

Answer: It is a tree that absorbs a lot of water and, therefore, grows in good soil and a good place and produces many fine fruits.

Question: How do we care for it to reach the correct degree?

Answer: By watering it on time and trimming dry branches. There is a lot of work involved in taking care of garden trees. Ultimately, you will have a fruitful tree that will nourish you well.

Question: What do we consider fruits in spiritual work?

Answer: Our corrected qualities.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/28/24, Writings of Rabash “For Man Is the Tree of the Field – 1”

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Question: We often hear the phrase: “one man with one heart.” If the heart is a desire, doesn’t the entire world Kli want to reveal the Creator? What do we still lack to become one man with one heart with one desire to attain the Creator?

Answer: We only lack the correct work in the heart: to open it in relation to friends, connect everyone within our heart, and reach connection with the Creator.

Question: Are we not mature enough for this, or are we lazy, or are we not yet supposed to reveal this?

Answer: Perhaps you are not yet mature enough. But mostly, you are held back by a certain inertia, where you cannot convince yourself to rise above yourself.

Question: I can judge for myself: I feel very comfortable in our society; it’s so good, so beloved, it truly opens the heart. And within this cocoon of love, the thought arises, “Why move further?” What should we do about this?

Answer: This is a problem. The point is that you must forcefully break the shell (Klipa) in which you are encased and try to emerge into the fresh air. Moreover, everyone must do this together.

Rise above yourself, to a new degree. Feel that on this degree, you are indeed in some state of elevation, and from this state, begin to connect with each other, and direct this connection toward the Creator.

Question: Is it possible to do this if I do not see that this is relevant for the ten now?

Answer: That cannot be! This is precisely what you must work on. It will only become relevant through your simultaneous effort when each person “comes out of themselves,” connects with their friends, and in a common desire, connects with the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/13/24, Baal HaSulam Memorial Day, Rav Yehuda Ashlag

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Question: When we are thrown from spiritual degrees, how should we correctly combine annulment before the will of the Creator and efforts on our part?

Answer: A person needs to accept what he receives from the Creator and try to correct this state together with his friends.

He must climb upward with closed eyes toward the quality of bestowal. But only through the group! Alone, he will not succeed.

Question: What qualities should a person have to avoid falling from spiritual degrees?

Answer: The qualities of bestowal, connection with friends, and, if possible, love for the group.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/11/24, Writings of Rabash “The Sorrow of the Shechina – 2”

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Question: Why does the Creator give taste and smell to some but not to others? What does it depend on?

Answer: It is impossible to explain because we do not know the spiritual root of each of us. No one compares themselves to others. Everyone simply wishes to be together. Therefore, we must act as instructed, as we are obliged, and in the future, this will be revealed to us.

Question: How should one work in the group if there is no taste or smell?

Answer: Be devoted to your friends without any taste and with eyes closed; strive for unity with them.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/22/24, “Sukkot”

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Question: What kind of preparation should virtual groups make for the convention?

Answer: If you attend our lessons consistently and make an effort to apply them in your ten, you are ready for the convention.

We prepare the program for it in advance: the lesson topics, the order of discussion, and so on.

Everything is aimed at preparing each participant so that at the convention, through being in a large gathering of like-minded people, he can collectively reveal the Creator with them.

The convention is a great force that draws the revelation of the Creator. Suppose 100 groups will gather together. This is a real force.

This is the purpose of the convention and the reason to attend: I want to be in a field of tension so strong that it evokes the feeling and revelation of the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/28/19, on the topic “Questions and Answers”

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