“Not all who want to take the Lord may come and take. This is why we need the righteous of the generation. By adhering to a real teacher, whose desire is only to bestow, and then one should do things that his teacher likes, meaning hate what his teacher hates and love what his teacher loves, then he can learn Torah that will not be a potion of death (Baal HaSulam, Shamati 245, “Prior to the Creation of the Newborn”).

Question: What does it mean to bring contentment to the teacher, and how does this manifest itself in the ten?

Answer: The teacher requires only one thing from you—to approach the Creator through the ten all the time. That is all. Do you want to be liked? Do this action, nothing else is needed.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/10/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Prior to the Creation of the Newborn”

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Question: Let’s say you come to the lesson and only read the text with everyone, or you come to the lesson, read the text, and pray for your friends, or you come to a lesson and see that you have no strength, and you ask the Creator to give you the strength to pray for your friends and to be in the intention. Do these options attract the light of the Torah differently?

Answer: Certainly, the preferred option is the one that most awakens the prayer to the Creator. It depends on what you want from the reforming light that returns to the source.

Ideal is the desire to awaken all the friends, the ten, the group, and to rise together with them to the Creator and provide Him with a common Kli so He can fill it up to the final correction.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/14/24, Writings of Rabash “What Are Torah and Work in the Way of the Creator?”

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Question: Fear and love together are perfection. And if there is less fear than love, what is this condition in the ten?

Answer: Fear and love must be balanced to support each other and exist together.

Question: If these qualities grow as we move forward, we will become like a high-voltage transmission line.

How can one bear this tension since it will increase?

Answer: The voltage will increase, but you will tolerate it. Connect love and fear with your friends and see how it will come into balance.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/11/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Joy with Trembling”

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The garden of Eden means the ascent of Malchut into Bina where she receives Hochma, as Eden means Hochma. And then Malchut, called “garden,” receives Hochma in the form of “Eden,” and this is “the garden of Eden” (Baal HaSulam, Shamati 84, “What Is “He Drove the Man Out of the Garden of Eden so He Would Not Take from the Tree of Life”?”)

Malchut is the lowest degree. Raising Malchut into Bina means correcting Malchut when it rises to the level of Bina with the help of prayer (MAN), receives light, and corrects itself so that it can use its desire for the sake of bestowal.

Question: Is the lowest degree our connection in the ten or my personal work?

Answer: This is the initial work of any person, it is one’s connection with the ten. If a person does not have connection with the ten, one does not go anywhere.

As a result of connection, you gain strength and confidence that you are acting correctly, and then go down and raise MAN.

With this MAN, prayer, you turn to the Creator, and He lifts and corrects you. And you, based on your corrected state, begin to correct all ten Sefirot in the place from which you ascended.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/8/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Is ‘He Drove the Man Out of the Garden of Eden so He Would Not Take from the Tree of Life’?”

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Question: It is said that when a person gets used to the path of the Torah, he should regret the smallness of his attainment. How do we train the body for this and not stray from the spiritual path?

Answer: Through imagination, a person must imagine this.

Does he already feel that he contains the whole world within himself? Of course not. And therefore he continues to pursue the light, to pursue the Creator. He tries to ask, and implores the Creator not to abandon him, to draw him closer.

We must regret that there was some understanding and it disappeared. And so on and on until we reach a greater desire.

Question: What if some friends lose this regret? How does a group of ten not deviate and continue this work?

Answer: You must pray for the Creator to attract them.

This can happen to anyone. When you see that friends are cooling down, you must ask the Creator to worry about them. Our work is to turn to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/13/24, Writings of Rabash “Rewarded—I Will Hasten It”

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Question: Why is the desire to receive, which should be corrected from degree to degree, in a deplorable state, like dust under the feet of the righteous?

Answer: Because the desire itself is not to be corrected, the intention is.

Question: What is this state in the ten when the righteous in me sees the end of the wicked in me?

Answer: Enter this state and you will see.

Question: What does it mean in the ten when the right side of a friend stands in front of my left side, and vice versa? How to work with it?

Answer: If, even though we are one against the other, we still combine our efforts to get closer to each other, then we get a full interaction.

Question: The wicked always justify themselves. How can we move from this state to justifying the Creator?

Answer: Start talking to each other, and then together you can realize that the only thing you are doing is criticizing the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/10/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Prior to the Creation of the Newborn”

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Question: What is this state when there is a desire to move from one ten to another? If there is a flaw here, what is it, and how should we treat it?

Answer: You should treat it negatively. A person who is in a ten can only increase his or her bestowal to the same ten.

Question: It is easier for me to connect and justify the ten in my thoughts than to participate in a virtual meeting because there I feel the rejection. What is the problem?

Answer: The problem is that you do not want to perform a spiritual action in your connection with the ten. Try to work for the sake of bestowal. It does not really matter how it turns out. You cannot check it yet, but it will work out eventually.

Question: How can you understand that during a workshop the ten brought contentment to the Creator, and did not just amuse their egos?

Answer: It depends on how it feels about what it discovers, either the state of faith above reason or reason above faith.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/9/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “There Is a Difference between Corporeality and Spirituality”

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Question: Is there a difference between integrating with the friends or allowing them to integrate with me?

Answer: Both should take place at the same time. You must give your friends a place in your heart and at the same time get closer to them to be present in their hearts.

Question: Where does the “angel of death” come from if there is none else besides Him?

Answer: This is the opposite side of the Creator.

Question: What should be the actions of the ten so that what is written on the common heart is not erased? Or can it be erased and written again?

Answer: Yes, it can, but first of all, we must ensure that what we want to receive is preserved.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/4/24, Writing of Baal HaSulam “Freedom”

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Question: When you work hard and receive praise, egoism clings to it. How can you lower your head and work in such a state?

Answer: When you hear praise, keep quiet and do not interrupt those who sing your praises and say only good about you. Let them talk.

Later, you must display a measure of modesty, lower yourself, continue your spiritual work, and annul yourself before the ten.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/3/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Honor”

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Question: You said we constantly need to check whether we are getting closer to the Creator or not. Is there even a test of desire? How can we come to a state for the sake of heaven?

Answer: When we reach the revelation of the Creator, we will see by the magnitude of the revelation whether we are approaching Him or moving away. No one has such feelings yet.

Question: Is it necessary to go straight to the ten when you are in a descent or do you need to try to cope with the descents yourself and turn to the ten if you cannot do it alone?

Answer: The fastest way to establish a connection with the Creator is through the ten.

Question: How does my escape from holiness affect the spiritual advancement of the whole group? Am I harming the group with this?

Answer: Of course you are harming the group. But if you improve, then the whole group will rise with you.

Question: What can this mean if the states of separation become frequent and intense sensations?

Answer: You are getting closer.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/1/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Is ‘Hurry, My Beloved,’ in the Work?”

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