Entries in the 'Women’s Spirituality' Category

Spiritual Salary

627.1Likewise, if the feet walk and the hands buy and give the food to the brain, the brain has the strength to think (Rabash, Notes 503, “Partnership“).

Just as the body with all its organs depends on the command from the brain, so in a family, the husband and wife complement each other, create a family, and everything else moves according to their mutual work.

Question: Who in the family is the brain, who are the hands, and who are the legs?

Answer: In the family, the woman does more work. And the husband brings her his salary.

Question: What kind of spiritual salary could a husband have?

Answer: The spiritual salary is what they create as a family; they give birth to children, raise them, and build a home. In general, everything they do, they share between them. To the extent that a woman desires to know what her husband studies, she gradually learns.

Question: And is this related to everyday life, to simple things?

Answer: Precisely to simple things in everyday life. If the wife does everything necessary for the husband so that he has food, health, and strength for work and study, then, from that she receives her share, not only in preparing and maintaining the home, but also somehow belonging to spiritual attributes.
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From KabTV’s “Man and Women” 4/2/24

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Spiritual Partnership

630.2Question: Why, if women did not work and only cared for the house before, should they study in our time?

Answer: It is an entirely different time now. Over the past hundred years almost all women acquire a specialty, go to work, and, together with their husbands, provide for their families.

Question: Speaking of your students, can women advance spiritually simply by serving their husbands, your students, without studying themselves?

Answer: Without a doubt.

Question: Is it so simple?

Answer: It is complex. Suppose a woman is attached to her man and does everything he needs for life, and they live together and provide for each other spiritually and materially. In that case, the woman receives some of his spiritual baggage. In this union, they are partners.
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The Power of Female Desires

626Question: We must come to merging with the Creator through merging with the ten. And if the ten is female, but it has some masculine qualities—striving, achieving, or even jealousy—is everything correct here?

Answer: What difference does it make if you are a woman or a man? The main thing is that you want to be in connection, to reveal the Creator, to bestow to Him, and to feel yourself in this state because it will be similar to the Creator in you.

When I look at you all, I see more women here than men, and I hear their questions about how to move forward. And suddenly you tell me that these are not at all female desires. But they are indeed female.

It is said that thanks to righteous women the sons of Israel came out of Egypt. How can this be? But that is exactly what is said. So let us take this more seriously.

If you believe that women do not need these qualities, then you are cutting yourself off from revealing the upper world. You have received such a gift from the Creator; not to use it is a crime.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/18/24, Writings of Rabash ‘And He Said, “When You Deliver the Hebrew Women”‘

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The Quality of Queen Esther

232.03Question: What is the quality of Queen Esther in us?

Answer: This is the quality of Malchut, which is ready to be in concealment so that we can get closer to receiving the upper light.

Question: If Esther is a beautiful desire, ready to connect with the Creator, then how can it be in concealment?

Answer: We all have a simple physical property: if our desires are similar, then we understand each other; if they are different, then not.

Esther’s name comes from the word “Astara”—concealment. People who are not in this desire do not see it. Therefore, no one understands or feels it, except Mordechai because he offered her qualities to his master the king.

Question: Is concealment her role?

Answer: Yes, in women this quality manifests itself differently, especially in the spiritual world.

Question: What is it, and how can we use it?

Answer: We narrow our Kelim and try to restrict them so that they are not accidentally filled with light because then we will be forced to receive it for ourselves. Therefore, we must praise modesty, that is, to do everything as to be far away from egoistic reception.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/24/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Haman Pockets”

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Everyone Has Their Own Work

507.05Question: You said that a woman’s desire runs in depth, and a man’s desire in breadth. How does this connection and filling happen? How can we feel this point in the ten?

Answer: This is not your work, but the work of the Creator. You only have to identify your flaws and pray for their correction.

Question: Is it enough just to ask the Creator to correct a flaw? What else is required of us?

Answer: Only to ask for complete correction.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/10/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Sightly Flaw in You”

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Questions about Spiritual Work—92

549.01Question: All that the Creator performs is His boundless love for us. When in prayer, we reveal His love as knowledge. What does this love do inside us?

Answer: Love reduces the distance between you so much so that you can feel the Creator.

Question: Any connection with the right intention attracts light. Is there a difference between women’s connection and men’s? We have an opinion that only men attract light. Is it so?

Answer: No, women attract light no less than men. In this respect, everyone is equal.

Question: Kabbalah gives us very elevated knowledge, which strengthens faith. Is it possible to say that the transformation of this knowledge into faith occurs when we pass knowledge through the senses?

Answer: I do not think you can do that. These are fantasies.

Question: What is the role of the lower when climbing from below up?

Answer: The role of the lower one is to ask for a screen from the upper one and work with this screen.

Question: We teach that we should be willing to do the work of the Creator without reward. Is knowledge a payment for the desire to receive?

Answer: No, we can receive knowledge and perform any actions that bring us closer to the Creator and bring us closer together. All these actions are desires of the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/4/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Prayer that One Should Always Pray”

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The Concept of Miscarriage In Spiritual Work

938.04Question: Is there such a thing as miscarriage in spiritual work? If so, what does it mean?

Answer: Miscarriage in spirituality is the inability of the womb to retain the fetus within itself. This happens because alien forces exert such an influence on the fetus that they eject it from their influence.

Question: Can a woman influence this process or is it solely in the hands of the Creator?

Answer: If a woman strives for the correct spiritual state, she can positively influence her health.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/9/24, Writings of Rabash “If a Woman Inseminates”

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Thanks to Women’s Support

632.3Question: How can we attract the light of Hochma, clothe it with Hassadim, and receive it in a good way and not through suffering? Does it depend on us or on the readiness of the world?

Answer: It is written: “Thanks to righteous women, the children of Israel came out of Egypt.” So if not everything, then a lot depends on women. Therefore, I appeal to women so that we think about and strengthen this part of our Kli.

Naturally, as is customary in our organization, we have absolute and complete equality. We do everything that is necessary with the same effort, both women and men.
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From the 2nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/17/24, “Preparation to the Convention”

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The Spiritual Work of Couples

627.1Question: My husband and I both study using our method. How can we reach concessions if we are both very hot-tempered?

Answer: Start competing with each other to see who will concede more to the other.

Question: If I get married, I am afraid that the Creator will lose His importance to me and fade into the background. Can love for another person interfere with the spiritual path?

Answer: No. True love for the Creator never interferes with the love for a person.

Question: I have been studying for 12 years, but my husband does not study Kabbalah. However I see how, during this period, his approach to Kabbalah changed from absolute hatred to a high reverent attitude toward you and the methodology. At first, I felt only one-sided fulfillment, not in a mutual connection, but from the moment he began to be imbued with the ideas of Kabbalah, a new mutual connection appeared between us. What is this transition from one-way fulfillment to mutual connection?

Answer: A new Kli has appeared from the two of you, and you feel it. But this is just the beginning, then you will feel much more.

Question: How can I be sure that my chosen one is the woman with whom I will serve the Creator together?

Answer: You must feel this, according to the goal you must reach. First, your chosen one should aim toward the same spiritual goal.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/19/23, Writings of Rabash “Discernments in States“

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Everyone Needs Unity!

627.2Question: It is no secret that it is very difficult for women to unite. Where can we get the strength that would push us to unite?

What should prayer be like to strengthen us?

Answer: A prayer for unity. There is no need to complain about the fact that you are women and it is harder for you than for men. There are some actions that are easier for a woman to perform than for a man. With regard to their egoism, each person receives suitable strength.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/20/23, Writings of Rabash “What It Means that the World Was Created for the Torah”

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