Preparation to the Lesson

Writings of Rabash “Shlavei HaSulam,” “Concerning the Importance of Friends”

The Book of Zohar – Introduction

Talmud Eser Sefirot, Vol. 3, Part 10, “Ohr Pnimi,” Item 83, Lesson 46

Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Mutual Guarantee,” Lesson 15

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After the recent convention in New Jersey, we feel a certain fogginess, a certain distraction, and an inability to concentrate. I understand that we have been through several days of very active clarifications and strong feelings, but we must transcend all that.

There is the person’s inner state, and there is the state of work, in which we must sustain ourselves by connecting above all the states we have been through in order to draw the Light that Reforms. If we wait for things to work out by themselves, we only will acquire an animal mind, but if we operate as a group and draw the Light that Reforms, the Light will come from Above and give us the upper, spiritual mind.

These are two different levels in which there is a totally different perspective. It is either an animal’s perspective or a perspective of man (Adam), similar to the Creator. We must choose now through whose eyes we want to look at reality. If we simply sit and wait without yearning for the inner group concentration, we will go back to the animal life, to the animal perspective.

We shouldn’t be afraid of leaving all our previous feelings and accounts and of expecting only the Light that Reforms, no matter which states it brings us. The main thing is to exert ourselves in drawing the Light. So, let’s make an effort and focus on that.
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From the 2nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 05/14/13, The Book of Zohar 

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Preparation to the Lesson

Writings of Rabash “Shlavei HaSulam,” “Concerning Love of Friends“

The Book of Zohar – Introduction

Talmud Eser Sefirot, Vol. 3, Part 10

Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Mutual Guarantee“

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Preparation to the Lesson

Writings of Rabash “Shlavei HaSulam,” “Concerning Love of Friends-2“

The Book of Zohar – Introduction, “Mother Lends Her Clothes to Her Daughter,” Item 19, Lesson 13 

Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Mutual Guarantee,” Lesson 13

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Question: What is a thought?

Answer: A thought is the point of connection between the created being and the Creator. It’s a special deficiency by which the created being can rise. On the one hand it’s a corporeal deficiency since a person is helpless, not knowing what to do with his life and how to manage in life. Everything begins from ordinary earthly, bodily troubles. But if a person manages to transcend these problems without leaving them but by seeing them as a means, then they provide the infrastructure from which he can rise to the Creator and thank Him for having awakened him.

If a person wants to know what the right intention is and the right attitude to everything that happens, it means that he demands a thought. He raises his corporeal point of deficiency to Bina by not asking about himself, but rather, by asking what this should lead him to in the connection to Godliness: How he can get to know the Creator by these deficiencies. Knowing the Creator is already called a thought.

Thus, this black point becomes Nukva for Hochma, which means that it’s incorporated in Bina that demands the understanding. This deficiency forces Abba ve Ima (Mother and Father) to copulate and to birth the future human being, to the next level.
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From the 2^nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/14/13, The Book of Zohar – Introduction

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Preparation to the Lesson

Writings of Rabash “Shlavei HaSulam,” “Purpose of Society – 1“

The Book of Zohar – Introduction

Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Mutual Guarantee“

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Preparation to the Lesson

Writings of Rabash “Shlavei HaSulam,” “You Stand Today All of You“

The Book of Zohar – Introduction

Talmud Eser Sefirot, Vol. 1, Part 1

Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Peace“, Lesson 13

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Preparation to the Lesson

Writings of Rabash “Igrot,”  Letter 8

The Book of Zohar – Introduction “Who Created These of Elijah,” Item 14, Lesson 10

Talmud Eser Sefirot, Vol. 3, Part 10, Item 64, Lesson 43

Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Mutual Guarantee“, Lesson 11

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The Book of Zohar, Weekly Torah Portion, Selected Excerpts

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Preparation to the Lesson

Shamati #161 “The Matter of the Giving of the Torah”

The Book of Zohar – Introduction

Writings of Rabash “Igrot,” Letter 41

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