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“Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah,” Item 62
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The Book of Zohar – Selections, Chapter “VaYetze (And Jacob Went Out),” Item 258
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The Torah talks only about how to unite all the souls together and mend them into a single soul. It is written, “I created the evil inclination, and I created the Torah for its correction because the Light in it Reforms.”
The Light of the Torah returns us to a single desire. The whole narration of the Torah is devoted exclusively to describing the process of unification among the souls. The Torah talks about the forms of connection between parts of ZON (Zeir Anpin and Nukvah) in all spiritual states. Therefore, the Light from these states of connection restores the connections between us and returns us to the source: the Creator.
It is difficult to imagine how unification of a single soul’s fragments can be elucidated so extensively, yet, the whole Torah tells us only about this. Although the Light of the Torah comes from a single soul, it passes through the systems that were created after its breaking. For this reason, it has adapted to our broken state and has the ability to correct it.
From the 2nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/30/10, The Zohar
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The only actions expected from us by the Creator are unity and mutual guarantee.
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The Book of Zohar – Selections, Chapter “VaYetze (And Jacob Went Out),” Item 238
The Zohar is the force of unity. This is why the only desire we need it to affect is the desire to unite.
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Rav Yehuda Ashlag, Talmud Eser Sefirot, Vol. 2, Part 7, Item 1
After the breaking, the world of Nekudim was replaced by the world of Atzilut – a system that’s meant for reestablishing broken connections.
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Rav Yehuda Ashlag, “Introduction to the Book, Panim Meirot uMasbirot,” Item 5, Lesson 6
Wisdom is obtained through revealing an interconnection between things. Our entire life is a result of disconnection and unity.
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Rabash, Shlavei HaSulam, “You Are Now Standing All of You Today,” Lesson 1
Everything we do must lead to the general desire, “a mass prayer”. Only this prayer will receive an answer.
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The Book of Zohar – Selections, Chapter “VaYetze (And Jacob Went Out),” Item 209
A person shouldn’t correct anything within himself. The only thing that needs to be corrected is his connection with others.
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Rav Yehuda Ashlag, “Preface to the Sulam Commentary,” Item 88
Uniting with each other is synonymous with pleasing the Creator. After all, by uniting we build a vessel that’s able to hold Light.
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Rav Yehuda Ashlag, “Introduction to the Book, Panim Meirot uMasbirot,” Item 4, Lesson 5
Our correction will lead humanity to be in contact with the spiritual world. When we correct ourselves, we contact the future spiritual humanity.
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The Zohar, Chapter “VaYetze (And Jacob Went Out),” Item 133: …And since those NHY join with the lower one during the Katnut, afterwards, during the Gadlut, when the upper one brings its NHY back to its degree, from the place of the lower one, it rises along with them to the place of the upper one, and the lower one is attached to them, as well. Thus, the lower one receives the lights that are in the upper one….
Suppose, we read a passage from The Zohar. What did it talk about? The Zohar spoke of the relation between the souls, between the parts of reality and nothing else. It doesn’t matter what words are used to describe it, be it HGT, the Upper One, Leah, and so on. Regardless, we have no clue what is going on here. Kabbalists use the words of the corporeal world to express the relation of forces in spirituality, which is a completely different reality.
While reading every word, I have to tell myself: “This is the connection between the souls. That is the property of bestowal dwelling among us, and the Upper Light that fills the souls (our desires), connecting them in one common vessel. This is the Creator revealed in the creature, and that is the creature perceiving the Creator.” Behind all these words, I must always see one reality. Then it makes no difference what words I’m reading. After each word I read I remind myself that the Book is talking about unity, the property of bestowal that fills the entire desire to enjoy.
The most correct, inner approach is to constantly sense and feel that it all speaks about unity, connection, love, adhesion, a single reality, and mutual guarantee. Thus, all the words just explain in more detail those sensations experienced in my mind and thoughts. This approach will make it easier to perceive all that we read in The Zohar more correctly.
From the 3rd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/25/10, The Zohar
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A question I received: In books, there is always a main character of the story. When I read a Kabbalistic book and try to imagine all the internal forces are there also a central force as well as less important secondary forces?
My Answer: When you read a Kabbalistic book, what counts is not your understanding, but rather your effort. Spiritual revelation is a contradictory process. On the one hand, revelation is an intimate, individual process that occurs within me, and on the other, the forces that are needed to attain the revelation come from other souls through my connection with them. It looks like a contradiction in terms. I would rather my desire for spirituality stay one on one with the Creator and the Light that Reforms. Yet, if I wish to reveal spirituality, I can do so only in the Light of bestowal which comes to me through the group.
So it follows that I use my point in the heart (a desire for spirituality) to read the Kabbalistic book, and while reading to want to put together the picture within myself as it is described in the book. But what material serves me as a basis for the changes I undergo? For this practical work, I am given the environment, the group. Only by being interconnected with each other whereby I relate to them correctly and they do the same in return, can we raise our request, MAN.
In return, I receive the Light that Reforms; that is, I am granted a correct attitude that enables me to see what is written in the book. That is when I begin to transform myself and see my authentic connection with others. At this point, establishing union with others is no longer a problem. They become my world through which I implement what I read about; by connecting with others, I feel the property of bestowal, our interconnectedness that the book was depicting.
For now I only sense an irresolvable conflict. I agree to have a relationship between myself and the Creator, myself and the book, myself and the Light, myself and myself, myself and the world, myself and the group, but I always insist that everything starts with me! Here, however, I need to connect with the others in order to serve them, to act only for their benefit. This is something totally unclear to me.
How can I possibly switch the attention from myself to the others without feeling the difference between us? How can I open and give away my heart to them? At first, I refer to a Kabbalistic book using my egoism, but later on, I begin to understand that I need the force of bestowal. That is when I appeal to the group so as to receive a sensation of bestowal from it. And when I realize that I do not have and cannot have this property, I understand that I need the Light that Reforms which helps me transform myself in accordance with the book.
Having a common desire which we receive from the group, we all raise MAN. In return, I receive the Light of correction and begin to relate to a Kabbalistic book differently. I can build myself in accordance with the book’s instructions, like putting together a Lego set.
From the 2nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/24/10, The Zohar
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The Zohar, Chapter “VaYetze (And Jacob Went Out),” Item 190: “How manifold are Your works, O Lord! In wisdom You have made them all.” “How manifold are Your works, O Lord” indicates that there is no number to them, meaning Mochin de Hassadim [Light of Mercy]. “In wisdom You have made them all” indicates the Mochin of a number, of Hochma.
It is impossible to count Hassadim because there is no restriction on the property of bestowal and love; there is no thickness (Aviut) of the desire, screens, or height. Even if we do count Hassadim, we do so according to the Light of Hochma, the receiving desires (Kelim) on the basis of which we acquire Hassadim. Yet, there is no count for the Light of Hassadim itself; there is no restriction on it or measurement for it.
From the 2nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/29/10, The Zohar
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The Book of Zohar – Selections, Chapter “VaYetze (And Jacob Went Out),” Item 184
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Rav Yehuda Ashlag, “Preface to the Sulam Commentary,” Item 87
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Rav Yehuda Ashlag, “Introduction to the Book, Panim Meirot uMasbirot,” Item 3, Lesson 4
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It is written: “The whole Torah begins with a secret (Sod).” PARDES (acronym for the sequential attainment of spirituality) starts with “Sod” (secret) and ends with “Pshat” (knowledge, simple interpretation).
Presently, we don’t feel that we stand before the secret; it is all strictly hidden from us. Pshat means that everything becomes simple, clean, and open, which is the last step of attainment. When we begin attaining spirituality, we ascend from our world to the World of Assiya where we uncover Sod (secret); that is, we realize that everything is a mystery to us and it is all hidden. This is what we reveal in the World of Assiya.
When we ascend to the World of Yetzira, we uncover DRUSH (explanation), and if we reach the World of Beria, there we will discover REMEZ (hint). If we ascend to the World of Atzilut, we will reveal PSHAT (knowledge), and everything before us will open: the simple Upper Light that fills the entire reality.
From the 3rd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/25/10, The Zohar
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We proceed to reading The Zohar after preparing ourselves for it by studying Rabash’s articles during the first part of the lesson; that is, after we are ready to receive the Light that Reforms. What does it mean, “We are ready”? It means we have a desire for it, a desire for the inner dimension in particular, for acquiring the property of bestowal beyond our earthly mind and sensations. We want this property to rule over us.
What if a person has no desire for it? What if he does not feel that he lacks the property of bestowal and does not even wish to feel this lack? What should he do? He too should stay with those who want to acquire the property of bestowal. A person who feels virtually no relation to it should cling like a newborn to those who study. It is said about the science of Kabbalah: “It will heal all flesh.”
In our world, even a healthy person occasionally undergoes medical examination: “What if they find some illness?” “Why do you need it if you are healthy?” “I want to be sure I don’t have any disease that is progressing while I am unaware of it.”
The same applies to us. Even if we don’t feel that we lack the property of bestowal and we consider ourselves “healthy,” we trust the great Kabbalists who advise us to examine ourselves. Hence, we read The Book of Zohar even if we feel no need for it. Perhaps, thanks to this reading that I don’t particularly relate to or feel any taste or necessity for, I will nevertheless examine myself and see that I possess negative properties. By correcting them, I will reach something good (I will get better).
From the 2nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/28/10, The Zohar
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