And behold, the Lord stood over him and said, “I am the Lord, God of your father Abraham… This land on which you lie, to you I will give it and to your descendants” (Rabash, Assorted Notes, 368, “And Behold, the Lord Stood Over Him”).

Question: Why did the Creator promise, “The land on which you lie, I will give to your descendants”? Does it mean we must rise, and then He will give us this land?

Answer: No, it is enough that a person lies on the ground, meaning they desire to be as close as possible to the quality of the earth, to gradually inherit it from the Creator.

The word “land” (Eretz) comes from “Ratzon,” which means “desire.” A person gathers all the desires with which he wishes to turn to the Creator and asks the Creator for the ability to fill them.

“To lie on the land” means there is no state lower than this. If a person agrees to it, they will establish contact with this land. They want to be connected to it with their inner desire.

“To possess the land of Israel” means that the desire arising in them toward the Creator must be elevated and expanded so that it occupies all their consciousness.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/1/24, Writings of Rabash “And Behold, the Lord Stood Over Him”

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Question: How do we calibrate and check our intention?

Answer: First we aim to work with what we have. Then we strive to draw more light to strengthen our intention to bestow. That is how we grow.

Question: When there is an intention “for the sake of the world,” does it mean that all actions in the ten, whatever they may be, lead to a good result?

 Answer: It is not simple. The world is very diverse, and we need to understand how to unify it. We will learn this gradually.

Question: When the Creator stirs and confuses us, what is required of us so that He helps immediately?

Answer: I recommend surrendering to the Creator. Let Him do with us as He wishes.

Question: How can we distinguish true desires from false ones?

Answer: We cannot.

Question: Can it be said that the Creator disguises Himself as the characters in the Torah to constantly awaken our evil inclination?

Answer: No, He has plenty of supporting players for that.

Question: Each person builds their individual Torah and commandments. How does one person’s Torah differ from another’s?

Answer: It differs because each person has a unique root of the soul.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/9/24, Writings of Rabash “He Touched the Hollow of His Thigh”

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It is known that Netzah and Hod are called “two supports of the truth” (Rabash, Assorted Notes, 374, “He Touched the Hollow of His Thigh“).

Question: The supports are the reason a person engages in Torah. What are these supports of Netzach and Hod for us?

Answer: The entire system stands on two supports. These can be Netzach and Hod or they can be other qualities.

Therefore we must identify these qualities within ourselves and observe how they change. Based on this, it will become clearer to us what to do with them.

Question: Are the foundations of the work the left and right lines?

Answer: Yes.

Question: How do we acquire support for studying Torah in the ten?

Answer: We try to define the question we are raising to the Creator and clarify from which side the Creator is giving us the answer.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/9/24, Writings of Rabash “He Touched the Hollow of His Thigh”

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In other words, a person who has been rewarded with the kingdom of heaven can control all his thoughts and desires. This is regarded as his organs hearing the words (Rabash, Assorted Notes, 368, “And Behold, the Lord Stood Over Him“).

In this case, all the sensations in our body will be subordinate to these words, thoughts, and desires. And although we are not yet able to be equal with the Creator, we can strive to acquire His qualities.

Question: A person has no control over their thoughts or desires, even their efforts are built by the Creator. What efforts can we make to draw closer to the upper Malchut?

Answer: Do not part with the aspiration toward the Creator so that this is the only thing that fills you and pushes you forward. The main thing is to strive to be together with Him, not physically, but spiritually.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/1/24, Writings of Rabash “And Behold, the Lord Stood Over Him”

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Enjoying the meal of that wicked implies the heart, if a person enjoys his wicked one enjoying himself.

He must eat and drink because otherwise he will not be able to live, but he must not enjoy the meal that his will to receive is doing (Rabash, Assorted Notes, 911, “The Meal of a Wicked One“).

A sinner is a person who does not feel that he lives in a world where the Creator operates, the Creator who created everything so that man could draw closer to Him.

Question: How do we not enjoy a sinner’s meal in the ten?

Answer: If we want to be at a meal whose purpose is to bring pleasure to the Creator, then this is the correct meal.

Question: How do we check if it is correct or not?

Answer: You will feel it. If you set yourself up correctly, you will immediately begin to feel what kind of pleasure you get from the meal.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/5/24, Writings of Rabash “The Meal of a Wicked One”

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Question: You said that with the help of prayer, we can connect to the root of our souls. How can we do it?

Answer: We wish to rise to the highest level imaginable. In this way you can constantly strive for higher levels.

This is realized when I really want it, when I demand it from the highest level, and when I exert all my efforts.

Question: What is the closest step of our unity at the root of our souls that I should ask for my ten?

Answer: Start with the general Malchut, and then you will go up very quickly.

Question: Is this Malchut of the world of Assiya or something higher?

Answer: It is Malchut of the world of Assiya.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/9/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Introduction to the Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah”

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There are two forces in nature: receiving and bestowing, plus and minus. In order to master the spiritual world, both forces must coexist in us.

How can we do this? If we constantly develop the desire for the property of bestowal in ourselves, then we gain the opportunity to realize, understand, and get closer to it to some extent.

At the same time, the opposite property of receiving grows in us. We build ourselves on the correct combination of both forces. This is called receiving for the sake of bestowal or the middle line.

That is, we cannot give up our desire, but we still give up our egoism because it is directed “for one’s own sake.” Under the influence of the upper light, we gradually give up “for one’s own sake” because we are not able to do this by ourselves and we receive the property of bestowal from above.

But in order to receive it, we must technically become similar to it, that is, make something out of ourselves so that the property of bestowal can manifest itself in us and begin to act.
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From Preparation to the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/3/19

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Question: Can the ten influence the accuracy of the intentions of friends in the work?

Answer: Certainly, it depends on the ten.

Question: Let’s say I want to change my intention. What does the result depend on: on the strength of my desire, on the strength of the prayers of my friends, or on the mercy of the Creator?

Answer: It depends on many parameters.

Question: How does the ten change the intention of a friend? Only by prayer or by something else?

Answer: No, not just by prayer, by anything they can.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/8/24, Writings of Rabash “Jacob Sent”

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