Question: What does “he should take a wife specifically from his family” mean in spirituality?

Answer: It refers to the connection between souls—closer and more distant ones. Our forefathers and foremothers were, in a sense, relatives. This is written about in the Torah.

From a spiritual perspective, a “wife” represents a person’s connection with the Creator, which helps them reveal the upper.

Question: Am I correct in understanding that we must have a desire to receive for the sake of bestowal? Is that what “from his family” means?

Answer: Yes, any reception must be for the sake of bestowal. It develops from our soul.

Help your friends with what they need, and you will see that in doing so, your own desire to receive for yourself will fade.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/19/24, Writings of Rabash “The Discernment of ‘In Everything’”

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Question: What is joy for the sake of the Creator?

Answer: We need to imagine what the Creator wants from us and what states He expects, then we can tell whether or not we give Him pleasure with our states.

We can feel our attitude toward the Creator, His attitude toward us, and at the same time advance.
We keep asking Him not to forget us and to include us in His work.

When we turn to the Creator, we should have joy from striving to connect with Him; this feeling fills us.

Every time, we should bless Him for the opportunity to feel even a little spirituality, a little of ourselves and others, and distinguish between approaching the Creator or moving away from Him. This is very important for us.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/20/24, Writings of Rabash “Serve the Creator with Joy”

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Question: We have love for the Creator. How can we put it into practice? How can we search for what each friend is lacking in order to understand how I can fulfill them?

Answer: Ask, demand. The Creator will explain to you. He will show you what needs to be done so that you can fulfill Him.

Question: What does a lack of spirituality in the ten mean? How can it be felt?

Answer: It means that the ten is not working on raising the greatness of spirituality within themselves.

Question: On one hand we want free choice, but on the other hand we come to “there is none else besides Him.” Should the prayer be the same in both states?

Answer: No, the prayer can be anything, any words, any feelings. It does not matter.

Question: When can we press the Creator more: during an ascent or in the feeling of a descent?

Answer: In the feeling of a descent.

Question: When you feel the suffering of the nations of the world, the only consolation and joy is that everything comes from the Creator. But this sounds somewhat egoistic since I know there is none else besides Him, while the nations of the world do not know this. How can I convey this feeling to them?

Answer: Convey it in any way possible: write articles, compose songs, sing. Do whatever you can to help them realize this.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/20/24, Writings of Rabash “Serve the Creator with Joy”

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Question: How can we work correctly with the desire to receive in order to fight the evil inclination in the best possible way?

Answer: We must pray and ask the Creator to give us a desire to receive that we can use for the sake of giving to Him. That is, everything that comes from the Creator, we accept, receive, and bless Him for what He has done for us.

Question: What should we do with the sadness that comes when one does not receive fulfillment for all his desires?

Answer: This means he is incorrectly connected with his friends and the Creator.

The correct connection is wanting to receive from the Creator only with the intention to bestowal. And the more he receives, the higher he raises his receiving Kli, and the more he gives.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/19/24, Writings of Rabash “The Discernment of ‘In Everything’”

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Question: There is a parable about a sage who used to carry water in two pots, one of which was cracked. Every day he brought the cracked pot home filled only halfway with water. One day, the pot itself said: “I am sorry that I cannot fulfill my task completely.” The sage replied: “You fulfill it completely. Thanks to you, I water the flowers that grow along the path on your side of the road.”

On one hand, there is a crack in us. It is our egoism that you keep talking about all the time. On the other hand, it turns out that this crack is necessary, that it gives something, waters something. What does it water? What can my egoism water?

Answer: It can water our egoistic desires. If they do not exist, then we will not be able to correct them. We will not be able to act, to exist. We were born with these egoistic desires, we live with them, and who knows when we will get rid of them.

Question: But are they necessary?

Answer: They are necessary.

Question: Here the pot itself said at the end that it did not fulfill its function. It said to the sage: “You carry me, but I am cracked.” What does the understanding that it is cracked mean for the pot itself? What does the realization that we are egoists give us? What does the fact that we are such cracked pots give a person?

Answer: It depends on the stage. But in principle, it causes bitterness and regret that you cannot escape from this realization anywhere.

Question: Does it mean that our realization that we are cracked is not very good?

Answer: No, this realization is good, but what next? Then we need to somehow influence the Creator so that He corrects our egoism. And this, unfortunately, is very difficult.

Question: Can there be a stage when we realize that we are egoists and stop there?

Answer: That is where we stop, yes.

Question: Is that wrong?

Answer: Of course it is wrong.

Question: What is more important for a person: to fix his “cracks” or to learn to use them?

Answer: You should use what you can use correctly, and what you cannot use correctly—ask for its correction.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 8/12/24

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Comment: I read seven tips that someone gave for a person to have an easier life.
“The ability to wait is the best thing one can master.”

My Response: If it is not about spiritual work, then yes; however, if it is about spiritual work, then no. When it comes to spiritual work, one has to constantly move forward.

Comment: “The first step is only the beginning.” It means that once you make the first step you are already halfway to victory.

My Response: The first step is not half the way to the victory, but it is still an entrance. Whether it is the beginning of the victory will become clear from the rest of the steps.

Comment: “If it is difficult, means you are advancing.”

My Response: I do not think that difficulty is a sign that we are moving forward correctly. No.

The evidence that we are moving forward is our ability to summarize all problems, information, and opposites into one whole. They all complement each other and add up in an absolute precise way into one single perfect picture in our root that we are moving toward.

Comment: “Break the chains that constrict your thoughts and you will break the chains that constrict your body.” At times we are standing still because of the thoughts that prevent us from moving forward. We have to remove the negative thoughts that slow us down and instill fear in us.

My Response: We move through both negative and the positive thoughts together. Both of them are necessary. It is like a wheel where some part is moving forward and some part is moving backward relative to the center of the wheel.

Comment: “Calmness is a condition for success.” When we are calm we are capable of doing much more than when we are possessed by emotions.

My Response: No. All of Kabbalah is based on opposites, on the combination of opposites. We have to be calm in complete endless movement. There is no other way. We cannot be calm and rely on the will of a flow of life that we will end up wherever it carries us.

These are Eastern methodologies. They do not include the left line and therefore I cannot equate them with Kabbalah or give any comment.

Comment: “Judgment is darkness for a person.” We should never insult and lower the individuality of a person in any way. The only thing we can do is to condemn him for his actions, but not the person himself.

My Response: We should not condemn anyone. Absolutely no one! We have to correct ourselves. When you correct yourself, you correct the world in a way that there will be no one who would condemn you.

Comment: “Belief in one’s rightness is a limitation.”

My Response: Belief in one’s rightness has a place only when it is based on the absolute upper knowledge, not by you, but by the masses. When you are moving together with the masses and reveal the Creator in connection between you, then you find the true rightness. An individual person cannot have any correctness.

In order to have some overall orientation in life, it is necessary to have nine more friends together with you. In this way, in a ten, like in a laboratory, you will be able to create a mini-system, a mini- society, where you can clearly project the entire nature, entire humanity, and all the worlds between yourselves.

You would create such a magic balloon from your ten desires and intentions and would see all universes, all worlds, all their inhabitants, and the Creator in it like in the mini-image, in the mini-model. Then by working on this model you would clearly understand who you are and where you are going.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 6/25/19

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Talks about the Steps of the Ladder, Part 16

What Is “Back” or “Behind”?

When the Creator reveals His actions as if they are not in humanity’s favor, it is considered a descent. All doubts come to a person indirectly from the Creator. Just as with Moses, who asked to see the Creator’s face, the Creator responds, “I will show you only My ‘back,’ for it is impossible to see My face.” This means that revelation always happens indirectly, through the “back,” or through vessels.

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Question: The most talked-about name today either excites, terrifies, depresses, or inspires hope in people: Trump. How do you view today’s Trump? What is this phenomenon?

Answer: In general, it is not a new phenomenon and is quite known in America. He enjoys making all kinds of grand gestures.

Comment: To be in the spotlight.

My Response: Exactly. I think we will quickly get used to him, and people will realize that it’s like “letting a child play around.” That is his style, his hallmark.

Question: Why has the world reacted so strongly? How has the world changed to respond this way?

Answer: Every politician primarily thinks about how to attract as much electorate to their side as possible.

Question: So does he clearly understand that he stirs people up and wins them over in this way?

Answer: Of course. He is no longer young; he understands how this game is played.

Question: So do you think this is his strategy, that everything is calculated?

Answer: Definitely. Would he have been allowed to stay otherwise?

Question: To rule?

Answer: No, he would have been just killed.

Question: Is there a larger agenda behind this, and does someone benefit from it?

Answer: Absolutely.

Question: You said, “He is just like that.” What trait in him is necessary for the world today to be shaken up?

Answer: The need to show off.

Question: Is it that simple?

Answer: Not entirely, there are deeper layers, but fundamentally, yes.

Question: Is this what fulfills him? If we are talking about his fulfillment.

Answer: Yes.

Question: Are people celebrating him like this?

Answer: Yes, they are excited to have a presidential candidate who can “show who is the boss,” slam a fist on the table, and do something outrageous and unpredictable.

Question: Let’s be honest, he has accomplished things in the past. He did quite a bit for Israel: moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem and recognized the Golan Heights. He has, in a way, proven himself as a man of action, has he not?

Answer: Yes.

Comment: I remember you said a true leader is someone who feels a sense of responsibility, as though they are caring for their own children, and who could come to the principle of “Love your neighbor as yourself”—or at least approach it.

My Response: I don’t think anyone expects those kinds of words from him.

Question: Do people expect direct decisions from him tough? And he will likely meet those expectations, will he not?

Answer: Yes.

Comment: He is also promising to stop wars.

My Response: I do not believe that. That does not depend on Trump.

Comment: Trump is known for unconventional decisions, his ability to take risks, and so on. But being President of the U.S. is not a gamble. Still, it feels like he is taking chances.

My Response: No, I do not think it is a gamble.

Question: So is he taking risks, bluffing, or not?

Answer: No.

Question: You still see calculation in his actions?

Answer: Everything is calculated.

Question: Many criticize Trump; that is well-known. What helps him ignore the criticism, the constant attacks from all sides?

Answer: What else can he do? He has to play the same game, accept their moves, and learn to respond. This is a high-stakes game.

Question: Do you think he still pays attention to the criticism?

Answer: He has a huge team of people monitoring everything, analyzing it, and explaining to him what in fact is happening, each from a different perspective. And what happens next, we will see.

Question: What would you personally, sincerely, want Trump to do?

Answer: I think the greatest thing he could do is stop the hatred between the left and the right across all countries.

Question: Do you mean worldwide?

Answer: Yes, he should try to address it. And then we will see.

Question: So you are thinking globally. Do you see this division as the root cause of all problems and conflicts?

Answer: Yes.

Question: What does the leader of such an influential country, one that the entire world watches, need to do? He cannot simply say: “Stop hating, love one another.” What foundational steps should he take?

Answer: I am not sure he has the strength to do it. But the time, the place, and the topic are precisely this: will the world continue trying to circumvent the opposing side…

Question: The right circumventing the left and vice versa?

Answer: Yes. Or will the world strive for greater balance after all? That is hard to predict.

Comment: So if he managed to lay this foundation, you would say: “This is what I would want.” To stop this hatred between people.

My Response: I think in his previous term he was more realistic. What he will bring this time, I do not know.

Question: What do you think the Creator is trying to convey to our world by placing someone like Trump as a world leader (essentially a world leader)? After all, “The hearts of ministers are in the hands of the Creator.” What message is being sent to humanity in your opinion?

Answer: That we need to learn how to live under leaders like him. I am not criticizing Trump; on the contrary, I am pointing out that we are in a unique period where we can come closer to solving our main issue. I think it is possible. Beyond that, I do not know.

He does not have any major obstacles! He can step forward and truly feel like a leader. I believe he should seize this opportunity.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 11/18/24

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