Question: In the past, people mostly studied Kabbalistic texts on their own. Today it is possible to constantly be with a teacher in lessons and in zoom with friends, so there is little time left for reading. Maybe the reason for our slow spiritual development is that we do not work enough independently?

Answer: I don’t think that is the reason. It seems to me that we do not delve deeply enough with our minds and feelings into our connection with the Creator. But overall, we are moving toward revelation.

Question: In our time, we are given all the conditions for advancement, but at the same time the Creator adds egoism, and the external conditions in the world are worsening. Where can we find the balance point?

Answer: I think the Creator gives us absolutely everything. But we do not fulfill His demands diligently enough, and that is why the upper world is not revealed to us.

We need to be more connected with each other as one man with one heart and try from our unification to strive toward connection with the Creator. Then we will feel how long He has been waiting for this and with what joy He accepts us.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/13/24, Baal HaSulam Memorial Day, Rav Yehuda Ashlag

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What holds a man back on the path to the Creator and prevents him from drawing closer to Him?

The entire problem lies in the fact that, in reality, we do not yearn for the Creator. Instead, we seek Him merely because we want to receive something from Him.

True aspiration toward the Creator means striving to include all His creations within oneself and cleaving to Him in such a way that all my desires are solely about how to fulfill Him.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/13/24, Baal HaSulam Memorial Day, Rav Yehuda Ashlag

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And now he can extend from the past work, when he was always thankful and praising the Creator for the Creator always bringing him closer, and from this he had gladness. Now, on Sukkot, he can extend the gladness he had then (Baal HaSulam, Shamati,  96, “What Is Waste of Barn and Winery, in the Work?”).

Question: What is the difference between joy in a permanent home and joy in a temporary hut?

Answer: There is a big difference because in a permanent dwelling there is a certain force, which is much weaker in a temporary dwelling like a sukkah.

Therefore, a person should exert more effort to have the same illumination in the sukkah that he had in a permanent home.

Question: Isn’t the desire to return to the joy in a permanent home self-gratification? If so, how can we resist it?

Answer: It can happen. How to counter this? Don’t succumb to all kinds of weaknesses.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/18/24, “Sukkot”

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Question: When a person tries to calculate a reward, but realizes he is not experienced and does not really know how to do it, he feels shame and awkwardness. How can he work in this state?

Answer: This is a wrong feeling. When one wants to get closer to the Creator, he can wish and say anything. And it will always be welcome in the eyes of the Creator.

Question: How do we achieve constancy in our need for inner purification from egoism?

Answer: Constancy can be achieved only through consistent work in the group; otherwise, you will never have a Kli (vessel) in which you can receive light.

Question: What should we regret?

Answer: Not being able to turn to the Creator all together, on our own, and ask Him to let us adhere to Him.

Question: What is the pure work of receiving for the sake of giving?

Answer: It is to receive only in order to give.

Question: How do we know the measure of giving to the Creator so that we give the same amount?

Answer: Give all you want, it will still be less than the measure He has prepared for us.

Question: What kind of regret regarding friends leads to genuine regret regarding the Creator? Is it a regret of not knowing how to support my friends or not seeing them as great?

Answer: It is any kind. In the end, you regret that you cannot gather together with friends into one single desire and give it to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/15/24, Writings of Rabash “According to the Sorrow Is the Reward”

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Question: There is a commandment that says make a choice. On the other hand the Creator is always the first. So what is our choice?

Answer: Our choice is to place faith above reason, above knowledge, and to continue moving forward in this way.

Question: How can we carve the quality of faith in our hearts?

Answer: It only depends on how much we will ask for this to actually happen. Gradually human beings will come to the complete knowledge of the Creator.
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From the 2^nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/2/24 , “Rosh HaShana”

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Question: Is trust within the ten necessary for what we are striving for? What is the foundation for such trust? How should it be born within the ten?

Answer: It is born gradually from the fact that you pray together, turn to the Creator together, and thus form a united group. Then the Creator can feel this group. As a result, you will receive a response from Him.

Question: We do work in the ten and we come together with our hearts. How can we understand that the Creator evaluates our work? What should we focus on?

Answer: Focus on the fact that He is constantly helping you.

Question: Is it possible to clarify the states and desires we receive in thought within the ten?

Answer: Of course it is possible. Try it and you will find where the boundary is that you should not cross in your communication with friends.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/14/24, Writings of Rabash “Two Forces within Man”

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Question: Should dissemination be separate from spiritual work?

Answer: Dissemination is a very important part of spiritual work. But the thing is that there are people who deal with it directly and there are those who work with it indirectly.

For example, in our world group, there are people responsible for electronics, for accounting, or for something else. This is also dissemination; it relates to our spiritual work, and it is impossible to do without it.

Kabbalists write about this everywhere because our goal is to correct the entire Kli of Adam.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/28/19, “Questions and Answers”

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Question: What is the Kli of joy?

Answer: Kli of joy are those desires that are fulfilled by connecting with my students, my friends. This Kli develops like any desire. The more you think about it, the more you use it,  the more you develop it.

Question: If our Kli of joy is in friends, then how do we properly accept the Kelim of a friend in order to fulfill them with this joy?

Answer: If you wish to rejoice with them, then you naturally unite with them and bring them joy.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/8/24, Writings of Rabash “What Is Joy?”

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Question: What exactly is my effort? When the Creator puts me under strong pressure, I am forced to agree to not think about my own benefit, just to escape suffering. But when this pressure passes, can I apply inner pressure on myself?

Answer: That depends on you. Maybe you imagine your current state as perfect or as a future state. But in principle, it all depends on how you categorize it and what you do with it afterward.

Question: How does the state of inner balance work correctly?

Answer: Inner balance occurs when you direct all your desires and thoughts toward the Creator without deviating from this path.

Question: What is the spiritual driving force in the group?

Answer: The driving force in the group is the positive energy that pushes you to clearly determine the Creator’s attitude toward you, and from this, you develop a request to the Creator.

Question: How can I proceed when I need to put in the effort to transition to a new state, but there is fear of losing what I have and the expected future?

Answer: You should not have such fear. However, you must maintain some connection with the Creator, and at the same time, always feel yourself and your friends constantly drawing closer to Him.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/14/24, Writings of Rabash “Two Forces within Man”

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