Question: It seems to me that there are states that are close to the truth, when dissatisfaction and anger arise because my friends do not care about my participation, my needs, or my efforts, to the point of despair, and I feel the group does not need me, that I only bring harm, and it would be better for me to leave and not get in the way. What counterarguments can I prepare in such states?

Answer: No counterarguments are necessary. You should say that you understand that you are the lowest and most worthless, but you still want the Creator to help you, and you want to rise toward connection with Him.

And the fact that you are low and worthless, unable to do or achieve anything, is something you know yourself. That is exactly what is meant by “Raise me from the dust.” It is the person who feels this way about their state that the Creator raises.

Question: While being in the lowest state, can I ask for love from my group? At the same time, I also want to love them even more than they love me.

Answer: That is how you are praying for them. This is a very good prayer when you ask for others and yourself as well.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/28/24, Writings of Rabash “Raises the Poor from the Dust – 2”

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Question: What gives the feeling of being before the Giver?

Answer: From the fact that you bestow to Him and He bestows to you.

Question: What is the difference between spiritual and corporeal shame?

Answer: Spiritual shame is not based on egoism, while corporeal shame is based precisely on it.

Question: Does shame help me not to ask for myself?

Answer: Yes, correction for myself is the very last thing. Look what is written in the prayer book (Siddur): “for the righteous, for others, and then for us.” Requests for ourselves are made last.

Question: How does praying for a friend reveal the importance of the Creator?

Answer: Very simply, because it is all part of one system.

Question: Should spiritual shame before the Giver be present at every degree, or is it a one-time, complete restriction when a sufficient measure of correction is reached?

Answer: There is no sufficient measure of correction. It increases more and more.

Question: What is the difference between shame and fear before the Creator?

Answer: It is a very small difference. You could say they are practically the same.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/6/24, Writings of Rabash “He Who Prays for His Friend”

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The one who prays for a friend receives an answer first (Rabash, Assorted Notes, 454, “He Who Prays for His Friend“).

Praying for a friend from the depths of the heart comes when you feel him with all your heart, sense his problem, and turn to the Creator. And although the prayer comes from your heart, it is as if it rises from the heart of a friend.

But if you have not connected with his Kelim, with his desires and feelings as if they were in you, you cannot pray for him. This is natural.

Question: What is the punishment for not asking for a friend?

Answer: Even if there is no punishment, the fact that you do not ask for him is already a punishment.

Question: What is the connection between shame and prayer for a friend?

Answer: Prayer can be without shame and the opposite can happen. But for us, the most important thing is if a shortcoming in someone in something is revealed to us, and we can help him. This should be our very first task.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/6/24, Writings of Rabash “He Who Prays for His Friend”

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And I don’t have time to think with which intent I study or pray, but I will simply observe the actions without any special intent.

At that time, he will reenter the holy work because now he wishes to be God’s servant without any preconditions (Rabash, Article 19, “You Stand Today, All of You”).

Question: This seems like working below reason. How can I check if I am working above reason?

Answer: According to what Rabash writes, it is impossible to check. We need to strive to rise in our work above reason in order to feel what this reason is and to dwell in faith above it. But the reason itself will remain at the level that the Creator has set for us.

Question: So will this not manifest externally in any way? Is this an internal work?

Answer: Yes, of course.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/8/24, Writings of Rabash “You Stand Today, All of You”

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Question: From time to time you feel you are not corrected; you feel unwilling to unite, but then you overcome it. Obviously, this is not enough, and there must be some level of a request for correction. What should this level be to reach spirituality?

Answer: This level is the awareness of the evil of egoism that is revealed in you, and you understand that you must hate it to such an extent that the main thing for you is to get rid of it. That is difficult work, and it takes a lot of time until a person achieves such an attitude toward his ego and nature.

Question: What should I direct my hatred at, my unwillingness to unite with friends or my desire to receive?

Answer: At all manifestations of egoism, i.e., receiving for your own sake. To reach such a state, you should always think about it and digest it until you feel that you hate your egoism and are ready to do anything to get rid of it.

If you talk about it in the ten, you will gradually begin to understand how you should treat your egoism, which is against the Creator, against all of creation, and against all of you together and every one of you. You must accumulate all the hatred for it together and wish to push it out of yourself. All this must manifest in your appeal to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/30/24, Writings of Rabash “A Cure before the Blow”

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Question: There is a form of addressing the Creator through a request and through a demand. What does it mean to address through a demand?

Answer: It is the same as through a request except that a person feels they have the right to demand something from the Creator. This is a very rare form of addressing, but it happens.

I cannot imagine that we are already in a position to demand anything. A demand is much stronger than a request. A demand occurs when you have no option but to demand and not simply ask.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/6/24, Writings of Rabash “He Who Prays for His Friend”

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Question: When the Creator sends illumination from the next degree, what kind of reaction is He expecting?

Answer: He expects His student to immediately rise to this degree and begin working on it in order to quickly establish a complete connection with the Creator.

Question: Through what means does this ascent happen? If there is a desire to analyze everything in the mind and try to understand what the Creator wants to reveal, is this the right approach?

Answer: Yes, this is also correct. But the most important thing is to see what your friends desire and try to help them with that.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/6/24, Writings of Rabash “He Who Prays for His Friend”

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Question: How can we perceive the convention as a positive blow, so that we can accept the Creator’s control for life, and not just for the duration of the convention?

Answer: It all depends on our attitude to it. On the eve of the convention, I must feel myself standing before the most important task in my life, and now my fate is being decided, when I can rise to the upper degree of the spiritual ladder, or I can remain as I am now, or even fall somewhere. This is before us today. Choose!

Question: How exactly can we concentrate, not spread out, and be sure that we can consolidate and prepare ourselves?

Answer: If you begin to gather together as if in a spiritual space, then you will feel a huge common Kli where you are close and understand each other, and the Creator reacts to this in a very serious way.

Question: You said that a person cannot advance without blows, but one can prepare himself so as not to feel the states he goes through as blows. Now, on the eve of the convention, are we not expecting blows?

Answer: No, you must be prepared for blows in order to move forward. The only difference is how you expect it, and in accordance with your desire you will feel it as support, a push forward. But if it is against your desire, then you will feel it as an obstacle.

Question: What can that blow give us at the convention that will allow us to accept something new for ourselves as the control of the Creator?

Answer: If we feel ourselves connected together into one whole, then our common desire will push us out of egoism, and we will rise to the next degree.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/9/24, Writings of Rabash “A Congregation Is No Less than Ten”

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