Today we commemorate the memory of the great Kabbalist, Baal HaSulam. Rabash wrote about his father and teacher: “Baal HaSulam made it so that if an ordinary person follows his way, he can achieve Dvekut [adhesion] with the Creator just like a dedicated wise disciple.”

Over time it has become easier to fulfill this requirement of coming closer to the Creator, understanding and feeling Him, and establishing some contact with Him. In our days, every person must strive to attain adhesion with the Creator, and this is why we learn through the methodology of Baal HaSulam and Rabash how to achieve this.

Baal HaSulam brought about a tremendous change in the methodology of studying the wisdom of Kabbalah. Before Baal Shem Tov it was generally unclear how to advance in order to come closer to the Creator and establish a connection with Him. Thanks to the work of Baal Shem Tov, this methodology became clearer, but it was still not meant for ordinary people; it was only for great Torah scholars who had dedicated their entire lives to this. There were significant limitations on this path.

However, thanks to the work of Baal HaSulam, this goal became more achievable. Even a simple person, by learning from a wise Kabbalist, could now come closer to the revelation of the Creator.

That is, the strict condition that existed previously (of requiring one to study the entire Torah in order to proceed to the study of Kabbalah) that allowed only a select few to attain the revelation of the Creator and adhesion with Him is no longer in place.

After Baal Shem Tov this task became simpler and more accessible to a greater number of people. By virtue of their desire and aspiration, they could break through this barrier and through their prayer achieve contact with the Creator.

This simplification did not happen by chance but because the world is advancing and the entire nature of creation is revealed more and more. People evolve and are capable of understanding and grasping more. The desire to reveal and attain the Creator and to connect with Him is increasingly awakening in ordinary people who had not previously studied the Torah.

This awakened desire draws them to the study of Kabbalah, to reveal the Creator with its help. The only thing required of a person is to give their heart to this, to feel that their heart needs it. That is, a person simply needs a desire for revelation, as strong as possible, which draws them toward the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/13/24, Baal HaSulam Memorial Day, Rav Yehuda Ashlag

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Question: You once said: “If other people do not forgive you, the Creator will not help you.” Whom and how should we ask for forgiveness; do we ask directly or is it a work in the heart?

Answer: In whichever way. It is work in the heart and a direct appeal with words. You must surely cleanse yourself before others and then you can be the same before the Creator.

Question: What is the main thing in asking for forgiveness?

Answer: You should realize your mistake or bad quality and ask for forgiveness, that is, the opportunity to rise above it.

Question: Is asking for forgiveness a correction?

Answer: Yes, a person should apologize for the state he was in.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/11/24, Writings of Rabash “The Sorrow of the Shechina – 2”

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Question: What is faith above reason in absolute form—when no manifestations in this world can influence the perception of the spiritual path?

Answer: It is not true that manifestations of our world cannot influence us. On the contrary, through a person who feels them, we can influence the manifestation of spiritual forms of all kinds of connections between us, receiving or giving.

Question: Can we then say that faith above reason is complete confidence in the plan of the Creator? That is, it is a state when a person does not doubt that regardless of his problems and material desires, the plan of the Creator is the absolute good.

Answer: Yes, that is absolutely right.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/29/24, Writings of Rabash “Happy Is the Man”

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Question: What should I do to bestow to the friends and to the Creator?

Answer: You must relate to the friends in the same way you relate to the Creator. By this you will delight Him.

You will ask the Creator to give you the ability to bestow upon Him in the same way that you want to bestow to the friends, and vice versa, to bestow to the friends as you wish to bestow to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/2/24, “Rosh HaShana”

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Question: Baal HaSulam writes that the foundation for the future society will not be education and public opinion but something more serious. After all, education and public opinion only will not be able to convince egoists to become altruists. What can it be?

Answer: It will not just be education and public opinion. In such a system, everyone must consider what contribution they need to make to the common fund and receive from it only what is absolutely necessary for them.

Entire organizations will work on this, ensuring that each person gives their share into the so-called common pot.

Question: Baal HaSulam also says that a higher value, the upper force, can become such a basis. As we know from Kabbalah, the upper force is the quality of bestowal and love. It will become the highest ideal for humanity, and everyone will agree with this. How can this happen?

Answer: It is very simple, because people who feel that they are bestowing because they want to help others, to fulfill them, they will in turn receive a spiritual fulfillment, which will bring them to a higher level of existence.

And so, society will gradually elevate itself with all the controlling bodies, all the calculations, and will reorganize itself in such a way that there will be no need for police, overseers, or anything of the sort. Instead, there will be voluntary and honest accounting by each individual.

In other words, humanity will reach a state where it will feel the upper force. Working for it, manifested through working for others, will essentially become the fuel for a person.

Question: You are talking about some ideal state when people feel this. But what if a person does not feel that?

Answer: If a person is on such a level that he does not feel spiritual actions at all, then he needs to be engaged in them. Society must embrace him and show him: the more good he does, the more goodwill society will show him; the more evil he does, the less society will tolerate him.
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From KabTV’s “Era of the Last Generation” 8/8/24

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All secrets of nature are hidden in our unity—there is no other remedy for broken souls. Therefore, we use the method of Baal HaSulam in all stages: rising above egoism, joining into tens, and moving toward unification into one man with one heart.

Baal HaSulam expressed the whole science of Kabbalah in a new, rational, and very open form that it is difficult for the world to accept. He brought each person closer to his purpose. We only need to unite into one man with one heart and raise a prayer to Him from this unity so He will manifest in us.

On one hand it seems that time passes and all this cannot be done, but on the other hand, we see that generations are advancing to the extent that they can realize the conditions given by the spiritual environment.

In fact, this progress cannot be considered slow, as some complain. Apparently, we do not understand how huge, lavish, and simply infinite the whole universe is. At our stage, we want to perform actions immediately at the highest level. But until we achieve sufficient force of action and its required accuracy, we will remain on the path.

Only through connection with other people can we turn to the Creator correctly. The more connected I am to the friends on the path, the closer I am to the Creator. We need to enclose ourselves as much as possible within the boundaries of the ten, the Kabbalistic group, and inside it, we will find everything Baal HaSulam wanted to convey to us.

Every day we must try to raise the ten to an ever higher level. If everyone in the ten wants to do this and knows that their spiritual score depends on it, we will succeed.

I hope we will go through the holidays with full seriousness and begin to reveal what relates to our souls. Every day I see my students more and more collected, united, and in agreement with the steps the spiritual forces are taking us through. If we want to accelerate the ascent to the next degree, an attack is required from us through unification with the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/13/24, Baal HaSulam Memorial Day, Rav Yehuda Ashlag

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Question: Due to what does the birth of the soul occur? Is it the Creator’s choice?

Answer: A person’s inner Reshimot (informational spiritual genes) begin to awaken and require growth.

Question: How can we sincerely put a king above ourselves if we do not feel it yet?

Answer: It happens gradually. You cannot do it in your mind, but you can strive for it. The main thing is for you to know there is this particular path before you.

Question: It is said that everything is in the hands of the Creator. But what is it? Is this one of the feelings of the oneness of the Creator?

Answer: Everything is in the hands of the Creator, and everything is in the hands of man who accepts this plan and wants to work with it.

Question: Why did the Creator arrange for man to annul himself and make space for Him? What is the purpose of this?

Answer: In this way, a person rises above his animalistic pleasures, sensations, and decisions, and can be truly independent of everything, just like the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/2/24, “Rosh HaShanah”

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Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, Shamati 85 “What Is the Fruit of a Citrus Tree, in the Work?” Writings of Rabash, Article 893 “The Fruit of a Citrus Tree,” Writings of Baal HaSulam, Shamati 102 “And You Shall Take You the Fruit of a Citrus Tree’

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2nd part of the Lesson — Lesson on the Topic “Study of the Seven Ushpizin”

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Question: What is the correct connection in the ten that will lead the whole world to happiness?

Answer: The correct connection is when we are so connected to each other that the Creator will enter our connection and will not be able to leave.

We will hold on to Him in such a way that the link with Him will become stronger and stronger. Then we can be together. That is, the connection between us and the connection between us and the Creator will be the same.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/29/24, Rabash,“Happy Is the Man”

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