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Which Is Higher: Duty or Love?

Comment: An older man visited a nurse to have his stitches removed after surgery. Everyone was busy. He asked, demanded, and begged to be taken care of quickly. He said: “I need to get to the hospital in time to feed my sick wife. She has Alzheimer’s disease.” An elderly nurse immediately freed herself and […]

Slander or Objective Opinion?

Question: How can one figure out where that boundary between speaking up about someone because you want to improve the connection with this person and slander? For example, you often say that the people of Israel are not good because they do not fulfill their role. However, this is not slander. Or in any work […]

Learning from Wolves

Comment: They say man is a wolf to man. But when I look at the structure of a  wolf pack, I envy them. A leader is the one who takes responsibility for organizing the hunt and protecting everyone in his pack. The pack intuitively obeys whoever is stronger and more responsible, regardless of age. What […]

If One Falls…

Question: The ten can lead a person to fall and in the same way to rise. Can one friend lift the entire group? And how can this be done? Answer: No, he cannot. Indeed, in this case, all the friends must completely reset themselves, i.e., cancel themselves and completely adhere to him. And he will […]

Internal Replenishment

Question: What does it mean to feed on the inanimate, vegetative, animate, and speaking levels in the ten? Answer: All these four levels are below the level of Human. Your task is to absorb them within yourself and internally elevate them to the level of bestowal. That happens through unity within the ten, but best […]

How Is the Tree of Life Formed?

Question: How is the Tree of Life formed from the Kelim (Vessels) of the friends that I feel? Answer: When you try to come closer to your friends and connect to their roots so that you can bestow to each other together, then the real Tree of Life is formed from which you feed, receive […]

Providing for the Creator

“Israel provide for their Father in heaven.” What provision do they give Him by which He is sustained? (Rabash. Article 34, 1990, “What Are ‘A Layperson’s Vessels,’ in the Work?”). Question: Usually the Creator sets the table, i.e., the host invites the person. But here, on the contrary, a person prepares a meal; he is […]

Conditions for Ascent

Question: You said we must agree to the conditions for ascending to the first degree. What are these conditions? Answer: The conditions for ascending to any degree are that a person is ready to do anything to merge with the Creator. At the same time, one must thank the Creator for paying attention to him […]

For the Shoots of the Spiritual Harvest to Sprout

Question: I want to become similar to the Creator. What particularly attracts and gives me greatness of the Creator is His self-annulment, His humility, and the fact that He does everything and does not manifest Himself anywhere. How can one achieve this annulment, how can one achieve such a blessing? Answer: It happens naturally. When […]

Are People Ready to Implement the Law of Love?

Question: Kabbalah says we must create a group of like minded-people where everyone understands the ultimate goal—love of friends. But not everyone is in groups like ours; therefore, they want to apply this knowledge at work and in their family. Is that right? Answer: If these communities are not prepared to embody the principle of […]