Question: Where do we get the strength to overcome all the obstacles?

Answer: On the way to spirituality, we must pass through many obstacles. You say that these are apparently very difficult obstacles because we want to move from the material world into the spiritual one.

So the obstacles must be very formidable, like in the story about people climbing a high mountain. The higher they climbed, the steeper and harder the path became, and the more cruelly the guards threw them down.

There is a very simple solution to this: obstacles only seem large in the eyes of the will to receive, but as soon as you switch to actions with the selfless intention “for the sake of bestowal,” all the obstacles instantly disappear. They are not actually so big. You do not have to climb over them. You do not have to break them. And you will not be able to do that with your will to receive anyway.

You must adopt a different attitude toward the obstacles, accept them in the opposite form, and then they disappear. It is said: “Look closely at them, and they will turn out to be a heap of bones.” The approach to obstacles should not be the same as they appear in the will to receive. The attitude must be different, from the side, and then all the obstacles fall away. But if you look at them through the will to receive, then of course they seem enormous.

Question: But how do you look at obstacles differently? How do you connect them with the goal?

Answer: If a goal is set before a person, then he must go “by faith above reason.” It is very simple: connect with the higher force, with the desire to bestow, with the group that will help you rise a little above this obstacle.

In other words, do not force your way through, but leap over the obstacle. The leap itself does not take much strength. It is more of a psychological problem than a spiritual one.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/20/26, Rabash, “The Difference between Charity and Gift”

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Working on the group’s charter is very beneficial, but everyone needs to examine themselves. There is also another issue here: if I were to say now that it is necessary to work on this, you would spend all your time in meetings and discussions. But this should be inner work, not chatter. Nothing can be achieved through talking alone.

During a descent, all these laws and rules do not concern me at all; I do not even want to think about them. What keeps me going? The group. It should support me and obligate me even if I do not want to implement these laws on the level I am on.

When in spirituality, I want to support the group in spirituality as well, but if I am only on the animate level, I am obligated to support the group on that level. The animate level should neither descend nor ascend; on that level, I should always support the group as much as possible.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/1/26, Rabash, “These Are the Generations of Noah”

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Question: Must we go through many obstacles on the way to spirituality?

Answer: On the way to spirituality, we do not pass through obstacles, but through signs that we must connect within ourselves in the correct form. These are pieces of my Kli. They seem opposite to me, but if I do not include them in myself in the correct form, opposite to me, then I simply will not be able to continue my spiritual development.

Let us say that I want to reach the Machsom, and on the way I must fill a basket with berries and mushrooms. When I am on the way, I am given all these “berries and mushrooms,” but only in inverted form.

In fact these are not obstacles; they only appear that way to my will to receive. But if I am missing even one of them, I will not be able to reach the destination.

This is called “a defect in the soul” (an incomplete soul). This is an extremely special thing. In spirituality, this is also called an embryo whose development has stopped:  a miscarriage, a still birth, etc.

There are various cases, just as in this world. This happens if even one obstacle is missing. Therefore an obstacle is a very valuable thing.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/20/26, Rabash, “The Difference Between Charity and Gift”

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Question: Is there the concept of “drilling a hole in the boat” in spirituality?

Answer: The concept of “drilling a hole in the bottom of the boat” applies if we are talking about people who are not connected with the spiritual concept of the group.

In spirituality, it is impossible to drill a hole. You can only drill it in the corporeal world.

Let us say a person in the group suddenly wants to become a leader, to become greater than the others. But in the group everyone must be friends, whereas he specifically wants to rule. This is a very vivid example. In the spiritual world, this will not be tolerated.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/22/26, Rabash, Letter 59 (1962)

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