While he was imparted the desire and thought to at least occasionally do holy work, even in the simplest possible way, if one can appreciate the importance of this, according to the importance one attributes to the holy work, to that extent he should give praise and thanks for it (Baal HaSulam, Shamati 26, “One’s Future Depends and Is Tied to Gratitude for the Past”).

Question: It seemed to me that the convention was conducted on a much lighter note compared to previous ones. It felt like we didn’t exert ourselves as much; there weren’t deep clarifications during the lessons, although from the first moments, a pressure from above was felt.

After the convention, a dense cloud of pleasure descended upon us. It’s unclear whether we deserved it or if it’s an advance that still needs to be earned.

Answer: No, you don’t need to “earn” it; you deserved it. You made a great effort to come, and it wasn’t easy to physically get here. Therefore, all of this was well earned by you.

I am confident that we will begin to better understand our mutual connection and ascend higher and higher on the rungs of the ladder leading upward.

Question: In fact, I want to express deep gratitude for such a powerful convention. Can this gratitude be strengthened by analyzing everything we’ve gone through, or does it come naturally through feelings?

Answer: I believe it is gratitude for the past, present, and future. Baal HaSulam writes that a person says to the Creator, “I thank You for all Your mercy toward me,” meaning for the past. And thanks to this, they can immediately say with confidence, “And for all that You will do for me in the future!”

In other words, a person is grateful to the Creator for everything He has done for them in the past, and for everything He will continue to do from this moment onward. There is no doubt that we will feel the Creator’s benevolent attitude toward us.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/14/24, “Continuing the Congress with an Ascent”

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Question: What is this simultaneous state of merging, love of friends, and love for the Creator, and how do we properly realize this state?

Answer: The correct realization is when we truly connect to achieve love for the Creator and merge with Him. But this is impossible without first uniting among ourselves.

Question: What does it mean that each friend has the potential for love of the Creator?

Answer: They know they must come to love the Creator, which is only possible through love for friends. Therefore, they have come to learn how to achieve this.

Question: When my failure to love my friends was revealed, but I did not have time to pour out my heart to the Creator and I feel shame and resentment toward my actions, is that not enough? Do I need to repent and fix everything in prayer? Or is understanding based on our sources, like Rabash writes that I am guilty, enough?

Answer: That is not enough. You must realize your opposition to the Creator. Only then can you ask Him to correct you. And afterward you will begin to make efforts to gradually manifest the Creator’s qualities within you.

Question: When we are practically in the greatness of the Creator, where should we direct this strength?Should it be to individual work, self-correction, greater love of friends, or greater love for the world?

Answer: Direct it where your heart leads.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/10/24, “The Ten as an Environment for Spiritual Development for Everyone”

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Question: For a Kabbalist, what is the magnetic field that helps the point in the heart and egoism to exist?

Answer: Our heart is an organ that attracts everything it likes and rejects everything it dislikes. We must place a screen before our heart and engage not with what pleases us, but with what can destroy our egoism and connect us with the Creator. In other words, we must connect with our friends through our heart, and in this way, we will draw closer to this.

Question: How does the point in the heart turn into a screen (Masach)?

Answer: It happens under the influence of the upper light. If, in unity and prayer, you turn to the Creator, you will attract the reforming light (the light that returns to the source), and it will begin to correct you.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/9/24, Rabash, Assosrted Notes, 940, “The Point in the Heart”

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If granted, it is a potion of life; if not granted, it is a potion of death (Rabash, The Social Writings, “According to What Is Explained Concerning ‘Love Thy Friend as Thyself’”).

Question: What does the concept of being granted consist of: my own efforts, the efforts of my group, or what is allowed to us from above by the Creator for us to go through together?

Answer: “To be granted” means that a person is granted permission for spiritual ascent, for moving from one degree to the next, from that one to a higher one, and so on. They have nothing else and can have nothing else.

If they are correctly attuned to the attainment of the upper world, then that is their only goal. Each time a person ascends one more step, he is awarded spiritual powers and by attaining them, one gradually ascends.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/11/24, Rabash, The Social Writings, “According to What Is Explained Concerning ‘Love Thy Friend as Thyself’”
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