Question: How do we make sure that we are worthy of receiving the Torah, that we are ready to be each other’s guarantors?

Answer: If a person is ready to act as a guarantor for others (and we know that it is a condition for receiving the Torah to be “as one man with one heart”), then, of course, what one actually desires is to receive is not the Torah!

If one wants to be ready to become “like one man with one heart,” and is unable to do so, this task looms before the person like a mountain, meaning that the impulse to act “for the sake of receiving” is abhorrent and one wants to act “for the sake of bestowal,” then it is defined as being “like one man with one heart.”

It means uniting the points in the heart. This is the only correction the Torah brings, nothing more.
Our standing at the foot of Mount Sinai, along with all the doubts and all the hatred, serves one purpose: to effect the transformation from acting “for the sake of receiving” into “for the sake of giving.” For the sake of giving means that you unite all hearts and form a common vessel into which you receive the Torah. But if you do not do that, then what you get inside will not be the Torah but something else, some kind of science.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/12/26, Rabash, “What Is Preparation for Reception of the Torah? – 1”

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Each one of us tries to integrate into the group, and each one might say: “How can I determine the efforts of my friends? One may invest a great deal in the group, but can barely squeeze out a few sentences a week. Another shouts and argues.” It is true. As long as we are in this world, we are not capable of correctly measuring the effort of each person.

Often, we take as an example the one who makes more noise, who leads and helps despite the fact that his inner effort maybe smaller compared to the one who remains silent. And we must agree with this; we have no choice as long as it is this way. After all, as long as we are not corrected and do not feel one another as parts of the soul, it is important for us to be impressed by each other externally.

Therefore, the one who speaks loudly about what is correct, about awakening the group, is more important to me than the one who perhaps exerts a greater effort but whose external expression is calm. Nothing can be done about this, because we are all below the Machsom, in concealment, and this is the way our examination works. When we rise to a spiritual degree, we will judge differently.

Question: But perhaps the one who makes less noise awakens me more?

Answer: Everyone is impressed in their own way, according to the traits of their character. When I see a person who works quietly, although no one pays attention to him, he steadily and precisely does his work, he influences me more strongly than the one who makes a lot of noise. It touches me more deeply; from it, I receive a stronger inner impact. And the same happens with all those who are able to perceive this phenomenon.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/7/26, Rabash, “What Is, ‘There Is Nothing that Has No Place,’ in the Work?”

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Comment: It is written: “I have created the evil inclination.” It is clear that each of us has the same evil inclination.

My Response: No, each of us is different from the others. Baal HaSulam writes in the article “Freedom of Will” that we all came from different points of Adam HaRishon, and we are forbidden to suppress anyone, force them to do something, change them, interfere with the culture of other people, or forcibly bring progress to the so-called primitive peoples.

Everyone should develop in accordance with their personal qualities, because this is the only way they can realize their desire to receive. Everyone is an independent creation, and even if they want to, they cannot change their desire to receive, their starting point.

Baal HaSulam explains what a starting point is and the program by which it develops. There is a predetermined order of influence in society and in the laws of environmental development; a person cannot force their way in and change anything. The only change is in its external form under the group’s influence.

But the modification of the external form does not imply that a person acquires additional desires or properties not found in him from society. He acquires excitement, a desire for the source he must reach. This serves as additional fuel for him to accelerate his development and the correction process. But he does not acquire any new Kelim, new properties or new thoughts by doing so.

It only accelerates the emergence of these inherent qualities and determines the speed of their development. Therefore, it is crucial to relate to the group, to the opinions of our friends and to the very structure of the group with the understanding that everything we acquire from it serves solely as an accelerator, a catalyst, that provides us with the energy to act. But this accelerator has no inherent character of its own; it only provides an additional push in the direction in which I am already moving. I choose where to go, not it. I expect the same from the group. That is, I must come to the group and demand additional forces in the direction I have already chosen, rather than the group coming to me and attempting to brainwash me.

Any “brainwashing” by the group should only be in strengthening my chosen direction. Otherwise, it will not be a free choice. Otherwise, it will be a group that suppresses individuals.

It does not have to bring me new ideas. It should only help me solidify what I already have. Therefore, it is said that each of us should give to the group and receive back according to our investment, only many times more.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/13/26, Rabash, “What Is the Preparation to Receive the Torah in the Work?-2”

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Question: How can I perceive the desire within a friend?

Answer: I should not try to see the desire in a friend; rather, I must invest efforts in him, because in return I receive an awareness of the importance of the upper one from the entire environment.

In other words, I can invest efforts in the group through a few specific friends from whom I see absolutely nothing directly, I can suddenly receive an additional feeling that helps me become inspired by an awareness of the importance of the Creator that previously I did not perceive.

The group had a great awareness of the importance of the Creator even before, but I would come there and see none of it at all. I was like a cat walking into room. If the cat were to pass through here, would it be inspired by what we are speaking about? Would it be influenced by it? The same was true for me. I would come, sit in my place, study some science with the friends, look at the drawings on the board, and leave. It had no effect on me.

However, through the efforts that I invest in the society, I receive an additional sensitivity, and then I begin to see: indeed, they truly aspire to the goal, they are so deeply immersed in it, they strive for it so earnestly! Then I begin to experience a genuine response to the group. This depends not on the group, but on the efforts I have invested.

The group may remain exactly the same, yet suddenly I begin to discover within it more and more forces that are beneficial for my advancement, solely in accordance with the efforts I invested in it.

Consequently I no longer need to demand the friends do something for me, that they shout louder —be more vocal, although these expressions have their place. Indeed, we raise toasts for those who have accomplished something praiseworthy, and so on. It is helpful; it gives an example and in one way or another assists everyone. However, my main work is that by investing efforts, I begin to see the society differently and hear what is happening within it differently. And this is something that one does not demand from others.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/16/26, Rabash, “Make for Yourself a Rav and Buy Yourself a Friend – 1”

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