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Daily Morning Lesson: August 18, 2025
Part 1: Recorded lesson - Dec 7, 2021
Baal HaSulam. Shamati 46. The Domination of Israel over the Klipot
Reader: Hello, in the first part of the lesson, we will learn a lesson from Rav Laitman from December 7, 2021. This was on Shamati 46, “The Domination of Israel over the Klipot.” You can find it in the writings of Baal HaSulam, Shamati 46. We are going to read the article, Shamati 46, “The Domination of Israel over the Klipot.”
Reading: (01:27) Shamati 46. The Domination of Israel over the Klipot - twice
I heard
Concerning the domination of Israel over the Klipot [shells], and vice-versa, the domination of the Klipot over Israel. First we must understand what is “Israel” and what is “the nations of the world.”
It is explained in several places that Israel means “internality,” called “the anterior Kelim [vessels],” with which one can work in order to bestow contentment upon one’s Maker. “The nations of the world” are called “externality,” “the posterior Kelim,” whose sustenance comes solely from reception and not from bestowal.
The domination of the nations of the world over Israel is in that they cannot work in a form of bestowal and in the anterior Kelim, but only in the posterior Kelim. They entice the servants of the Creator to extend the lights down to the posterior Kelim.
The domination of Israel means that if they give power so that each and every one will be able to work in order to bestow contentment upon his Maker, meaning only in anterior Kelim, even if they extend Hochma [wisdom], it is only in a form of “a path to travel through,” and not more.
Reader: And we'll go to the recorded lesson. We'll read again.
Reader: Question for a workshop. Let's discuss the article for the next eight minutes.
Reader: Now we will play the lesson on Shamati 46 from December 7, 2021.
Reader: We're learning from Shamati. We'll begin with the article 46. You can find it in the study materials. They're on our website, they're on the icon here in the system. You can also ask questions there which will be asked in the lesson.
M. Laitman: (09:35) Simply, let's read these short articles we have. We have two of them today, in the first part, but they're very meaningful. Nevertheless, the articles that we are going through now need to gradually, slowly, slowly build in us the correct attitude towards spirituality, and for us to know what we're going towards, and realize that these are things that have to take place in each person that has the desire to reveal the Creator, to adhere to Him, and that, in truth, this path is a path in which we reveal, first of all, the necessity to be adhered between us, and then the connection between us that we discover, with force, this connection, this essence of this connection is the Creator. Therefore, without coming closer to the other, you cannot reveal the Creator. Hence, we see, according to history, according to everything we have in life, according to how it comes to us from the shattering of the vessel of Adam HaRishon, the revelation of the gap between the desires, the parts of the desires, between the souls, between the people, that we reveal, altogether, we discover the place in which we must reveal the Creator, until the Creator dwells amongst us, between us. So any intention to come closer to the Creator, and to bring Him contentment, and raise Him above the desires that are in us, which are egotistical desires, relative to the desires that are outside of us, which are altruistic desires, in order to bestow, that's what we need to do. That's called, and we shall flip it, or we shall invert it. Meaning, to invert, bestowal where it was reception, or the nature of the Creator, upon the nature of the created beings. This is called to raise the Creator more than our head, higher than our head, and this is also called control. Who is in control? The control of Israel upon the Klipot, meaning the desires that are contradicted to connection, and to the Creator. So there's the control of Israel, meaning that inclination towards the revelation of the Creator, upon the forces that contradict that. So we need to understand, and to feel, and locate correctly, those desires, that we maybe don't understand correctly what's happening to us. Whereas each time I think of myself, and not about others, where I yearn for some egotistical calculation, I'm truly in oppositeness to the Creator. The Creator is the system of relationships, which is anti-egotistical, while what we have today, and we look at everything in the manner of, how can I enjoy, and how can I arrange it so that it will be more comfortable, and pleasurable, and safe, and how do I invert that? That's what we call, and we shall invert it. Or vice versa, where we invert our nature by the reforming light, and the Creator helps us with this, to a state in which the force of bestowal, which is what we call, and divinity shall dwell between us. Let's read.
Reading: (14:26) Shamati 46, The Domination of Israel over the Klipot
I heard
Concerning the domination of Israel over the Klipot [shells], and vice-versa, the domination of the Klipot over Israel. First we must understand what is “Israel” and what is “the nations of the world.”
It is explained in several places that Israel means “internality,” called “the anterior Kelim [vessels],” with which one can work in order to bestow contentment upon one’s Maker. “The nations of the world” are called “externality,” “the posterior Kelim,” whose sustenance comes solely from reception and not from bestowal.
The domination of the nations of the world over Israel is in that they cannot work in a form of bestowal and in the anterior Kelim, but only in the posterior Kelim. They entice the servants of the Creator to extend the lights down to the posterior Kelim.
The domination of Israel means that if they give power so that each and every one will be able to work in order to bestow contentment upon his Maker, meaning only in anterior Kelim, even if they extend Hochma [wisdom], it is only in a form of “a path to travel through,” and not more.
M. Laitman: (16:18) Yes, meaning after the shattering and the influence of the reforming light, where the vessels begin to rise from death, from in order to receive, and where they are after the shattering, the shattering of the vessel of Adam HaRishon, we have a process of scrutiny and correction and by the reforming light, the upper light that operates gradually upon everyone. But after the shattering not each and every one is in an equal manner like the others, like every other shattered piece. There are those where the shattering is more, and those that have less of a shattering, and according to the extent in which they feel and discover themselves as being in the shattering, they awaken. They awaken in wanting to rise above the shattering because they feel that it's detrimental to them, until they somehow come closer to the reforming light. And it doesn't just awaken them, but also gives them discernments that coming closer to Him can be only in the way of equivalence of qualities, just like He bestows and He has those intentions in the shattered creatures. And then they begin to come closer more and more to the reforming light and begin to feel that their correction depends on them coming closer to one another. Not egoistic closening, but above their ego, to return to that state like they were in Adam HaRishon prior to the shattering, prior to the eruption of the intention in order to receive between them, which separated and distanced them, between these shattered parts. And this way, slowly, slowly, these shattered pieces that are already people of this world, this is how they reveal themselves as this is being the path of correction. If you have the intentions in order to bestow, that's called Israel, to control over the nations of the world. If it's the opposite, with the intentions in order to receive still, that that's what's ruling the desire to receive, that's called the control of the nations of the world. And upon Israel, and not only upon Israel, but altogether. That's why everything depends on what intention is here in dominion over the vessels. And all the people are made of two parts, from Galgalta Eynaim and AHP, because we come from the one vessel, which is called Adam HaRishon. And when all the parts of him shattered and fell, and intermingled, and mixed up, and began to come to a state in which the upper light shines upon them after the shattering, and sorts them out according to His bestowal upon them, it turns out that each and every part begins to awaken towards the upper light that bestows upon them according to the measure of corruption in it.
(20:29) There are vessels that are more corrupted, and those that are less, that are more in desire to receive or less, smaller ones. And this is how we begin to see our history. Everything depends on the awakening of the vessels towards correction. And this is how we can see through this what's happening altogether with humanity. Of course, these parts that are awakening and feel what's happening, and begin to feel or to participate in this process of correction, understand what's going on with them. The vessels that for the time being only have the will to receive and don't even awaken somewhat to the desire to bestow, they don't know what's happening. They just flow without any reason. Because reason is called that which we acquire in the difference between the desire to receive, and the desire to bestow, between the nature of the Creator and the nature of the created beings. As we have a way to arrange and associate them with one another, and then through the resistance, and the connection, and all the discernments between them, we can actually acquire the force of separation and of connection, analysis and synthesis of our information, our knowledge, our impressions. And this is where we get the whole wisdom from. First of all, the wisdom of Kabbalah, how to attain the force that controls us, how to reveal it, and to truly draw it out of concealment. And then how we can, on our own, advance towards Him and participate with Him in His work, in the scrutiny and correction of the shattered vessels. That's already considered, one will help his friend, and more processes that we have to go through. Today we are entering into a stage in which this select group that is belonging to, and must build the Galgalta Eynaim of the general vessel of Adam HaRishon and to join itself to that which is built prior to it, the generations of Kabbalists. And we need, for the first time in history, to also advertise this exertion to all the people of the world, this knowledge to the whole of humanity in a way that the whole world will come to the desired correction.
So let's read. In the process that we go through, there is the control of Israel, which is the vessels that are drawn according to their nature to the revelation of the Creator, since the upper light illuminates upon them and they feel this illumination, and that's why they awaken towards the light. And there are those that are not yet there, can't yet feel the reforming light that's drawing them to the Good that does good. And therefore, they are still called the nations of the world, meaning, desires that have yet to awaken to the Creator. And in truth, each of us, every one of the people in the world have vessels of bestowal, the vessels of Galgalta Eynaim, vessels that are called Israel, and vessels of the AHP, which are called the vessels of the nations of the world, vessels of reception, in each and every one. The question is only, are they awakening for the time being or not?
Reading: (25:15) Shamati 46, The Domination of Israel over the Klipot
Concerning the domination of Israel over the Klipot [shells], and vice-versa, the domination of the Klipot over Israel.
M. Laitman: (25:31) We also need to understand where this stems from. After the shattering of the vessels of Adam HaRishon, which is the general vessel that the Creator created, the scrutiny began. The scrutiny was in the generations following Adam. Ten generations from Adam HaRishon to Noah, and another ten generations from Noah to Abraham. Twenty generations in which there were already discernments. And then in Babylon everything mixed up again. In the Tower of Babylon, we need to understand that everything that was scrutinized there, those souls of Kabbalists that lived from Adam till Abraham, all of that once more got mixed, and that's why it's called Babylon. And once more, correction needed to be started all over. And this correction began by Abraham. This was truly a very big thing in the gap between Abraham's father and Abraham himself, to the extent in which they were opposite, where his father, Abraham's father, was immersed in the AHP, and Abraham was already associated with the Galgalta Eynaim. And then the discernment began, and the differentiation, and the gap between those vessels that are drawn from Babylon, from the state of everything being mixed and intermingled to the state of scrutiny. And that's where there were the first engagements in that what belongs to in order to bestow and what belongs to in order to receive. That's why we hear about Abraham and what he did about breaking the idols, that there is no place in any desire to receive, any good force, that they don't have. In the will to receive, in all of those desires, there's nothing to look for over there. If you want to reveal the upper forces, you want to rise above the life of the degree of animal, and to rise to the degree of Adam, which resembles the Creator. To reveal Him, to reveal the life in a state of a higher, more exalted level than what a person in this world has, you must then connect between you. You must, between you, begin to collect yourselves at least corporeally as one man in one heart. Hence, all of Israel are friends, and this is how you need to behave. Of course, it's against your desire, which comes from the shattering, certainly against your intellect and against your feelings in every possible way, but it's upon a person to rise with his forces that he received above that which he has, above his nature. And this is why there's a matter of the control of the vessels of bestowal upon the vessels of reception, or the control of the vessels of reception upon the vessels of bestowal. And they're in a contradiction between themselves, and that's why throughout history we see this struggle, which began actually from Adam, but towards Abraham it became more and more sharp and pronounced.
(30:12) But from Abraham onwards, the gap began mostly between Abraham and Terach, the father of Abraham, as they couldn't live together, and they were truly already as two contradicting degrees, two opposite degrees. Terach worked godliness in order to receive, as we call it, and Abraham served godliness in order to bestow, in equivalence of form. And therefore, those who understand and are willing, and want to ascribe themselves or attribute themselves somewhat, they have some kind of drawing in their heart and want to come closer to bestow. Even though they don't want on behalf of their nature, but they understand that here is actually the great principle, and if you acquire it, you rise to a higher degree. Then this is how they join to that which is called Abraham, Av Am [father of nation], the force that unites and sorts the new nation, which is the force of bestowal, the force of Bina, in place of the force of Malchut. And this is the difference where the force of Terach, the father of Abraham, would draw to Malchut, and the force of Abraham, the father of the nation, Avraham, would draw towards Bina. That's the difference between them, hence they separated these two groups, these two ideological groups, and certainly Abraham's group is a new, weak group, a group that must exist ever since amongst the nations of the world, and there is always a contradiction between it and the nations of the world, and gradually, slowly, slowly, these are clarified until everyone will know that there is no choice, but we must go above nature of the AHP, of the nations of the world, of the ego. That there is no choice, we were born in order to rise and to emerge to a higher degree, in order to bestow, and that's the true nature that we don't feel, because for the time being, we look at everything through our will to receive. So then, let's read “The matter of the dominion of Israel over the Klipot.”
Reading: (33:31) 46. The Domination of Israel over the Klipot
I heard
Concerning the domination of Israel over the Klipot [shells], and vice-versa, the domination of the Klipot over Israel.
M. Laitman: Which stems from the times of Abraham and Terach in ancient Babylonia.
Reading: First we must understand what is “Israel” and what is “the nations of the world.”
It is explained
M. Laitman (Source Text/Commentary): (33:56) The nations of the world is the will to receive, which is in all of nature, which is broken, shattered, crushed, very different in each and every one, and by this, people are in resistance and clash. On one hand, in a struggle with one another, on the other hand, inevitably connect with one another, in order to earn, to profit, and to truly battle with one another.
First, we must understand what is Israel, and what is the nations of the world. Israel is Yashar El, direct to the Creator, those who yearn to the Creator. And the nations of the world is the will to receive without the feeling of connection to the source, to its source. Even though everyone comes from the Creator, but there are those who feel that they belong to Him, and there are those who don't feel belonging to Him. That's the difference. But this is until in each and every one, the feeling of connection awakens to the Creator, that he actually belongs to Him or is associated with Him. A person can rise a certain day and feel that he has something in the source of life, the purpose of life. What I live for? Where is the upper force? I'm missing that in life, and so on. Just like all of us who belong to that inclination towards the Creator, we all felt that, each according to his state, his degree, his shattered vessels. So we need to understand first what is Israel and what is the nations of the world.
(35:54) First, we need to understand that in each of us, there's both this and that. There are those that already awaken such vessels of bestowal, the nations of the world, and there are those that don't yet awaken the vessels of bestowal. But also in each and every one, nevertheless, there're also those and also those. Just like we learn from the shattering of the vessels, there's no vessel that doesn't come from the ten whole Sefirot of the soul of Adam HaRishon, which is called in the Garden of Eden, which went through the shattering, and its ten Sefirot took on the intention of in order to receive. But prior to that, all the ten Sefirot were there with the intention in order to bestow, and therefore, in each and every one, there's a part which is connected to the Creator, and there's a part that is not connected to the Creator. But that's in each and every one. And only in those where already awakens this connection to the Creator, a yearning, a need, a desire to reveal Him, because really, as we feel it as the source of life, so they also feel their life a little higher up than the earthliness, and they're drawn towards that. And therefore, according to their attraction to there, they're called Israel. And those, that their desires are to connect to the Creator are yet to awaken in them, they're called the nations of the world. But again, this is something that is very, very mobile, very fluid, it changes. Because in every generation, in every single state, there are those where these awaken and they come closer to the Creator, to clarify Him, to get to know Him. Of course, at first, it is in order to receive, as they want to know Him and to understand Him, but nevertheless, it happens, and every single generation, this happens. We see this throughout nature, that once He is revealed in the form of a real way, us all, our history of all of humanity, the extent in which it is all stemming, 100%, only from the clarification, the scrutiny of the shattered vessels by the upper light.