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Daily Lesson (Afternoon) April 18, 2024
Part 1: Rabash. Record 923. And he said, “When You Deliver the Hebrew Woman.”
Reader: We're reading from the writings of Rabash, article 923, And he said, “When you Deliver the Hebrew Women.” Study materials can be found online. The article again, and he said, “When you deliver the Hebrew Women.” Rav, please.
M. Laitman: Yes, yes, let's start.
Reading Article (00:27) Part 1: Rabash. Record 923. And he said, “When You Deliver the Hebrew Woman.”
“And he said, ‘When you deliver the Hebrew women, see upon the birth-stool; if it is a boy, put him to death; and if it is a girl, she shall live.” “Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, ‘Every boy who is born, cast him in the Nile, and every girl, keep alive.’”
We should interpret this. When a person begins to walk on the path of the Creator, Pharaoh king of Egypt is the king who rules over the bodies, to keep those who work in order to bestow so that the bodies will resist and they will not be able to achieve the desired wholeness, which is that all his actions will be for the sake of the Creator.
For this reason, he said, meaning commanded that when the workers engage in Torah and Mitzvot [commandments], called “Hebrews,” when the work in Torah and Mitzvot belongs to servants of the Creator, while the Egyptians are when one engages in corporeal actions in which the Egyptians engage, as well. Only when they engage in Torah and Mitzvot, they are called “Hebrews.”
“See on the birth-stool” is the time when one says that he wants to understand what he is doing, for what purpose he engages in Torah and Mitzvot. “If it is a boy,” meaning his work is in order to bestow, and this is his desire when he engages in Torah and Mitzvot, “put him to death,” meaning do not give him any vitality or strength, so he will stop his work.
“If it is a girl,” meaning his intention has the quality of “female,” in order to receive, “she shall live,” meaning you can give him strength and vitality because that person does not wish to come out of Egypt and there is no reason to fear him. Hence, you may help him, let him do whatever he wants, even if he is meticulous in all kinds of manners, since in any case, he will remain with us in Egypt and it is not worthwhile to exert for no reason, for in any case, he is one of ours.
But if it is a boy, if his aim is to come to aim for the sake of the Creator and not for his own benefit, from this he can be rewarded with “the savior of Israel,” called “the quality of Moses,” as our sages said, “The expansion of Moses in each and every generation.”
If he is rewarded with the quality of Moses, called “the savior of Israel,” who will deliver them from Egypt, we must see beforehand so as to prevent him from reaching a state where he emerges from the exile in Egypt.
However, how can they know that he is going for the aim to bestow? After all, he is still in Egypt, which is working for self-benefit and not in order to bestow. However, now he wants to be rewarded with it, and for this, he gave them a sign: “A male, his face is downward; a female, her face is upward.”
He interprets face and back in the “Introduction to The Study of the Ten Sefirot,” that when seeing a person from behind, we cannot know if this is truly the person of whom we are thinking. He might be another and we could be mistaken. But if we see the other’s face, there are no doubts.
Hence, when we want to imply that we understand something in utter certainty, that we have no mistakes, this is called “face.” Conversely, something that is not clear to the mind is called “back.”
For this reason, “face” is called “knowing,” that he is serving the Creator only in a manner of knowing. This is considered that his face is up in terms of importance, since what counts for him is knowledge. “Back”—when he is only in faith, since in the mind, it could be either or, he regards this as below in its importance.
For this reason, he gave them the sign: If you want to know if he is going for the goal of achieving the aim to bestow, if his face is downward, if knowing is of little importance to him, and his back is upward, meaning that faith is of high importance to him, it is a sign that he wants to achieve the quality of “boy,” the aim to bestow.
Hence, “Put him to death,” disrupt him however you can because he will certainly be rewarded with the quality of Moses, who is the savior of Israel, and will deliver them from the exile in Egypt and will enter the land of Israel, the palace of Kedusha [holiness]. This is the meaning of “And you shall see My back,” meaning faith, “but My face shall not be seen,” namely you will not attain Me through knowledge.
“Pharaoh commanded all his people,” meaning he does not know from which nation the savior of Israel will be born, whether from Egypt or from Israel. Every person consists of corporeal actions, called “Egyptians,” for the Egyptians also engage in corporeal actions. Hence, man’s work in corporeal actions is called “Egypt,” and when he engages in Torah and Mitzvot, he is called “Israel.”
He says that he does not know from which discernment a person might be rewarded with the quality of Moses, called “the savior of Israel.” That is, it could be that while a person engages in corporeality while all his intentions are in order to bestow, even while doing corporeal actions, he might be rewarded with the quality of the savior of Israel.
For this reason, keep an eye while they engage in corporeal actions, that if they aim in order to bestow, which is called “a male,” “cast him in the Nile.” That is, do not let him aim for the sake of the Creator, called “a boy,” even with corporeal actions. “And every girl keep alive.” Only when his aim is to receive in order to receive, you can give him vitality and strength to do corporeal deeds.
But if it is a boy, he might be rewarded at that time with the quality of Moses, called “the savior of Israel,” who will deliver him from the exile in Egypt and into the land of Kedusha [holiness].
M. Laitman: So, I think it's worth asking him to read again.
Re-reading Article: (11:35) And he said, “When you deliver the Hebrew Woman.”
“And he said, ‘When you deliver the Hebrew women, see upon the birth-stool; if it is a boy, put him to death; and if it is a girl, she shall live.” “Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, ‘Every boy who is born, cast him in the Nile, and every girl, keep alive.’”
We should interpret this. When a person begins to walk on the path of the Creator, Pharaoh king of Egypt is the king who rules over the bodies, to keep those who work in order to bestow so that the bodies will resist and they will not be able to achieve the desired wholeness, which is that all his actions will be for the sake of the Creator.
For this reason, he said, meaning commanded that when the workers engage in Torah and Mitzvot [commandments], called “Hebrews,” when the work in Torah and Mitzvot belongs to servants of the Creator, while the Egyptians are when one engages in corporeal actions in which the Egyptians engage, as well. Only when they engage in Torah and Mitzvot, they are called “Hebrews.”
“See on the birth-stool” is the time when one says that he wants to understand what he is doing, for what purpose he engages in Torah and Mitzvot. “If it is a boy,” meaning his work is in order to bestow, and this is his desire when he engages in Torah and Mitzvot, “put him to death,” meaning do not give him any vitality or strength, so he will stop his work.
“If it is a girl,” meaning his intention has the quality of “female,” in order to receive, “she shall live,” meaning you can give him strength and vitality because that person does not wish to come out of Egypt and there is no reason to fear him. Hence, you may help him, let him do whatever he wants, even if he is meticulous in all kinds of manners, since in any case, he will remain with us in Egypt and it is not worthwhile to exert for no reason, for in any case, he is one of ours.
But if it is a boy, if his aim is to come to aim for the sake of the Creator and not for his own benefit, from this he can be rewarded with “the savior of Israel,” called “the quality of Moses,” as our sages said, “The expansion of Moses in each and every generation.”
If he is rewarded with the quality of Moses, called “the savior of Israel,” who will deliver them from Egypt, we must see beforehand so as to prevent him from reaching a state where he emerges from the exile in Egypt.
However, how can they know that he is going for the aim to bestow? After all, he is still in Egypt, which is working for self-benefit and not in order to bestow. However, now he wants to be rewarded with it, and for this, he gave them a sign: “A male, his face is downward; a female, her face is upward.”
He interprets face and back in the “Introduction to The Study of the Ten Sefirot,” that when seeing a person from behind, we cannot know if this is truly the person of whom we are thinking. He might be another and we could be mistaken. But if we see the other’s face, there are no doubts.
Hence, when we want to imply that we understand something in utter certainty, that we have no mistakes, this is called “face.” Conversely, something that is not clear to the mind is called “back.”
For this reason, “face” is called “knowing,” that he is serving the Creator only in a manner of knowing. This is considered that his face is up in terms of importance, since what counts for him is knowledge. “Back”—when he is only in faith, since in the mind, it could be either or, he regards this as below in its importance.
For this reason, he gave them the sign: If you want to know if he is going for the goal of achieving the aim to bestow, if his face is downward, if knowing is of little importance to him, and his back is upward, meaning that faith is of high importance to him, it is a sign that he wants to achieve the quality of “boy,” the aim to bestow.
Hence, “Put him to death,” disrupt him however you can because he will certainly be rewarded with the quality of Moses, who is the savior of Israel, and will deliver them from the exile in Egypt and will enter the land of Israel, the palace of Kedusha [holiness]. This is the meaning of “And you shall see My back,” meaning faith, “but My face shall not be seen,” namely you will not attain Me through knowledge.
“Pharaoh commanded all his people,” meaning he does not know from which nation the savior of Israel will be born, whether from Egypt or from Israel. Every person consists of corporeal actions, called “Egyptians,” for the Egyptians also engage in corporeal actions. Hence, man’s work in corporeal actions is called “Egypt,” and when he engages in Torah and Mitzvot, he is called “Israel.”
He says that he does not know from which discernment a person might be rewarded with the quality of Moses, called “the savior of Israel.” That is, it could be that while a person engages in corporeality while all his intentions are in order to bestow, even while doing corporeal actions, he might be rewarded with the quality of the savior of Israel.
For this reason, keep an eye while they engage in corporeal actions, that if they aim in order to bestow, which is called “a male,” “cast him in the Nile.” That is, do not let him aim for the sake of the Creator, called “a boy,” even with corporeal actions. “And every girl keep alive.” Only when his aim is to receive in order to receive, you can give him vitality and strength to do corporeal deeds.
But if it is a boy, he might be rewarded at that time with the quality of Moses, called “the savior of Israel,” who will deliver him from the exile in Egypt and into the land of Kedusha [holiness].
Question (Turkiye 2): (21:54): How can we protect the quality of Hesed (mercy), inside of the person from external influence?
M. Laitman: Through our intentions, if we are connected and want to reach just the quality of bestowal and giving, then we don't need to be afraid of anything. By that, we are already protected from all of the bad forces. And in this way, we advance.
Student: Man's face is looking down and a woman's face is the opposite side. If I understand it is relating to the star of David. This allegory reminded him of the star of David, is this related or not?
M. Laitman: No, I didn't learn it such, I can't say. If he finds it in the sources, then let him send it to me, and then I will know as well.
Question (Kyiv): (23:54) Yes, dear Rav, if you find it, these intentions for bestowal are thrown in denial, as soon as you adjust yourself correctly for this, then you are thrown in denial. What depends on us in this process?
M. Laitman: It depends on us that in every moment of time, we try to hold that intention towards bestowal.
Student: It says in the article these intentions for bestowal, boys, the newborns, the Pharaoh still throws them in the Nile. Only the girls can attain some intention for reception. How do we succeed in this? How do we acquire this quality of Moses?
M. Laitman: Yes, we can attain that quality of Moses. If we will just conduct ourselves properly, meaning to understand that our mutual bestowal to each other, mutual help to each other, it needs to bring us to bestow to the Creator.
Question (Women MAK): (25:37) Dear teacher, how to develop a yearning for true unity in our lessons, in our meetings to move forward to please the Creator?
M. Laitman: Ask Him for that. You formulated everything very nicely. Start to ask Him for that together.
Student: What does it mean to realize unity in the way that the Creator wants?
M. Laitman: That's without any limits. Unity, that's just completely limitless.
Student: How to feel that He wants from us?
M. Laitman: We need to ask Him to request it, to nag Him, and then you'll understand this connection with Him, and in that connection, you will develop.
Student: The actions are the same. How to check one's intention for bestowal?
M. Laitman: I don't understand.
Student: We're constantly uniting, and it seems like our external actions are always the same. How do we check our intention for bestowal?
M. Laitman: We don't look at the actions, we look at the intentions. We just examine the intentions.
Student: How do we examine the intention?
M. Laitman: For what, for whose sake? That's what we need to determine.
Student: What is the sign of the correct intention?
M. Laitman: That it's aimed at the Creator.
Question (Women Turkiye 5): (28:05) In the story of Moses and Pharaoh, there are people that free him. In our study, what is this environment that's inside of us, so this would be open?
M. Laitman: All sorts of desires, forces, aspirations, which help us to move forward, meaning to even greater bestowal. All of those desires, forces, and intentions, we need to gather them together and to amplify them as if to extend them to the Creator. In this way, gradually, we'll see how the Creator is helping us to develop them.
Question (Women Turkiye 7): (29:28) With regards to the knowledge of the Creator, this quality of knowledge, is it possible to turn this into bestowal?
M. Laitman: How do I turn the knowledge of the Creator into bestowal? These are two things that are different and foreign to each other. What I want to bestow to the Creator is something else.
Question (Women ITA): (30:12) Israel is us who feel committed to seeking the qualities of the Creator. In faith for us, there is no distinction because the differences are spiritual gifts. What do we need to learn here?
M. Laitman: If these are boys, then they want to reach the quality of bestowal. And if these are girls, then they want to reach the quality of reception. That's how it is.
Question (Latin 4): (31:48) It is said even if you are dealing with corporeal actions you can become the Savior of Israel. What does this mean?
M. Laitman: As it's written, what did you say now? Repeat it.
Student: The question is, during corporeal actions when all his intentions are in order to bestow, he can become the Savior of Israel. What are these corporeal actions that let us become the Savior of Israel?
M. Laitman: We truly, through corporeal actions, can merit reaching in order to bestow, to advance to spirituality. That's it.
Question (Women MAK 25): (33:01) Why is the face of faith called Achoraim? Because it's something we strive for in our work?
M. Laitman: So, what of it?
Student: It seems like this quality is not enough, seemingly. It's like Panim has to do with knowledge. Could you explain this?
M. Laitman: Panim is the aspiration to bestow. Achor is the aspiration to reception. And accordingly, see what happens for you and where you are, whether it's in Panim or Achoraim.
Question (Women Rus 10): (34:06) How from internal discernments of the Hebrew girl to Hebrew woman to give birth to a son and a daughter? And can we achieve this desire as a Ten?
M. Laitman: Of course, it's possible. We wish with the whole Ten to reach the quality of bestowal. This is what it means to birth a son.
Student: Does this depend on our yearning and the way we yearn for the goal?
M. Laitman: Yes, of course.
Question (Women Spain): (35:13) It seems like the Pharaoh always sticks to us, is glued to us. The nation of Israel stands in parallel, or it has to stand only before the goal?
M. Laitman: Israel needs to work only towards the goal, which is why they're called Yashar El. Yashar means direct, straight, and El is the Creator. And then whoever is directed towards reaching the Creator is called Israel. But if one is not directed there, then he's not called Israel. It's not according to one's ID or passport. Rather, it's according to the inclination of the heart.
Question (Women Latin 13): (36:33) How would the qualities of son and daughter revealed in the Ten have to give the force of vitality to the son?
M. Laitman: We need to try more to yearn towards the connection between us, to the mutual force of bestowal, and then it will get revealed to us from time to time if we are in the force of bestowal or in the force of reception, if we have a son or a daughter, and in this way, we'll move forward.
Question (Women PT 33): (37:17) At the end of the article, he writes, and this is the secret of what I see, you've seen my posterior, Achoraim side, and you won't see my faith, and you will not attain me through knowledge. When he writes about knowledge or reason, is that knowledge?
M. Laitman: Knowledge, yes.
Student: What I'm asking is, according to my perception, this process, that meaning knowledge and above reason, let's say I'm reading an article and I have some knowledge, had something, and according to the article it's changed because I strive to rise above reason. Is this where we meet the Creator?
M. Laitman: Where?
Student: Above reason?
M. Laitman: Yes.
Question (Women Turkiye 8): (38:58) Will the women have the quality of Moses as well? What advice can you give to the women?
M. Laitman: The same thing as the men, the same thing. We need to relate to this in the form that whoever wants to bestow or to come closer to bestowal is called a man and whoever wants to receive or to come closer to reception is called a woman. That's it. Otherwise, we don't discern the genders between men and women.
Question (Women MAK 26): (39:46) How do we tune ourselves correctly so that faith above reason is more important for us than knowledge or reason?
M. Laitman: That's how we need to aim ourselves in that faith above reason is the main thing and that's how we raise faith for it to determine all that we want to attain.
Student: We have such a question that daughters are for oneself, but a woman gives birth. She can give birth to a son or a daughter. So, how can the desire for oneself produce an intention that's for the Creator?
M. Laitman: Yes, this is exactly the way it turns out. We'll study this more. Physically in a woman there are many corrected elements, more than in a man. That's why a man has to study, and yearn to do something and a woman doesn't need in such this number of corrections as a man.
Question (Women MAK 86): (41:25) With everything I understand in my intellect, intellectually it seems correct. This is what the ego depicts to me and in any case however, it appears to me I need to go above that and to make efforts without looking at anything, to make efforts in the connection and to be into the Creator?
M. Laitman: Yes, yes.
Question (Women MAK 98): (42:05) How in the best way do we use that quality of the Achoraim in order to advance?
M. Laitman: Ask for correction and nothing else.
Student: I also wanted to ask why do we need knowledge if we do not attain the Creator through knowledge? How do we use it then?
M. Laitman: We achieve it in knowledge, in intentions, so don't worry.
Question (Woman Heb 2): (42:48) Dear Rav, we live in a world in which there is surely abundance in everything. How could it be that we still feel enslaved? Why is He not letting us come out to freedom?
M. Laitman: Because we are connected to our ego.
Student: According to a story we came out of Egypt twice then do we not have this feeling of freedom and we're still within our ego? What's preventing us from coming out?
M. Laitman: We are connected but for now we haven't revealed that we're in ego.
Student: With all that's happening we still didn't. We see that we're in the ego, we're in Egypt. What's preventing us from coming out of Egypt?
M. Laitman: We have to see where we truly are and unite between us and from our general ego to shout out to the Creator. To cry to the Creator so that He would help us to arise and come out of Egypt in this way.
M. Laitman: And at the end of the day it's just the Creator that does this for us? To take us out of Egypt?
M. Laitman: Of course.
Question: (Women Spain): (44:37) Is a woman a force or a spiritual energy that helps us to come out of Egypt?
M. Laitman: If a woman wants to come out of Egypt of course she helps us.
Question (Women MAK 86): (44:59) If there's this inner disagreement where we are found as a group does this demand a certain scrutiny in the group or is this individual work?
M. Laitman: This may demand clarification in the group.
Student: How do we combine these things like self-annulment and this scrutiny, these things are in contradiction?
M. Laitman: No, we have to tune ourselves to achieve understanding, unity, and closeness.
Question (Women Almaty): (45:46) According to the current article we need to feel that we don't even know where we are if we're aimed or not if it's a bestowal or reception and that's the Achoraim?
M. Laitman: For now, yes.
Student: And we no less need to aim and to ask from the Creator and we'll merit it? Can we say the son is the Hochma and the daughter is Hassadim?
M. Laitman: No, no. These are all types of ego that are expressed in us in this way.
Question (Hadera 1): (46:33) Can we say that receiving in order to receive is the daughter and then bestowal in order to receive is the son that wants?
M. Laitman: This is not quite so. We have to talk about it.
Student: Bestow to bestow is the quality of Moses?
M. Laitman: Yes, also not so clear. We'll talk about it.
Question (Women MAK 97): (47:08) Dear teacher, in the article it's written that the women, the Jewish women the Jews not only worked in corporeality but also worked on the Torah and Mitzvot that specifically from this Jewish woman the quality of Moses can be born?
M. Laitman: This doesn't mean anything that we used to not have Jews or nobody else. Everything started from intention. So, this is wrong. Don't transfer everything to the plane of our world. This is completely wrong.
Question (Women Africa): (48:02) Is the only way to be directly directed to the Creator through prayer?
M. Laitman: Yes.
Question (Women Latin): (48:46) When a person feels a state in the heart when in the heart he doesn't feel anything, rather he's in some kind of a state where he wants to find that quality with which he can bestow to the Creator what's lacking here? Because I feel that I'm powerless.
M. Laitman: I understand you. This is how we feel usually. And from our whole hearts, we must unite with our friends and seek a new foundation. And then the Creator brings us to this new degree. And we start to feel this degree, and this is how we ascend.
Student: Is it okay that I feel this pain?
M. Laitman: This is good. This is brilliant.
Question (Haifa 1): (50:22) If a person finds bestowal more important than reception then he reaches the vessels of bestowal?
M. Laitman: Yes.
Student: What is the work of a person?
M. Laitman: You have to find out between you. Start asking each other and respond to each other until you reach a common agreement altogether.
Student: Remember this in the Ten?
M. Laitman: Yes, yes.
Question (Women Ukraine 2): (51:12) What is faith?
M. Laitman: It's a confidence that I cannot clarify anything in my thoughts and desires.
Student: And then what? I cannot determine. How do I use this in the work, this inability to determine things?
M. Laitman: Nothing. I keep going.
Student: I hope that I'll be able to on a higher degree to feel it, to understand it or what?
M. Laitman: Yes. Faith is the desire to take the higher degree upon oneself of higher degree of bestowal and connection even though I know it's not within my strength.
Question (Women Mak 42): (52:54) We need to reach adhesion with the Creator through the adhesion with the Ten, correct?
M. Laitman: Yes.
Student: If it's a woman's Ten and a friend likewise but the Ten is felt like male, is it correct?
M. Laitman: I don't understand. What's the difference, men, or women? The main thing is for them to want to be connected, to attain the Creator to give to him, and feel ourselves in this state because this state in them will be similar to the Creator.
Student: Feeling the Ten as male, is that correct?
M. Laitman: Why men?
Student: It's as if these male aspirations to attain something, this male jealousy even.
M. Laitman: When I look at you, I see more women and they have questions about how to advance and you say that these are not women's desires. I just said thanks to the righteous women everyone came out of Egypt. Please explain to me, how can this be? But this is the way it is said. [no translation] So, let's treat this more seriously I'm afraid that what you think that you think that women don't have to do this it's not a necessity and so on. You're just cutting yourself off from the attainment of the spiritual world. You've received such a huge gift from the Creator and not to use it is a huge crime. Do you understand?
Question (MAK 24): (55:42) Dear Rav, you said that to come to the quality of Moses we need to build and examine our intentions. Question, can we in our intention for bestowal for closeness with the Creator, can we open it up and talk about it in the group?
M. Laitman: You have to feel to what extent it's possible and not possible.
Student: Which is why I'm asking.
M. Laitman: It's desirable not to do it for now.
Question (Women Ukraine 2): (56:40) I wanted to continue my friend's question about faith. Faith above reason, this is bestowal above reception?
M. Laitman: Yes.
Student: Faith is bestowal, but we learn that bestowal is love and at some point, I heard that faith and love are not the same thing, can you explain it?
M. Laitman: It's not the same, it’s not the same thing.
Student: What’s the difference?
M. Laitman: The difference is that faith is faith and love is love.
Student: It's not clear. Since faith is bestowal, what’s the difference?
M. Laitman: Listen, then maybe it will be more clear. The thing is that faith is faith, the quality of a person that he is in, what else? Apart from this quality. Love, and love is a completely different thing. Love is what is felt in the mutual adhesion of the desires. We'll talk about this. And now we've run out of time I had for you, I'm sorry, it’s good we have many more questions. We'll clarify them tomorrow. Bye-bye.
Reader: (58:41) Thank you Rav, thank you, everyone. Announcements before we end with a song.
Song (59:18)