And Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea­shore… and the people feared the Lord… (Baal HaSulam, Shamati 151, “And Israel Saw the Egyptians”).

Question: The process of leaving Egypt was accomplished by a leap of faith above reason.

The Creator miraculously demonstrated His full support to the people. Why were they afraid?

Now in fact, there is also a miraculous occurrence: thousands of people around the world are doing the same act of unification. Why are we afraid and not happy with anything?

Answer: Because after having shown our desire to leave Egypt, we fell under the power of Pharaoh, who would not let us go.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/19/25, “Nachshon’s Jump and the Parting of the Red Sea”

Question: It is written that a person can discover love in a good way or with harsh judgments. How is this related to the feeling that I stand before the King and can reveal this love in two ways?

Answer: This is a feeling; therefore, I cannot convey it to you. Either you desire to increase good within yourself and thus come closer to the Creator or you demand something to come closer to the Creator.

That is what we do in life. You can ask, cry, and thus draw closer, or make a demand.

In principle, a person should reach such love for the Creator with which the Creator loves him. But this is practically an unattainable degree. That is the end of all corrections.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/19/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Is Greatness and Smallness in Faith?”

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Question: They say that everything depends on the intention. We see actions, and they can be the most benevolent, but intentions are not visible. If we could see a person’s intentions, what would we see?

Answer: Today, if our intentions were to be realized in the world, then the world would cease to exist.

Question: Are these our intentions?

Answer: Yes, of course.

Question: So today our intentions are to destroy?

Answer: Absolutely!

Question: Selfish, terrible?

Answer: The destruction of others, everyone, and everything.

Question: Is that why they don’t manifest?

Answer: Yes, we are not given strength.

Question: Are they not given strength precisely because they would be destructive?

Answer: Of course.

Question: And at what point will we be given strength? And then what will we see?

Answer: When we have the right intentions in accordance with the plan of nature, then we will begin to receive the strength to realize it.

Question: Tell me, what intentions should we have?

Answer: To come closer, to unite, to connect, to comprehend the highest level of nature, to reveal mutual connection, love.

Question: If this intention were revealed, what would have been revealed to us, what would we have seen?

Answer: That we are initially in a single system and all our attempts to exist up to now have been only in the opposite direction—to break this system.

Question: And what should be done to reveal these intentions of ours?

Answer: To try with all our might to break through the wall of this egoism, which does not give us the opportunity to either realize, make any movement, connect somehow, or ask.

Question: Is it important to ask?

Answer: Yes.

Question: And at what point will I ask?

Answer: When you see that you really want to, but you can’t.

Question: What prevents the Creator from just giving us this and that’s it? Why does He need our work?

Answer: If you don’t want it, how can I give it to you? That would be forced. There is no such thing in the spiritual world.

Question: So the conclusion is this: He must bring us to the state that we ask for: “Give us the opportunity to break out of our selfishness”?

Answer: Yes.

Comment: So the conclusion is this: He has to show us that our selfishness is destructive, murderous.

My Response: But if He shows us, then we simply will not be able to exist. We need to strive for this ourselves, and then, as we strive, we will realize that we are in the opposite state, and we will ask.

Question: So our whole task is to strive for connection, for unity, as you say, for kind thoughts?

Answer: Yes.

Question: You use such simple words all the time. Good thoughts? And then we will see that we can’t do it and ask: “Give us this opportunity!” Is that the plan?

Answer: Yes.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 4/8/25

Talks about the Steps of the Ladder, Part 114

What in the State of Ibur (Impregnation) Is Called “Male” and “Female”?

“Male” (Zachar) and “female” (Nekeva) in the embryo are states. They represent vessels of bestowal and vessels of reception, where bestowing in order to bestow and receiving in order to bestow correspond to different levels of correction.

If we work with vessels of reception, this is a deficiency called “female” (Nekeva). Conversely, when these deficiencies are corrected, they are called “male” (Zachar).

The word “Nekeva” comes from “Nekev” (hole), meaning a deficiency, an empty place that still requires correction. Zachar, on the other hand, represents the opposite, bestowal. These terms describe corrected or uncorrected states within the same person, within the same soul, present at every spiritual level.

The soul, in relation to the Creator, is always female relative to the male, because all corrections come from Him. There is the raising of MAN as a request for the correction of desires and the raising of MAN for the fulfillment of desires. In both cases, the Creator acts as the male aspect, and the soul acts as the Nukva (female) toward Him, the receiver.

In Kabbalah, this is described as ZON of Atzilut, Zeir Anpin and Nukva of the world of Atzilut. Zeir Anpin of Atzilut is called the Creator—the bestower, the giver, the corrector, the fulfiller. Malchut of Atzilut, Nukva of Atzilut, is the collective of all souls. All deficiencies exist within her, and each of us is an individual will, a personal part of her.