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Leap Over Obstacles

noemail@noemail.org (galinas) — Mon, 8 Jun 2026 05:55:00 GMT

Question: Where do we get the strength to overcome all the obstacles?

Answer: On the way to spirituality, we must pass through many obstacles. You say that these are apparently very difficult obstacles because we want to move from the material world into the spiritual one.

So the obstacles must be very formidable, like in the story about people climbing a high mountain. The higher they climbed, the steeper and harder the path became, and the more cruelly the guards threw them down.

There is a very simple solution to this: obstacles only seem large in the eyes of the will to receive, but as soon as you switch to actions with the selfless intention “for the sake of bestowal,” all the obstacles instantly disappear. They are not actually so big. You do not have to climb over them. You do not have to break them. And you will not be able to do that with your will to receive anyway.

You must adopt a different attitude toward the obstacles, accept them in the opposite form, and then they disappear. It is said: “Look closely at them, and they will turn out to be a heap of bones.” The approach to obstacles should not be the same as they appear in the will to receive. The attitude must be different, from the side, and then all the obstacles fall away. But if you look at them through the will to receive, then of course they seem enormous.

Question: But how do you look at obstacles differently? How do you connect them with the goal?

Answer: If a goal is set before a person, then he must go “by faith above reason.” It is very simple: connect with the higher force, with the desire to bestow, with the group that will help you rise a little above this obstacle.

In other words, do not force your way through, but leap over the obstacle. The leap itself does not take much strength. It is more of a psychological problem than a spiritual one.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/20/26, Rabash, “The Difference between Charity and Gift”

Mutual Support

noemail@noemail.org (galinas) — Mon, 8 Jun 2026 05:48:00 GMT

Working on the group’s charter is very beneficial, but everyone needs to examine themselves. There is also another issue here: if I were to say now that it is necessary to work on this, you would spend all your time in meetings and discussions. But this should be inner work, not chatter. Nothing can be achieved through talking alone.

During a descent, all these laws and rules do not concern me at all; I do not even want to think about them. What keeps me going? The group. It should support me and obligate me even if I do not want to implement these laws on the level I am on.

When in spirituality, I want to support the group in spirituality as well, but if I am only on the animate level, I am obligated to support the group on that level. The animate level should neither descend nor ascend; on that level, I should always support the group as much as possible.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/1/26, Rabash, “These Are the Generations of Noah”

An Obstacle Is a Very Valuable Thing

noemail@noemail.org (galinas) — Mon, 8 Jun 2026 05:46:00 GMT

Question: Must we go through many obstacles on the way to spirituality?

Answer: On the way to spirituality, we do not pass through obstacles, but through signs that we must connect within ourselves in the correct form. These are pieces of my Kli. They seem opposite to me, but if I do not include them in myself in the correct form, opposite to me, then I simply will not be able to continue my spiritual development.

Let us say that I want to reach the Machsom, and on the way I must fill a basket with berries and mushrooms. When I am on the way, I am given all these “berries and mushrooms,” but only in inverted form.

In fact these are not obstacles; they only appear that way to my will to receive. But if I am missing even one of them, I will not be able to reach the destination.

This is called “a defect in the soul” (an incomplete soul). This is an extremely special thing. In spirituality, this is also called an embryo whose development has stopped: a miscarriage, a still birth, etc.

There are various cases, just as in this world. This happens if even one obstacle is missing. Therefore an obstacle is a very valuable thing.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/20/26, Rabash, “The Difference Between Charity and Gift”

In Spirituality, It Is Impossible to “Drill a Hole in the Boat”

noemail@noemail.org (galinas) — Mon, 8 Jun 2026 05:31:00 GMT

Question: Is there the concept of “drilling a hole in the boat” in spirituality?

Answer: The concept of “drilling a hole in the bottom of the boat” applies if we are talking about people who are not connected with the spiritual concept of the group.

In spirituality, it is impossible to drill a hole. You can only drill it in the corporeal world.

Let us say a person in the group suddenly wants to become a leader, to become greater than the others. But in the group everyone must be friends, whereas he specifically wants to rule. This is a very vivid example. In the spiritual world, this will not be tolerated.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/22/26, Rabash, Letter 59 (1962)

The Angel That Stands Guard over the Spiritual World

noemail@noemail.org (galinas) — Mon, 8 Jun 2026 05:24:00 GMT

Question: How can one fight despair and exhaustion?

Answer: The fact is that fatigue or despair do not really exist as independent phenomena. In our world it seems to us that there are certain natural occurrences, but these are angels (Malachim). Whatever you perceive as the presence of the Creator—any force, desire, or thought—is an angel.

What is an angel? It is a particular force that is directed at you from above, whether it reveals itself or not. When this force reveals itself, you can neutralize it as though it had never appeared.

Therefore, there is no natural phenomenon—exhaustion, despair, and the like—that we are unable to overcome. There are always actions that stand opposite these phenomena, but you yourself are incapable of carrying them out because you lack the Kelim. So work on your Kelim, and then you will be able to do so.

We see that despair, fatigue, loss of zest for life, confusion, and disorientation are constant obstacles for us. Even though we listen, it is as though we hear nothing. You could write “the importance of the group” a thousand times on the wall, and you simply will fail to see those words. The eyes see, but inwardly nothing penetrates.

This is precisely what an angel is. Look how it acts upon us! It does not allow you to perceive and make use of what is most important. This alone holds you back and prevents you from immediately entering the spiritual world. The angel blocks your way, and you can do nothing about it.

Why? Because you cannot enter the spiritual world simply by striking the angel and removing it by force. You can remove it from the path only on the condition that you unite with others. By this you acquire a Kli. Without this Kli, it will not let you enter. It simply stands in your way, and waits for you to build the Kli.

So how does it push you toward this? Through despair, forgetfulness, confusion, weakness, self-criticism, and so on. It shows you what you must struggle against. Of course, you should not fight despair itself, but you can rid yourself of it only through the group. The angel gives you a sign that only by working on something outside yourself do you break through all the disturbances. Then you pass through, and the path is open.

You have no other choice. The angel will stand in your way for another thousand years. The Creator does not compromise in such matters, not because He is stubborn, but because you do not yet have the Kli. If you do not move the angel and its disturbance aside, it means you are still unable to sense the upper world because you have not yet acquired the proper Kli.

The angel gives you the inverse form of the Kli that you must acquire—instead of despair, inspiration; instead of self-criticism, confidence and elevated self-worth. It gives you opposite signs, and if you improve and correct them, the angel disappears. It steps aside, and you enter. And so it will stand at the entrance to spirituality until you acquire the Kli.

Time plays no role here; in spirituality there is no time. For us this may take millions of years, while in spirituality not even a second passes. For throughout millions of earthly years you have not moved from your place relative to spirituality. That means you remained exactly where you were, and you have not advanced even one iota toward the spiritual. It is astonishing!

I remember that once I waited for a dental appointment because I had something urgent. I had no choice, and I sat there for four hours with a toothache. Then after four hours had passed, the doctor came out and calmly said: “Come in,” as though only a few minutes had gone by. I was amazed; a person does not notice time. It was very striking to me. You can sit groaning in pain for hours, and then hear: “Well, come in.” Until you acquire the Kli, you cannot understand this. After all, how is it possible to exist in spirituality without a Kli?
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/20/26, Rabash, “The Difference between Charity and Gift”

If You Want to Reach the Upper World

noemail@noemail.org (galinas) — Mon, 8 Jun 2026 05:18:00 GMT

The upper world is a state of correct self-assessment. It is closer to a form of judgment, a profound psychological examination of one’s feelings, thoughts, and actions from the perspective of truth that is revealed when one detaches from one’s body.

After all what is the real issue? Dying or not dying? It is about parting with one’s egoism. Only then does a person see what is actually happening in the universe no longer through the lens of one’s egoism. Then one sees what is called the future world, the upper world, not through egoism. Through egoism, one sees only our world.

Question: Are you saying that a person can reach truth while still alive, in this body, in this world?

Answer: There is no problem at all.

Comment: That would be wonderful!

My Response: To achieve that, a specific inner state is required regarding a person’s desires, intentions, and inner strength.

Otherwise, it would overwhelm them. That is why people are not allowed to experience it prematurely. They must first acquire a screen (a force of resistance to egoism) in this world, so that they do not exchange these special states for some fleeting pleasure. Only then it is given to them.

Comment: You are saying that a person is destined for such immense, unimaginable happiness and love, and that they must…

My Response: They must prepare for it.

Question: Are they prepared for this in our world?

Answer: Yes, if they want to.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman,” 5/13/26

Each Person Has a Unique Path

noemail@noemail.org (galinas) — Sun, 7 Jun 2026 05:59:00 GMT

Question: In our group, there are friends who love working in the kitchen, others enjoy writing, and still others find themselves in organizational work. Is this an indication of some quality of the Creator revealed in a person, an indication of necessity? After all, this is where a person finds fuel for the work.

Answer: Does a person’s external work, in which he expresses himself in relation to the group or to his spiritual path, whether through kitchen work, uniting the friends, or writing, indicate something?

Of course. It points to the type of his soul. But it does not indicate how elevated that soul is. Is a person who likes to write closer to spirituality than one who prefers working in the kitchen?

For example, Baal Shem Tov was the greatest Kabbalist in Europe after the time of Isaac Luria. Between the ARI and Baal HaSulam, there was no greater Kabbalist than the Baal Shem Tov. Yet he did not write a single word. He went out among the people, explained, gathered Kabbalistic groups, and taught.

He had absolutely no inclination toward writing. Everything we have from him was heard and written down by his students. After the Baal Shem Tov, an entire body of Kabbalistic literature remained and was used by great Admorim (leaders of communities and yeshivot), who themselves were major Kabbalists. All of this literature was recorded from his words, although he himself wrote nothing. We have had many examples like this.

Question: But why does a person feel the need to bestow to the group in such a specific way, through writing, kitchen work, organizing, and so on?

Answer: I cannot say. It depends on the inner structure of the soul. For example, astrologers divide people according to zodiac signs into roughly sixteen character types. This is also mentioned in The Book of Zohar, but it does not give us a clear and precise table according to which soul types can be classified.

Of course, one can say that there are a certain number of soul types, because there are 248 “organs” and 365 “tendons,” divisions of the Partzuf into Rosh, Toch, Sof, divisions into three lines. There are countless variations, but there is no simple chart. And when there is no simple scheme, it means there is no final and serious understanding. Therefore I would not want to explain things according to how they seem to me. It may appear one way now, and later turn out differently or with major changes. Who knows?

But it is absolutely certain that each person receives their own individual life path and obstacles. All this is the result of the revelation of his Reshimot. The upper light influences everyone equally, but the fact that each reacts differently and feels differently happens according to the Reshimot revealed in order to be realized. Ultimately, these Reshimot reflect the development of each person’s soul.

However, the development of the soul itself does not precisely indicate its character. For example, Albert Einstein did not display remarkable abilities until the age of twenty, and he performed poorly in school. Then suddenly he became a genius, and everyone was astonished. It is the same in spirituality. The development of the soul in its “infancy” does not testify to its overall structure or level. For this reason, I refrain from making conclusions or constructing theories.

What the Kabbalists wrote in The Zohar about soul types is too complex and intricate. I hope that one day we will be able to create a kind of table: 600,000 souls divided into several billion parts and thousands of reincarnations. This table would summarize all the data in such a way that we would receive one Kli (one common soul).

Why does each person have a unique path? I do not even know how to place all this into a single field of vision. But it is possible because in the state of final correction (Gmar Tikkun) each person attains this internally, and then sees, feels, and reaches the end of his path.

When we reach the state of Gmar Tikkun, then we will see whether it is possible to “bring down” all these things into our corporeal world (to explain them in the language of branches), and publish them in a book called Kabbalah for Beginners.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/20/26, Rabash, “The Difference between Charity and Gift”

A Chance for Newcomers

noemail@noemail.org (galinas) — Sun, 7 Jun 2026 05:54:00 GMT

Comment: You said that if a person joins our system now, they have a great chance to catch up with those who have been studying for 15 to 20 years.

My Response: Yes, just as a small child entering our world, even though they seemingly haven’t “earned” it, benefits from all the advantages humanity has prepared for them, newcomers will be able to rise together with us as well.

They will benefit from what we have created. After all, they existed in previous generations, in past cycles of life, just as we did. We have all been cycling through existence to reach this very moment.

Question: When describing the over all system, you said that grasping it in the past took 10 to 20 years, but now this period is shortening to about 10 years. Did you mean the experience of a single individual?

Answer: Yes, but since now we are entering this state as one global group, it will be very easy to connect with us.

Newcomers will be able to feel and enter into all of this very quickly. It will be much easier for them than it was for us. Look at how quickly small children master mobile phones and computers.

Comment: But for them, it already exists inside. They seem to be naturally built for it.

My Response: Of course. Nothing appears out of nowhere. It comes from their previous cycles of life. We exist within a system in which everything moves and develops according to a precise order.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Properties of our generation” 9/30/10

Don’t Look Back

noemail@noemail.org (galinas) — Sun, 7 Jun 2026 05:46:00 GMT

A person should not look back. He should not gnaw at himself or reproach himself for certain actions, nor at the same time praise himself for some of his deeds.

In other words, he should not try to strike a balance, thinking that I did this in such a way and that in another way, and here I fell a little short.

Question: Was this my life; either that of a hero or a sinner?

Answer: My life is not mine. And now I can finally say that what I lived through was not lived by me. It passed through me, but it was not me. I was being led. My life, it is how it appeared to me in a dream. It was not me, it all passed like a dream. And therefore, one simply must accept this; nothing else is required.

Question: Just accept it?

Answer: Yes. Just accept it. And that does not matter either. Whatever happens to a person will happen. And whatever he feels in the process, he will feel. It is not “he” who feels it, but rather “he” who is felt, so to speak.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman,” 4/18/26

How Can We Move from Hell to Paradise?

noemail@noemail.org (galinas) — Sun, 7 Jun 2026 05:33:00 GMT

Everyone is an egoist. People are raised that way and the conditioning continues. The greater your egoism, the greater the perceived opportunity to get ahead of others. We do not understand that true success ultimately means being in the right relationship with others.

We have reached a state where the world is exhausted and burned out from egoism. It can no longer continue moving forward on an egoistic path. All our grand dreams and ambitions are fading away.

Only one question remains: how can we continue to exist? This is possible only if we begin to value the connection between us. Within that connection, we will discover goals, spaces, and a completely different world.

Question: What is the most important advice you can give about how to preserve a friendship to the very end?

Answer: One must understand that whatever bad I see in others, is all within me. There is nothing bad around me, only within myself.

Therefore, one must try to correct oneself until one sees a beautiful world in everything around them. Then you will find yourself in the spiritual world, in paradise. Change yourself within, transform the hell inside you into paradise, and you will see that you are already in paradise.

But if you do not change the hell within yourself, then it seems to you that you are living in hell.

Question: And if you see hell in another person?

Answer: Then it is within you. Change yourself, and you will see that you live in a wonderful world.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman,” 5/8/26

All Our Encounters Are Predetermined

noemail@noemail.org (galinas) — Sun, 7 Jun 2026 05:29:00 GMT

We are all interconnected from the very beginning. Each of us is already in a designated state. If in life we need to meet one another in some way as a result of the correction of the common soul, this is already predetermined according to our spiritual genes.

Therefore, there is nothing accidental in the fact that we meet or distance ourselves from one another. So, do not worry.

The main thing is that at every stage of your development when you encounter other people, you should be as kind, welcoming, and engaging as possible to everyone. Then, ultimately, you will not go astray and will always remain in the direction of correcting your soul.

Nothing happens by chance. All our encounters are predetermined.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman,” 5/6/26

How Not to Lose the Zest for Life

noemail@noemail.org (galinas) — Sun, 7 Jun 2026 05:21:00 GMT

Question: Why do people think that play is something childish? “I don’t play,” they say, even with pride: “I don’t play!”

Answer: “Don’t play” at what? At becoming a greater human being? What exactly is it that he does not play at?

Comment: When a person says they are “playing,” they are talking about something made-up. You know: “I’m just pretending.”

My Response: Of course it is imaginary. I’m inventing something. But what does it mean to dare?

Question: So, in your opinion, to dare means to play?

Answer: Of course. To play at something greater, something magnificent; it is striving, aspirations. Like children: whatever game they play, they want to become better.

Comment: But for children it happens naturally.

My Response: Exactly. And it should be natural for us too, but we have lost it.

Question: We have lost it?

Answer: Of course. A young person is given everything and nothing is demanded of them, and essentially, they…

Question: Stop playing?

Answer: Of course.

Question: So this is the root of all depression, drugs, and so on? A person stops playing?

Answer: Life no longer compels them.

Question: Should life compel us to play?

Answer: “What is our life? A game!” Only a different kind of game.

Question: We talk about suffering and so on, but does suffering push us toward the game? Does it say to us: “Play”? If I played, would I not suffer so much? Can one say that?

Answer: I would say that I constantly examine myself and am vigilant in checking to see if a desire to stop has arisen within me. You know, I’d like to make that final move at the last minute with real intent: snap.

Comment: And that’s all.

My Response: Yes, that is good.

Comment: I envy such endings too. You know, when someone walks onto the stage and boom! That’s it.

My Response: Yes.

Question: I want to ask something very relevant now. Is playing the way out of the state humanity is currently in? Humanity is at a dead end, lost in thought.

Answer: Of course. We must play at the state we wish to attain. You know how Kozma Prutkov said: “If you want to be happy – be happy”? It is very true.

Question: What game should we play now, in these uncertain times?

Answer: We must play at friendship and love.

Comment: Your simple answers always unsettle me. Friendship and love, they seem to require something more.

My Response: Is that bad?

Comment: It sounds childish. I’ve told you many times, it sounds childish, fit for children.

My Response: Well then, let people remain trapped in their narrow-minded seriousness. I don’t know what else to call it.

Comment: But you truly say: “Play at friendship and love.”

My Response: Of course. What else does a person really have? When this disappears, life loses its taste.

Question: So this is the main game? Constantly?

Answer: Of course. A flirtation with life.

Question: With life or with another person?

Answer: No, with life.

Question: When you say “friendship and love,” do you mean toward another person, toward those close to us, toward distant people, toward the world? Is all of that included?

Answer: Of course. Everything is included in it. There must be movement.

Comment: But if it is a game, and inwardly I understand that I do not truly relate to him this way.

My Response: That does not matter. Even if I do it deliberately.

Question: So it must be done intentionally?

Answer: Of course.

Question: Even if I do not actually feel this way toward him?

Answer: Initially I may not feel this way toward him, but afterward I create it.

Question: I create this world of play: I do not naturally relate to a person with love, yet I constantly want to love him and want friendship with him. And then this world manifests, this level? Do I step into it? Does it actually happen?

Answer: What happens is what you truly want to happen.

Question: Let me summarize. Our main game is the game of friendship and love?

Answer: Yes, because only a good connection between us—let’s not call it “friendship and love” because that sounds too childish—rather, only a benevolent connection between us, mutual help, and a sense of the necessity for good relations can bring us to a new world. There is no other way.

Question: What do you mean by a “new world”?

Answer: A new world means a new society where I increasingly feel that my physical and emotional well-being depends on everyone around me, and theirs depends on me. We are so interconnected that it becomes impossible to separate one from another.

I must realize that is a law of nature here, a strict, very strict, law that my attitude toward others determines their attitude toward me. This seems very strange to us. But if we try, if we make the effort, then gradually we will see that the world depends only on our attitude toward it, and it will change for the better. In other words, you paint your own world.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman,” 5/13/26

Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 6/7/26

noemail@noemail.org (Debbie) — Sun, 7 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Rabash, Article 7 “What Are the Times of Prayer and Gratitude in the Work?” (1990) (1.29.2002)

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2nd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Matan Torah (The Giving of the Torah)”

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If It Seems like Darkness

noemail@noemail.org (galinas) — Sat, 6 Jun 2026 18:23:00 GMT

Behind everything in the world stands the light, the upper light. And where it seems to you that there is darkness, you must “polish” yourself.

Question: Yourself?

Answer: Yourself, until that phenomenon begins to shine. Because within every phenomenon, inside it, there is the upper light.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman,” 5/3/26

Don’t Let Your Inner Fire Go Out

noemail@noemail.org (galinas) — Sat, 6 Jun 2026 18:20:00 GMT

To be young means always striving forward.

Question: That is what youth is?

Answer: Yes, that is youth. It is not a matter of years. You could live to be 200 and remain young. Or you could be an old man at just 20, completely burnt out.

So, it all depends on striving! If you have a drive to attain the meaning of life, then you are always young.

That is the most important thing. It depends on you and on the society you are in, on the environment.

But under no circumstance should you allow yourself to be extinguished or let your inner fire go out. This is crucial.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman,” 5/7/26

In a Different Vein

noemail@noemail.org (galinas) — Sat, 6 Jun 2026 18:11:00 GMT

Question: When you explain the method of unification, you say: “I understand what this is about; I have gone through these states.”

But at the same time, you separate yourself from us, as if the method you went through was completely different.

Answer: The fact is that I do not go through the states of unity together with you because you are going through them in a completely different way. I went through them in individual study, in personal attainment.

You are going through them collectively, as a generation ascending to the Creator together, as a group that will become an example for all humanity. There will no longer be any difference between how you experience this within yourselves and reveal the Creator in the quality of mutual adhesion between you, and how this will later be realized by everyone else.

What I went through cannot be implemented in a group or in humanity as a whole. Therefore, I do not want to confuse you by speaking about it.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Gate of Tears” 10/11/10

Between Two States

noemail@noemail.org (galinas) — Sat, 6 Jun 2026 17:48:00 GMT

A person always exists between two states: the previous one and the future one. The future state pulls one toward itself, while the previous state pushes the person forward, away from suffering.

In other words, there are two levels: the higher one that I have not yet attained that draws me toward itself by showing me that I will find fulfillment once I reach it, and the previous one that pushes me forward through suffering, so I discover that in my current state there is nothing good whatsoever and everything is darkness. This is how a person advances.

Our choice is to move faster and more efficiently by sensing the darkness of the lower stage and the light of the higher one, and in this way we can shorten the time required to transition from one stage to another.

How does a person perceive these two stages within themself? They are felt in him not only as a stage that pulls from the front and pushes from behind, but also as the left line and the right line, two opposing forces where the left is the human nature and the right is the embryo of the qualities of the higher stage within a person: the incorporation of the qualities of the Creator.

From the lowest to the highest state, we ascend the rungs of a ladder that each consists of a lower and higher part, the left and the right. A person passing these rungs is like an empty vessel, and the specific rung upon which one stands gives one fulfillment (light).

Therefore, the soul of a person who is on a certain stage is referred to by the name of that stage. And in this way, a person changes names, changes destiny, and changes their place.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/24/26, Rabash, “What Is a Flood of Water in the Work?”

From Unification to the Creator

noemail@noemail.org (galinas) — Fri, 5 Jun 2026 05:56:00 GMT

Question: How does one gather all their aspirations toward the Creator?

Answer: A person cannot gather all their aspirations toward the Creator alone. If we have a certain reservoir of constantly replenished efforts and we make sure that it is constantly preserved and grows, then we can do this.

Take an ordinary prayer book and you will see that it is arranged as though one among many is addressing the Creator. Everywhere it says “we,” “we,” “we”… This is how the Kabbalists, members of the Sanhedrin (Great Assembly) composed it for us before the exile. It sets forth the correct attitude, in the correct form, and according to these stages, an appeal to the Creator.

Thus, all of this is the work of a person from the collective toward the Creator. Otherwise it is impossible. There are certain very specific prayers in which a person addresses the Creator alone. But even in this case, he addresses Him as a representative of society as, what is called, a messenger of the society. It cannot be so that he makes an address entirely on his own.

There is no other nation so unified by its animalistic nature as the Jews. Any other nation can live separately, one part here, another part there. But this nation, by its very nature, even when scattered throughout the world, preserves the ties between its parts.

The same applies to the matter of their own country and of unification. There are many nations whose countries barely manage to sustain their existence, nations who do not feel connection to all the institutions of the state. But for us, this is ingrained in our nature.

We simply cannot do without it: without organization, without unity, without being bound together into a certain mechanism, truly as a nation. And all this is because, at the very core, lies a spiritual nature.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/22/26, Rabash, Letter 59

When You Have Almost Reached the Goal

noemail@noemail.org (galinas) — Fri, 5 Jun 2026 05:41:00 GMT

When a person seems to be on the verge of reaching the goal, surprisingly he experiences weakness appears. “Why bother? What is the point? I’m tired. I’m fed up. It is hopeless.” At precisely this moment that one must understand that they are being tested in their aspiration toward the goal.

To actually attain it, a person needs to add even greater aspiration here, a new drive, to inject even more momentum, enthusiasm, reassessment of values, and importance of the goal, and then they will achieve it.

Question: So in practical terms, a person has come close, but in front of them stands a tall mountain that appears insurmountable?

Answer: Yes, it is precisely now that they must add importance to the goal in order to jump up, climb, and run up this mountain.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman,” 5/2/26

Excess or Necessity?

noemail@noemail.org (galinas) — Fri, 5 Jun 2026 05:34:00 GMT

A person generally determines what is a necessity and what is excess for himself. It is between these two discernments (Avchanot) that we live our lives. The problem is that the conditions given to us are perceived either as a necessity or as an excess, and accordingly we carry out our subsequent actions.

Suppose that I feel fine right now, nothing is pressuring me, and I continue existing this way since I am satisfied with the current state of affairs. But if I now hear that this is a bad state that brings me harm, that I am in danger, about to lose my soul, and to lose the meaning of life, then I will begin to relate to this calm state as a call to action.

That is, I change the definition of my attitude toward the given situation from “excess” to “necessity,” and act accordingly.

Thus, a person’s free choice always stands before the dilemma of how to perceive the present state. One may leave everything as it is, run away, or close one’s eyes, and for this same purpose the Klipot (impure forces), our body, external conditions, and an improper environment act as well, confuse me, and produce a feeling of weariness. All of this is depicted to me as conditions sent from above, and I may relate to them as excess, meaning as a state that satisfies my desire.

Therefore, here I must exert effort, and explain to myself that this is a special state: I am in danger. Then I will begin to perceive my life in such a way that it obligates me toward necessary actions. All of this undoubtedly depends on the books, their authors, and the group, and to what extent my friends burn with the desire for spirituality, and to what extent I am capable of absorbing their aspiration toward the Creator, and am capable of receiving an impression from them. This will compel me to change my inner sensation.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/20/26, Rabash, “The Difference between Charity and Gift”

The Sign of Advancement

noemail@noemail.org (galinas) — Fri, 5 Jun 2026 05:22:00 GMT

When a person exerts effort, and feels that he receives no response, it is precisely this feeling that there is no reaction from above to his actions that is a sign of advancement.

If he were to feel that everything is going well, that he is advancing, this is a bad sign that indicates that he is not exerting any effort. For true, correct effort toward the goal consists in the fact that he does not know, yet he “presses the correct button,” meaning that he receives no reward in the form of honor, power, wealth, or any other temptations in the form of gifts or payment from this material world.

If he truly invests effort toward the goal, and not for the sake of the pleasures of this world, then he develops the feeling that there is no response from above to his actions. And this is the most correct sign that he is being guided precisely toward the goal without the slightest deviation, that exact definitions are being awakened of what spiritual is and what goal he must be thinking about. The correct response to efforts is helplessness, despair, and loss of orientation.

When do we feel helplessness and disorientation within our desire to receive? It is when a person enters a more advanced state, when he does not receive fulfillment. This is a sign that he has advanced a little closer to the goal, toward spirituality.

If he feels worse within the desire to receive from one state to another, this means that he has advanced in the direction of spirituality, that dissatisfaction within the desire to receive is growing.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/19/26, Rabash, “The Difference between Charity and Gift”

In the Days of the Small State

noemail@noemail.org (galinas) — Fri, 5 Jun 2026 05:18:00 GMT

Concerning the Omer count [a count of seven weeks beginning the second night of Passover and ending in the holiday of Shavuot], it is known that man’s primary work is to connect himself to the Creator (Rabash, Letter 59).

The Omer signifies that a person is in a state of correction after the exodus from Egypt on the levels of the small state (Katnut). Therefore during the period of the counting of the Omer rejoicing is forbidden because joy is the drawing of the light of Hochma.

Shaving is also forbidden because “hair” (Searot) is likewise connected with the drawing of lights. “Hair” is an external Partzuf upon the body (Guf) of a person for attracting additional light.

Therefore, during the days of the small state, we live with little, and this is called the counting of the Omer. Through lowering himself and working in modesty, a person comes to the counting of the Omer. “Counting” means that light already begins to shine upon him; he draws lights through subjugating himself across all seven of his qualities, each of which also consists of seven parts that make a total of 49 qualities.

Through this, a person reaches the holiday of Shavuot, that is, a state in which the Kli (vessel) becomes corrected and worthy of drawing the Torah.

Then, from the animate level, from animate food, from the Omer (“sheaf”), from Seorim (“barley”), one comes to the level of Man (Adam), to the degree of MA.

All of this comes through working on the recognition of the greatness of the Creator, through efforts to increase His greatness in one’s eyes throughout all 49 qualities or states. Through this a person grows because by increasing the greatness of the Creator each time, he draws light from above, and thus corrects his qualities to complete perfection and arrives at the holiday of Shavuot.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/22/26, Rabash, Letter 59

Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 6/5/26

noemail@noemail.org (Debbie) — Fri, 5 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Rabash, Article 7 “The Life of Sarah” (1985)

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2nd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Peace in the World”

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At the Subconscious Level

noemail@noemail.org (galinas) — Thu, 4 Jun 2026 05:59:00 GMT

Question: While reading Rabash’s articles, I come across concepts such as “excess,” “slave,” etc. What do all these definitions mean in spiritual work?

Answer: There is not as much difference between the spiritual and the material as we think. A material action is an action with the intention of receiving for oneself, and a spiritual one is an action with the intention of giving.

Rabash’s article “The Difference Between Charity and a Gift” refers to determining a state. If it is a person who is accustomed to a certain standard of living, as in Hillel’s example, then a lower level is considered suffering. If he lives at his level, then this is normal for him. Fulfillment within the framework of the usual state is not an excess, and is not yet called Hisaron.

Question: But I feel different, constantly changing states. How can I not make a mistake, and distinguish between the true Hisaron (need, unfulfilled desire) and excess?

Answer: A person is constantly changing. The upper light is in a state of absolute rest, but it influences the current Reshimo (spiritual gene). Each Reshimo is very rich, with a multitude of details. What is meant by a multitude of details?

The Reshimo represents information about the state before and after the shattering of the Kelim in all the properties of the spiritual Kli. The smallest adhesion (Zivug) on the weakest screen contains 25 Partzufim. That is, for each inner definition (Havchana), for each property of the Kli, you have five more Partzufim, as if there were five dimensions in each dimension.

This is such a perfect system that if you study it and analyze it, a full-fledged person with all body parts, organs, ligaments, and the entire complex, interconnected system should be born from it. It seems to you that you are analyzing some small Reshimo. No! You clarify the whole system and its behavior.

It seems to us that the entrance to spirituality is some point, some kind of embryo. But this embryo includes everything. Of course, you do not distinguish between all these internal definitions, but on a subconscious level, you must go through them all. That is why the period leading up to entering spirituality is so long.

You unconsciously go through all the definitions that the “body” of the soul contains, only not explicitly, but in a concealed form. But you go through them! It is like traveling on a train that passes through millions of stations along the way. Because it is dark outside, you cannot see the stops, but you keep moving and stopping, moving and stopping.

You do not know what is happening or where you are. You just feel like you are moving; you make an effort to move, but nothing gets any clearer. It seems to you there is still the same road outside the train window, and nothing has changed; there is still the same darkness, darkness, darkness. But you go through all the stops, all the details.

Question: What should a person tune himself to and direct himself toward?

Answer: At each moment, a person should direct himself toward the goal, and consider that he as if feels it more precisely. He does not know exactly, but he feels the goal.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/19/26, Rabash, “The Difference between Charity and Gift”

Revelation

noemail@noemail.org (galinas) — Thu, 4 Jun 2026 05:30:00 GMT

There is no true state in my attitude toward a friend that I can measure with some fixed, objective “ruler.” Everything is measured relative to me.

Who decreed that this is so and that is so? It is always a person who measures. Is there anyone other than a human who could tell me what things are and how they are? The units of measurement are always defined by me.

But when we enter spirituality, as I attain it, I already know what it is that I attain, where I am, what constitutes the place I find myself in, and what it encompasses. That is to say, as I sense, I know exactly what I am sensing. I receive definitions, an understanding of what these things are called. I perceive things that I had never seen before, yet I instantly recognize them: “Oh! This is this, and that is that!” I know what it is because attainment is also understanding.

And then the language of branches is revealed to me. I do not need a translator in the spiritual world to translate my new sensations of that world into the old language of the material world.

Question: Does this mean that I see the true picture of reality?

Answer: Truth is defined as the state in which I measure everything with my correct Kelim (vessels), but they are my own.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/19/26, Rabash, “The Difference between Charity and Gift”