Question: Why is the correction of Bina, Hafetz Hesed, so powerful that it can be stronger than the desire to receive?

Answer: The desire to receive is immense. It corresponds to the Creator; indeed, He created the desire to receive to stand opposite all the might, all the power, and everything that exists in the Creator. “God created one opposite the other.”

Otherwise, the desire to receive would not have the capacity to contain the entire Creator, all the light being revealed, and, in addition, the ability to bestow upon Him in return.

Within the desire to receive there is a powerful capacity that exactly corresponds to the Creator. The light created the vessel in accordance with His greatness, with everything that is contained within the light. Even the giver is within this light and places Himself within the vessel. It is only revealed gradually. But in the light that existed in the thought of creation, everything was already contained: all the lights, all the days, and the entire development, as it is written: “He saw from one end of the world to the other.”

When the Creator created the desire to receive through the light, He already embedded  the pleasure that He intended to give within the light, and placed Himself within it with all His qualities. He even placed His desire to give pleasure within it, so that the creation would work with it and, not only strive for pleasures, but also want to give pleasure itself, like the Creator. All these things are contained within the light. And all of them, like a seal and its imprint, pass into the desire to receive; they simply have to be revealed gradually.

So where does such enormous power exist in Hassadim, when it is only Hesed, which merely wants to bestow? Where does it have such great strength to work against the desire to receive?

At first glance, this seems impossible. Therefore, a descent took place from above downward, from the world of infinity to this world. What does this descent mean? It means moving away from the state of infinity into the smallest possible state in relation to infinity.

And from this state, in which infinity is revealed only to a tiny degree, let us say, to one-billionth of the world of infinity, a person begins making a restriction, and then performs the actions of bestowal for the sake of bestowal and reception for the sake of bestowal on this one-billionth portion.

Then he is given two or three parts out of this billion, and this is called approaching infinity along the ladder of degrees, where each degree is a certain portion of the state of infinity: one-billionth, two-billionths, and so on. And at every degree, one must make restrictions, just as in infinity.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/25/26, Rabash, “When a Person Knows What Is Fear of the Creator”

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When a person begins studying Kabbalah, they literally thirst for spirituality. Everything else seems completely insignificant and unworthy of attention. A person feels that they have found the precious thing they have been searching for all their life.

So, what happens now, when one begins engaging in Kabbalah? After six months of study, we see that this was not the only thing he wanted throughout his life; there is something else that he very, very much desires, and now this becomes clear.

Why does this happen? Because the desire to receive grows. The person begins to be shown all kinds of temptations; he is “teased” with all sorts of lures and attempts are made to attract him through various corporeal pleasures. Now he enjoys all of this much more than he did in the past. This happens during descents, not ascents, because it is necessary to enlarge his point in the heart until it becomes a Kli (vessel) the size of ten Sefirot.

This is the path. We study that the light gives birth to and builds the Kli. The same thing happens here. The surrounding light acting upon the point in the heart builds a Kli out of it, until it expands to ten Sefirot. The person’s work is to be an observer of everything the light does with them, agree with it, correctly sense this work, build the appropriate attitude toward such concepts as “sin” and “commandment,” and not be frightened by the constant feeling of distancing that arises.

Gradually, one acquires other definitions of what sin, transgression, and intention to bestow upon the Creator mean. Now one attaches less importance to transgressions on the corporeal level and looks more at what brings them into connection with the Creator.

Therefore, one rejoices that uncorrected Kelim are awakening and rising within them, and one regards this as an opportunity to correct them, or at least to know them more deeply. This is a sign that the person is becoming stronger and greater.

Each time a person falls, they should be grateful that they have been rewarded with the Creator revealing another uncorrected Kli in their soul. And this means that, apparently, one earned it through their previous work.

Baal HaSulam writes that if a person’s Kli has not yet been revealed to the person, who knows when it will happen? But if it has already been revealed, it is a sign that in one’s present incarnation, i.e., in one’s current state, before the next cycle of ascent and descent, they will correct this Kli.

Therefore, it is necessary to rejoice in the “sinners” that are being revealed and strive, through study, to quickly identify the evil within them—the flaws and unfulfilled desires that separate us from the goal—and relate to them in such a way that allows them to serve the purpose of advanving toward the goal.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/4/26, Rabash, “The Klipa [Shell/Peel] that Precedes the Fruit”

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Question: Can a person come to bestowal only by revealing his opposition to the Creator through the efforts he applies? If it seems to him that he himself revealed the awareness of evil within himself and did not attain this as a result of the path, is this simply a lie?

Answer: A person’s sensation is not a lie. But what he thinks—that he himself revealed this—is a lie. Everything is done only by the light. In the desire to receive, a sensation cannot arise if there is no light.

A sensation is composed of two opposites; the gap between them is what creates sensations in man.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/2/26, Rabash, “What Is “The Concealed Things Belong to the Lord, and the Revealed Things Belong to Us,” in the Work?”

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Talks about the Steps of the Ladder, Part 231

Are There Ascents and Descents Before the Barrier?

Ascents and descents take place both before the barrier and after it. However, during the period of preparation there are not really ascents and descents in the same sense as there are afterward. After the barrier, ascents and descents are falls into the Klipot (shells), and they are expressed as a feeling of distance, that is, a real, tangible sensation within the vessels. This means that there are two extremes within us: the Creator and the opposite of Him. Meanwhile, in the present state, when the surrounding light (Ohr Makif) is somewhat concealed, we fall into our narrow human nature, becoming occupied with money, honor, knowledge, or perhaps feeling nothing at all except a sense of emptiness and tastelessness.

By contrast, when the surrounding light shines, we feel a sense of strength, become inspired by the Creator, and are ready for anything. After the barrier, these are not exactly ascents and descents, but something similar to them does exist.

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Question from Facebook: What is perfection?

Answer: Perfection, from the smallest to the greatest, is evaluated by how absolutely all negative and positive phenomena are united together into one single harmonious whole.

And to the extent to which we can gather these phenomena together on an ever–increasing scale and quantity, these are levels of perfection. That is, it is not one single thing. But from the very smallest to the infinitely great, its characteristic is that it incorporates within itself all absolutely opposite phenomena, whatever they may be, into one harmony.

Question: So there is no bad and good; there is only harmony?

Answer: Yes. Naturally. That is what perfection is.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman,” 6/27/26

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Question: What new thing can we bring in so that we can awaken anew the greatness of the Creator within us?

Answer: In every state, you will have to awaken the awareness of the same greatness of the Creator within yourself: He is the greatest. And you will have to do this by playing a game toward one another. We do not see Him, and we therefore have to play.

Do not say that you have already gone through this; you will go through it thousands of times more, and each time you will despair. And then something will happen.

What exactly? You will reach a state of despair because you are unable to reveal the greatness of the Creator. Look at how deeply you need to reach this despair: you want to reveal His greatness, because without awareness of it, you cannot live. Then He will show you His greatness, the light of AB-SAG, and will give you a screen.

For this purpose, you are now performing actions; you are artificially raising MAN from the darkness. This, essentially, is what you are engaged in.

Question: We are talking about a game in which there are no spectators. Does a friend have to participate in it in the same way as I do?

Answer: Of course, a friend must respond. When I speak about myself in relation to the group, I am naturally also speaking about each person in relation to me. There is no doubt about this. What I said to the person who asked the question applies to everyone. However, I was as if proposing that he take responsibility for encouraging everyone to participate in this game.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/16/26, Rabash, “What Is, “Return, O Israel, Unto the Lord Your God,” in the Work?”

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Question: There are still solid marriages. For example, I have been married for 38 years. You are already approaching your golden anniversary.

Answer: Indeed. But I live between my wife, children, and my group. This is not a normal life either. I cannot be an example. Especially given my natural characteristics.

But divorce, I have never even considered it. I never thought that I could get divorced and leave my wife and children. No. I bought an apartment, transferred it to my wife. It is only in my wife’s name, not in mine. I have nothing at all! Seriously.

I took care of the children so that everyone was provided for, got an education, a home, and everything else. Getting married is a must! So I would be able to do my work in peace. That is all; the most important things.

If you have children, you must take care of them. Children are the most important.

Question: Is divorce a disaster? The child feels that he does not have a father or a mother.

Answer: The child suffers from the absence of either parent! Mom or dad. Of course, mother’s absence is worse. But still, so is the father’s. It leaves its mark. This is not forgiven!

Children consider their father’s departure from them as a betrayal, as a divorce from them. And they do not forget that. They cannot. That is, they feel that Dad has left ME. And this, of course, is very difficult.

Question: What if the love is gone?

Answer: What love?

Comment: They say: “Love is gone.” That is how people justify themselves.

My Response: Where did it go? I do not understand that word. I only know one thing: if people live together, if they are normal people, if they are more or less understanding and well-mannered, they can create conditions where they are comfortable together. Not great, they are not happy, but they are comfortable together.

Question: So, they form an alliance of convenience?

Answer: Of course! And what is marriage in the first place? Joint household! When you believe you can support each other, help each other, and are satisfied with that. That is first of all. And everything else, if you mean sex, it changes for a person every few years in other directions.

After all, we all live five times longer today than people did 200 years ago. Not to mention 1,000 years ago.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman,” 7/27/26

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