Found in the book “Kabbalah for the student“ Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag (The RABASH) Concerning the importance of the friends in the society and how to appreciate them, meaning with which kind of importance everyone should regard his friend. Common sense dictates that if one regards one’s friend as being at a lower degree […]
Found in the book “Kabbalah for the student“ Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag (The RABASH) It is known that since man is always among people who have no connection to the work on the path of truth, but to the contrary, always resist those who walk on the path of truth, and since people’s thoughts […]
Found in the book “Kabbalah for the student“ Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag (The RABASH) In The Zohar, Mishpatim (p 4, Item 11 in the Sulam commentary), it is written, “Come and see, when a person is born, he is given Nefesh from the side of the beast, the side of purity, from the side of those called ‘Holy Angels,’ meaning the world […]
Found in the book “Kabbalah for the student“ Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag (The RABASH) Question: What is the degree one should achieve, so he will not have to reincarnate? It is written in the book Sha’ar Hagilgulim (Gate to Reincarnations) that “All the children of Israel must reincarnate until they are complete with all the NRNHY. […]
Found in the book “Kabbalah for the student“ Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag (The RABASH) Question: Does keeping Torah and Mitzvot in order to receive reward purify the heart, too? Our sages said, “I have created the evil inclination, I have created the spice of Torah.” This means that it does purify the heart. But is it so […]
Found in the book “Kabbalah for the student“ Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag (The RABASH) According to what is explained concerning “Love thy friend as thyself,” all the details of the 612 Mitzvot are contained in this rule. It is as our sages say, “The rest is its commentary; go study.” This means that by keeping the […]
Found in the book “Kabbalah for the student“ Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag (The RABASH) “And a certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying: ‘What seekest thou?’ And he said: ‘I seek my brethren. Tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding the […]
Found in the book “Kabbalah for the student“ Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag (The RABASH) What does the law (Klal [14]), “love thy friend as thyself” give us? Through this law, we can come to love the Creator. If this is so, what does keeping the 612 Mitzvot give us? First, we need to know what a law is. […]
Found in the book “Kabbalah for the student“ Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag (The RABASH) Since man is created with a Kli called “self-love,” where one does not see that an act will yield self-benefit, one has no motivation to make even a tiny movement. And without annulling self-love, it is impossible to achieve Dvekut (adhesion) with the Creator, […]
Found in the book “Kabbalah for the student“ Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag (The RABASH) We must understand how one can help his friend. Is this where there are rich and poor, wise and fools, weak and strong? But when all are rich, smart, or strong, etc., how can one help another? We see that […]