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I know that circumcision is talking about cutting off our egoistic desires. The heart, why does Ezekiel 44:9 say Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in FLESH shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.

Why also the flesh? If that is just a tradition, it seems to be saying that the flesh is mandatory. Sorry for beating this in the head…😂

Should believers in G-d vote? Do Kabbalist’s vote?

In the writings of Rabash and Baal HaSulam it says one progresses when engaging in Torah and Mitzvot, my question is how do you perform mitzvot if they are referencing the Jewish mitzvah like marriage, wearing tzitzit tefifilin etc?

My post below was initially a reply to one of the topics discussed here and I decided to give it it’s ‘own place’ as a new question :

” Chris, regarding your answer on the actual corporeal fulfilling of the Mitzvot in the Torah, you said that  “This, in fact, was one of the reasons they initiated the physical customs – particularly because they wanted to keep the nation tied with some kind of thread to spirituality.”  The problem is, that this fact caused for a GREAT DIVISION, not only between the Jews and non Jews but between the Jews themselves – the religious and secular. I am aware and totally understand that everything comes from HASHEM and so is this, but inside me I feel that the corporeal mitzvot DO HAVE an important meaning but they need to be perceived in a total different way , especially by The Jews . But this is impossible so long the majority of the Rabi’s do not start explaining\teaching\guiding differently, and they strictly hold to the  ‘preciseness’ of  performing these Mitzvot’ , so much so as dividing families, friends and even communities that have different perspective on the subject. On the other hand, there are  millions of books written by our sages  on matters of  the Halacha , Gmara, Mishna , the views of Bait Shamay and Bait Hillel , all of them dwelling\discussing and interpreting the physical aspect of Torah and Mitzvot. This has a tremendous impact on all who study them and put in long hours in discussing every tiny detail of each one of the 613 mitzvot… If it is not needed this way anymore , then why the sages did not mentioned in these teachings that things will have to change as generations are passing ?  If even  one of the main and respected Rabis would rise today  and start emphasizing what we learn here in Kabu, it would  make a great change within the Jewish communities, religious or secular . At the same time, I have a bit of a difficulty with the fact that Kabu ignores some of the major Torah Laws (like regarding activities on SHABATH) because I am Jewish and hold these ‘customs’ very dear but also, it causes me for facing a conflict  – weather I am going against my family and participating on SHABATh in Kabu events, or  am  I compromising and trying to be in both ‘words’ at the same time – and this too raises the question of selfishness – learning in KABU is a great pleasure for me so do I follow my passion without considering how it affects my family (they are not forcing me to do anything but I know that it will deeply hurt them) or do I consider them first and try to navigate my studies in such a way that it will not hurt them? And one more thing – our sages and past Kabbalists  conducted their lives according to the laws in the Torah and we learned in Kabu that the student strives to be like the teacher…. My understanding is that so long we are living in this physical world , the mere fact that we are here in flesh and blood, means that we still have to pay attention also to the physical interpretation of the laws…. otherwise, why not having new interpretations taught in all the Yeshiva’s , adjusting to these new times by  start ‘turning the tide’ and ease the burden of all the restrictions, if they are really not needed anymore. I know that Kabu is NOT and NOT TEACHING a religion , but all the said above is constantly on my mind , I just would like to make sense of everything.  ”

I made some minor editions so please just ignore the initial post ( reply on one of Luke’s questions).

• This reply was modified 4 months ago by Varda kahalany.

Last night I did the Q&A with Tony he was so great and explained to me that the Brit milah is referring to the screen. So my question is how do I actually realise that my screen is expanding and that I’m coming to the point where I’ve cut of the selfish desire to receive for the self alone do you simply analyse how you are responding to daily life ? And is it possible to utilise prayer as a means to ask for help from the creator to attain a screen (meaning help you overcome the desire to receive for the self alone). It requires a lot of work and a lot effort! Don’t think I can do it alone 🙂