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[Gil]

Ask any question and get an answer from a KabU instructor! (for tech questions see “Tech Support” Section)

[mrc s]

what is the difference between the exile of the creator and humanity’s exile?

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

Just “root and branch”. Differences are many, but they all point to spiritual roots.

[Brad]

What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? Is a jewish soul better then a gentile soul? Why does a gentile have to convert?

[Brad]

I guess thats more from a religious respective, if you can answer it from both religious and the  Kabbalistic prospective.

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

Religious: Jew is the identity one assumes by either inheriting it through their mother or by conversion in adoption of practices and belief.

Gentile would be one who is not a Jew by birth or who has not converted…

Kabbalah: “Jew” derives from the Hebrew word “Yichud,” which means “unity” or “one who strives for unity with the Creator.

Gentile refers to the other desires within a person who do not yet want to work for the Creator.

Circumcision is removal of egoistic desires keeping us from advancing until we have the ability to handle them.

 

 

 

[mrc s]

Can pleasure/joy increase holiness or must experience suffering/hardship to move forward?

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

Depends what kind of suffering though. Hunger is suffering yet it serves us by preparing the place for pleasure.

[mrc s]

Is a klipot always outside something like a covering or can be an independent entity?

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

It exists to counter Kedusha–there’s no light without a Kli.

[mrc s]

is our inner essence God?

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

More correct to say our “root”. Our essence is the will to receive.

[mrc s]

I guess making money and reaching spirituality isn’t analoguous fully: making money have to invest efforts and money first and it may not succeed but studying spirituality is immediately beneficial to the person right?

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

Part of the growth is a person rising above the logic and reason of reward/punishment and wanting to adhere to the Creator unconditionally.

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