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Hi Nathan,
As far as I’m aware, there’s no such text.
There are times though in many of the articles of Rabash, and probably in Shamati too, where they reference some lines from the Siddur.
Chris
Nathan Nathan,
You might look at this, although it’s not one of KabU’s books. Chassidus incorporates Kabbalah in their teachings, but not strictly Baal HaSulam. Might be of interest to you.
store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EP-SIBC.WS
You can look inside this book here: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3217860/jewish/Blessings-Of-The-Shema.htm
I have a better understanding now of covenants and mitzvah and how they are spiritual attainments of inner work and the correction of desires . However so much corporeal action is linked to them. In disclosing a portion, Rav laitman says “Circumcision has become a Jewish conduct in this corporeal world and is a crucial commandment for some to this day”. He then goes on to explain the spiritual root behind the meaning of it. So with this in mind, is he saying that we have to follow these corporeal rituals in order to attain the spiritual root/correction of them ? From my journey so far, my understanding is all these actions mentioned in corporeal terms are just encrypted words that are speaking about spiritual things and not physical rituals or customs. But I could be wrong so I’m asking here to see if I’m understanding this properly, albeit I may have asked somewhat similar in the past. I just want to be sure.
Disclosing a portion is a phenomenal work on the Torah anyone reading this should go and get a copy.
Hi Luke,
Yeah I was about to say, I’m almost certain I’ve answered this…the answer hasn’t changed however 🙂
You can liken it to a child wanting a bank account. Obviously the bank account isn’t something practical and wouldn’t make sense for him to have one, but they just heard it’s something they should have. Later on, the use becomes practical and a true desire for it awakens in them for them to go and implement that advice. Getting a bank account at age 3 doesn’t serve any benefit anyways, so why do it, especially if the main thing is to first get a job and have a place to hold the money you’d make there?
There’s that kind of way of looking at it, and also, the Creator doesn’t look at the bodies–only the hearts. You could have the most upside down/opposite life with respect to the Torah, but if your heart yearns for bestowal then you are worthy of correction.
Chris
My understanding of Kabbalah is that the Creator has a plan for us (that we are here to serve a purpose). If the human makes the wrong choice(s), does the Creator change/modify His divine plan for us, to recalibrate our path? How do we reconcile God’s plan for and the mistakes that we make? Thank you. Happy New Year.
Hey Nancy,
In Kabbalah, the Creator’s plan is seen as a perfect and unchanging path toward spiritual fulfillment and unity with the Creator. This plan is designed to lead us to the ultimate purpose of creation, which is to attain a state of complete harmony and connection with the upper force.
When humans make choices that deviate from this path, it’s not that the Creator’s plan “changes”, but rather that we experience different routes or conditions that guide us back toward the intended goal. Our mistakes or wrong choices are seen as opportunities for learning and growth. They are part of the process that helps us understand our nature and the nature of the Creator more deeply.
The reconciliation between the Creator’s plan and our mistakes lies in the concept of free will. We have the freedom to choose how we respond to the situations we encounter. Through our choices, we can either align ourselves more closely with the Creator’s plan or take a longer, more challenging route. Ultimately, all paths lead back to the Creator…None Else Besides Him as I’m sure you’ve heard before 🙂
It’s all part of His plan, the question is how quickly do we awaken ourselves to the right actions/responses to His plan He places before us.
Hope that helps, thanks!
Can you explain the meaning of going from “Abram to Ivri to AbraHam- yehudi – Israel”? And how does this connect to him being circumcised at the age of 99? And What’s the difference from when he first crossed over to spirituality and finally being circumcised at 99? It seems that spiritual brit mila comes in stages?
Hey Brad,
When Abram becomes “Abraham,” it reflects the expansion of his spiritual capacity, as the letter “ה” (Hey) is added, signifying a greater connection with the Creator. The age of 99 indicates a mature spiritual state where heis ready to fully commit to the Creator’s path by cutting off the final remnants of egoism. The brit mila is more like a continuous process, like most things on the path.
Thanks!
Greetings
The Kabbalah talks about customs and covenants. I have seen Dr Michael laitman talk about covenants but he doesn’t say if you need to perform the physical actions to make those covenants. So I don’t understand. The Zohar and the ten sefirot talk about about the malchut correction and yesod and that correction involves circumcision. I’m not religious and I don’t do religious customs. I once studied with the Kabbalah centre and they told me if I didn’t receive a physical circumcision I would not achieve the malchut correction and yesod is covered with a foreskin and if I don’t remove that physically on my body I would not correct the yesod either. They also told me patach Eliyahu identifies yesod with the body’s extremity in this case physical circumcision covenant. So if I want to persue Kabbalah which means doing the work of correction will I have to actually undergo this procedure physically to achieve the correction? Or does the covenant of circumcision mean correcting selfish desires and it’s not a physical action. ?I’m still confused on the topic of mitzvahs I recently brought and read Shamati and Gem’s of wisdom great books and like the others it mentions observing mitzvot. On kabbalah.info it says “mitzvah is referred to by kabbalists as any other religious person does”. Mitzvah is also associated with certain corrections I have noticed that physical actions and physical locations on the body are mentioned in association with these corrections.
But I have also noticed in my reading of the ten sefirot that these are spiritual attainments and not a physical actions. My question is, are the corporeal mitzvah like washing the hands prayer shawls, lighting candles etc are these physical actions needed in order to achieve corrections?? ? For me it’s a bit like Christmas, right now in Australia people are going to church saying prayers having parties doing religious actions all in one day but for the reminder of the year they are not joyful and they dump the saying “love thy friend as thyself” it all goes out the window by the end of the week. So the physical actions of praying, worship, religious symbols it didn’t achieve anything and no one has benefited from it the world and through these corporeal actions most of the people didn’t correct any desire to align with the creator or the will to bestow.
That’s right. That’s because the actual Mitzva is the action of the light on a person that corrects their intention from in order to receive to in order to bestow. We have no chance in changing our nature if the light does not shine and correct that broken place, where you know what “broken” is, you have located that inside of you and you request that it be corrected.
Chris
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