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[Gil]

Ask, connect, inspire.

[Magsy Kapoor]

Dear Gianni,

Help me understand, GAR and ZAT refer to the lights and not the kelim, correct? And since VAK is basically ZA, it refers to the kli/kelim?

Also, what is this essential difference between Ohr Hochma and Ohr Hassidim? I thought I knew but it turns out I don’t 🤷‍♀️

Thank you ❤️

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

There’s some flexibility in how the Kabbalists express these things because they try to talk to the one’s who are going to attain them.

GAR refers to the Upper Sefirot, ZAT to the lower Sefirot.

Sefirot are essentially corrected Kelim, which shine in their correction.

Ohr Hochma is the Light of the purpose of Creation; Ohr Hassidim is the Light of the correction of Creation, when the Created Being clothes actions of bestowal.

 

[Magsy Kapoor]

Is there any course that goes specifically through “The Preface of the Sulam Commentary”? It’s raising too many questions to ask here.

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

No but you can search the Kabbalahmedia.info site for Rav lessons on it and supplement by asking here.

[Todd]

Gianni,

What does the term “house” mean?

Thanks

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

One’s desire.

[Greg]

What are beams of the house then? And who are we supposed to be selling them to?

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

We have to learn this from practical work. Generally though, the beams are the main structural components, so fundamental that I’m scarcely aware of their existence. In my desire there are things I could not even imagine that that has to change. But that too I will have to “sell,” meaning I will trade, my thoughts for higher thoughts, my desires for higher desires, spiritual desires. I will have to “pay” for this sublime reward, specifically with the ego that stands between me and the friends in the group.

[Zorica Kostadinovska]

Hi Gianni,

We are talking about coarseness of a desire, but the more I try to understand, the less I understand it. What does it mean? Should the desire become more or less coarse?

Thank you so much!

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

It is always becoming coarser, on the one hand.

On the other hand, only spiritual elevations result in qualitatively greater coarseness.

Coarseness (aviut) is the matter on which we rise to spiritual attainment, which has to be risen above, or inverted.

For starters, you can think of it as the resistance to connection and the ingenuity with which this resistance is administered. This is a product of the degree of coarseness. It’s bad if I don’t have a group, to exit out of my desire to; but if I have a group and know how to use it and ask the Creator, then a great Aviut is good, defines the height I can ascend to.

[Todd]

Gianni,

I was at the last congress in Pennsylvania and plan on going to the retreat.  What is gonna be different about the retreat?  What could i do to prepare to make it more advantageous for everyone?

Thanks

 

 

 

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

There isn’t a Retreat or convention that is like another, so that I can say that since I’ve been to one, I don’t need to go to another. Just as I’d never know what I was missing had I not had my 3rd child, so one can’t imagine what the difference will be in the next retreat. That difference, and the magnitude, will depend on one’s preparation and one’s expectations. “There is no Light without a Kli” and so the Light will be there, but it depends whether I come with a thimble or a bucket to receive it.

To prepare? I would work on ensuring that OTHERS are prepared with a big yearning and excitement for it. Other than being sure to book your flight and get your ticket, this is the best way to assure your own success.

[Todd]

What is the most efficient way to prepare others with a big yearning and excitement?

 

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

Get everyone involved in some way. Either I’m preparing to attain something and I’m excited for that, or I’m going to bestow, to be the environment for the new sparks. By preparing, I build anticipation, a Kli.

[Greg]

Good Morning! One of the things I like to do is to go back through articles we read in Assembly and read the articles or verses cited in the article to get a better feel for it. Often Psalms or other Bible passages are cited. Which translation do you think would be most conducive to our study?

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

I prefer Artscroll because it’s a little closer in translation to the originals.

[Greg]

Thank you… received the Tanach yesterday…

[Todd]

Gianni,

Do the words soul and spirit have different definitions?

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

In Hebrew, spirit is ruach, soul is either Nefesh or Neshama. But that’s for common usage. In Kabbalah these also serve as special appellations for the degrees of the soul: Nefesh, Ruach, Neshama, Haya, Yechida.

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