[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Michelle,

Knowing Hebrew is helpful, but you don’t really need to learn Hebrew to study Kabbalah. All of our materials are professionally translated to English and many other languages.

But does the translation pass the full spiritual meaning? No. Hebrew is a language built for passing spiritual meaning, not just the meaning of the words, but every single letter and shape of the letter is a code for a spiritual state. So any translation is good but it will never give you 100% of the true spiritual meaning, it’s impossible.

So how big is the loss? For a person who is not yet in spirituality, the loss is very very small, even minuscule. In fact we have thousands of students worldwide studying with us on a daily basis, in a language other than Hebrew. Whenever Rav Laitman visits these groups, he always remarks how there is no difference in the spiritual advancement between these students and the students in front of him (all Hebrew speakers) that he studies with daily. This is because spirituality does not depend on knowledge but only on the desire. If we build the right desire for spirituality, we will feel it, if not, then no.

If you want an in depth explanation of the significance of the Hebrew language, check out this article. The ties between letters, words, and numbers:

http://www.kabbalah.info/eng/content/view/frame/60270?/eng/content/view/full/60270&main

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Dadyaran,

For material and courses in other languages, check out our portal site: https://www.kab.info/

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Janika,

Baal HaSulam writes about this in the article The Peace:

“To avoid having to use both tongues from now on—nature and a supervisor—between which, as I have shown, there is no difference regarding the following of the laws, it is best for us to meet halfway and accept the words of the Kabbalists that HaTeva (the nature) has the same numerical value (in Hebrew) as Elokim (God)—eighty-six. Then, I will be able to call the laws of God “nature’s commandments,” or vice-versa, for they are one and the same.”

Here’s a breakdown of the numerical value of the letters

the nature = הטבע

ה = 5

ט = 9

ב = 2

ע = 70

 

God = אלהים

א = 1

ל = 30

ה = 5

י = 10

ם = 40

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2017/09/elokim-is-nature-in-gematria/

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Amirhossein,

Keep in mind that these things are relative to the particular aspect of the desire that is being emphasized. So you might see a different order depending on what is being emphasized.

In general though, we ascend from the still, to the vegetative, to the animate, and lastly to the speaking levels of desire. This follows the spiritual rule that our work goes “from light to heavy”. From the smallest desires to the biggest desires.

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Amirhossein,

I’m not sure where the confusion is. Our ascent follows the same order: from the still, to the vegetative, to the animate, to the speaking level. If it helps, look at it more as to levels of desires. We always start with the smallest desires (the still level) and work our way up to the bigger desires (the speaking level).

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hello,

Spirituality works according to laws. The main law in spirituality is the law of equivalence of form. Meaning that in order to reach spirituality, we need to become similar to the spiritual qualities of love and bestowal that reside there.

It’s similar to how a radio works. That we just need to tune the inner frequency of the radio to match the external wave. Once we tune in to the wave that we want, we right away hear the music that is on that wave. Likewise with us, once we tune ourselves in the direction of bestowal, we will reveal the spiritual world.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2013/04/everything-is-attained-by-the-equivalence-of-form/

As for understanding these spiritual roots, we need to keep in mind that the roots operate on the frequency of bestowal, while we operate on the frequency of reception. As such, we operate on two completely different frequencies. So it’s currently impossible for us to understand these spiritual roots. We first need to correct our nature, make it similar to the spiritual qualities of bestowal, and only then will we begin to understand these spiritual roots.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2010/09/learn-the-creators-language/

Albert @ KabU

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