[Helen]

trying hard to understand this

1. When Rav said “the Creator reveals His vessel of reception” .  is that vessel Bina? But Bina is one of the ten Sefirot, which means she belongs to the creature’s structure, not to the Creator Himself. So in what sense is Bina called “the Creator’s vessel”?

2. Is the sorrow actually located inside the Kli?  meaning it is the feeling of two qualities, Bina and Malchut, that are present together but not yet merged? And is this something we can actually feel in ourselves as a real inner sensation?

3. Is sorrow a metaphor for a structural state?  or is it an actual feeling that both we and the Creator share in some real sense?

 

[Helen]

Hi Gianni

I have always thought I heard and read that the Creator lack of nothing, has no deficiency/lack. for example this excerpt: “since the Creator is in no way deficient and needs nothing to satisfy His want”.

yesterday’s morning lesson Rav talk about Creator’s vessel of reception and lack, here is the clip: kabbalahmedia.info/en/lessons/cu/Iq1TaCkQ?sstart=41m4s&send=45m1s&mediaType=video&shareLang=en&c=Pa4QQb4y

I am sure this is not contradicting but I couldn’t wrap my mind around above two seemingly contradiction descriptions of the Creator.

2nd layer of above question. does the Creator have emotions? the Sorrow seems to indicate belongs to Shechina, not the Creator… ?

thanks

Helen

 

 

 

[Helen]

Hi Gianni

I have a question about labor before and after the Machsom. Before the Machsom, labor feels mechanical and forced ,  I go through the actions but I don’t feel why I am doing them or what inner change they are supposed to bring. The work is more about quantity than intention.

After the Machsom, is it true that labor itself carries a clear goal and intention? and the intention to bestow is already alive inside it?

If so, does prayer after the Machsom also change? does it become unified with the labor? like you don’t even need a prayer, you already have the right desire and intention, you know what to do, if anything, you only pray for strength?

thanks

Helen

[Helen]

Hi Gianni, this question is related to yesterday’s morning lesson on “What Is the Preparation on the Eve of Shabbat, in the Work?”,

This article seems to say faith can exist without Torah. A person can be Israel through faith alone, and Torah comes later as a gift. But my understanding was that real faith and receiving Torah are simultaneous — you cannot have one without the other. Is the faith described here a more elementary level, not yet the real above reason faith, more of a faith below reason?

thanks

Helen

[Helen]

Hi Gianni

“one who prays for his friend is answered first.”.. if my friends pray for my deficiencies, their prayer will only work if I do my part as well, if I don’t do my part, in what way that prayer will be answered? who will benefit from it?

thanks

Helen

 

[Helen]

Hi Gianni, that was a great lesson led by your Ten! inspired by that lesson, more questions:

1. If my friends incorporate my deficiencies and raise a prayer for the entire Ten, could it make me less pressured to do my own work in drawing the Light, since it sounds like the Light will come through my friends without me asking or working? Wouldn’t the Creator want to value my own prayer over my friends’ prayer for me, as that indicates a stronger desire and deficiency in me if I were to raise a prayer myself?

2. In your reply, you mentioned that prayer ultimately needs to include everybody. Did you mean all Israel or all people? Whenever I try to pray for all people, I hear a little voice in my head: “If that worked, then this world wouldn’t have any problems.” So my reasoning tells me to pray only for a particular person, situation, or a small group. I am not sure what my response should be to that little voice.

thanks

Helen

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