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Baal HaSulam. The Shofar of the Messiah

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The Shofar of the Messiah

Redemption Only through Kabbalah

Know that this is what it means that the children of Israel are redeemed only after the wisdom of the hidden is revealed to a great extent, as it is written in The Zohar, “With this composition, the children of Israel emerge from exile.” This is because at that time, there was hope for redemption, as the writing of The Zohar, which began in the days of Rashbi, was during the days of Bar-Kokhva. Rabbi Akiva, Rashbi’s teacher, said about him: “There will step forth a star out of Jacob.” Also, after the ruin of Beitar, there was great hope.

Writing The Zohar and Concealing It

Because of this, Rashbi permitted himself and disclosed the wisdom of the hidden in his books, The Zohar and the Tikkunim. However, it was with great care, since he permitted only Rabbi Aba to write, for he could disclose with intimation, so only the sages of the children of Israel would understand, and the sages of the nations would not understand, for fear that the wicked would know how to serve their masters. For this reason, as soon as they saw that the time was too soon for Israel’s redemption, they hid it. That was at the time of the sages, the Savoraim, since we find much that our sages, the Savoraim, wrote their matters inside The Zohar.

Disclosing the Kabbalah Is the Creator’s Will

Indeed, it was the Creator’s will that it would appear. This is why it wandered onto the widow of Rabbi Moshe de Leon. She inherited the manuscript from her husband, and he probably told her nothing of the prohibition to disclose, and she, by chance, put it up for sale.

Israel’s Troubles Are because of the Disclosure of Kabbalah

Indeed, to this day, this matter caused many ruins in the house of Israel for the above reasons.

The Benefit from Disclosing the Kabbalah

However, there is no bad without good. Therefore, this control that the nations have obtained by stealing the secrets of Torah gave a big thrust to the development of holiness. In my assessment, we are in a generation that is standing at the very threshold of redemption, if we only know how to spread the wisdom of the hidden to the masses.

First Benefit

Apart for the simple reason of “He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up,” for this will reveal to all what is between my son and my father-in-law, and the difference between the core of the nucleus and the upper Klipa [shell], from which all the sages of the nations in the world peeled. This is because all the camps of Israel that have denied the Torah are sure to return to the Creator and to His work.

Second Benefit

There is another reason for it: We have proof that there is a precondition for redemption—for all the nations of the world to acknowledge Israel’s law, as it is written, “And the land will be full of knowledge,” as in the example of the exodus from Egypt, where there was a precondition that Pharaoh, too, would acknowledge the true God and His laws, and would allow them to leave.

Redemption through Disclosing Kabbalah to the Nations of the World

This is why it is written that each one from the nations will hold a Jewish man and lead him to the holy Land. It was not enough that they could leave by themselves. You must understand from where the nations of the world came by such a will and idea. Know that this is through the dissemination of the true wisdom, so they will evidently see the true God and the true law.

Dissemination of the Wisdom of Kabbalah the World Over

The dissemination of the wisdom in the masses is called a “Shofar.” Like the Shofar, whose voice travels a great distance, the echo of the wisdom will spread the world over, so even the nations will hear and acknowledge that there is Godly wisdom in Israel.

The Revelation of Kabbalah to All the Nations Is the Revelation of Eliyahu (Elijah)

This task was said about Eliyahu the prophet, since the disclosure of the secrets of Torah is always referred to as “the disclosure of Eliyahu.” It is as they have said, “Let it rest until Elijah comes,” and also, “The Tishbi will answer the questions and problems.” This is why they said that three days (a known intimation) prior to the coming of the Messiah, Elijah would walk on the hilltops and blow a great horn, etc.

Disclosing the Kabbalah to All the Nations Is a Precondition for the Complete Redemption

You must understand these intimations: This issue of the Shofar is only the disclosure of the wisdom of the hidden in great masses; it is a necessary precondition that must be met prior to the complete redemption.

And the books that have already been revealed through me in this wisdom will testify to it, that matters of the greatest importance have been spread out like a gown for all to see. This is a true testimony that we are already at the threshold of redemption, and the voice of the great Shofar has already been heard, though in the distance, for it still sounds very softly.

Indeed, every greatness requires prior smallness, and there is no great voice if it is not preceded by a soft sound. And this is the way of the Shofar: Its voice grows progressively. And who better than I knows that I am not at all worthy of being even a messenger and a scribe for disclosing such secrets, much less to understand them down to their roots. So why has the Creator done so to me? It is only because the generation is worthy of it, as it is the last generation, which stands at the threshold of complete redemption. For this reason, it is worthy of beginning to hear the voice of the Shofar of the Messiah, which is the revealing of the secrets, as has been explained.

LESSON

Morning Lesson November 14, 2023

Transcription is made from simultaneous translation, which leaves a possibility for differences in the audio

Part 3:

Baal HaSulam. The Shofar of the Messiah (Redemption through Disclosing Kabbalah to the Nations of the World)

Reading (00:10) The Shofar of the Messiah. “Redemption through Disclosing Kabbalah to the Nations…” Twice

1. R. (01:38) We can ask a thousand questions on this, but all in all, that’s what he writes, these two sentences.

2. S. (01:50) In the previous article the mistress and her heir, he talks about the dangers of revealing the wisdom of Kabbalah to the nations of the world?

R. It depends on what period.

S. So what determines the difference?

R. That it’s a special time for revelation of the nation of Israel between the nations.

S. What does it mean, time period?

R. It is the period of the Messiah, as we say; Baal HaSulam determined that it’s our times.

S. Is there a right way to reveal it to the nations of the world? What’s the difference?

R. Yes, there’s a correct form for the nations that they are already coming closer to receiving that revelation.

S. And what is this that he describes here that the nations of the world hold a Jewish man etc.?

R. To such an extent they want to understand the source of this true spiritual life that this is how they hold on to each one.

S. And we have to be that Jewish man that they are holding?

R. Of course.

S. What does that require of us?

R. Dissemination, that’s what he writes about in the next part, “The Dissemination of the Wisdom of Kabbalah all Over the World.”

S. What does it mean dissemination? What’s the difference between dissemination and the harmful spreading that we talked about before?

R. That time causes. That’s the whole thing here because eventually all the nations of the world will attain even more than what the Jews attained originally. That’s why in the attainment of the nations of the world you have more Hochma or wisdom than in Israel.

3. S. (04:15) He writes here that it will not be enough that they come out themselves. Do we talk about themselves in the ten, that I come out of myself to connect in the ten?

R. Yes.

S. I think you said that the danger in explaining to them about the wisdom of Kabbalah in the past was that they might connect incorrectly, that they will use connection for the wrong goal. That connection is a high thing, but they might misuse it. So I want to ask, if they come out of themselves, they connect, if I understand correctly, that each one will come out of himself and that’s not enough. So what are we adding when each of them has come out of themself and connected? What does it mean to hold the Jewish man more correctly, what does he disseminate to them, that connection is what?

R. It adds light that fills them, the vessels, and in this way truly uplift above the exile.

S. Do they need to understand what the Jewish man knows or by connecting to him, he directs them correctly?

R. The Jewish person doesn’t really know, but in the connection, in the mutual work between all Jews and all the nations, they establish a vessel that is ready to reveal the end of correction.

S. A connected vessel is not enough, does it require something else?

R. It’s not enough and we go back from corruption to correction so we can’t come back to the same form that was formed that was before. We have to include all the corruption in it, and they specifically are what give us the ability to attain the end of correction. 

4. S. (06:38) What is a Jewish man because it says that each one from the nations will hold a Jewish man and lead him to the Holy Land, so what is a Jewish man?

R. A Jewish man is whoever’s already in unification with the Creator, he’s called a Jewish person, Yehudi. 

Reading Article. (07:28) “The dissemination of the wisdom..”

5. R. (07:57) Obviously they will have a deficiency for it, and we will have in order to fill the deficiency.

6. S. (08:12) Today, at this point in time, with this war and everything, you can see very clearly all over the world that there is a clear division in every place in the world from here to New Zealand. How do you read this situation with respect to the process of correction, what is happening here?

R. I see a force that will obligate the nation of Israel to reach connection. For now, there’s no other need. It only works against us in order for us to connect between us. 

S. The world, Israel bothers it?

R. Of course, of course, everybody, that in our time it’s revealed in all its force, in all the colors that Israel is like a sore that is on the body of the world. Yes, right?

S. There are all kinds of comparisons today, that they can see the size of Israel compared to all the huge countries. It doesn’t make sense.

R. Yes.

S. What does the world..?

R. Because it’s a material map, that’s why it can’t draw the spiritual relation between Israel and the whole world. That’s why it seems like what is Israel, it’s not like that. If you take into account the unity of the nation that isn’t there, how could it even exist and also make so much noise around the world? It’s something that isn’t clear.

S. So the attention, its inconceivable attention, where the whole world is looking at Israel, is actually an internal scrutiny that the world is going through?

R. Yes, we just need to understand the question even more should be: How do they hold onto this? How can it be? Billions of people with weapons and everything against something that has no room on the map? You already see that here there’s a connection between corporeality and spirituality, and we, I guess, are in the point of solution.

S. In other words, Israel has to understand that the world as small as we may be, it feels as significant as a..?

R. Of course, and how? Actually, according to what seems to the eye, there’s even no reason to scrutinize or speak about it or anything. Just delete it like you throw something off the table and that’s it. Why are you wasting all these words, but no, they can’t do anything. 

7. S. (12:10) He writes that each one from the nations of the world will hold a Jewish man, a Jewish person and lead him to the holy land. Does that mean that it is not we who lead them, but they will grab us and help us reach the holy land?

R. They will obligate us to reach the land of Israel.

S. Obligated because it says that it’s not enough that we can come out by ourselves, but we need them to pull us toward another degree?

R. Yes. 

8. S. (12:51) We see that everything you said in the last twenty years, one to one is happening in the world?

R. So I’m guilty.

S. No, it’s not like it’s your fault, you’re telling the truth from where you see it.

R. It’s written you don’t have to be a prophet.

S. Now we do everything possible to bring it out, to spread it out on the internet. We printed papers and everything. In times of peace people are not interested and in times of war people are still not interested. So I’m beginning to think that maybe the dissemination or what we call dissemination, we have to continue doing it and even more outwards, but basically it’s what we’re doing here, it’s the connection between us and the yearning for the world to know that this is the real dissemination.

R. Yes.

S. This is what really has an impact?

R. Yes, what is happening between us? 

9. S. (14:14) We see that in politics, too, everyone is talking about unity; every side is talking about unity but there is still division. We can’t agree with one another. What kind of unity are we talking about? What’s the new thing that we bring above it so they will agree?

R. We’re speaking about unity that is above the will to receive and they do not understand it, all other people and that’s why they can’t attain it, they’re not even thinking in that direction, to move in that direction. That’s it. They won’t have any success in what they want. The Creator is playing around with this military form in all kinds of ways to give us even more of an ability to cook in this but then we will need to work.

S. Unity, we are talking about, has to incorporate the upper force, it has to be part of the..?

R. Yes, of course. Okay guys, I think that we can end here. Today we have?