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Shamati #117 “You Labored and Did Not Find, Do Not Believe”
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“Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah,” Item 33

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The Book of Zohar — Selections, Chapter “BeHaalotcha (When You Mount the Candles),” Item 124
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Lecturer: Rav Michael LaitmanDate: 2010-02-23Video: ENG 41.44MB Audio: ENG 7.38MB

At the time of the Messiah (the correction of humanity), evil increases and impudence and vice will be led by the heads of the mixed multitude (Erev Rav). Then the Hidden Light will appear from the Heaven – The Book of Zohar, followed by the writings of the Holy Ari. And this learning will root out the evil in our souls. We will be rewarded with cleaving to the Upper Light, and we will be rewarded all the virtues in the world.

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If we don’t correct something inside of us in time, then this “tail” keeps dragging behind us and greatly complicates our lives, like a heavy burden we are carrying. For example, what did a newborn baby do to suddenly receive so many problems and suffering in this world? The matter is that the baby is born into this world with all the “baggage” of the past, all the things he went through and did not correct in the previous lives.

Lecturer: Rav Michael LaitmanDate: 2010-02-04Text: ENG 0.23MB

Date: 2010-01-31Audio: ENG 8.51MB Video: ENG 47.08MB