October 25, 1957<\/p>\n\n\n\n
… as for separating love of friends from the work of the Creator, I do not understand it at all because it was never the custom with Baal HaSulam to connect those two together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the contrary, it was always forbidden to speak words of Torah or of states of greatness and smallness among the friends. Our way has always been, \u201cWalk humbly.\u201d It was barely permitted to speak of matters of work among the friends, as said in several of Baal HaSulam\u2019s essays in that regard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rather, the devotion of the friends was that of ordinary people, where each one cares only about his friend\u2019s corporeality, not about his spirituality. Drawing closer among the friends was actually through meals and drinking of wine, not through words of Torah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Therefore, I am not sure what innovations you are trying to make. Perhaps until now you believed that for love of friends there shouldn\u2019t be discussions or engagements in matters of work, and now you know for sure that this is the only<\/em> way it should be, meaning by walking humbly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The way is as one who goes to his friend\u2019s occasion. He doesn\u2019t think of himself\u2014whether or not he is in a good mood\u2014but must take part in his friend\u2019s joy. He must not frown, but show a happy face. It is the same here: bonding among the friends should be such that each wishes to delight his friend, and precisely with corporeal things, since precisely here is the matter of \u201cBuy yourself a friend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMake for yourself a rav\u201d is a different story. That is, sometimes among the friends, one wishes to execute, \u201cMake for yourself a rav\u201d toward another. However, this is specifically among friends who have great care and strict rigor, and not everyone is suitable for it. But this is no longer considered \u201clove of friends,\u201d meaning what love of friends requires, since there is no connection to the work, as you wrote to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Baruch Shalom HaLevi<\/p>\n\n\n\n Son of Baal HaSulam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" October 25, 1957 … as for separating love of friends from the work of the Creator, I do not understand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":6249,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"topic":[26],"class_list":["post-13753","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-rabash"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n