A good year (Shana Tova) comes about first from understanding the previous year’s shortcomings. We then go through a time of introspection. In general, human society is starting to realize that a good life is further and further out of…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
What Holidays Are Celebrated During the Month of Tishrei?
Before overviewing the holiday cycle during the month of Tishrei, it is important to understand that the Jewish holidays are not a celebration of specific historic events that an isolated group of people experienced, which is irrelevant to humanity and…
Why Is Rosh Hashanah Important?
Before discussing the importance of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, it is important to understand that the Jewish holidays are not the tradition of one particular nation or people. They are rather symbols of unique spiritual states where we attain…
What Does the Resurrection of the Dead Mean?
According to the wisdom of Kabbalah, the resurrection of the dead refers to our inner qualities, not dead people. A body is a desire, and a dead body refers to a desire that wishes to do nothing in a spiritual direction…
Why Is There So Much Confusion in the World?
A new desire is emerging in humanity today. It is appearing in more and more people, but only as a seed of a desire, not a fully clarified one. What is this desire for? It is a tiny spark of…
Why Is the Path to Truth Difficult? Is It Necessary to Seek the Truth? Why?
Finally in this dull, secluded village to find him gone. In the ramshackle hut by the fire sat true. He had never seen a more old and ugly women. – You – Really? Old, wrinkled hag nodded solemnly. – Tell…
Does Everyone Have Bad Thoughts?
Everything that awakens within us stems from the upper force of bestowal and love in nature that creates and sustains reality, which in Kabbalah is called “the Creator.” However, we receive awakenings in our egos and they thus becomes revealed…
Does Love Require Constant Work to Keep It Fresh?
There is a saying in the wisdom of Kabbalah that “our whole work is to discover love among us each and every day.” Love is the general inclusive force of nature, and it is written that reaching the love of…
How Do Teachers Effectively Manage Individualized Instruction?
Effectively managing individualized instruction is indeed a problem in modern education. Nonetheless, we have to check what suits the children’s characteristics. There are many instances of dividing the students into classes according to topics, but it is usually when they…
How Do I Overcome My Gambling Addiction?
The attraction to gambling stems from a strong feeling of lacking connection with fate. What is a lack of connection with fate? It is a lack of a harmonious connection between people and nature, or to a pathway to such…
How Does One Discover Their True Self?
We discover our true self from within what Kabbalah calls the “point in the heart,” a tiny desire within us that attracts us upward to another realm beyond this world. Today, we live in an era where people despair more…
Who Is Spiritual?
One is spiritual when one is above our world. “Our world” is the egoistic desire that constantly calculates self-benefit at the expense of others and nature. If we aim ourselves outwardly in order to bestow contentment upon others and nature,…