When you reflect on the history of humanity, you see that people have always been fighting one another. It seems like there is never really peace, but only a pause between battles. Man’s disposition for constant fighting seems even more…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
World Jewry Will Be with Us When We Are with Us
Last week, Tzedek Chicago Synagogue officially designated itself “anti-Zionist.” In its statement, the synagogue decried the establishment of Israel as an “injustice against the Palestinian people.” The synagogue also posted on its twitter account that “Members of Tzedek Chicago voted to affirm…
Humor, a Serious Matter
What makes humor so necessary in our lives? What should be a source of laughter? Everything has been created for our development, including a sense of humor. It gives us the strength and the ability to develop. Anyone who is…
Put Leaders in Our Shoes
I recently posted my reply to an email I received about praying. I receive many emails, and these days, a lot of them concern the war in Ukraine. Another email I received about the war came from a man named…
What is the universal spiritual law?
The universal spiritual law is a law of love, as it is written, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” We lack perception and sensation of this law in our world as it exists in a dimension concealed from our inborn qualities.…
How can the world be rid of evil?
Very simply, by accepting a simple axiom—evil exists solely within you. If there were no evil in you, then you would have no sensation of evil, and you would not perceive any evil manifestations in the world. The evil we…
So Torn I am Afraid to Pray
A few days ago, I received an email from Yulia, who confessed to feeling torn, powerless in this world, and unable to help those close to her. “I have a prayer for peace,” she wrote, “for good connections among people,…
Why does humanity go to war again and again when it is already known as an exercise in futility?
Humanity goes to war again and again because it is part and parcel of our egoistic human nature to feel superior to others by suppressing them. It gives life a certain sense of meaning. It is the way we have…
World Health Day Assessment: The Planet Is Sick
There is not much to celebrate on World Health Day designated as April 7th by the United Nations. Old diseases once thought eradicated like polio are making a comeback in different continents, and after two years since the Covid-19 outbreak,…
Redefining Overconsumption
The latest Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) declared that the environment is almost at the point of no return. It warns that unless we restrain our insatiable hunger for power and wealth, we will destroy ourselves. In my opinion, the problem…
What can one get out of Kabbalah?
At the end of our childhood, our eyes gradually start opening up and we find ourselves in a particular world. We can live in this world without giving it much consideration, simply living “like everybody else” and taking after their…
What If Iran Has the A Bomb?
The looming nuclear agreement between Iran and the US (and other partners to the deal) poses major challenges for Israel. The deal will funnel many billions of dollars to a regime that has vowed to destroy Israel and has repeatedly…