Dr. Michael Laitman To Change the World – Change Man

What is the message behind Noah’s ark?

It is written in the story of Noah’s Ark that all lived peacefully in the ark. It is because the ark represents the spiritual quality of Bina, i.e. a quality of pure bestowal, one that envelops and sustains everything within itself.

What are the Third Commandment prohibitions?

According to the wisdom of Kabbalah, prohibition equates to impossibility. Accordingly, the third commandment—”You shall not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain”—means that we cannot reproduce the name of the Creator because doing so requires making

To what do you attribute the recent upswing in violence attacks against Jewish people?

The core reason for hatred and attacks against Jews is that there is no mutual responsibility among the Jewish people. The foundation of the Jewish people is ideological, not biological: that we once united according to the tenet “love your

Will Jews and Arabs ever live with peace and tranquility in Israel? It is a shame that Jerusalem, which means “city of peace,” has not experienced peace in the last 75 years.

Indeed, Jerusalem means the “city of peace” (“Ir Shalom”), and it is the center of the world’s spiritual force, but at the same time, Jerusalem is the furthest place from peace that I know. It is because we Jews do

At Highland Park, the Murderer Went for Jews

  Four of the seven victims of the Highland Park mass shooting were Jewish, and probably many of the dozens who were injured. According to a JTA report, “Although local authorities have not yet said whether they believe the shooter’s

What do you pray to?

We develop in our lives until we gradually start understanding that we are in a perfect and whole system that includes all people. It controls us in order to lead us to a certain state where we get to know

What does Kabbalah offer the world?

The wisdom of Kabbalah says very simply that the world is controlled by human nature, which is a will to receive for self-benefit alone. Unless we correct human nature, which means inverting it so that we acquire an aim to benefit others

Israel – the Ever-Electing Country

  Nearly forty years ago, Jewish thinker Simon Rawidowicz published a book titled Israel – The Ever-Dying People. Since nearly four years ago, Israel has become the ever-electing country. For the fifth time in less than four years, Israel is

Where in Europe Is Good for Jews?

The answer to the question of what are the best places to be Jewish should be an unequivocal “anywhere.” Unfortunately, that is not the case. The fact that such a question was the main topic in a recent study by

The Israeli Ideology and the Next Revolution

With all the turmoil happening around the world, it makes one wonder when and where the next revolution might take place, and what ideology it will promote, if any. There is a difference between a coup and a revolution. In

The Alternative Network to “The Mapping Project”

The Mapping Project is an undertaking closely resembling what was done during the Nazi era when Jewish businesses were singled out and marked in preparation for the Kristallnacht pogroms in 1938. The project—a database recently launched for Massachusetts which includes

Defiant Israeli Tourists Ignore Warnings

The Israeli character loves risks. It makes every daring experience like a movie full of action, filled with inexplicable pleasure, and provides a sting without which there is no feeling of life. It explains why despite the stern travel warnings