Dr. Michael Laitman To Change the World – Change Man

What Politicians “Want”

When you examine how Republicans and Democrats treat Israel, it is easy to tell the difference: Republicans are palpably pro Israel, while Democrats give Israel a cold shoulder. We, in Israel, may feel their attitude as a reflection of their

Permission to Harm

The great 11th century commentator RASHI wrote, “Once the harm-doer is given permission to harm, he makes no distinction between righteous and wicked.” Examples? There are plenty of them: Hitler and the Holocaust, Torquemada (of Jewish ancestry) and the expulsion

How can the high divorce rates in the USA be reduced?

  In order to reduce the divorce rate and ensure that married couples rise above any argument, conflict, and crisis, we need to revise the way we are educated and influenced. As we grow up, we need to learn what

The Vicious Cycle of Success and Hatred

We Jews have always been successful far beyond our proportion of the world’s population. The same goes for Israel, the Jewish State. We are world leaders in technology, in medicine, in development and manufacturing of arms and sophisticated weapons, and

Why do people tend to become radicalized in their believes?

It is a problem that we fail to understand the need to learn what nature requires of us, which is the same law positioned at the foundation of all the world’s major religions: “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18).

Transforming Hatred Into Love

Love, hate, and everything in between. That is how our world is divided. When we hate or love, similar physiological processes take place in our body—changes in heart rate, blood pressure, muscle tension, acid and hormone secretion—and only a small

The Root of Israel Will Give Israel No Peace

Prof. Ran Blitzer, head of Israel’s Experts Cabinet appointed to fight Covid-19, has stated that the closure isn’t working anymore. Vaccines are effective, he said, but we are still seeing high infection rates. Alongside the battle with the virus, Israel

Is nature cruel?

Nature is a perfect integral system that functions according to laws of interconnection and interdependence, and there is no shred of cruelty in nature. However, it appears to many that nature is cruel. Why? It is because, as is written

From Physical to Virtual to Spiritual Connections

The world has been in a virtual, or semi-virtual state for about a year already, and connections between people have become largely virtual. Now, “thanks” to new strains of Covid, borders are closing and airports are shutting down once again.

How will the world change after the COVID 19 pandemic?

We are in the midst of a major transitional era where we are starting to understand the tremendous extent of our interconnectedness and interdependence. Likewise, we also find ourselves destroying our world. This is because a key aspect of interconnected

What is every single benefit of physical pain?

Pain protects us by making us feel a boundary, where if we cross it, then we enter a danger zone. We typically want to simply not feel pain, and if we feel it, we want it to disappear right away.

What should I live for?

What is the meaning of life? It is to rise to a level where we become as one with our life’s source—while we are alive. In the wisdom of Kabbalah, that source has various names including “the Creator,” “nature,” “upper