Another stage is approaching in human evolution, a time when the kind of love we know in our world will disappear. Reciprocity will fade, attraction will weaken, and people will no longer find fulfillment in the relationships and pleasures that…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
What Is the Significance of the Shabbat?
– Kabbalist Baruch Ashlag (RABASH), “Concerning the Hanukkah Candle.” This is why the sages taught that one who did not toil on the eve of Shabbat, what will he eat on Shabbat? The effort required is the effort to leave…
What Is the Significance Behind Lighting Shabbat Candles and Saying Kiddush?
The lighting of Shabbat candles symbolizes our desire that our family and the people of Israel attain wholeness, and that we all feel like one family. The light of the candles hints at perfection and the great abundance that will…
How Does the Weekly Torah Portion Provide Context to Our Lives Today?
The weekly Torah portion points to the corrections we must undergo in our relationships with one another. Every portion reveals different challenges and provides guidance on how to deal with them. These instructions direct us to attain love for all…
Love Is the Goal of Human Development
Our entire life, history and evolution is to transition from unfounded hatred, which is our inborn egoistic nature, i.e., a quality of wishing to enjoy ourselves at the expense of others, and to achieve the love of others. In order…
How Is Shabbat a Taste of the World to Come?
Shabbat symbolizes a corrected humanity, which exists in delight, what is called “the delight of Shabbat” (“Oneg Shabbat”), in a state of rest. It is a state of us human beings having completed the transition from narrow egoism, where each…
What Is the Inner Meaning of the Events at a Jewish Wedding?
At a Jewish wedding, the bride and groom get married under a wedding canopy (Chuppah). This wedding canopy symbolizes the union of the bride and groom. The single covering above them and the other elements of the ceremony symbolize the…
Which Woman Is Known for Exemplary Leadership in the Bible?
Miriam, Yael, Queen Esther, Hannah the barren woman, and Ruth the Moabite. What can we learn from these female figures in order to build a better society? When Moses was placed in the basket, Miriam kept watch. And when Pharaoh’s…
What Is the Role of Women in Kabbalah?
When we look at the natural world around us, we see that it is entirely unified. All its parts work together harmoniously to form a single whole. Only among us, the human species, is everything fragmented. The ego that grows…
Why Do People Lie? Why Not Be Honest?
“Do not wrong one another,” the Torah instructs, and the sages explain this to mean that “a person’s mouth and heart should always be in agreement.” Yet year after year, life seems to become filled with more deception and more…
What Do You Think about Public Shaming?
Whether we like it or not, we live in a network. Day by day, it becomes clearer how everyone is connected to everyone else, influences everyone else, and depends on everyone else. In such an integral reality, it is worthwhile…
Can the Ego Be Eliminated, or Is It an Inherent Aspect of Human Nature?
Everyone has an ego, it is natural. But life places us all in the same boat. If we do not learn how to get along, we will likely sink together. How can we build a new perspective on our relationships…