Whether it is bungee jumping, skydiving, other extreme sports, thrill-seeking theme park rides and even scary movies, in such instances we want to feel the limit and how we breach it: that we reach a state beyond our capabilities. We…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
What Are You Afraid of and Why?
I am afraid of nothing anymore. In the past, I was afraid of not having enough time to complete everything that I wanted to in life. That passed a long time ago though. What is there to fear? If we…
What Is the Biggest Regret People Have On Their Deathbed?
A very common regret people have before death is in relation to what they did not do in their lives, for instance, the regret of working too much and not dedicating enough time to their family and friends. Such moments,…
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Posted in Articles, Family, News
Do People Change for the Worse When They Get Older?
I received this question from my student after he was touched by a story of a seven-year-old girl who placed parking tickets on cars’ windshields in her neighborhood, where she wrote “You parked very nicely!” with a heart-shaped drawing. My…
A Special Message for International Women’s Day
Dear Women, On this International Women’s Day, however much I can say “Thank you” to women around the world, I cannot express the true amount of gratitude for your consistent immense contribution. While gray clouds gather over our world with…
What Does Nature Require of Us All?
I received this question from one of my students after the tragic Turkey-Syria earthquake, when dozens of thousands of people got killed, and hundreds of thousands were left homeless in the freezing cold with no food. The student asked me…
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Posted in Articles, Interpersonal Relationships, Nature, News
What Story Is Read on Purim? Why?
The story starts with Ahasuerus, King of Shushan, enjoying a royal feast, and then his wife, Queen Vashti, disobeyed one of his commands, so he divorced her and sought another wife. The king had a loyal minister called Mordecai, who…
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Posted in antisemitism, Articles, Jewish, News
Why Are People Scared of Black Cats?
People’s fear of black cats, shying away from broken mirrors and attributing dark and ominous signs to all kinds of events in our lives, such as Kyiv residents recently doing so in relation to huge flocks of crows that passed…
What Do You Think About the Hebrew Language?
The Hebrew language emerges from our dialog with the source force of our lives, the force of love, bestowal and connection that is called “the Creator” in the wisdom of Kabbalah. According to Kabbalah, the Hebrew letters are the forms…
What Is Wrong With Our Society Today?
If we viewed human society a single live organism, then what would we see? We would see that, in its current state of development, its immune system is barely working, and its cells and organs, which should be sustaining the…
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What Is the Meaning of Purim in the Bible?
The story of Purim describes the near-genocide of the Jewish people. Haman recognized the Jews’ division as an opportunity to eradicate them. “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples” (Esther 3:8). Haman said that in…
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Can We Learn From Jews How To Unite?
There was once a hefty dispute between David Ben-Gurion and Moshe Sharet. Sharet said, “What will the nations say?” And Ben-Gurion answered: “It doesn’t matter what the nations will say. What’s important is what will the Jews do.” I agree…