When we speak about Passover, we are not speaking about a historical event, but about an inner process that every person must go through. The entire story of Egypt, Pharaoh, Moses, and the exodus is happening within us. There are…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
Why Is Abraham Important as a Biblical and Historical Figure?
Abraham changed the course of world history. He was the first person to call on the Babylonians to confront the growing egoism that had suddenly erupted in Ancient Babylon. Until that time, Babylonian society had developed peacefully. Located between the…
Has There Been a Rise in Antisemitism Recently? If So, Why?
There is no question that there has been a significant rise in antisemitism recently. Today the world is passing through a very special stage in its social and political development, and naturally many painful questions arise, about the relation we…
How Can the Principles of Kabbalah Be Applied to Build an Integral Human Society Today?
To understand how the principles of the wisdom of Kabbalah can be applied to build an integral human society today, we should first understand the concept of the soul as Kabbalah describes it. We need to defocus our current understandings…
Is Rising Antisemitism a Sign of Global Crisis? History Shows a Connection Between the Two Almost Every Time
Today we must understand a fundamental fact about the world we live in: humanity has become completely interconnected and interdependent. This did not happen yesterday. The process has been unfolding for at least the past hundred years, and it began…
Is It Important to Follow Physical Commandments for Spiritual Growth?
All the commandments or Mitzvot are nothing more than expressions of spiritual laws dressed in actions of our world. In and of themselves, the physical acts have no independent power. When a person performs them only externally, mechanically, without inner correction, they…
What Was the Religion of Abraham?
Abraham’s teaching can be called a religion from the moment it became a unifying force, i.e., when it turned into a practical method for building a society that absorbed the idea of unity, accepted it, and began to live by…
7 Insightful Q&A’s on the Meaning Behind Jewish Customs
Q: Why do Jews write from right to left?Hebrew is written from right to left because the right side is considered the spiritual side or “the right one,” while the left is not. There is a spiritual root in nature,…
How Did Hanukkah Begin?
Hanukkah, in its spiritual meaning, is the revelation of a timeless inner process. The external events of 170 BCE—Antiochus’s desecration of the Temple, the persecution of the people, the uprising of the Maccabees, and the miracle of the oil—are branches…
What Is the General Role of the Jews in the Bible?
The role of the Jews in the human puzzle is to unite (“love your neighbor as yourself” [Leviticus 19:18]) above differences and divisions (“love will cover all crimes” [Proverbs 10:12]) in order to become a conduit for the positive unifying…
Is the Tower of Babel a Literal or Symbolic Story?
The Tower of Babel provides an example of the human ego that grows so big that it shuts our ears, making us unable to understand one another. Just as it plays out in that story, such a state can once…
What Are the Pros and Cons of Normalizing Relations with Israel?
I see no positive signs in it. There can be a positive sign only when within Israel, among the people of Israel living in the Land of Israel, there will be more closeness and connection. The fact that there is…