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Michael LaitmanThe Times of Israel (Blogs) |
There is a saying about love: liking a flower means picking it, while loving a flower means watering it daily. But what does it truly mean to love,...
The metronome effect provides a striking parallel to the complex tapestry of human interaction and interconnectedness. After multiple metronomes are...
He runs through the forest, escaping a pack of predators, stumbling, getting up, continuing, accumulating scratches and bruises. He looks back to...
The people of Israel are facing tough times. This can lead to positive changes, as mentioned in the prophets that difficult days will come, but we...
The people of Israel have been put through an incredibly challenging exercise since October 7, 2023. The attacks of that day and the challenges...
Beyond the necessary military response, there is a broader solution: we, the people of Israel, need to embrace peace, unity and mutual understanding...
How Do You Explain the Need for Unity to Someone Who Is Locked on a Divisive Worldview That Continually Seeks to Justify One Side and Blame the Other?...
Protests, political conflicts, street uproar and division among the people of Israel marked the situation before the war. We need to combat our lack...
Many people now contemplate this question as several stories emerge of self-sacrifice to save others in the current Israel-Hamas war. For example, on...
Two American hostages, Judith and Natalie Raanan, a mother and her daughter originally from Illinois, who were captured by the Hamas terrorist group...
Ultimately, what can help the families of the hostages, as well as the families and friends of the dead, the injured, and the hostages themselves, is...
Indeed, more than 80 countries expressed their support for Israel following the tragic events of the 7th of October, but as to whether such support...
In Hamas’s terror attack on October 7, 2023, the group did not just kill innocent Israeli civilians, they also made videos of their murders showing...
We, the people of Israel, are far from being united. Leading up to the tragic events on October 7, we seemed like anything but one nation. We made...
The international support that Israel is receiving in this terrible war, including aircraft carriers from the Americans as deterrence and backup,...
Despite mainstream global support for Israel following the tragic events of October 7, there has also been inescapable looming antisemitic...
The heart of the people of Israel still aches from the tragic events of October 7, 2023. It is a pain felt deep within, permeating the very air they...
The world has again turned its attention toward the tiny Jewish state. Celebrities, journalists and world leaders are among a legion of people...
First, we should reflect deeply upon the painful divide that has festered among us, causing the devastating toll of hundreds of lives lost and...
In an abrupt and unsettling turn of events, the specter of war has descended upon Israel. From the morning hours, Israelis find themselves glued to a...
The human being is the center of creation and is its purpose. The upper force of love and bestowal in reality, which Kabbalists call “the Creator”...
The most important and needed action in our lives is turning to the Creator—the upper force of love and bestowal—and asking Him for help: to help...
We are currently in the midst of our World Kabbalah Convention taking place with over 2,000 participants from over 30 countries in Petah Tikva,...
We can view human history in two ways: either as an earthly path of development or as an evolution driven by our expanding desires. We witness it in...
Nine years ago, I published an article in The New York Times (print edition) titled, “What We Jews Owe the World.” This year, come Yom Kippur (Day...
In 500 million years, there will be nothing on Earth because our planet and our universe will be nonexistent. This is because we perceive the world...
Yes, you can love people who perform even the most despicable of acts because within them is a point of a soul. We have to understand that there is a...
It is written in the Torah that we each go through tests in our lives through which the upper providene examines us. Indeed, our lives are a test. It...
A good year (Shana Tova) comes about first from understanding the previous year’s shortcomings. We then go through a time of introspection. In...
Before overviewing the holiday cycle during the month of Tishrei, it is important to understand that the Jewish holidays are not a celebration of...
Before discussing the importance of Rosh Hashanah , the Jewish New Year, it is important to understand that the Jewish holidays are not the...
A new desire is emerging in humanity today. It is appearing in more and more people, but only as a seed of a desire, not a fully clarified one. ...
Finally in this dull, secluded village to find him gone. In the ramshackle hut by the fire sat true. He had never seen a more old and ugly women. –...
There is a saying in the wisdom of Kabbalah that “our whole work is to discover love among us each and every day.” Love is the general inclusive...
Effectively managing individualized instruction is indeed a problem in modern education. Nonetheless, we have to check what suits the children’s...
The attraction to gambling stems from a strong feeling of lacking connection with fate. What is a lack of connection with fate? It is a lack of a...