The New Refuseniks

In the early 1970s, when I first asked for permission to immigrate to Israel, the Soviet authorities denied my request. In those days, I was not...

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Michael Laitman

The Debate Is Not about Laws, It Is about Control

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to pause the judicial reform in order to give time for negotiation with its opposers will achieve...

previous day 5

Michael Laitman

Deuteronomy: ‘Remember That You Were a Slave in the Land of Egypt …’

According to the wisdom of Kabbalah, the state of slavery in Egypt means that we are under the complete control of the desire to enjoy for...

wednesday 10

Michael Laitman

How Do I Prevent a Nuclear War?

Even though there is a joint statement between five of the world’s most powerful nations — the United States, Russia, China, the United Kingdom...

26.03.2023 5

Michael Laitman

Is the World Really Controlled by Just a Few Families?

Indeed, we live within a power hierarchy where only a few dozen families control the world and do whatever they wish for themselves. It seems as if...

21.03.2023 20

Michael Laitman

What Is the Biggest Regret People Have on Their Deathbeds?

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...

10.03.2023 10

Michael Laitman

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...

06.03.2023 10

Michael Laitman

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...

28.02.2023 8

Michael Laitman

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....

28.02.2023 5

Michael Laitman

What the UN Really Expects from Israel

The State of Israel’s relationship with the United Nations has often been fraught with tensions and criticism. This was underscored by recent...

19.02.2023 7

Michael Laitman

The Hidden Nexus between Ukraine and Turkey

While the world is grappling with the magnitude of the disaster that struck Turkey and Syria, the war in Ukraine is raging on without any sign of...

17.02.2023 10

Michael Laitman

How to Unite a Nation that Is Not a Nation

Earlier this week, Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, gave a heartfelt speech where he called on both sides of the political rift surrounding the...

16.02.2023 20

Michael Laitman

Does Unconditional Love Exist Between Two Partners?

Unconditional love can exist between two partners if they work on it and attain it. Love is based on mutual concessions, yielding to one another, and...

14.02.2023 10

Michael Laitman

Antisemites in the Middle Ages Vs. Antisemites Today: Is There a Difference?

Yes, there is. In the Middle Ages, people felt a much deeper dependence on the Jews than people today. Today, we have medicine, chemistry,...

13.02.2023 10

Michael Laitman

What Is the Origin of Jewish Self-Hatred?

Abraham, who researched the laws of nature, saw that the growing human ego of his time was a sign of a maturing society. He understood that nature...

12.02.2023 10

Michael Laitman

The Judicial War May Devolve into a Civil War

The judicial reform that Israel’s new administration is advancing has stirred turmoil throughout Israeli society. From every sector and faction of...

09.02.2023 5

Michael Laitman

Initial Takeaways from the Disastrous Earthquake

As the scale of devastation from the earthquake that struck southern Turkey and Syria becomes clearer and more horrifying by the minute, initial...

08.02.2023 20

Michael Laitman

New Antisemitism Needs Ancient Solution

In an attempt to counter rapidly growing antisemitism in the country, the French government updated its plan to combat antisemitism to include...

07.02.2023 10

Michael Laitman

What Is a True Hero?

Heroes are those who, while immersed in their egoistic self-centered nature, build another person out of themselves, one that is in equal to the...

05.02.2023 10

Michael Laitman

How Fast Can We Fill the World with Love?

We all want to live in a world filled with love, but at the same time, think that it is impossible. But what if we could live in a loving world? We...

02.02.2023 10

Michael Laitman

What Is Time?

We can observe time when we look at our watches, and we can sense time when we reflect on our lives and realize how quickly time passes., We feel it...

01.02.2023 6

Michael Laitman

Our Negative Attitude to People Causes Climate Crises

As the climate heads into greater extremes globally, how can we best deal with future climate crises? The short answer is that we cannot deal with...

30.01.2023 10

Michael Laitman

Can Music Be Used in Education?

There are numerous examples of how music and songs are used in education in order to let students absorb the material more easily. Moreover, by...

28.01.2023 10

Michael Laitman

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Reflections on New Antisemitism

Holocaust Remembrance Day is a time to reflect on the past, and how modern-day circumstances prove that the ominous specter of antisemitism didn’t...

27.01.2023 10

Michael Laitman

Why Deny the Holocaust When We Can Simply Forget about It?

January 27 is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In recent years, there has been a sharp resurgence of antisemitism, which seems to be...

26.01.2023 20

Michael Laitman

What Will Prevent a Civil War

The tumultuous protests against the planned reforms to Israel’s judicial system seem to be tearing Israeli society apart. Prominent newspapers...

25.01.2023 10

Michael Laitman

Living in a World of Gray People

A student told me about a forty-four-year-old woman who had decided when she was younger never to have children. But now that she is older, she...

20.01.2023 30

Michael Laitman

Headed for Exile?

It has been more than two months since the general election in Israel took place. Although the results showed a clear winner, and no one disputes the...

18.01.2023 7

Michael Laitman

What Must America Do To Fix Its Trust Crisis?

Indeed, we are living in times of a social trust crisis, and it could lead to worse states where our connections would freeze and we would be unable...

17.01.2023 10

Michael Laitman

What Does the Tower of Babel Represent?

The construction of the Tower of Babel represents humanity’s first level of egoistic development that took place around 4,000 years ago. The story...

16.01.2023 10

Michael Laitman

Is the World in Danger of Impending Famine?

One of my students asked me about the possibility of global famine, citing a report where almost 90 percent of international food security and...

14.01.2023 10

Michael Laitman

Attendance Is Mandatory

“Attendance Is Mandatory” may sound like the beginning of a post about school attendance, but it is not; it is a post about compulsory...

12.01.2023 20

Michael Laitman

The Heat between Us Melts the Ice

A study published in the journal Science and quoted in Time and elsewhere states that the world’s glaciers are shrinking and disappearing faster...

11.01.2023 10

Michael Laitman

The Rabbis’ Letter against the new government is a big deal over nothing

As the new Israeli government was taking shape, an open letter titled A Call to Action began to circulate among American Jewish communities. The...

06.01.2023 20

Michael Laitman

When Will People See Israel’s Side of the Story?

Recently, at a border crossing in Huwara, a large town South of Nablus, a Palestinian terrorist was shot dead by an Israeli border police officer...

05.01.2023 10

Michael Laitman

Why the Russia-China Axis Is Unlikely to Pose a Threat to the West

The evident warming relationship between Russia and China has been causing some concern in the West. Also, some media outlets relate to the alliance...

04.01.2023 20

Michael Laitman

Did Noah’s Ark Ever Exist?

Turkey inaugurated a new visitor center named Noah’s Ark. The center on Mount Ararat was built by donations from Jews, Christians and Muslims from...

01.01.2023 10

Michael Laitman

2022 Was Bad, 2023 Will Be No Better

Next week begins the year 2023. When we look at 2022, there is very little to be pleased with. Above all, the war in Ukraine has disrupted the world...

30.12.2022 20

Michael Laitman

Israel Needs a Government of Tough but Equal Love

Today, December 29, 2022, is the first day of a new government in Israel. The past year has been horrific for Israel: Thirty Israelis were murdered by...

29.12.2022 20

Michael Laitman

Is Road Rage Happening More Often?

Road rage has recently escalated in a display of violent incidents in Israel. One person was murdered at a pedestrian crossing for making a remark at...

27.12.2022 10

Michael Laitman

How to Cope With Fear and Anxiety

One of my students told me that when he discussed his anxieties with someone close to him, like his wife or a close friend, then he found that the...

26.12.2022 20

Michael Laitman

Israeli Police Resigning in Droves

One of my students told me about a major problem with police officers in Israel, that they are resigning in droves. It used to be an honorable...

23.12.2022 10

Michael Laitman

Symbols of Tradition Becoming Symbols of Disobedience

Traditional and religious holidays in Israel are usually times of national unity. These days, Israel is celebrating Hanukkah, a holiday whose essence...

22.12.2022 6

Michael Laitman

Human Rights Day Misses the Most Important Right

Every December, there is a lot of talk in the media about human rights because the Human Rights Day is observed by the international community on...

21.12.2022 4

Michael Laitman

How to Conquer Fear – A Kabbalist’s Advice

Just let the fear go. Don’t think about what will happen in the next moment. We know nothing about what is truly going on in our lives. It is thus...

20.12.2022 10

Michael Laitman

Net Energy Gain – Another Gift We Won’t Enjoy

This week, the United States government announced that one of its nuclear fusion laboratories, Lawrence Livermore Lab (LLL), has achieved what US...

19.12.2022 20

Michael Laitman

Money Matters

The text below is a summary of Dr. Laitman’s words in the show El Mundo (The World). It is said that money is not everything in life. That may be...

18.12.2022 4

Michael Laitman

What can we learn from the universe?

The universe once had compressed into a single point, exploded into what we know as “the Big Bang,” and its parts dispersed omnidirectionally...

16.12.2022 7

Michael Laitman

Controlling the Spreading of Lies and Disinformation

A question I received: How do you think we could better control the spread of lies and disinformation? By understanding that the source of all...

15.12.2022 10

Michael Laitman

Turkey on the Rise

Mutlu Meydan is a long-time student of mine. Although he was born in Turkey, he discovered the wisdom of Kabbalah and began to study with me while...

14.12.2022 10

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