Dr. Michael Laitman

One of the greatest mistakes we make in life is constantly looking at others.

We need to learn to treat each day as an entire lifetime.

At the end of Ecclesiastes, we find the words: “The end of the matter, everything having been heard, fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole of man.”

Eventually, we come to ask a very simple question: Where are we headed, and for what purpose?

What does it mean to have a sincere connection with another person?

What if I could wake up every morning and say, “I have only today.

Jonah, the prophet who fled from his mission and ultimately returned to it against his will, presents all of us with a warning sign.

The period from Rosh Hashanah until Yom Kippur is called “the Days of Awe.”

We are not immersed in memories.

When humanity finds itself surrounded by confusion and darkness, we naturally ask: Why does the Creator not give us even a small ray of light?

What does it mean to come closer to the Creator?

What is humanity’s fundamental ailment?

What does nature want from us?

According to the wisdom of Kabbalah, Rosh Hashanah is an inner state where we start clarifying that everything we go through comes from the Creator, that the Creator is concealed behind everything in our lives.

For generations, humanity has regarded technological development as progress.

Humanity constantly invents new technologies in the hope of making life easier, freer, safer, and more comfortable.

People are often fascinated by those who openly say what everyone else is afraid to admit.

A person can seemingly have everything necessary for life, such as food, a home, money, and security, and nevertheless wake up feeling like they have no strength and nothing to live for.

Why do we sometimes ask the Creator for help and receive no answer?

We spend an enormous amount of our lives worrying about what will happen next.

First, it is worth noting that the desire to rebel exists solely among human beings.

Behind the Jewish calendar and each of the Jewish holidays lies a deep inner meaning that plays out at the level of the desires and thoughts within a person who makes spiritual progress.

Circumcision (Brit Milah) and Bar Mitzvah, what is the spiritual root of these ceremonies?

One of the fundamental principles of education is that a person learns only where his heart desires.

Why did education occupy such a central place in Jewish culture?

Does nature have a plan for us and, if so, how can we discover where it is leading us?

Moving from hatred to love might seem impossible.

Parents do not need someone to obligate them to do good things for their children or to provide them with a list of rules.

Most of us first encountered the story of Genesis in kindergarten and heard it again in school.

The Song of Songs is the greatest love song of all time.

The story of Job, the biblical figure who suffered one blow after another, raises profound questions.

One of the most striking discoveries of Ecclesiastes is that a person’s happiness is not found in wealth or possessions.

What was the principal sin of Sodom and Gomorrah?

The biblical account states that the Flood came because “the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all day long.”

To understand the secret of Jerusalem, we must journey back to ancient Babylon.

At the very beginning, Abraham’s worldview was that all of nature is whole, circular, and unified.

During the period of the Second Temple, a highly significant governing body operated: the Sanhedrin, or Council of Elders, which was composed of 71 members.

At the very beginning, our people emerged from a collection of strangers who gathered from various nations around Abraham’s idea.

Spiritual leadership is not inherited.

From its very foundation, the Israeli nation emerged in a uniquely special way.

As we advance through life, it often seems that we move from one dead end to another.

In the story of the Tower of Babel, people wanted to reach the heavens.

The Book of Zohar with the Sulam (“Ladder”) commentary and also The Study of the Ten Sefirot (TES) are two truly monumental sources of spiritual power.

“And it shall come to pass on that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel… that the mountains shall be thrown down, the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground… And I will enter into judgment with him with pestilence and b…

The wisdom of the prophets stems from their knowledge of the network of connections that links all parts of nature.

Shema Yisrael, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.”

What lifted humanity out of the animal world was the development of the ego.

Indeed, The Book of Zohar is very special.

Originally, the people of Israel gave the world the foundations of education and culture, an approach toward people, society, and nature.

The Book of Psalms are deeply powerful.