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It All Comes Back to You 2008-11-05 10:56:47 Here are some of the most interesting things sent to me by my students:
Best quote (sent by Elisheva Shapiro):
“In the modern world, happiness is a well chosen set of antidepressants.”
Best video (sent by Ludmila Ivachenko):
It All Comes Back to You
Best video (sent by Irina Asher):
On the Thought of Creation and Union Without Intention
Best photograph (sent [...]
Cheap Food Causes Hunger 2008-11-05 09:07:35 New Report (from Commodity Online): Commodity prices are currently dropping, mainly on expectation of favorable crop prospects but also because of a slowing world economy. This could mean a cutback in plantings followed by reduced harvests in major exporting countries. Given continuing low grain stocks, this scenario could lead to another turn of record food [...] Read more:Cheap
, Hunger
Preface to the Science of Kabbalah (“Pticha”) - Item 1 2008-11-05 03:36:22 Preface to the Science
of Kabbalah
(“Pticha”) - Item 1, summary:
1. The Creator’s plan is to create the creatures in order to delight them. This is why He created the will to receive pleasure – the pleasure that He wishes to bestow. This desire is the creation that was created.
The Creator’s desire to fulfill is [...]
The Soul’s Correction Is Invisible on the Corporeal Level 2008-11-04 23:33:02 Questions I received on the soul’s correction:
Question: Which actions bring about the soul’s correction?
My Answer: When the quality of bestowal is born in a person, helping him rise above his egoism.
Question: How is this expressed on the corporeal level, among people who study and don’t study Kabbalah?
My Answer: It doesn’t. No one around you will [...]
It’s Time to Make a New Movie About the Global Crisis 2008-11-04 12:35:08 A question I received: Are you still collaborating with the scientists who were in the film, “Ups and Downs in San Francisco”? The film’s ending was very promising for future collaboration. I’ve also found another community of scientists on the Internet. Perhaps you’d be interested in working with them as well?
My Answer: Although scientists are [...] Read more:Crisis
, Global
The Reason for the Failure 2008-11-04 10:49:18 I see that the main reason for the failure to correct man’s nature is people’s neglect of the Creator’s Light, both in their hearts and minds. All the people turn only to the observance of simpleminded actions, as though it were possible to carry out the commandments only with the body, without the soul.
Rav Kook, [...] Read more:Reason
Friends, Let’s Join Hands! 2008-11-04 07:19:56 Friends, let’s join hands
So each of us won’t perish on his own:
We are living in a global, interconnected world, where everyone depends on everyone, and on “the flap of a butterfly’s wings” in a “small village.” We have to join hands!
We have to make the world round, instead of polar. We have to become [...] Read more:Friends
, Hands
What Will Happen If Countries Draw National Boundaries on the Internet? 2008-11-04 05:03:46 News report (translated from Utro.ru): V. Makarov, president of “Russoft,” announced that the Russian segment of the Internet
must be protected from the rest of the World Wide Web with a special gateway filter. Similar gateways are already operating in China and Singapore. The gateway consists of hundreds of thousands of servers that receive information [...] Read more:Boundaries
, Countries
, National
The Source of Women’s Loneliness 2008-11-04 00:32:09 The loneliness a woman feels is a unique natural phenomenon. Its source are the Creator’s words addressed to the woman in the Torah: “Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.” In what sense will he rule over her? Precisely because a woman will feel drawn toward a family, kids, [...] Read more:Source
, Women
Don’t Miss! - Kabbalah Congresses for English Speakers 2008-11-03 11:00:19 European Kabbalah
Congress: Blackpool, U.K., November 7-9
You’re invited to the first ever Kabbalah congress in the United Kingdom!
THERE IS STILL TIME TO REGISTER!!
Information & Registration>>
North America Kabbalah Retreat: St. Louis, November 14-16
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to reveal humanity’s common point of unity this November!
REGISTER NOW!
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Physical and Spiritual Conversion 2008-11-26 04:42:08 A question I received: What happens to a person who converts to Judaism? Does a Jewish soul really incarnate into a gentile if his intentions are sincere and he is fully aware of what he is doing?
My Answer:
1. You must differentiate between our earthly traditions and the spiritual actions. A person can do the physical [...] Read more:Conversion
Spirituality Instead of Drugs! 2008-11-26 01:53:43 A question I received: I’m a social worker and I often work with drug addicts. I discovered that giving people basic knowledge of Kabbalah can cure them. I think that Bnei Baruch should contact drug rehabilitation centers with a specific proposal, and this could create points of Light in people who want to quit drugs [...] Read more:Drugs
, Instead
, Spirituality
How to Calculate the Maaser 2008-11-25 11:11:45 Three questions I received on Maaser:
Question: You wrote on your blog that one should pay Maaser from his net income. However, in one of your lessons you said that Maaser is paid from the total income before tax deductions. My question is: is it paid from the income before tax deductions or from the net [...]
Economists Say Beautiful Words, But Cannot Implement Them 2008-11-25 08:01:14 Shari Arison, the famous Israeli-American businesswoman (and the richest Israeli citizen), said the following about the financial crisis:
We are going through a difficult but extremely important period – important for the Jewish people and all of humankind.
We have a very important role, which is to raise the torch and set it afire. We will lead [...] Read more:Beautiful
, Economists
, Implement
, Words
The Surrounding Light’s Influence Depends On Your Aspiration to the Future State (Advanced) 2008-11-25 05:55:46 A question I received: When does the Surrounding Light influence me - only during the lesson or also during dissemination? (Considering that while I’m doing it I aspire to attain the Upper One through the unification with the group.)
My Answer: It influences you during the study, dissemination, and other group actions, depending on your intention [...] Read more:Depends
, Future
, State
International Children’s Lesson On 11.21.08 2008-11-25 03:03:54 On Friday, 11.21.08 I gave an InternationalChildren
’s lesson on the topic “The Creation of the World.” I had a lively discussion with the children about their understanding of the process of creation. The lesson was translated into English, French, Spanish, German and Russian.
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Our Television - YES 66 2008-11-25 01:53:01 A T T E N T I O N!
Channel YES 66 in Israel
Is now showing non-stop broadcasts
of the “Kabbalah Channel.”
The same programs are also broadcast in Hebrew
On the Internet, on Kab.tv
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Why War Is Compatible With “Love For One’s Neghbor” 2008-11-25 00:46:27 A question I received: In the last lesson on the article “The Revelation of Godliness (Matan Torah)” you explained that in reality the other religions do not contain the rule “love your neighbor.” You gave an example of wars that are fought over issues such as the right way to pray and the Caste system [...]
French Television Reform Is a Praiseworthy Initiative 2009-01-12 12:35:39 News Report (from Internet French
Property): A major reform of the French television service has been approved by the French government. The reforms presage the end of advertising on the public service channels. From 5 January 2009 there will be no advertising on these channels between 8:00pm and 6:00am. All advertising will cease by the [...] Read more:Television
, Reform
International Children’s Lesson on 01.09.09 2009-01-12 11:27:49 The topic of our weekly international children’s lesson, held on 01.09.09, was, “What Will Be Happening At the Congress?” It was translated into English, Spanish, French, German, and Russian.
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, Children
How Long Will the Israeli - Palestinian Conflict Last? 2009-01-12 08:31:40 A question I received: How long do you think this conflict between Israel and Palestine will last? Isn’t it possible to come to an agreement?
My Answer: There are two answers:
On the earthly level, this is possible only by changing one’s attitude to life, by changing what’s more important to you: love for your children or [...] Read more:Israeli
, Palestinian
, Conflict
Conversation About Power 2009-01-12 07:09:59 Recently I had a conversation about power with Oren Levi - the manager of our Hebrew publishing department.
You can now read a transcription of our conversation:
Conversation
on Power with Oren Levi
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Coversation About Psychological Counseling at the Time of Crisis 2009-01-12 02:07:23 I had a teleconference about psychological counseling with Moscow Psychologist Anatoly Ulyanov.
He is a certified Geshtalt-therapist of the European Association of Geshtalt Therapists (EAGT), a consultant of the international beauty contests: “Miss Moscow 2008” and “Russian Beauty 2008,” a psychology professor at the School of Aesthetic Education “Russian Beauty” (Moscow), a trainer a Read more:Crisis
, Counseling
Men, Women, and Love… for One’s Neighbor 2009-01-11 12:47:47 Two questions I received on the difference between men and women in Kabbalah:
Question: You said at one of the lessons that in addition to loving one’s neighbor as oneself, a person also shouldn’t be an obstacle for his neighbor or cause him harm. How does this law work in regard to women? I know that [...] Read more:Women
, Neighbor
Maaser Is a Law of Nature 2009-01-11 11:55:08 Questions I received on Maaser:
Question: Can we advance spiritually if we don’t pay a tithe (Maaser)?
My Answer: No.
Question cont’d: I bought the book Kabbalah for the Student and printed “The Introduction to The Book Of Zohar” from it myself. Is this considered as a tithe?
My Answer: No.
Question cont’d: With the obligation of paying the tithe, [...]
Children Learn from the Examples We Set, Not the Hours We Spend With Them 2009-01-11 10:34:03 A question I received: When a person is intensely involved in correction through the method of Kabbalah, he can’t devote a lot of time to his family, children and their upbringing. So how does a child receive all that’s necessary from his or her father? How can I help my wife overcome her fear and [...] Read more:Children
, Examples
, Hours
Video on the Financial Crisis 2009-01-11 07:29:32 I invite my readers to watch the following video. The content speaks for itself, and there’s no need for additional commentary:
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, Financial
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