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May 16, 2008

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The Bible - Explained by Kabbalah

Kabbalah Explains the Bible
Kabbalah Explains the Bible

Article in Kabbalah Today Issue 12

What does it take to author the greatest bestseller of all time? Apparently, it takes as much as discovering a world where there are no words at all, and finding words from our world to describe it. more…

Disclosing a Portion, Covering Two - an Article by Baal HaSulam

Disclosing a Portion, Covering Two
Disclosing a Portion, Covering Two

An Article by Baal HaSulam

Another English translation of an original article by Baal HaSulam - “Disclosing a Portion, Covering Two” - is now available at the Kabbalah Library of Bnei Baruch.

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The Teaching of Kabbalah and Its Essence - an Article by Baal HaSulam

The Teaching of Kabbalah and Its Essence
The Teaching of Kabbalah and Its Essence

An Article by Baal HaSulam

The original article of Baal HaSulam - “The Teaching of Kabbalah and Its Essence” - has been translated into English and made available at the Kabbalah Library.

* View “The Teaching of Kabbalah and Its Essence” by Baal HaSulam

The NIU Shooting Spree - What Can We Learn from It?

What's Happening to Our Youth?
What’s Happening to Our Youth?

An Article in Kabbalah Today Issue 12

Last week, a shooting spree by an ex-student of Northern Illinois University (NIU) left five students dead and more than twelve wounded, and moreover, more and more youngsters are succumbing to drugs, depression and horrendous acts of violence. What has brought about the crisis our young generation is facing? Kabbalah explains that it’s their desire that’s in crisis, as they can no longer fulfill it with what we try to give them. more…

Second Life & the Passion Behind the Virtual World

Better than the Virtual World!?
Better than the Virtual World!?

Article in Kabbalah Today Issue 11

Second Life - You can find anything here, or at least anything the human mind can think of. An entire world of 3-D figures living a virtual life in the palm of your hand. All you need is a mouse, a monitor, and plenty of imagination. But what’s really the deal with this “virtuality” trend? What lies behind the passion for the virtual? more…

Happiness, Virtuality, Freedom, Evolution: 4 Kabbalistic Twists on Concepts You Always Hear About but Know Nothing About

Kabbalah Today - Issue 11

* Cracking the Happiness Code - To crack the happiness code, we must start by realizing who we really are, what our nature is. more…

* Better than the Virtual World!? - Our attraction to the virtual world indicates great progress in human evolution. It plays an important role in humanity’s preparation for spirituality. more…

* The Freedom Blues - When you realize that there is no freedom in this world, you’ll begin asking about the meaning of it all, and then you’re on your way to real freedom. more…

* The Desire Grows - Humanity Evolves - Whether it is the tiniest movement of our body, or humanity’s entire evolution, all we do is motivated by one thing only - the desire for pleasure. more…

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New Genetic Research Meets Kabbalah to Tell Us “There Is No Free Choice”

A Kabbalist, a Geneticist and the Meaning of Life

So you thought that generosity came from good will and caring for other people? Think again.

New genetic research shows that it may just be a matter of genes. From Kabbalah’s viewpoint, however, this is hardly news. That’s why we were sure that a meeting between Geneticist Prof. Ebstein and Kabbalist Dr. Laitman would be extremely fascinating.

Read “A Kabbalist, a Geneticist and the Meaning of Life”

From the Meeting:

Kabbalist Rav Michael Laitman, PhD and Geneticist Prof. Ebstein

Kabbalah Today Reporter, Oren Levi: Earlier you mentioned that what a person does is 50% influenced by his genes. What about the other 50%?

Prof. Ebstein: That comes from society, the education one receives from his parents or his school.

Oren Levi: Okay, so if this adds up to 100% - 50% genes and 50% society - then where am “I”? What do we have left of the person himself?

Prof. Ebstein: That is the question.

Oren Levi: And what does Dr. Laitman say about this, from the perspective of Kabbalah?

Dr. Laitman: What can I say - there is no free choice. more…

What Is Reality? How Do We Perceive It?

Perception of Reality
I Saw a Reversed World

Article in Kabbalah Today Issue 10

What is reality? How do we perceive it? Does it exist without us, or is it a picture created within us, depending on our inner qualities?

It seems obvious—reality is everything we see around us: houses, people, the entire universe…. Reality is what we can see, touch, hear, taste and smell. This is reality. Or is it? more…

Will Increasing Environmental Awareness Save Us from Ecological Crisis?

Ecology and Us
Ecology and Us

Article in Kabbalah Today Issue 10

“We are facing a true planetary emergency. It is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity,” former Vice President Al Gore dramatically stated when he accepted his Noble Peace Prize.

But once the curtain came down on the glimmering award ceremony, a question arose: Will our increasing environmental awareness save us from the ecological crisis? more…

The Connection Between Globalization, Economics and Nature’s All-Inclusive Plan

The Consumer Effect
The Consumer Effect

Feature Article in Kabbalah Today Issue 10

The globalization of economics means that any local market is inextricably tied to the global economy. The ongoing dollar decline, lately spurred by changes in China’s market, clearly demonstrates how interdependent the world’s markets have become. We have to discover the right way to act within an interconnected system—and what’s a better example to study than Nature, the mother of perfect, integral systems? more…

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