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I had a video conference with two Toronto TV stations - one in Hebrew and one in Russian. I found that Israeli television outside of Israel is exactly that - “Israelis outside of Israel,” or in other words, the greatest and most primitive egoism in the world. There are many primitive egoists, but only theirs is both great and primitive at the same time.

Nevertheless, it appeared as if they too are starting to ask questions, have doubts, and feel desires “above the stomach.” Canada, Australia, and similar countries squeeze everything that’s human out of people, and all that remains is an animalistic aspiration for a full stomach and a peace of mind. You can see this with every person who enters that environment.

One’s environment determines one’s destiny - whether he will go through life worrying only about the comfort of his animate body, until it finally dies, or he will actually think about something besides this. By no means does Kabbalah encourage people to deprive themselves of anything or to suffer. It only explains that a society which eliminates a person’s questions about the meaning of life, turns him into an animal.

But to be frank, lately even the “bourgeois” are beginning to ask questions about the meaning of life. In the past they couldn’t even comprehend the possibility of someone asking such questions, and would look at anyone who spoke about it with a blank, dumbfounded gaze…

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For the second time, I had a conversation that was recorded about the weekly Torah chapter Beresheet. I spoke with Semion Vinokur (right) - film director and manager of Bnei Baruch’s video department, Oren Levi (middle) - manager of Bnei Baruch’s Hebrew publishing department and producer of TV programs, and Avihu Sofer (left) - manager of the department responsible for publishing our materials in the press and on the Internet.

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The 15th issue of the Kabbalah Today publication is now available.

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Editor’s Note
Shedding Spiritual Light on Modern Crises

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Mankind’s Growing Hunger
The current food crisis has been declared a ‘silent tsunami’ in recent headlines. Kabbalah explains the root of the problem, and shows us how to avert this growing threat.
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The Gatekeeper
Who is the guard standing at the entrance to the spiritual world who decides who shall enter and who shall not? A journey following Kafka, Baal Hasulam, two parables, and one gate.
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Education, Relationships, Angels and the 72 Names of God
Kabbalist Michael Laitman answers questions on his weekly live TV show, “Ask the Kabbalist” and on his personal blog - www.laitman.com
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Global Warming: So What?
With the abundant information available to the mass public today, everyone knows about global warming and climate change. But as it turns out, knowing and caring do not always go hand in hand.
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From Racial Rifts to Spiritual Harmony
Why were we all created different? So far, this seems to have brought us nothing but schisms. Kabbalah explains how to put the pieces together.
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The Story of Cogwheels
This is a story about all of us - about children and parents, about where we came from, how we got here, and how we will return Home - to a place called “The Single Soul.”
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Opening Our Eyes
All of reality is a single, unchanging thought of bestowal and giving. Kabbalists refer to this thought by the name, “The Thought of Creation.”
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The Colombian group had a mini-congress in the city of Bogotá. Our students from all parts of the country gathered at this meeting, to spend the weekend together with their friends. With the help of group lessons, songs, and meals, they united and got to know each other better.

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I had a conversation that was recorded this week with our students Gisle Eriksen from Norway and Tomas Agren from Sweden. They’ve both been studying Kabbalah for about a year, and they’ve attended three international congresses, including the last congress in Israel. Gisle is responsible for the Norwegian Kabbalah.info website, and Thomas is responsible for the Swedish website, as well as translating our materials into Swedish and managing the Scandinavian group.

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I have started teaching lessons for children around the world every Sunday, from 5:45pm to 6:45pm Israel time [Time Zone Converter].

Lessons are broadcast live on Kabbalah TV, with translation into English and Russian, and more languages in the future.

I’m inviting children from all around the world to join in and ask questions that I will answer live (ed. there is a question submission interface on Kabbalah TV, which gets communicated to Michael Laitman during the lesson).

Also on Kabbalah TV on Sundays:
* Before the children’s lesson, from 4:00pm to 5:30pm Israel time [Time Zone Converter], there is a broadcast of my weekly lesson for beginners (translated into English).
* After the children’s lesson, from 7:00pm until 8:00pm Israel time [Time Zone Converter], there is a broadcast of the weekly gathering of friends (Yeshivat Haverim).

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Last week, we held an International Kabbalah Congress in New York with five hundred people attending from twenty countries. One of the Congress’s main areas of progress was the launch of a new approach to dissemination in the English-speaking world. Among the participants were many students of the Internet-based ARI Online Kabbalah Education Center, who used the opportunity to meet with one another in person, and increase their connection through their common aspiration for discovering the Creator.

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Today, Israel’s most popular newspaper, the Yedioth Aharonot , published an article I wrote about Kabbalah’s take on the food crisis.

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* The Food Crisis - Rising Food Prices and the Meaning of Life

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From the book’s blurb:

Among all the texts and notes of Rabbi Baruch Shalom Halevi Ashlag (the Rabash), there was one special notebook he always carried. This notebook contained the transcripts of his conversations with his father, Rabbi Yehuda Leib Halevi Ashlag (Baal HaSulam), author of the Sulam (Ladder) commentary on The Book of Zohar and of many other works on Kabbalah.

Not feeling well on the Jewish New Year in September 1991, the Rabash summoned his prime disciple and personal assistant, Michael Laitman, to his bedside and handed him that notebook. Its cover contained only one word, Shamati (I Heard). As he handed the notebook, he said to Laitman, “Take it and learn from it.” The following morning, he perished in his student’s arms, leaving him and many of his other disciples without guidance in this world.

Committed to Rabash’s legacy to disseminate the wisdom of Kabbalah, Laitman published the notebook just as it was written, thus retaining the text’s transforming powers. Among all the books of Kabbalah, Shamati is a unique and compelling composition whose power persists long after the reading is through.

Shamati (I Heard):
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The 14th issue of the Kabbalah Today publication is now available.

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Editor’s Note
Fulfillment - Not Compensation
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The Untold Story of: a Consumer Nation
Stuff. It fills our closets, our garages, and our lives. We gauge success in life by the stuff we own, and spend incredible amounts of time shopping for it. A new documentary, The Story of Stuff, shows how our entire lives have been taken over by “stuff.” And the wisdom of Kabbalah shows what we can do about it
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Generation I
In our generation - generation “I” - every person is unique. But the true art is knowing how to be unique
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Man, Woman, and the Snake Between Them
For centuries, the story of Adam and Eve has captured the imagination of children and adults alike. It’s time to know the true meaning of the story, who that cunning little snake was, and of course, how all this relates to the fact that 50% of American couples today are getting divorced
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Obesity: A Lack of Spiritual Food?
Everyone today is counting their calories - but the obesity problem only keeps growing. Kabbalah explains that this epidemic is yet another symptom that the modern human being is not getting his “spiritual food”
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Sneak-a-Peek @ the book Path of Kabbalah
Exodus - the Worldwide, 21st Century Version
The dramatic story of the exodus from Egypt is much more than a milestone on he Hebrew calendar. According to Kabbalah, it describes the liberation from egoism, and the whole of humanity is about to experience it
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We Are All in Deep (Drinking) Water
According to the latest research, we can start thinking of our water faucets, and even store bought bottled water, as an all-purpose pharmacy. Whether it’s anti-depressants or antibiotics, prescription or over the counter - if others are taking it, so are you
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