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A New Look At The Leader Of The Generation

laitman_943Comment: Historically, the union of the Jewish people took place under the leadership of a leader: Abraham, Moses, etc. It seems that a person, a messenger, always appears.

Answer: All the leaders of the Jewish people became their representative for a short period in the movement toward unity. Unity is the central goal of the entire creation, not only of our world, but also of all the worlds. And at each stage a person appeared who made a small step towards this.

Question: Many circles within Judaism are waiting for the coming of the Messiah, the spiritual leader who will unite the people. Do you see a possibility like this now?

Answer: I think that this leader is our organization, which is creating an infrastructure for the education of the people and an example of our common mission to all of humanity. It could be that this will happen in another 10, 15, or 20 years. We are working towards this, and I personally hope that my students will take this role upon themselves. I don’t see any other force in the world that can bring the world to unity. The external conditions will help this so that our world group will continue to grow and its students will rise up so that they will be able to become the leaders of the generation.

Comment: This is an entirely new view of a leader. In the past leaders were separate people, whereas now you are saying that this could be a group.

Answer: The time has come, and everything will be revealed from above. I personally do not worry about our future; just do your work.
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From KabTV’s “The Last Generation” 6/23/15

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You Shall Blow The Trumpets And You Shall Be Saved

laitman_232_10The Torah, “Numbers” 10:8: The descendants of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; this shall be an eternal statute for your generations.

A trumpet symbolizes an ascent, the force of ascending. Only the priest has this force because he is in contact with the Creator. The Levites, on the other hand, only serve the priests. The part of our soul that belongs to the Creator is called a priest (Cohen). Levites, although they  are the upper part that belongs to the Creator, they only engage in conducting the Light from Him to the lower. The priests work from the bottom up, for the Creator’s sake, while the Levites work from the top down, for the sake of the created beings.

The Torah, Numbers 10:9-10: If you go to war in your land against an adversary that oppresses you, you shall blow a teruah with the trumpets and be remembered before the Lord your God, and thus be saved from your enemies. On the days of your rejoicing, on your festivals and on your new-moon celebrations, you shall blow on the trumpets for your ascent-offerings and your peace sacrifices, and it shall be a remembrance before your God; I am the Lord your God.

The trumpets are used in order to raise the intention, why and where you are headed, and what you connect to. It is because these are not just ordinary trumpets that play a march, but vessels that make special sounds in special frequencies and in a special order and sequence, repeating them over and over again. All this symbolizes the phases of the correction of the vessel and the parts of the soul that are corrected in this specific manner. It is the most complex part of the wisdom of Kabbalah. Blowing the Shofar (Horn) in our world means simply to make some sounds, while it is a very serious action in a person’s internal work.
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From KabTV’s “Secrets of the Eternal Book” 2/11/15

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Anti-Semitism: A Prophetic Understanding Of The Future

Laitman_006A sense of the uniqueness of the Jewish people has been revealed not only among philosophers and politicians, but also among all the people on the face of the Earth. However, this doesn’t prevent them from having a natural resistance to Jews. This contradiction successfully connects, on the one hand, a tremendous respect for the Jews, and on the other hand, hatred and a desire to annihilate them.

Among many typical anti-Semites, it is possible to discern a prophetic understanding of the future thanks to which they specifically adhere to the people of Israel, and through this, they rise together with them, beginning to see their future and the future of humanity in that their expressions approach the prophets.

The Klipot (Shells) and Kedusha (Sanctity/Holiness), and the forces of Tumaa (Impurity) and Tahara (Purity), are at the same  level, one opposite the other. And so when you consider the psychology of the actions of the ideologies of Fascism and anti-Semitism in the past, it is necessary to take into account the actions of the Kabbalists and the prophets to see how one works in contrast to the other.

Question: So, does it follow that there had to be a Hitler because there was Baal HaSulam?

Answer: Certainly, Kedusha and Tumaa support each other and must coexist until they are corrected. What does “Sitra Achra” (Other side/Evil inclination) mean? It means that the people of Israel haven’t finished their task. Through their example, the Jews must bring the entire world to unity and love. However, since they have not provided such an example, the entire world has the opposite characteristic, especially those people who are sensitive to this situation and become anti-Semitic.

All of the international leaders, politicians, and presidents are anti-Semitic because through their integration into political work and their work with the masses, they subconsciously begin to feel that the force that obstructs them is found here, and we are the ones who are doing this! We are obstructing all of humanity, making it impossible for them to achieve the best state because we must do it first.

3,500 years ago, Abraham gathered the Jewish people from among completely different people, and united them through the law “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” above all of the contradictions and oppositions between them. That is how we existed for 1,500 years until 2,000 years ago when we fell from the level of love to the level of hatred. So, we lost our land and were scattered throughout the world. Now, we have connected again. No one asks us whether we want this or not, and today we must show everyone an example of connection and unity.

Why did we live in exile so long? So that today we would show how from the egoism we are in it is possible to make a normal human society that exists altruistically. Thus we give an example to the world, which is imperative in our time because humanity is approaching an integral state of mutual hatred, and this cannot continue for long. If hatred erupts, then it will blow up the entire globe.

So a person who has achieved something in politics or in working with society to some degree understands who is to blame here. He becomes anti-Semitic, not because he grew up in a family possessing anti-Semitic virulence, but because he sees the reason that the world has failed to become better. It means that his hatred toward the Jews is required! He talks about their failed mission and about how they are disturbing the entire world.

The boycott that is now organized against Israel is global in nature. This was foretold by our prophets, that the entire world would go to war against us, not because humanity doesn’t love us, but because through this hatred they reach an awareness of the mission of the people of Israel. Through hatred they will understand who we are, and then, along with the tremendous hatred, the possibility of freedom of choice will appear among them, “I hate them, but I need them. How is it possible to obligate them to carry out their mission?” So, the nations of the world will force Israel to realize their destiny.

Question: You say that the more Kedusha increases among the Jewish people, so the Klipot of the nations of the world becomes greater. Does this mean that the more that we rise spiritually, the forces that oppose us will become stronger?

Answer: No, the more that we grow, the more we can show humanity how it must go forward. In the initial state Kedusha and Tumaa, egoism and altruism, exist as two equal, opposing forces. It is specifically between them that our freedom of choice, our participation, exists.
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From KabTV’s “The Last Generation” 6/23/15

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The Intention And Act Of Dissemination Of Kabbalah In The World

Dr. Michael LaitmanComment: Complaints are made that you are opening the wisdom of Kabbalah not only among Jews but also for the whole world; what do you say about that?

Answer: It is written in the Prophets that the nations of the world will carry the Jews on their shoulders to the Temple. Where will they get the knowledge and desire to carry out this work? They must aspire to their redemption and understand that it will come to them only through the people of Israel, and then they will carry us to the Temple. Otherwise we won’t get there—only together.

The nations of the world pressure us and push us forward, for we have no particular strength or desire for this. The intention comes from us, and the force must come from them. For this to happen, it is necessary to engage in dissemination with them.

Question: Does this mean that they must also motivate us through intense pressure, suffering, and wars…?

Answer: Not just through this. They will consciously take us upon their shoulders, bring us to Jerusalem, and together with us they will arrive there themselves. About this it is said by the prophet Isaiah: “And the peoples shall take them and bring them to their place, and the House of Israel shall inherit them on the soil of the Lord…” (Isaiah 14:2)

But is it possible to achieve this without dissemination among the nations of the world? After all, it is necessary that they have the knowledge about what can save them and the whole world.

We need to consciously carry out common work and help each other mutually—we in intention, they in action.
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From KabTV’s “Secrets of the Eternal Book” 5/14/14

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12 Tribes Of Israel

laitman_749_02The formation of the 12 tribes of Israel comes from the fact that the entire desire has 12 parts. The desire itself is composed of four phases of development corresponding to the four-letter name of the Creator. Besides that, the desire is divided into 3 lines. And the entire manifestation of this scheme is the Creator.

Four phases times three lines is 12. So the entire society is divided into 12 parts. This is further derived from the time of Jacob. When Jacob was connected to the enormous ego of the next phase, he was “divided” into 12 parts because he could not bear that himself. And all of those called the 12 sons of Jacob began to work on this ego to transform it to altruism and mutual love. That is how the 12 tribes were formed with 12 flags for all the camps.

Question: Does it follow that every leader of a tribe: Judah, Benjamin, Joseph and so forth, is a larger or smaller part of my ego?

Answer: Certainly. A person is a small world! He has everything in him! Every name corresponds to a particular characteristic, and every characteristic has its own unique correction.

Question: What kind of ego did Joseph have, since he was sold into slavery in Egypt: the largest or the smallest?

Answer: Joseph represents the totality of all the types of ego. This means that he didn’t have any ego of his own, so he is called “Joseph the Righteous.” But on the other hand, specifically thanks to the characteristic of the Tzadik (righteous), which does not belong to anyone, he was separated from his brothers. And so he could gather all of their characteristics and enter into Malchut with them, meaning that he could turn to Pharaoh. He gathered them into himself, and so he is called Joseph, which is the symbol of “gathering” (L’Asof).
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From KabTV’s “Secrets of the Eternal Book” 2/11/15

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Anti-Semitic Jews Against The People of Israel

400Question: Are there anti-Semitic Jews against the people of Israel?

Answer:  In the Jewish people who should go with a single head above themselves, when they transcend egoism for the sake of connection and unity, there will always be people who don’t agree to this. This was how it also was in Egypt and in the days of the First Temple, between the First and Second Temple, and in the days of the Second Temple and this was particularly so after the destruction of the Second Temple and the fall of the people from the spiritual height that they had, from the height of love and mutual connection.

Throughout history among the Jews who lived outside the borders of Israel, there were not just a few Jews who supported anti-Semitism; the Inquisition – Jews, close aides to Hitler – Jews, advisers to the American president during the second World War, who prevented the absorption of their European brothers – Jews. The same thing has continued until today because in spite of himself no one wants to feel suffering and hatred within the society he lives in. He wants to blend into this society, wants a normal attitude towards himself and so he will always be for America or for Europe, and against Israel.

None of the Jews who are in the American administration or those of other nations do anything good for Israel. On the contrary, only bad; in this way he shows how objective he is. No Jewish organization, other than a few exceptions, supports Israel. So there is nothing better to expect from them! Lately, just about all of the Jews who live abroad, especially in the United States, have become haters of Israel. They don’t want us to exist because we lead the world into a situation in which they are hated because of us. Whereas they want to live in peace: “Let us work, live and develop in peace and quiet. What do we need Israel for? We have never been there and won’t travel there either.” They feel that they are apparently required to make a choice: either I am a liberal and progressive American, or I am for Israel.

Question: Are the Jews who live outside of Israel able to carry another message?

Answer: No they cannot because the surrounding society determines everything. They will always be against us because they feel how much the existence of Israel is not worthwhile for them; we can never entrust our fate to them. If there were no people, this would mean that there is no dependence on others. But now they feel that they depend on us as condemnations of Israel fall on them from all sides.

We will still see how they direct everyone against us. I am speaking harshly, and it could be that I also am talking before my time, but this will soon be revealed. Unfortunately, these are laws of nature. All of this will be realized, as long as our nation, our people, do not find out and sober up in time and begin to develop a new society. Only when this happens will everything change.
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From KabTV’s “The Last Generation” 6/14/15

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A Flag – Symbol Of An Idea

laitman_610_2Every camp of the twelve tribes of Israel had its own flag. Degel (Flag, Standard) is from the word “Geulah “(Redemption) and “Ledaleg” (Leap), for the people of Israel went out to the wilderness to move from one level to another.

When they began to move, they raised a flag above them, a symbol of the goal that was placed before them. It is impossible to advance without this; there must be a most serious motivation!

In spiritual work, a flag symbolizes the idea of elevation above our ego, absolute dissociation and complete detachment from the ego, using it intentionally for the sake of bestowal. So it is also in the physical world.

For a nation, the flag is a symbol of an idea, like a root and branch. Everything that exists in the spiritual world is reflected in our world, and the person acts this way in spite of himself, even without knowing where this is coming from.
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From KabTV’s “Secrets of the Eternal Book” 2/11/15

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Spiritual Education For The People Of Israel

laitman_938_03Today, we are shouting to the world, “Give us freedom. Leave us alone. Why are you coming to us with boycotts? Why are we hated by all the international organizations? We want to be like everyone else.”

Apparently, the world answers, “No, you are not like everyone else. We cannot relate to you like everyone else.”

We are proud that we warned the Palestinian population in advance about the Israeli Air Force attacks, while they, on the other hand, shoot at us whenever they feel like it, without warning. Why doesn’t the entire world condemn them the way it condemns us? Because, subconsciously they understand our uniqueness!

It could be that humanity is passing through hatred, without full awareness, but in principle, such an approach is real and legitimate.

Question: What do we need to do now when the clouds are gathering around us again?

Answer: What is imperative is a very large wave of education that will cover all of the people of Israel. We need to explain to people what we are, who we are, where we were created, why everyone hates us, and so on.

They must understand the core, the nucleus, of their creation and the purpose of their existence. No one in Israel knows why he exists as a Jew, and why the people of Israel and the State of Israel exist.

Look at what is happening in the government and on all levels! We need to introduce the integral method in society. Otherwise, this is not a people and not a government; it is no one and nothing.

In other nations there is an instinctive aim: we need to live, to work, and to exist together. Nothing is required of them besides survival in the circumstances they are found in.

There are no complaints regarding them from higher nature, whereas for us, on the contrary, nature surrounds us strongly. We are at the center of all of the rest of the nations, and they are all like wolves snarling and baring their teeth at us. In the meantime, the unique force of nature holds and reins them in so that we ultimately will reorganize, and if we don’t do this, the wolves will be released from their chains.
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From KabTV’s “The Last Generation” 6/14/15

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Uniting The Nation Is An Accumulative Process

laitman_570Rav Kook says: “if we are annihilated the world will also be destroyed with us because of unfounded hate; but if we are rebuilt, the world will also be rebuilt with us thanks to selfless love.”

However, on its own, the nation is not going anywhere; it cannot disappear without a trace. Everything depends on the amount of sufferings that we will have to go through in order to understand that we are doing everything wrong.

Question: What else do we need in order to understand things as a nation? I am in contact with many people and I see that people who hear this from you over and over again don’t understand how close we are to another tragedy.

Answer: That’s the way it has always been. In order to change this trend we have to prepare the nation for unity and to try to present it to the nation as a tasty dish with different spices and sauces. So people will at least understand a little about where it all stems from and will begin to participate in different unity events.

So far it seems all such efforts are in vain. In fact it is an accumulative effort during which the internal potential in the people who come, participate, and leave grows as if nothing at all happened. But on the other hand, when nature pressures them and they find themselves in some threatening situation, everything that has sunk in will play an important role and help us unite.
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From KabTV’s “The Last Generation” 6/14/15

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A People That Determines The State Of Humanity

laitman_942Question: The people of Israel must show that the one thing that makes a person an Adam (Man) is the quality of internal unity with others. Does this mean that everything external—which is called civilization, technology—must lose its value in our eyes?

Answer: There is a complete collection of laws found in the foundation of the existence of our people. They were established by our father, Abraham, 3,500 years ago. If we begin to implement them, everything will be okay, and, if not, then first and foremost, it will be bad for us and after that, for the entire world.

In a world in which eight billion people live, we are that small group that determines the state of all of humanity, and humanity gradually is beginning to understand and feel this subconsciously.

Whether humanity wants it or not, in any case, it will try to solve this problem, and the problem lies in this: that if we behave incorrectly and become the source of their suffering, then we should be destroyed.

What would we do in anyone else’s place if there were something that caused pain in our hearts? We would try to annihilate it!

So, there is nothing unnatural about Hitlers, Arafats, and Ahmadinejads reaching dominance. Without a doubt, they will continue to appear again and again as long as we behave like this!

Question: Does it follow that we must suffer?

Answer: We must suffer because we have not attained unity, and in this way we are causing the entire world to suffer. Moreover, through our behavior, we arouse and summon sufferings on a higher level.

Question: So, in what way does anti-Semitism help us if it doesn’t bring us to real unity?

Answer: It leads us to unity. Under its pressure, without a choice, we begin to become closer. However, this is just a preliminary unity, compulsory for softening the pressure from above, whereas we need to reach such an understanding of the process when we willingly begin to come closer!

This is imperative for us for our own sake because otherwise we are not a people. We need to begin to unite because with this we bring good to the world, inclusive unity. We become a light to the nations.
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From KabTV’s “The Last Generation” 6/14/15

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