The four types of exile that the Jewish people went through are identical to the basic formula of nature “Yod-Hey-Vav-Hey.“ According to this formula of the gradual development of desire, the development of any phenomenon in nature takes place.

Moreover, the first exile was not felt as an exile at all, just as people at the dawn of the existence of mankind did not feel slavery in the slave-owning order. Then the desire was so small that if a person somehow satisfied it, this was already good. And people agreed with that.

Then the desire developed more and more, more freedom was needed, and more of our own incorporation in life, development, and communication, to the point that nature made us completely integrally interconnected with each other, but we have not yet come to this.

We are late regarding this formula, this condition of nature, to develop us to the necessary degree. Like a newborn baby—what is he, who is he? He does not communicate with anyone; he has no group or social motives. And then he gradually begins to feel that he needs society, family, and everything else.

All our progress is based on the fact that we gradually begin to feel ourselves in our natural egoism in exile from the upper state, from the next degree.

There are degrees of inanimate, vegetative, and animate matter and “man” in nature. Kabbalah talks about how we gradually move from the degree of animals to the degree of man. This is the next degree, but we have not reached it yet. All of humanity is at the animate level of development because it cares only about how to live, feed itself, and raise children.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. History of the Jewish People” 5/4/14

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Comment: Israeli medicine is one of the best in the world, but at the same time it is in a big standstill concerning the detection of diseases.

My Response: This is a big problem. In Israel, they don’t treat you until you begin to die, but they will not let you die. The approach is this: You are left to manage your health, but as soon as you become very ill, then they start to take you seriously.

You can’t do anything; this is a problematic country. Here medicine is private, public, and divided into all sorts of levels. The country cannot get over itself. And it won’t!

This is not an ordinary country. It will become a normal society only when it strives for connection—not human, but spiritual. That is when it will be able to build all its levels, all its systems, in the right way. Otherwise, it will be a bad example to all mankind. Nothing good will happen here.

You won’t see Jewish brains working properly here. You won’t see any achievements here that are beneficial. It is because it doesn’t work in the direction of our purpose. I see it very concretely and explicitly.

People wonder why, and they don’t understand why. We will always demonstrate a negative example until we begin to show humanity another example—connection.

As soon as everything is aimed, first, at uniting everyone into one single nation and the conditions of support, brotherhood, and mutual guarantee are fulfilled, then at this level we will be able to work miracles and show the whole world that it is based on unity that any amazing success is achieved, and all problems, any crises, are solved. But without connection, not.

We must give humanity a good example, and if not, it will always be bad. Such is fate.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Israeli Medicine” 12/7/13

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Question: Did the great Kabbalists, whose books are sources of wisdom and ideas, speak about the intolerance of Jews toward each other?

Answer: Of course. Many sources say that the hatred that is revealed between Jews is the greatest in the world.

Question: Could this be one of the sources of anti-Semitism?

Answer: Without a doubt. The basis of mutual hatred, opposition, and intolerance that are embedded in the Jewish character are in the same way the basis of those events that have accompanied the Jewish people for thousands of years and accompany them to this day. This can be seen, among other things, in the example of our [Israel’s] government.

Question: I watched the swearing-in of members of the Israeli government. I was amazed when the representatives of the Arab part of the State of Israel not only did not take photos near the flag but simply left. How is such a state structure possible in which representatives of one part of the population are against the very state in which they live?

Answer: It is not only Arabs but Jews too. This is quite natural for our country. This is a special country that goes its own way.
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From KabTV’s “Conversations, Israel and Its Impact on the World” 11/18/21

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Question: Why is it very difficult for Europeans and representatives of Western civilization in general to be absorbed in Israel?

Answer: The cultures are different. Israel is an Eastern European, not a Western culture. After all, the principle of Jewish life—collectivism, mutual responsibility, mutual empathy—has nothing to do with the European, and even more so with the American way of life.

Of course, we can live and prosper there, but to truly adapt to their society, to feel comfortable in it, we cannot. However, people who settle there, the second or third generation, find it very difficult to settle here – they must go through a period of adaptation again. Therefore, they create their own communities.

In addition, the language, local culture, and local relations are quite warped here. After all, Israel is a very peculiar country, with a huge bureaucracy, security problems, and uncorrected “collective farm” that came in large numbers from all countries and cannot unite and melt into a single whole.

Of course, for Westerners who come from complete comfort, leaving huge villas, swimming pools, and everything else, European culture, which they were hooked on and which they consider to be the greatest and most advanced, it is very difficult here.

So, I understand them, but they have nowhere to go. They can go to other countries, but I do not see much of a future for them there. European Jewry has no future. This is the gradual development of Nazism, which will put more and more pressure on them.

As we know from the experience of Germany, Jews can live there until the very last moment, and then also justify their persecutors. History repeats itself. It will not be different in Europe this time.

And in America too. It is just that America is too big, too divided, and too layered. But even there mutual hatred will rise because seven to eight million Jews have settled between Latin Americans, African Americans, and Europeans and they are like a bone in their throat. The little bone in the throat still feels bigger than anything else.

Therefore, everything is going to escalate because it is through aggravation that we can solve this problem, that is, realize why such hatred arises.

In past centuries this problem also existed, but it was not recognized. First, there were religious conditions for it, then financial ones. Even though they still exist today, in principle, humanity should clarify everything for itself. This is an eternal problem that will not go away.

We, the Kabbalists, must spread our vision. As a result, sooner or later the world will know the reason for such relationships and what they lead to.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Moving to Israel” 12/7/13

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Question: Is there pressure on a person in Israel because there is a stronger spiritual energy here?

Answer: Yes. I think this is not only because Israel is here, but because this is the way the land itself is. Even if there were no State of Israel here and there were no people at all, this energy would still be felt.

Even more so when there is such a hodgepodge in this territory because representatives of all nations of the world live here and each leads his own life, so naturally this complicates the situation even further.

It is hard for me to talk about this topic. I state this purely theoretically because I live in my own world, lead my own life, and I do not exist in the general atmosphere, although I connect to it when necessary.

Question: But still, by its roots, is this place closest to spirituality?

Answer: Yes, undoubtedly! Either in a negative or in a positive sense.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. The Land of Israel” 12/16/13

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Question: Should our country [Israel] be strong?

Answer: It should take care of those of citizens who according to state regulations should live, exist, and be protected here.

We have no other land! We have no other place. We have no other country! We must have our own strong army and our place on this planet. And although everyone will encroach on it, we must tell everyone the truth to their face: “This is ours! It was, it is, and it will be.”

Question: Until when will there be such a position as you said?

Answer: Until the complete correction of human egoism on the whole planet.

Comment: But you are always talking about connection, about unity of people.

My Response: That is what we will do along the way.

Question: So this is how, by remaining such a strong encampment, a fortress, we will move toward unity of all mankind?

Answer: Only in this way! Only under this condition! Set an example and lead the way.

Comment: Are you not perplexed by the unification of two such poles? One pole is a strong, powerful state, ready to fight back against everyone, and so on, and on the other hand—unity and connection are such a warm state.

My Response: That is very correct. And precisely because it is a strong country.

Question: And we have to radiate this warmth one way or another?

Answer: Yes. Do not agree to any concessions!

Question: And if we say that we want to rely only on ourselves?

Answer: Yes. Isn’t that how it turns out?

Comment: But we do have help.

My Response: Yes, but we still rely on ourselves.

Question: Is this right?

Answer: We get help for all this, but we still hope to rely on forces that we have. We do not sign a contract with someone and after that we have a quiet rest.

Comment: You think that if some conditions come that we will be given help if, for example, we create two countries here…

My Response: No! It is all out of the question. Any compromises, agreements of this type are out of the question. We do not owe anyone anything, we do not have to, and we will not give it to anyone.

Question: And as a result, as you have already said, this state should radiate warmth, connection, and love for one’s neighbor?

Answer: Yes—to be a light for all nations of the world.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 11/3/22

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Question: How can your students, who represent the whole world, help correct the Jews?

Answer: In a natural way. By the fact that we, a group of my students scattered all over the world, understand that the main thing is rapprochement of everyone with everyone and that this corrects the world.

As a result, we put pressure on Jews so that they begin to understand that their job is to set an example and demonstrate how people should strive to get closer to each other.

Although, it is precisely for Jews that this is the most difficult thing to do.

Comment: But this is predetermined from the very beginning. If we turn to biblical sources, to our forefathers, they were given the Torah and they were called the chosen people.

My Response: Certainly. We all must understand that the most important and greatest vices exist in nature. They manifest themselves in us in advance as in people who are the closest and at the same time opposite to each other.
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From KabTV’s “Conversations, Israel and Its Impact on the World” 11/18/21

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Question: A Ministry of Happiness has been established in Dubai. It is headed by a woman whose function is to develop a program to make people living in the United Arab Emirates happy.

Apart from you, who talk about this all the time, this is perhaps the first real embodiment of the idea of ​​a proper government that cares about the happiness of people. However, the question is what exactly do they mean by happiness?

Tell me how your ideas, articles, books, which are aimed primarily at the education and upbringing of the population of Israel as well as Jews around the world, are combined with this?

Answer: To be honest, I do not know the plans of the Ministry of Happiness. It would be interesting to familiarize myself with them. But I am sure that we have a completely different program.

By happiness we mean reaching mutual connection that leads people to love for each other, that is, to the fulfillment of the biblical commandment “love thy neighbor as thyself.” Nevertheless, it would be good to create such a ministry. 🙂

Question: When you talk about the spiritual world and about the fact that the goal is to reach a sense of spirituality, does this not contradict a happy life in a physical body on Earth?

Answer: In no way.
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From KabTV’s “Conversations, Israel and Its Impact on the World” 11/18/21

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Comment: The US is holding midterm elections. Right away a lot of anti–Semitic leaflets appeared, stating that Jews are the reason for coronavirus, abortions, and inflation. They mention the names of Jewish officials in the presidential administration and heads of media companies.

This happens in the places where many Jews live: New Jersey, New York, California, and Florida, in many states. They talk a lot about Jews and not just talk about, but brand them. They give a lot of figures. The number of these phenomena has increased 3 to 4 times there.

This occurs mostly whenever something happens and Jews are immediately blamed. How much longer will this go on?

My Response: Until the Jews begin to correct this matter, until they realize that they are really to blame. This is already established in the structure of the world, in the structure of the universe. Galaxy wide!

Question: Does it mean that even nature demands that we would understand that we are to blame for everything?

Answer: So that we would correct ourselves! Then everything will be corrected, and there will be no such reaction.

Question: Are we the most egoistic or what is wrong with us? Why were we chosen?

Answer: Why we were chosen is not our business. We were chosen and that is it! Nature chose it that way. It took a small fraction of humanity and appointed it.

Question: “You will be responsible for everything,” right?

Answer: Absolutely for everything! If you are connected with each other, love, respect, and support each other, show an example to everyone else, to the nations of the world, and to humanity, and they will begin to correct themselves and come closer to each other following you, then everything will be fine. If not, then all of humanity will be against you. As humanity progresses further and further, to this extent it will progress in hatred in relation to you.

Question: So you say: There is such a law. Just as there is the law of gravity, laws of physics, there is such a law of nature: Until a Jew begins to change in relation to love for each other, in connection with each other, the world will hate him, and will drive him to this connection all the time.

Answer: Yes.

Question: The entire history of the Jews, in principle, is the history of suffering, continuous catastrophes until the last Holocaust. And you say: “Everything is just according to this law.” Is it really just because of that?

Answer: Just because of that. For the fact that they do not love each other, do not respect each other, and do not come close to each other. Moreover, when we look at other nations, we ask: Why are we worse than them?!

No. Such an internal, close connection is not required of them, but it is required of us.

Question: Will they also begin to come closer to each other as a result of our connection?

Answer: They will also begin to come closer to each other and to us. Then all of humanity will turn into one common whole.

Question: Can we say when we will deduce this law ourselves?

Answer: We cannot deduce this law ourselves, our egoism will not let us.

Question: Do you mean that we will be able to come to this conclusion only as a result of blows?

Answer: Yes. We already hold on to each other a little bit because we are afraid to be left alone against the hatred of the nations of the world.

Question: Which, as you say, is justified?

Answer: Yes.

Comment: But we had strong blows!

My Response: It does not matter, we do not know whether they were strong or weak. We do not know what to compare them with.

We know only one thing: that the Torah says so. The wisdom of Kabbalah explains this to us absolutely clearly. Do you want to be like other nations? It will not work! You should aim for connection between each other, for love between each other. Only then will you see that this is your salvation, up to the point that you will show other nations the correct connection between everyone and lead all nations to unification.

Question: Tell me, is it possible to destroy these Jewish people?

Answer: In no way. This is not a solution.

Question: Tell me, what is the solution on the part of the Jews and the solution on the part of the nations of the world?

Answer: On the part of the Jews: They do not see any solution at all, except that the nations of the world will change their attitude toward them by themselves. On the part of the nations of the world: Of course, it would be nice to destroy the Jews, but somehow it does not work out.

Question: Are you saying this ironically?

Answer: Yes. They even seem to say that it does not work out because God loves them, although He punishes them.

Question: What should be the conclusion from the nations of the world? “We have to bring them to this. We have to force them somehow.”

Answer: The nations of the world cannot realize that it is they who should force the Jews to come closer to each other. They are very far from this in order to direct the Jews toward coming closer to each other. Although, it would be, of course, salvation.

The conclusion is very simple: until the Jews, the people of Israel, in all their modifications and metamorphoses, understand that they must be together and reach unity in love with each other, until then nothing in the world will change. There will be ascents, descents, and various wars, no matter what. But, in principle, the world will not come to good in any way.

Question: Is there just one solution?

Answer: Yes, just one.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 8/25/22

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Question: Is there any force of internal energy that can suppress, say, arrogance? A Kabbalist is still at a much higher degree than an ordinary person. If a person has really gone too far, can a Kabbalist use some internal forces?

Answer: Upper forces, secret forces? He cannot, he does not know how, and he should not.

Comment: But there are people who go against the upper nature—so to say.

My Response: There are no people who go against upper forces. This is incorrect. No one goes against the upper forces. Not that he has no right to—he cannot, he is unable to because he is controlled by those same upper forces. How can I go against the Creator if what I do, say, and think comes from Him, and I am just a dummy, a puppet?

This cannot happen. You just have to understand that there are degrees where I have to rebel, including physically. It is said about this: “He who comes to kill you, kill him first.” And in all other cases—no. I cannot act here by any upper forces.

All the gain that a spiritual person has is in his spirit. He cannot use it to harm others. Otherwise, it is no longer spirit, it is not spiritual. The spiritual is only the right intention in the right action of bestowal and love. But this action can destroy the enemy both mentally and physically.

If you really act with love and dedication and your opponent is the opposite, then in the end, he will lose. It can happen through great suffering, through long-term problems, but he will lose. It will be so because he goes against the plan of nature.

Question: If you look at the Holocaust from this point of view, the Nazis lost because of it. But was it, as you have just explained, as a result of the fact that they were going against the plan of nature?

Answer: If the Jews were united among themselves—not against the fascists but among them according to the method of Kabbalah, according to the method of human development—then there would be no Holocaust, everything would be the opposite. Both Europe and the entire history of mankind would have developed differently.

Also today, if Israel were more united, if we could unite it under the banner of bestowal and love so as to become one, in a state of mutual guarantee, then, of course, we would not have any external problems with our neighbors.

All borders would be completely open, and the whole world would rise to a completely different level of relationships.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. The Secret Powers of the Kabbalist”

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