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Lessons From The Common Meals

Protracted crises are beginning right now; it is very difficult for people to sustain life today from an economic perspective; people need to make their income last an entire month to feed themselves, provide for themselves, create all the necessary conditions for their children, their family, and elderly family members. In such a case it […]

What Does The Lower Consume?

Rabash, Letter No. 29:“We should not deposit exterior waste inside ourselves as does the tree. One has to take his filth out of the state of concealment and reveal it through one’s sensations.” Question: I consider myself perfect, but Rabash offers me to look for filth inside me? Answer: Indeed, how do we take the […]

Subtleties Of Receiving In Order To Bestow

Question: How can the desire to receive work in order to bestow? Answer: It can if it has an intention of in order to bestow. In that case it gets a desire from someone else and that enables it to bestow. Keter created the desire to receive, Hochma. At the end of this phase the […]

Hugging A Loved One Strengthens Health

In the News (from DailyMail): “Hugging a loved one isn’t just a great way to bond – it has several physical benefits as well. “Scientists found that the hormone oxytocin was released into the blood stream when you hold a friend close. This lowers blood pressure, reduces stress and anxiety and can even improve your […]

“Banging Your Head Against The Wall” Or Starting To Think?

Question: What does it mean to ask of the Creator? Where is this Creator? How can I ask for something from Him, if I know nothing about Him? Answer: You should look for Him! Everyone should imagine Him in his heart, or perhaps in his imagination, although Kabbalists don’t deal with imagination. The Creator is […]

The Force That Affects Unity

Question: What are the components of the force that affects the unity of friends? Answer: The total sum of the spiritual force is made up of our aspirations for the next higher state. Each one individually has no spiritual force, but if we annul ourselves relative to others and begin to connect between ourselves, our […]

Philosophy: A Building Without A Foundation

Baal HaSulam, “The Wisdom of Kabbalah and Philosophy”: …for we do not define by name or word that which we do not attain. That is because a word designates some degree of attainment. The root of everything is the unattainable and imperceptible essence of the Creator (Atzmuto). We never speak about it because something can […]

“The Worst Is Now Behind Us”

In the News (from The Guardian): “European governments clinched a landmark deal on bank supervision and approved long-delayed aid to Greece on Thursday, trumpeting the agreements as signs the bloc is getting a grip on its problems after three years of deep crisis. “European Council President Herman Van Rompuy told the leaders as he opened […]

Over-Population And Hunger Don’t Threaten The World

In the News (from theintelhub.com): “While the ruling class continues to perpetuate the dehumanizing myth of “overpopulation”, a very different kind of situation is unfolding in the real world. “We are actually quickly approaching the point where the birth rate will drop so tremendously that under-population will be revealed as the true threat. … “The […]

The Food Crisis

Opinion (George Monbiot): “Never mind the economic crisis. Focus for a moment on a more urgent threat: the great food recession that is sweeping the world faster than the credit crunch. You have probably seen the figures by now: the price of rice has risen by three-quarters over the past year, that of wheat by […]