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Why Do We Gather at Conventions?

Question: How can one reach the correct, true prayer at a convention? Answer: All those attending the convention must understand why they are coming and what they will ask of the Creator. I come to the convention to be in such a connection with others that would give us a common force capable of breaking […]

If You Want to Live Long

Question: Following the war that began on October 7th, people in Israel began coming to cardiology departments with heart problems, not with heart attacks or blocked arteries, but with what is called “broken heart syndrome.” In Hebrew, it is tismun et lev shavur. Its symptoms resemble a heart attack, but it is not a heart […]

Becoming What the Creator Wants Me to Be

Afterward, he comes to a state of “Noah walked with God,” meaning that when the Creator is revealed to a person, when he begins to feel the existence of the Creator, he has no choice but to annul as a candle before a torch. (Rabash, Assorted Notes, 342, “Noah Was a Righteous Man”) To annul […]

Why Does the Creator Not Caution Against Mistakes?

Question: Andrey asks: “I read it somewhere, but recently I became convinced that the Creator is jealous. You have said it more than once. But I had no idea He was so jealous. He allows you to follow the path you choose, but it is clearly against His will. But He lets you. He even […]

“Suspended Coffee” Re-Educates the Rich

In the News (NPR): “On March 27, 2013, John Sweeney, a plumber from Ireland, started a Facebook page called Suspended Coffees. His message was simple: Buy a cup of coffee for a stranger, because an act of kindness can change a life. Eight hours later, the page had attracted more than 20,000 likes. “Suspended coffee, or […]

The Futility of Life

If a person does not devote his life to pursuing any path, either he wastes himself on many different searches and ends his life with nothing, or he lives like an animal without any search for a purpose. All this is determined not by him, but by his desire. I do not imagine myself pursuing […]

Work Within and Above Egoism

The science of Kabbalah reveals the possibility of expanding one’s senses and awareness into an area opposite to the material one, to a new level, into a new dimension. Therefore, I completely surrendered to it, but with strict control over myself. Kabbalah gives us great opportunities because you must constantly move against your egoism. Do […]

The Movie of Our Life Has a Good Ending

Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject (A.A. Milne).  Question: Alan Alexander Milne wrote many things, but he is mostly remembered for Winnie the Pooh. In one of his writings he noted, “One never knows exactly when one person becomes […]

The Function of a Kabbalist Teacher

Question: Is your function to provide information to your students? Answer: It is not just information. I give out the energy that builds you, each one in his own personal form. This energy is not formed in any way because you form it, each one for yourself. It is like manna from heaven: one wants […]

The Passover Prohibition to Eat Leavened Bread

Question: “Pesach” (from the word “Pasach“) means to step over or jump over from egoistic qualities to altruistic ones, to the qualities of the Creator. Kabbalists described the procedure for emerging from egoism allegorically in the order of the Passover meal. One of the symbols of Passover is the prohibition of eating leavened bread. What […]