𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 A young man who was hospitalized on the verge of death wrote a “Farewell to the World” post on Facebook, which was met with hundreds of warm and caring comments from his friends, family, and strangers.

Why Civilization Fails: Insights from a Cannibal Island There is a thought-provoking anecdote about the development of human civilization. A plane crash survivor lands on an island inhabited by cannibals. These cannibals, led by an intelligent European-looking chief, plan to

Is Emotional Pain a Common Aspect in All Relationships? It is impossible for relationships between people to exist only on good terms. True connection is always built upon the ruins of what was destroyed. Only through experiencing both ascent and descent, joy and pain, can a

What Is Behind the World? Behind everything that happens in the world is the upper light, i.e., an upper force of love and bestowal. Even where we perceive darkness, we must polish ourselves and not the world, until that very darkness begins to shine. Every phenomenon, no

What Is True Friendship? True friendship requires inner work. There is no such thing as a friend without flaws. When you look at another and see their shortcomings, you are in fact looking into a mirror: their flaws are yours. The world around us is a reflection of our inner

What Does it Mean to Live Life Fully? To live life fully means to remain young in spirit. Youth is not about age. It is about aspiration. You can live two hundred years and still be young if you are constantly striving forward. My teacher, Kabbalist Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag

How Much of a Person's Life Is Governed By Chance? Nothing in life happens by chance. We are all connected by invisible threads of our spiritual roots. Every interaction and every separation is predetermined within the system of the common soul. When your soul must meet

Can a Bad Relationship Cause Mental Illness? Pressures, pains, doctors. Maybe the tests show nothing unusual, but the distress continues. Therapists, psychologists, medications. Sometimes there is some relief, but not a solution. Work is hard, family is hard, life is hard

Why Has Antisemitism Lasted for Thousands of Years? As the forces wishing for Israel's downfall become more demanding and sophisticated, new threats emerge over past ones. Indeed, antisemitism is nothing new. An inner hatred toward Jews runs through the pages of history, and

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀? When we live with a purpose, everything around us becomes part of the path toward that purpose. We do not ignore reality, but on the contrary, we perceive every

How Can Someone Not Be So Easily Hurt by Other People's Words or Actions, While Also Maintaining a Positive Attitude and Outlook on Life? One of my students raised this topic in relation to a quote from Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning: “No one has the right to do

How Can We Cultivate Inner Peace and Live a More Fulfilling Life? We can cultivate inner peace and live a more fulfilling life by learning to accept the many twists and turns of fate as a kind of game, not a cruel one, but a deeply meaningful and playful interaction with the

Who Is the Creator of Nature? Nature is the Creator, and the Creator is nature. They are one and the same. In Gematria, Elokim (God) and HaTeva (Nature) share the same numerical value (86) because they refer to the same upper governing force. If we enter into an equivalent

What Is the Spiritual Meaning of Rain? In Hebrew, the word for “rain” (“Geshem”) contains the foundation, the root, and the beginning, of all corporeal life (the Hebrew word for “corporeality” is “Gashmiyut,” which shares the same linguistic root). This is because rain is

What Strategies Can We Employ to Navigate the Twists and Turns of Our Journey With Greater Ease? We need to perceive life’s twists and turns with a certain level of excitement, like a game. Similar to when we play chess: our opponent makes a move on the chessboard, and we begin

What Are the Pros and Cons of Normalizing Relations with Israel? I see no positive signs in it. There can be a positive sign only when within Israel, among the people of Israel living in the Land of Israel, there will be more closeness and connection. The fact that there is

6 Examples of Ancient Chinese Wisdom and Why They're Relevant Today One of my students brought me various sayings and proverbs of ancient Chinese wisdom, wishing to receive a response on them from the perspective of the wisdom of Kabbalah. The following are various examples: •

Why Do Things Get Extremely Worse Before a Breakthrough in Life? When we stand before something absolute, a fate we cannot alter, a situation we cannot escape, we suddenly discover the place where change is possible. That place is within us. From that moment onward, we set off

Is It Hard to Detach Yourself From Your Past Memories, Especially the Bad Ones? Why? We need to learn how to relate to the past as something that no longer belongs to us. It is not a force that we must fight with, but it simply needs to be cut off, allowed to fade away like a

Why Do So Many People Lack Motivation to Do Something That Will Make Them Better? Why has it become commonplace in our world today for so many people to have no strength to get up in the morning, with no motivation to pursue goals, no joy of life, and no optimism for a good