It’s no secret – we love music. Music is the universal language which establishes a common bond among all people. It evokes passionate emotions in the heart and rekindles vibrant memories of the mind. We are calmed by it, excited by it, comforted by ...

Regret, we’ve all experienced this painful emotion. Phrases like,” I wish,” “if I had only known,” and “if I could do it over” are often verbalized in regard to our lives. We as humans tend to live in the past and often look back to the p...

Did you ever wonder how a being from another planet might perceive Planet Earth? What would a stranger to our planet think if he saw a caterpillar right next to a butterfly? It is quite a phenomenon. A caterpillar has a long fat worm-like body covere...

On any given day in history, little ones all over the world have looked up and asked the same questions. It's always predictable. Very soon after a small amount of language is learned, something magnificent happens: not only are words spoken - questions a...

Are you obsessed with your stuff? Chances are that you are. We are a nation of consumers, and this has become our primary identity. According to the book, Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic, we live to buy, and in fact, we buy and throw out so much st...

“Kabbalist.” This word may bring to mind an image of an aged, stately sage, hunched over a thick text, studying and revealing the secrets of the universe. Actually, that image might be a good depiction of some Kabbalists who lived in the past. But ...

Today, it’s impossible not to notice humanity’s search for something beyond this world. Even Hollywood's been expressing this new aspiration in the last decade, airing popular TV series such as “Touched by an Angel” and “Medium,” which ...

Many people think about Kabbalah as a very difficult, complicated wisdom whose subject matter is mysterious and indefinable. Open up the main Kabbalist textbook, the Talmud Eser HaSefirot, and you will be confronted with lengthy descriptions of mys...

There was a story, an urban legend, of a philosophy professor who wrote only one question on his final exam. The question was “Why?” His students thought carefully before putting pen to paper. Many then began writing long expositions. However, the pro...

Did you ever wonder where you came from? And who are you really, beyond the body that you observe in the mirror? Kabbalah says that there exists an Upper Force that created a desire, called "the will to enjoy." That's who we are underneath it a...

All through our years of formal schooling, we learn a great deal about the world around us: We study history, geography, biology, chemistry, physics, foreign languages, music, and so on. Through studying all these sciences, we gain a great deal of knowled...

We all want to feel happy and at peace, but somehow we aren't able to feel that way all the time. One day, everything seems to be going just right – you get a promotion at work, your love life is blossoming, and your health is perfect. The next day, you...

Zohar means Radiance, and The Book of Zohar is the fundamental book in the wisdom of Kabbalah. It is the key enabling one to reveal the spiritual part of the universe, hidden to our five senses, and the Upper Force that governs everyt...

Abraham was one of the very first Kabbalists, some 3800 years ago. As the ancient Midrash (writings that examine the Hebrew Bible in light of the oral tradition) tells us, Abraham lived in Mesopotamia, in the city of Ur of the Chaldees