We are separate so that we may find unity. We are different so that we may choose harmony. We are varied so that we may discover the many ways in which we are surprisingly the same. This week, we read the portion of Bamidbar the first chapter in the book of Numbers. It is in this story...
This week, we read the portion of Vayishlach, which translated means “to send away,” and that is precisely what Jacob is doing at the beginning of the story. Here we find Jacob sending himself and his family away. Jacob is leaving his father-in-law’s home after 22 years, taking his wife Rachel, his 11 sons, and his daughter with him. Why? Well, we know from last...
We’re entering into the last of what is known to be three of the most negative weeks of the year, and so I’d first like to ask: How are you doing? If you’re going through a tough time, hang in there. It’s always darkest just before the dawn and things are soon to get better....
Many of you who have been students at the Centre for a long time will remember how often Rav Berg stressed the importance of this week’s portion. Pinchas is a powerful healing instrument given to us by the Creator and revealed to us by the kabbalists. It always falls during the month of Cancer to...
When get together to pray as a group, the thousands of people listening to us online and the thousands of people who fill our Centres throughout the world, we are drawing a powerful force, lifting our hearts to say, “Are you listening, God?” We need to be able to bring spirituality to the world so...
One string is easy to break. But if you have a hundred strings together, you’ll never be able to break that. The binding of all of us as one unit is what we call the Kabbalah Centre. For when we bond with others in spirituality, when we allow others to become a part of us,...
It’s no secret that there is horrible chaos erupting all over the world at this time. Some regions are shrouded in such darkness and pain that it is even hard for most of us to even wrap our heads around what is happening. For this reason, those of us who are perhaps more in tune...
There’s a story of a man who is about to pass on to the next world. He gathers his family around him and gives each person a straw, telling each one, “Now take this straw and break it.” Each person breaks their straw easily. The man then produces another set of straws; these straws, however,...
