Cabalistic News

Blizzards, tornadoes, floods, record heat and drought, followed by wildfires – the first eight months of 2011 have brought strange and destructive weather to the United States. The Talmud-Book of Law describes the stages of pregnancy ending with the eighth month, the hardest and most dangerous for the mother and child – a child born… Continue reading »

With nearly 14 million people out of work, and no signs of a vigorous economic recovery on the horizon, the nation must look to leadership in Washington for direction. The Torah teaches, The greatest charity is to give a person the opportunity to have a job and be self-sufficient. In the time of the Talmud-Book… Continue reading »

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami are keeping close tabs on tropical storm Katia, which could become the second hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic season before Wednesday is out. Katia in Hebrew means to Cut Off. The Cabala teaches, that the soul comes in through the name and the everything that exists has… Continue reading »

Tuesday’s 5.8 East Coast earthquake closed The Washington Monument with cracks at its top; the central tower of the Washington National Cathedral, the highest elevated point in Washington, sustained significant damage. The Washington Monument was completed in 1884, ten years later the charter was written and the place designated for the National Cathedral, which took… Continue reading »

More than 300 bars and liquor stores are unable to buy booze because their $20 alcohol-purchasing licenses have expired as a result of the Minnesota government shutdown. People drink alcohol to soothe the pain of life by dulling the mind and altering the senses felt in the heart – though the head is situated above… Continue reading »

Americans are celebrating Independence Day – the anniversary of the day the country’s founding fathers declared independence from Britain in 1776. The colors of the American flag have cabalistic significance; each of the Ten Sefirot/Luminaries reflect a color; the two primal opposites are the external colors, red and blue while the inner color is white.… Continue reading »

A poll released by Gallup yesterday confirmed what a deeply religious America continues to be, 92 percent of Americans still say “yes” when asked the basic question “Do you believe in God?” God is not religious and religion is not God. The problem with God is God never speaks directly, but always through an intermediary;… Continue reading »

For those who suffer the effects of disaster, like the tornado outbreak that ravaged the south, nothing good can come from the experience, but disaster is a valuable, potentially humanizing reminder. Since the time of Reagan freedom has been redefined as the right to make money; America which had long been the bastion for escape… Continue reading »

The number of traffic fatalities continued its welcomed downward trajectory last year, falling 3% to its lowest levels since 1949, and a 25 percent drop from 2005, according to U.S. Department of Transportation estimates released Friday. A Rebbe once said, You should try everything once with the exception of driving a car – don’t even… Continue reading »

In an effort to join the fight against bullying, President Barack Obama opened a conference on Thursday on bullying and said the White House would launch a website called: Stopbullying.gov Bullies grow up to be businesspeople and government officials; bullies, are at times, substituted for leaders or garner power by malicious means – removing the… Continue reading »