The number 13 is significant since 13 is the gematria of Echud/One. The Cabala shows how each of the three letters making the word Echud/One is indicative of an idea: the Aleph/1 is God, the Chet/8 the Seven Heavens and the Earth and the Daled/4 the four directions.

When the Jewish People say the Shema Yisroel, pinnacle of prayer, we proclaim that God is present from Pluto until the Earth and everywhere upon the Earth; the Zohar-Book of Secret explains how the earth was seeded with life from the outer six worlds through the Seven Heavens.

There are four spiritual worlds, a replica of God’s Four Letter Name YHVH, that animates and imbues our solar system with life; the stock market has taken four years to reach 13 or Echud/One – with God’s help the economy is restoring, but what about the past greed?

Echud/One is different than Yachid/Unity; when we gather together unity is created but when God is part of the equation than Echud/One is achieved. Greed comes from fearing poverty; the rich fear being poor and therefore are ruthless – The greatest wealth is knowledge of God.

After Russia and their closest ally China lost the Cold War, they also lost their appetite for war; instead these two super powers, one with massive land and resources and the other with massive population, consolidated their take and began rebuilding their countries.

The non-spiritual humanists, Russia and China, balanced between autocracy and democracy, have made enormous steps forward. Ironically, in the West, particularly from right-wing religious extremists, war is the preferred response. Why does religion want to wage war?

War is endemic to religion because fighting for God and country is so much more than just fighting for country; claiming, God on our side, is often the excuse used for murder. When God is not invoked, peace and prosperity come quicker to the people. A king bridges this divide.

The Cabala explains, A king is not a king without a people, therefore the king loves the people; having the responsibility of the people forces the king to be humble before God. The Torah promises, religion will succumb before King Moshiach comes to be king over the world.

In Torah Law, a Jewish slave who sells himself forever to his master because he loves being a slave to his master goes free after fifty years – therefore, fifty is considered forever. Fifty years ago the human being was slave to the earth, unable to leave the force of gravity.

After fifty years the world freely leaves the confines of Earth for the unending horizon of human imagination. There are five levels of Gevorah/Severity corresponding to the five hours; three revolutions – one is a dot, two is a line but three represents the triangulated continuum.

An act done three times constitutes a vow, an unbreakable pledge. Going around the world three times in five hours represented a national breakthrough, awakening the American spirit to greatness; since America is made of all peoples, the awakening was global in scope.

The Cabala teaches, When the Jewish People left Mitzriam/Egypt to become a nation 3500-years-ago, they became free from confine – living in a cloud, drinking water from a rock, eating bread that rained down from the heavens. Matzer/Confine is root to the word Mitzriam/Egypt.

The word Theology is made from two words: Theo/God and Logy/Logic – how God is logically understood. Even though God is beyond logic, nonetheless, God is revealed in logic. The Cabala explains how logic is used to remove the darkness so the light can shine.

Truth is beyond logic and God is far beyond truth. There are three levels to truth: Sfat Emet/Lips of Truth; Emet/Truth and Emet HaAmetoi/Truth of Truth; the Bible on the other hand is from the word Babel – to speak incoherently – so the Testaments, need not be true.

How true are the Testaments? The Old Testament is a bad translation of the Torah. The word Torah means, Teaching; teaching encourages questions, but Testament, like dogma, has no place for questions. If the title is so distorted, what hope is there for the interior text?

Religion has always had a free ride, paying no taxes, skirting responsibilities while insisting on authority. The President is introducing logic into religion by challenging their belief-based doctrines detrimental to the communal health of the society. Obama deserves the, Amen.

The difference between angels and souls is, angels are called Omdin/Standers while souls are called MaHalchim/Walkers. The meaning of this nomenclature is, like animals, angels are confined by their nature while the human being constantly changes and evolves into the future.

Rabbi Akiva, of great renown from two thousand years ago, was known as Rutzim/Runner; the Talmud-Book of Law describes Rabbi Akiva beginning prayer in one corner but finishing in another because of constant genuflecting and prostrations. Rabbi Akiva was in a hurry.

The Cabala defines life as that which moves; from the atom to the universe everything is alive. In the future, according to the Midrash-Book of Metaphor, the stones will speak and they will say, Do not walk upon me unless you are going somewhere to do the Will of God.

Where we walk is as important as how we walk; life is not about how long we live but rather the quality of life. Some run after the dollar and some run after sex; some seek position, but those who seek heaven need to know – the greatest pain in heaven is embarrassment.

Like many Christian sects, their practices do not take into consideration the spiritual ramification of their actions. The Talmud-Book of Law teaches, When repeating a law or a learning, it is important to mention the name of the person to whom the law or learning is attributed.

The name is what connects heaven to earth; when the body dies the name goes back to reside with the soul in heaven – whenever the name of the person is mentioned, the soul responds. The Jewish soul comes into the physical world with an obligation: performing the 613 Commandments.

Jewish martyrdom is defined as: killed for being Jewish; moving the body of the dead is considered Agmot Nefesh/Soul Despair – how much more so, the inflicting of proclamations by those affiliated with the murderers of Jews for 2000 years, causes the Jewish Soul pain.

The Cabala explains, The root of the word Jewish means to Admit to God; the Jewish People admit before God, being chosen to perform the 613 Commandments, drawing down essential light into the world. Without the Jewish People as conduit, the world would be a body without a soul.

Scientists assume back holes happen as a result of the density of stars burning out, then collapsing within; but, according to the Cabala, which records the elemental principles and functions of creation, the opposite is true – the black hole happened first, before stars.

The celestial process of making stars, occurs when the world of Atzilute/Close connects with the lower world of Briah/Creation through Keter-Malchut/Crown of the King. The King is Woman who turns from the illumination to give birth into the darkness, to a point of light.

This original, primordial point is replicated in each atom; in the center of the atom where particle is divided from wave, nothing happens – because, like a black hole, the original direction goes in, giving off a dark energy. Dark Energy is the precursor to Dark Matter.

The world of Briah/Creation is known as the World of Darkness. A sudden black hole in space coalesces the first smoky substance of creation through the spiraled funnel created and imbued by the point of inward facing light, a phenomenon called Ore Chazar/Returning Light.

The Arab Spring traces back to the cold winter after World War One when the West won the Middle East from the Ottoman Empire, installing puppet leaders. Although aligned with the West, these Arab leaders took a strong stand against the Jewish People returning to their land.

The Palestinians became the pawn with which war was fought though these two nations are the native peoples of this undivided land. Arabs and Jews are brothers, having the Patriarch Avraham as father, and the Palestinians were already there when Avraham was sent forth.

The icy politics of the Middle East, oppression blamed on the Jewish occupation of the Holy Land and subsequent state, is thawing. The Cabala explains, Though water is the exemplification of Chesed/Kindness, when frozen can be forged into a weapon of violence.

Unification is better than division for all sides; unification like water brings about life, lets plants grow and the land thrives – the water of moderation brings natural boundaries. These peoples belong to the land – but, the land does not belong to the people.

The Talmud-Book of Law teaches, Better one moment of good deeds in this world than all the pleasure derived in the next world; the Cabala explains, Only on this physical dimension can the will of the Creator be accomplished – in the next world, light obscures the essence.

The essence is God who created creation to be known; when we have a relationship with God about our lives and what occurs – then, God is known in the world. Part of knowing God is knowing what God wants; God wants sacrifice of our animal instinct and with virtue arise.

The natural feeling of elation accompanying a virtuous act is a sign, the Creator is also elevated in the eyes of creation – when God’s creation does good then the Creator is elevated. Each life is a contribution to the purification of our planet through love and wisdom.

The Bal Shem Tov who ten generations ago brought the secret Jewish knowledge to the world was asked, How to love God? He responded saying, Love what God loves. The Creator loves creation – the glorious successes and the pitiful circumstances, all are beloved by the Creator.

The Torah/Teaching is often referred to as Torat Emet/True Teaching, but what is truth? The word for Truth, Emet is composed from the first, middle and last letter of the Hebrew alphabet as if to say, Truth must include the beginning, middle and end or it is not the truth.

The Cabala explains this triangulation of truth as exemplified from the three parts of the brain; the right and left hemispheres of the brain work in unison but are differentiated as Father and Mother. Truth is hidden in the father but revealed through the mother.

The third aspect of truth is knowing as portrayed by the frontal lobe behind the forehead; the purpose of knowing is to stop the brain from thinking further – when we know, the necessity of thought diminishes so the emotions can be expressed, followed by speech.

Truth has three parts: Sfat Emet/Lips of Truth, Emet/ Truth and the Emet LeMetoi/Truth of Truth. The essence is beyond truth – a singularity lacking any expression. Unfortunately, looking for the truth in politics is like trying to find the clean side of shit – good luck.