The Nation of Israel's Role

The nation of Israel's role in the world is to reveal the governing law of nature, as expressed in the words "love thy neighbor as thyself," and pass it on to humanity.

In an article published today in issue 4 of the monthly Kabbalah Today magazine, called "Mission: Possible (And Mandatory)," Yoav Bernstein discusses the growth of anti-Semitism as resulting from an intensification of the human ego, and that the method of the ego's correction, possessed by the nation of Israel, is not being implemented in its due time.

Bernstein states that the lack of correction of the ego, in which it is inverted from constant reception to constant giving, is causing more intense separation among people. More and more people are subconsciously feeling that the nation of Israel is largely responsible for the world's problems. According to Bernstein, people who feel like this are "right" in feeling so.

This is because, as it is written in Baal HaSulam's article "The Bond," the nation of Israel are the ones who must first unite against their ego, and realize the spiritual law of "love thy neighbor as thyself." Moreover, not only are they responsible for achieving this among themselves, but also for passing the revelation of this law on to the whole of humanity.

In a video also released this week, called "The Nation of Israel's Role," Rav Michael Laitman, PhD reinforced the opinion that Israel, who possesses the method for humanity's correction, must start implementing it; that "this method (Kabbalah) is being revealed in our times in order to save us from our own growing egoism."

Materials published this week on the nation of Israel's role:

• Mission: Possible (And Mandatory) - Article by Yoav Bernstein in issue 4 of Kabbalah Today.
• The Nation of Israel's Role (04:31) - Video featuring Rav Michael Laitman, PhD describing the nation of Israel’s role in the world, its connection to the wisdom of Kabbalah, and the reason for the present-day rise of anti-Semitism.
• A Trail of Anti-Semitism - Article by Rav Michael Laitman, PhD discussing the intensification of anti-Semitism and the purpose of the nation of Israel: to learn how to love their neighbors as themselves (as taught by Rabbi Akiva), and then pass this teaching on to the rest of the world.