Lecturer: Rav Michael LaitmanDate: 2009-07-03Video: 1/2: ENG 16.04MB 2/2: ENG 25.19MB Audio: 1/2: ENG 2.86MB 2/2: ENG 4.58MB

A report from our friends in Croatia: “600 people attended the premiere of a the staged ballet performance, the “The Magician,” based on Rav Michael Laitman’s book, Together Forever. We are grateful for the support of the entire world Kli. The success was unprecedented even in the face of all the obstacles. All of you were with us, you filled our hearts and lit them up with flames of love, and it was felt by the performers and the audience alike.

6 cups water

1 medium onion, quartered

1 bunch fresh lemon thyme

1 chili or other spicy chili, halved lengthwise and seeded

1 tablespoon ground pepper

2 teaspoon minced garlic

3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

1 cup pearl barley

4 scallions, thinly sliced diagonally

1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 teaspoons coarse salt

1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

1 pound fresh figs, quartered

FOR THE DOUGH

1 1/4 cups flour plus more for rolling

1/2 teaspoon sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter or margarine, cut into pieces

2 to 4 tablespoons ice water

FOR THE FILLING

1/2 cup almonds

1/2 cup sugar

2 large eggs

4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter or margarine, room temperature

2 teaspoons flour

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/8 teaspoon salt

1 pound ripe fresh figs (about 16), stemmed and thinly sliced

A question I received: Can you explain to a person logically, before the blows come, that equality, which may seem so dangerous and threatening is in fact not such a bad thing after all? Perhaps, one may even benefit from it?

My Answer: Every person wants to be above the rest, control others, and to use everyone. If he became equal with the rest, he would have nothing with which to fill his desire.

Lecturer: Rav Michael LaitmanDate: 2009-06-30Video: ENG 50.64MB Audio: 1/2: ENG 9.02MB 2/2: ENG 9.04MB

In the News (translated from MIGnews): Actual and potential victims of global warming appealed to the UN requesting protection and compensation for rising water levels, drought and other harmful effects of climate change.

A summer salad.

Egoism became a factor of imbalance, but it doesn’t mean it has to be annulled, we just have to adjust the way we are using it.

Egoistic desire is growing within us and if we don’t “re-set the program” accordingly, each period of its growth will aggravate our condition, which has a lot to be desired as it is. The law of harmonious existence in Nature means that until we install the program called “humanistic interaction” we won’t launch the system.

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