Today the world is again approaching a state very similar to ancient Babylon, and that is why antisemitism is now rising from all directions at once. It is no local phenomenon and no mere political or social trend. It is a global, deep, and instinctive reaction built into the very process of human development.

If we look at the plan of creation through the wisdom of Kabbalah, then humanity develops according to a clear program. Kabbalists wrote not only about the spiritual roots of reality, but also about the stages through which humanity would pass. They described periods of concealment and revelation, exile and redemption, and the point at which the wisdom of Kabbalah would once again have to be revealed openly to the world.

From the ruin of the Temple onward, humanity entered a long period called exile. Exile, in its spiritual meaning that Kabbalah defines, means a loss of connection with the upper force of love, bestowal, and connection, which Kabbalah calls “the Creator.” It is a descent from the sensation of spiritual life where the force of love and bestowal thrives in the midst of positive human connection, into ordinary corporeal existence, where we prioritize self-benefit over the benefit of others and nature at every given moment. During this exile, the people of Israel mingled with the nations of the world. This mingling was necessary. Its purpose was to connect the souls of Israel with the souls of the nations, so that eventually, when the time came, the method of........

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