Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year 5783, well back then there were no Jews when everything just started, right?! But its called the Jewish New Year celebrated by Jews. My question is more global, is it the Jewish New Year or is it a Global New Year? It’s unclear what kind of year we will have, we are facing such questions, really terrible ones, existential ones. • The Belgium Ministry of Justice decided to conduct an experiment, 55 prosecutors and judges sat in the new Brussels prison for a while to test the conditions of detention and feel like prisoners. It's expected that after that, they will issue more reasonable sentences. What do you think about this? • The Sufi Mansur, Al- Hallaj, was asked, how to become free from one’s attachments? • Darwin spent a long time explaining his theory of evolution to one lord. The lord listened deeply to the scientists logical explanation and at the end, Darwin said, “So now you agree that man descended from an ape?” The lord replied, “Maybe you did, but I didn’t.” What I want to say by that is that everyone agrees that everyone is selfish, but, not me, I’m not selfish. My neighbors, but I’m giving, etc. etc. Why can’t a person look at himself and say, this is how I am. • A letter from a follower: I really want to talk about the world, the Creator, the inner state of man but when I look outside the window there is war. It really touched me. How can a person in such a situation think about the world, the Creator, connection, when there is war all around? • Nina writes: “The cat that lives in my house gave birth to kittens and a few days later, she killed them herself. Tell me please, is this a natural phenomenon? If so, what is its root, is this a consequence of our terrible behavior?”

The root of Rosh HaShanah (Head of the Year, New Year) is the spiritual birth of the first man who discovered the general force of nature. This is a hidden force that includes all the laws and forces of nature that can be discovered if we become equal to it. Rosh HaShanah is considered to be the day when Adam HaRishon (the first man) discovered the Creator, Bore, from the Hebrew words “Bo-Reh” “come and see.”

Throughout our lives we develop unconsciously. Negative forces push us forward. The goal that nature has prepared for us is our unlimited development, and this requires a transformation of characteristics. Our general characteristic is a desire to receive for ourselves; we run after all kinds of things and exhaust ourselves. The final objective of development that nature has defined for humanity is the acquisition of a new characteristic, a desire to bestow. Nothing will be changed for the future human except relationships with others. The future human will develop through internal technology.

Why are we excited about renewal? Because we are people, not inanimate, vegetative, or animate. We are always in a state of development. The expression, “new year” immediately arouses hope, but on the surface the situation is not very good this year.

What should we expect in the coming year? How can we make sure that the new year will be a good one and why is it actually by the revelation of evil between us that we can turn the coming year into a good one?

What are the stages that a person passes through on the way to searching for the Creator, how can the connection between us contribute to discovering Him and why specifically in the holiday season do we have the opportunity to approach Him?

What is the meaning of the Ten Days of Repentance? How do they direct us toward our personal and social development and how do connection workshops help us do so according to the wisdom of Kabbalah?

According to the wisdom of Kabbalah Rosh HaShanah (the Hebrew New Year) is the beginning of a change. What is the change? What introspection do we do on this holiday, and how does a person become compatible with the system of nature that operates in the world?

What soul searching do we do during the month of Elul? What do we discover when we engage in such thoughts, and how do we get on a new path toward a balanced and harmonious life? The conclusion of the month of Elul is that I want to reach a state of balance, the state of “love thy friend as thyself.”

What are the spiritual meanings of the holidays of Israel, how are they connected to realizing the goal of our lives, and what is the difference between them and the holidays of other nations?