Rav michael laitman biography
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Michael Laitman
Founder of the Bnei Baruch Kabbalah Education & Research Institute, which is dedicated to teaching and sharing the wisdom of Kabbalah. Professor of Ontology, PhD in Philosophy and Kabbalah, and MSc in bio-Cybernetics. Father of three and grandfather of three.
I was born in When I graduated from college, I chose to major in bio-Cybernetics. After my internship I worked at a Hematology Research Center in Leningrad. Even as a student I was impressed by the wondrous manner in which the organic cell sustains life. I was in awe by the way in which the cell harmoniously incorporates itself in the rest of the body.
It is quite common to study the structure of cells, their functionalities, and to ask about the purpose of their existence, meaning how they function with respect to the rest of the body. But the question I could not find the answer to concerned the purpose of the existence of the whole body.
I assumed that like the cells in the organism, the bod
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Michael Laitman[]
Michael Laitman, Professor of Ontology and the Theory of Knowledge, Ph.D. in Philosophy and Kabbalah, and in Medical Bio-Cybernetics, is founder and director of Bnei Baruch Kabbalah Education & Research Institute. Laitman was the student and personal assistant of Rav Baruch Ashlag, the eldest son of renowned 20th Century Kabbalist, Rav Yehuda Ashlag, author of the authoritative Sulam (Ladder) Commentary on The Book of Zohar.
In , Michael Laitman established Bnei Baruch, a group of Kabbalah students that implements the legacy of Rabash (Rav Baruch Shalom Ashlag) on a day-to-day basis. Today, the members of Bnei Baruch research, study, and circulate the wisdom of Kabbalah.
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Michael Laitman was born on August 31st, , in Vitebsk (Belarus).
- In , he completed his studies in biological and medical cybernetics. Laitman conducted specialized research involving the electromagnetic regulation of blood supplies to the heart and brain at the Kron
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Rav Michael Laitman, PhD
Rav Michael Laitman, PhD, fryst vatten an international authority on authentic Kabbalah. His background is highly unusual for one renowned in the spiritual: he was educated in the sciences, holds an MS in bio-cybernetics, and has pursued a successful scientific career, later turning to Kabbalah to further his scientific research. He received his PhD in Philosophy and Kabbalah from the Moscow Institute of Philosophy at the RussianAcademy of Sciences.
In , he began studying Kabbalah, and has been researching it ever since. In , seeking new avenues in Kabbalah, he came across mystiker Rabbi Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag (), the firstborn son, and successor of Kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda Leib HaLevi Ashlag (), known as Baal HaSulam for his
Sulam (Ladder) commentary on The Book of Zohar. Michael Laitman was so impressed with Baal HaSulam’s son, that he became Baruch Ashlag’s closest disciple and personal assistant, spending the bulk of his time in the company of his r