Contents PREFACE ................................................................................................ 6 MY STORY ........................................................................................... 10 MY RESEARCH .................................................................................... 17 PART 1 What Are The Sources Of Absolute Truth? ............................... 22 1.1 More about Torah Codes .................................................................. 25 1.2 How Accurate is the Torah? ............................................................. 40 1.2.1 Writing a Torah scroll ................................................................ 41 1.2.2 Success of the System ................................................................ 42 1.2.3 Torah Compared to Other Texts ................................................. 45 1.2.4 The Torah and the Universe ...................................................... 46 1.3 Another Way That Hashem Talks to Us. ........................................... 47 1.4 Another Proof - Near Death Experience............................................ 52 1.5 More Proof - Science versus Scriptures ............................................ 56 1.5.1 The Age Of The Universe .......................................................... 59 1.5.2 Another Scientific Discovery ..................................................... 63 1.5.3 Another Number To Ponder. ...................................................... 64 1.5.4 Disclaimer, Or Is It? ................................................................... 64 1.6 Darwin Nonsense ............................................................................. 68 1.7 Mythinformation .............................................................................. 74 1 1.7.1 Next Topic: ................................................................................ 79 1.8 The Talmud ..................................................................................... 85 1.8.1 The Oral Torah .......................................................................... 88 1.9 The Mystical Hebrew Letters ........................................................... 94 1.10 Let's Have a Word .......................................................................... 99 1.11 Another Proof “Miracles” ............................................................. 103 1.12 Modern Prophecy and Messages from Hashem ............................. 106 1.13 Aristotle’s Letter, to Alexander the Great ..................................... 110 1.14 Summary Statement for Part 1 ...................................................... 115 Part 2 - What is the Purpose of this Universe, this World and our Lives? 117 2.1 Introduction ................................................................................... 117 2.2 The Soul ......................................................................................... 119 2.3 Reincarnation ................................................................................. 125 2.4 Leaving Egypt ................................................................................ 131 2.5 He is Hiding Behind Nature ........................................................... 135 2.6 Free Will ........................................................................................ 138 2.7 This Explains It All ........................................................................ 141 2.8 Why are Jews so Intelligent? .......................................................... 144 2.9 What is Real? ................................................................................. 148 2.10 More science to ponder: ............................................................... 149 2 2.11 The Scientists are Still Catching Up.............................................. 152 2.12 The World is Upside-Down .......................................................... 155 2.13 Measure for Measure or How to Change the Weather in the US .... 169 2.14 Kabbalah ...................................................................................... 179 2.15 Conclusion ................................................................................... 183 Part 3 - What Does This Mean To Us? .................................................. 184 3.1 The Key to Happiness .................................................................... 184 3.2 Prayer Works ................................................................................. 188 3.3 Being Positive ................................................................................ 204 3.4 Psalms ........................................................................................... 209 3.5 Why Keep Kosher? ........................................................................ 211 3.6 Jewish Ritual Slaughter .................................................................. 216 3.7 Shabbos ......................................................................................... 220 3.8 What did Becoming an Observant Jew Really Mean to Me? ........... 224 3.9 Orchard .......................................................................................... 229 3.10 Sexism in Scriptures and in Life ................................................... 236 3.11 Reward and Punishment ............................................................... 242 3.12 Habits .......................................................................................... 249 3.13 What should I study? .................................................................... 256 3.14 Tests: Why Hashem Gives Them .................................................. 260 3 3.14.1 Testing Tips ........................................................................... 261 3.15 The Law (halachah)...................................................................... 268 3.16 More Simple Truths ..................................................................... 271 3.17 Here’s to Your Good Health ......................................................... 272 3.18 Religion ....................................................................................... 278 3.19 For My Thoughts are not Your Thoughts ...................................... 280 3.20 Let Gratitude Be Your Attitude .................................................... 282 3.21 Flawed Human Logic ................................................................... 284 3.22 The Receiving of the Torah .......................................................... 290 3.23 Lashon Harah ............................................................................... 294 3.24 Opinion ........................................................................................ 300 3.24.1 The Danger of Having an Opinion .......................................... 304 3.25 Instructions from Hashem for our Time ........................................ 308 3.26 Happy Wednesday ....................................................................... 310 3.27 Sometimes a Child's Insight is Better ............................................ 314 3.28 Summary of Part 3 ....................................................................... 316 Part 4 - What is happening in the world and what is coming up? ............ 318 4.1 Jew-Hatred..................................................................................... 318 4.2 Who Owns This land? .................................................................... 324 4.3 So, When is Moshiach Going to be Announced?............................. 331 4 4.4 Prophecy Being Fulfilled ................................................................ 333 4.5 The Obvious Signs of Moshiach ..................................................... 338 4.6 A Very Interesting Quick Story (or Two)........................................ 343 4.7 The Folding of History ................................................................... 345 4.8 Another Mystery Solved................................................................. 349 4.9 Babylonian Talmud - Megillah 17b ................................................ 350 4.10 Acceptance of Moshiach .............................................................. 366 4.11 Another Profound Message from Hashem..................................... 369 4.12 Pay Attention -- Messages from Hashem ...................................... 372 4.13 Don't Expect What You Expect, but Expect the Unexpected ......... 374 4.14 Additional Note of Interest: .......................................................... 377 4.15 An Answer to an Important Comment .......................................... 378 4.16 Now what? ................................................................................... 384 4.17 Summary and a Decision to be Made ............................................ 392 5 PREFACE The intent of this book is to serve a twofold purpose. One is to relate the story of what happened in my life that led me from a state of total confusion and despair to a life of success, peace of mind and happiness. This is not just to tell my story, but to reveal what may be very familiar situations in your life, and what can be done to rectify your life. Since I consider myself a common individual with very ordinary needs and desires, you may find yourself relating to my previous situation and, hopefully, curious as to how I made changes. It may sound very familiar. As an added benefit, I hope to save you much time in resolving some of life's problems by telling you what I have discovered