How does Kabbalah explain the high divorce rate these days? Has the family institution become a thing of the past?
Today we are in the midst of an overall crisis, manifesting in every realm of life, including the family institution. This crisis is caused by the intensification of the egoism—the desire to enjoy. Man’s ego is culminating these days, and has become uncontrollable. By consequence, we are losing the ability we once had to cope with ourselves and with the world around us. Family relationships in general, and spousal relationships in particular, are the first to be affected by the intensification of the ego because our spouses are the closest people to us. Kabbalists wrote that at such a time as ours, the wisdom of Kabbalah would emerge as a means to correct human nature. Thus, from the perspective of Kabbalah, the 21st century is a golden opportunity for spouses to establish a genuine bonding. To succeed, they must march together, and through the union between them discover the Upper Force and achieve true wholeness and happiness.
