Sources
Technical source accounting: statuses, main articles and additional documents. Not part of the narrative route.
This page does not carry the story. It is a cold register of publications, court-media materials and reference texts used by the dossier articles.
The source register is maintained separately, in the editorial working file: 107 numbered entries — 101 external publications and primary carriers under SRC numbers, three internal rulebooks under IR, and three sources from the Katz jobs line under KJ. All 107 stand here as cards: each with a number, a status and the home article where the source is worked through in full. Nine entries deliberately appear in two sections at once — the same material works both inside its own story and on the list of sources needing caution.
How the statuses and evidence levels work, how to read the dossier, and where former members of the movement and their families can turn — on the page "Dossier methodology and help for those affected". Who is who around the movement — leader, family, lawyers, money and politics — is gathered on the power map. The key events by year are gathered on the timeline.
How To Read The Statuses
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Investigations, Testimony, Lahav 433
Open source group Investigative publications, testimony and Lahav 433 materials. 36 cards
Haaretz: Gelman and Vinokur questioned in the Milwidsky caseArchive
Haaretz: witness in the Milwidsky case on the complainant's accountArchive
Mako: woman alleges that a future Likud lawmaker attacked herArchive
Mako/N12: A. alleges Milwidsky raped her after false testimonyArchive
Israel Hayom: complaint against Milwidsky and his denialArchive
Israel Hayom: two more people questioned in the Milwidsky caseArchive
i24news: witness in the Milwidsky case speaks publiclyArchive
The Seventh Eye: Bnei Baruch's response to abuse testimonyArchive
The Seventh Eye: allegations of violence in Bnei Baruch and denialArchive
The Seventh Eye: court context and the expected Laitman testimonyArchive
The Seventh Eye: crisis episode around deleted materialsArchive
The Seventh Eye: Milwidsky claims political persecutionArchive
The Seventh Eye: complainant A. will not be called to testifyArchive
TheMarker: Milwidsky claims blackmail but did not complain for yearsArchive
TheMarker: police investigate Milwidsky while leaving Laitman allegations asideArchive
Times of Israel: Likud defense and the complainant's accountArchive
Times of Israel: would-be lawmaker accused of helping cover up abuse claimsArchive
Ynet: investigators told Milwidsky the substance of the suspicionArchive
Vesty: the investigation around Kabbalah LaAm and the MK questioning — new details (in Russian)Archive
Haaretz, Yossi Verter: Netanyahu's Likud hits new low for backing MK suspected of rape and witness tamperingArchive
Katya's signed testimony — Hebrew original, Russian working translation
Primary signed testimony by the complainant; the event described is from 2014, and the file carries no signing date. The document is held in the corpus and has no public address. Present it only under the frame "according to Katya's signed testimony, given in the presence of a lawyer"; direct quotations only after checking against the original.
Olesya / "A." signed testimony — Russian original
Primary first-person signed testimony; the events described run 2002–2019, and the file carries no signing date. The document is held in the corpus and has no public address. Present it only under the frame "according to Olesya's signed testimony, given at a lawyer's office"; testimony stays testimony and does not become a judicial finding. Direct quotations only after checking against the original; non-public individuals named in the document are not identified.
Police document in the Bnei Baruch kindergarten case
An official police document; the scan is held in the corpus and there is no public address. Closing a case is not an acquittal.
Omri Maniv: post on the Milwidsky caseArchive
A primary post by investigative journalist Omri Maniv; the carrier is stored locally together with the original HTML.
Courts, Lawsuits, SLAPP And Pressure On Critics
Open source group Courts, lawsuits, SLAPP and pressure on criticism. 19 cards
Bizportal: court report on the lawsuit over the Kabbalah La'Am letterArchive
The Seventh Eye: defense filing and severe allegationsArchive
The Seventh Eye: consolidated lawsuits and procedural contextArchive
The Seventh Eye: signs of a lawsuit intended to suppress criticismArchive
The Seventh Eye: another defeat in the case against Gur MegiddoArchive
The Seventh Eye: where public-broadcast investigations disappearedArchive
The Seventh Eye: Milwidsky and Bnei Baruch lawsuit dismissedArchive
The Seventh Eye: another court defeat for Milwidsky and Bnei BaruchArchive
TheMarker: Milwidsky lawsuit against journalist dismissedArchive
Tomer Persico: major lawsuit filed against Bnei Baruch — quotes from the Dabach claim and the defenceArchive
Political Influence And State Access
Open source group Political access, state positions and public defense. 23 cards
Haaretz: coalition intends to appoint Milwidsky as Finance Committee chairArchive
Jerusalem Post: Likud lawmakers call to pause the voteArchive
Jerusalem Post: Milwidsky appointed Finance Committee chairArchive
The Seventh Eye: Milwidsky and Petah Tikva municipal politicsArchive
Ynet: Likud supports the lawmaker, police consider another witnessArchive
Shakuf / The Seventh Eye: the messianic movement, the Likud MK and the plan to take over the corridors of powerArchive
HaMakom: the political ties of Kabbalah LaAm exposed in courtArchive
Calcalist: Israel Katz appointed Efrat Minuchin to the Electricity AuthorityArchive
The piece links the appointee directly to Kabbalah LaAm and notes the party base inside Likud.
N12: the workaround to appointments — Israel Katz's jobs factory at the Defense MinistryArchive
External consultants, primaries, some 2,500 consultants and roughly half a billion shekels in total.
Isralife: Israel Katz's army of advisers will cost the state half a billion shekels
A Russian-language retelling of the N12 / Mako line; a corroborating source, not a standalone argument.
Cult Mechanics And General Background
Open source group Cult mechanics, background materials and early criticism. 16 cards
A Mother in Israel: story of a Bnei Baruch participantArchive
The Seventh Eye: early criticism of Laitman and the movement's imageArchive
Ynet: the organization at the center of the Milwidsky caseArchive
Ynet: "Secrets of Kabbalah LaAm" — court affidavits on tithing, duty shifts and marriages inside the groupArchive
Mako/N12: "cult" allegations and mass Likud enrollment — the organization Milwidsky came out ofArchive
Haaretz: Kabbalah LaAm, and millions into the till — Uri Blau investigationArchive
Tomer Persico: interview with movement researcher Shai Ben-Tal — the "99 percent" strategy and the creation of ArvutArchive
Hanan Cohen: "Mutual guarantee and condescension" — the first public link between Arvut and the sectArchive
Account of a former Laitman follower — the nightly study regime and burnout among members (in Russian)Archive
"The court will decide whether Laitman's kabbalists are a cult" — Russian retelling of the 2016 Yedioth investigationArchive
An entry on Laitman's own blog — "Football, you are sex!" (22 August 2008)Archive
Primary public speech by Laitman on his own platform. A local snapshot of the page was taken on 18 August 2026 and is held in the corpus: until then the article rested on a bare link, and the author deleting the entry would have wiped out the primary source.
Money And Structure
Open financial circuit Financial documents and internal materials are handled separately; the main section is recorded here. 5 cards
Bnei Baruch financial architecture
Main article on the financial frame.
Internal document on meals and payments
A proposal for a "kibbutz" payment system for the communal meals, plus its covering email of 20 July 2016; no public address. It is a proposal, not an adopted decision, and Laitman is not named in it. Home — the document on the meals.
Visual article of the financial section.
Background for financial and organizational structure
Use as context while detailed financial documents are handled in a separate pass.
Report of the Justice Ministry Registrar of Nonprofits following an in-depth audit
A state document: a list of violations and a signed undertaking of 11 December 2016 to correct them. The regulator writes "there is suspicion" — that is the hardest wording available to a supervisory body, not a weakness in the document. The PDF and the transcript are held in the corpus; the document has no public address.
Sources Requiring Caution
Open cautious sources These materials should not become standalone evidentiary support without checking. 9 cards
Column / opinion
Use only as public reaction, not as proof of fact.
Direct quotations require separate checking
Use facts carefully; check quotations separately.
Direct quotations require separate checking
Use facts carefully; check quotations separately.
Tangential media-political material
Keep as reference; do not place it in the center of the route.
Brief 2009 mention
Use as background, not as a main source.
Public conflict in the Knesset
Use only if public-rhetoric context is needed.
Yad L'Achim: the Bnei Baruch — Kabbalah LaAm page in the cults sectionArchive
The association's official response to the Kan investigation — the sect's own statementArchive
Gur Megiddo's video investigation into Bnei BaruchArchive
A primary video recording carrying the leader's own words. There is no local copy — the material lives only at the link. Direct quotations are barred until a manual listening check.
Additional Reference Materials
What sits here is what the numbered register does not cover: live profiles, academic and religious texts, mirrors and service pages. They can be used as reference background, but not as main evidentiary support without separate checking. Entries carrying an SRC number in this section are the exception: they are in the register, and each one names its home.
Open reference materials Academic, political, video and documentary background for checking context. 27 cards
Michael Laitman and the Bnei Baruch groupArchive
Use as academic background.
Michael Laitman and his group Bnei BaruchArchive
Use as academic background.
Use as religious-context reference.
Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Kings and Wars 10:9Archive
Use as religious-context reference.
Non-Jews and Talmud TorahArchive
Use as religious-context reference.
Use as reference for the Efrat Minuchin appointment article and the personnel circuit.
Use as reference for the personnel-circuit archive.
Gabriel Wissotzky profileArchive
Use as reference for the personnel-circuit archive.
Use as reference for the personnel-circuit archive.
The Milwidsky case: suspicions and political-persecution claimArchive
Use as additional legal-political context.
Investigation on Kabbalah La'Am and political tiesArchive
Use as additional political context.
Messianic movement, Likud lawmaker and plan to enter corridors of powerArchive
Use as video context for the political circuit.
"Bnei Baruch asking" — fundraising campaign to buy the building (2013)Archive
Primary video record of the campaign, 10 November 2013: the cult raising money to buy the building from its own students. Home — the financial framework.
Satirical reel about Hanoch Milwidsky and his Finance Committee appointmentArchive
The dossier's own satire, 27 June 2026; there is no local copy, the material lives only at the link. Attributed satire, not independent proof of fact. Home — satire instead of a direct charge.
Satirical reel about Hanoch Milwidsky (YouTube mirror)Archive
Use as YouTube mirror of the satirical reel, attributed satire, not independent proof.
Hanoch Milwidsky silences a woman at the Knesset Finance Committee (2026)Archive
Use as video context for aggressive behavior by an MK in a state role (primary Shakuf recording).
Satirical reel about Hanoch Milwidsky #2Archive
Use as additional satirical video material, attributed satire.
Court transcript with Tahel Shadmon's testimony
Use as document context for the family-political circuit.
Police name two suspects involved in Likud MK sexual-assault, witness-tampering claimsArchive
Use as English-language duplicate for Gelman and Vinokur.
Complainant who accused Milwidsky of rape will not be calledArchive
Use as additional court context for A.'s case.
Complaint against MK Milwidsky: public testimony by the complainantArchive
Use as additional news context for A.'s case.
Video testimony against MilwidskyArchive
Use as video context for A.'s case.
Investigation on sexual violence in Bnei BaruchArchive
Use as additional context for mechanics and testimony.
Primary letter sent in Laitman’s name to the kindergarten parents
Primary letter signed "הרב לייטמן", 31 March 2013; the original is held in the corpus and the document has no public address. Published in full on the document page.
The Bnei Baruch Directorate letter to the Global Garden parents
The "Bnei Baruch Directorate" reply to the parents, 1 April 2013; the original is held in the corpus and the document has no public address. Published in full on the document page.
The Global Garden parents' correspondence after Laitman's letter
Primary parental correspondence, 31 March — 4 April 2013; the original is held in the corpus and the document has no public address. Published in full on the document page; the procedural node is covered in the AMI case.
Toldot: a letter from a member's wife — a request to find former Bnei Baruch membersArchive
Internal Rule Documents Used In The Mechanics Articles
Documentary caution User-supplied internal documents used as a rule layer in the articles about entry and submission. 2 cards
Internal rulebook for Bnei Baruch members
Published in full in the article on the internal rulebook; as a layer of rules it works in the path inside — obligations, presence, maaser, violation reporting, restrictions on outside spiritual materials, media control and assigned functions. Not independently confirmed by a public source; direct quotations require checking the original Hebrew.
Arava congress rulebook
Published in full in the article on the Arava rulebook; as a layer of rules it works in the path inside and in the article on the teacher and the group — temporary isolation, the phone and laptop ban, silence, appointed "police", guarantors and removal for violations. Direct quotations require checking the original Hebrew.
How To Use These Sources
This page gathers the publications and documents used by the dossier. The detailed argument remains in the main articles by topic; this register helps readers check the source and its context quickly.
The library has a weak point, and it is better said out loud here. 42 external materials are cited without a local copy, plus 36 live profiles and registries that cannot be archived. The most fragile layer is video and primary recordings: they disappear fastest. Of the numbered register entries themselves, only two live without a local copy: the video investigation SRC-73 and the satirical reel SRC-75. This is a risk assessment, not a report that something has already been lost.