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Introduction Building upon our interpretation of the four classical elements as developmental stages in the formation of physical reality, we find a remarkable parallel in modern cosmology. The stages of the Big Bang and subsequent inflationary model of the universe can be divided into four distinct periods that correspond to the four letters of the Tetragrammaton, the four classical elements, and the four worlds of Seder Hishtalshelut (“Chain-like Order” [of Created Worlds]). This alignment illustrates the universality of these developmental stages across both spiritual and physical realms. The Four Cosmological Epochs Planck Epoch — Yud (י) — Fire (Aish) This period corresponds to the letter Yud in the Tetragrammaton—the smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet, essentially a point, symbolizing the initial singularity. It also corresponds to the element of Aish (Fire), representing intense [...]

The Guardian, "Israeli football fans attacked after match in Amsterdam" (c) Yesterday, on November 7, 2024, just two days before the anniversary of Kristallnacht, a group of Israelis visiting Amsterdam for a football game were subjected to a series of violent attacks by pro-Palestinian assailants. Allow me to put this event in a historical context. Not to go into the ancient history of pogroms by Crusaders in the Middle Ages, or Bogdan Khmelnitsky pogrom in Ukraine and Poland in the seventeen century, the Kishinev pogrom, which erupted in the capital of Bessarabia province of the Russian Empire (now, Moldavia) during Passover of 1903, was one of the most notorious anti-Jewish riots in Russian history, triggered by the blood libel accusation spread through local antisemitic newspapers. During the Kishinev pogrom of April 6-7, 1903, [...]