The Standard Model
Introduction What could the Standard Model of particle physics possibly have in common with biblical accounts of the Israelites’ travels in the Sinai Desert, Kabbalistic
May 25, 2023 / 5 Sivan 5783
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Quantum Field Theory
Keturah and Hagar III—A Metaphor for Unification
And Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah. (Genesis 25:1) Keturah: This is Hagar. She was called Keturah because her deeds were as
November 15, 2020 / 28 Heshvan 5781
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Tzimtzum III—Renormalization—Sweeping Infinites Under the Rug
Sweeping Infinities Under the Rug—or Renormalization Having dealt with internal contradictions in the previous section (see Physics of Tzimtzum I — The Quantum Leap and
October 14, 2020 / 26 Tishri 5781
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Abel and Cain Conflict—Wave-Particle Duality
…And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain
February 28, 2020 / 3 Adar 5780
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Daughters of Zelophehad
Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad …. of the families of Manasseh, the son of Joseph; and these are the names of his daughters:
July 28, 2019 / 25 Tammuz 5779
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Unified Field Theory and the Dew of Resurrection
And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of
May 19, 2019 / 14 Iyyar 5779
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Wellsprings from Above and Wellsprings from Below
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month… all the fountains of the great
October 14, 2018 / 5 Heshvan 5779
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Purim—the Day when We Celebrate Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking
This is what Haman did not understand. Even at the highest level, where there is a complete symmetry between Jacob and Esau, G‑d chooses Jacob—a
March 2, 2018 / 15 Adar 5778
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Dreams of Pharaoh—A Lesson in Symmetry
In the Torah portion Miketz, Pharaoh has two dreams. He wakes up agitated and calls on all the wise men of Egypt to interpret his
December 16, 2017 / 28 Kislev 5778
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Joseph teaches Pharaoh a lesson in fundamental forces
This week, we read in the Torah portion Vayigash (Gen. 44:18–47:27) about Joseph revealing himself to his brothers and Jacob coming to Egypt with his family. This
December 20, 2015 / 8 Tevet 5776
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Jacob’s Sheep: Particles, Fields and Strings, and the Architecture of Reality
Synopsis This essay reads Jacob’s agreement with Laban over the streaked, speckled, and spotted sheep as far more than an odd detail in an ancient
November 20, 2015 / 8 Kislev 5776
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