The Golden Calf as Hysteresis
לע”נ אמי מורתי רחל ב”ר דוד ע”ה The sin of the Golden Calf is among the most bewildering episodes in the Torah. A people who
March 8, 2026 / 19 Adar 5786
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Ki Tisa Hints at the Coronavirus
On the Eve of Shabbat, we received a government mailing containing documents that we were required to fill out and send back to the Census
March 16, 2020 / 20 Adar 5780
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Breaking Symmetry
And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand; tablets that were written on both
March 4, 2018 / 17 Adar 5778
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Half-Shekel – Metaphor for Entanglement
This they shall give, everyone who goes through the counting: half a shekel according to the holy shekel. Twenty gerahs equal one shekel; half of
March 16, 2017 / 18 Adar 5777
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Thou Shall Not Be a Flipper
Reading the Haftorah this Shabbat brought to mind scenes from the 2004 Republican National Convention in Madison Square Garden in New York City where attendees where
February 18, 2014 / 18 Adar I 5774
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