About Midnight
And Moses said: “Thus saith the Lord: About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt; and all the first-born in the land of
January 15, 2019 / 9 Shevat 5779
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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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Miracle of Chanukah—Seeing and not Collapsing
As I wrote in my post, Schrödinger Menorah: Burning And Not Burning, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, explains the miracle of Chanukah as
December 26, 2016 / 26 Kislev 5777
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Tree of Life or Nothingness
In the Torah portion Shlach (Numbers 13:1-15:41), Moses instructs his spies to scout the land of Canaan and to bring back a report. He says
January 22, 2016 / 12 Shevat 5776
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Blessings and Curses of Entanglement
The blessings and the admonitions of Bechukotai (Leviticus 26:3–27:34) are viewed as the result of entanglement and disentanglement with G‑d respectively.
January 6, 2016 / 25 Tevet 5776
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The End of Days II
This post is a continuation of the earlier post, The End of Days I. In this Torah Portion, Shemot, we read about the encounter between
January 5, 2015 / 14 Tevet 5775
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Phinehas – the Slayer of Uncertainty
A strange episode at the end of the last Torah portion, Balak, where Phinehas (Pinchas) slain a Jewish prince caught in the act with a
July 11, 2014 / 13 Tammuz 5774
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Prophesy by Entanglement
…And they prophesied in the camp. (Num. 11:27) In the Torah portion Behaalotecha, there is an interesting narrative: And the Lord said unto Moses: ‘Gather
June 9, 2014 / 11 Sivan 5774
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Splitting of the Sea
Do you like riddles? Here is a riddle – what do these two figures represent in the context of Exodus? No Idea? How about
January 12, 2014 / 11 Shevat 5774
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It’s the Time, Stupid!
There is a continuous thread about the mastery of time that weaves through the last chapters of the book of Genesis (Bereshit) and continues through
December 31, 2013 / 28 Tevet 5774
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I Am Who I Am: Conversation at the Burning Bush
…And behold, the thorn bush was burning with fire, but the thorn bush was not being consumed.” (Ex. 3:2) Every theologian worth his salt along
December 23, 2013 / 20 Tevet 5774
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Moses — the First Scientist
And the angel of the Eternal appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and,
December 21, 2013 / 18 Tevet 5774
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Koraḥ Disentangled
Koraḥ the son of Yitzhar, the son of Kehos, the son of Levi took [himself to one side] along with Dasan and Aviram, the sons
June 6, 2013 / 28 Sivan 5773
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