Eternity Between the Cherubs
By Alexander Poltorak And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the cover, from between the two cherubim
March 2, 2025 / 2 Adar 5785
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Rosh HaShanah: The Beginning of Change II
Abstract This essay explores the profound connections between language, philosophy, physics, and spirituality in the context of Rosh HaShanah. By examining the linguistic roots of
October 15, 2024 / 13 Tishri 5785
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Rosh HaShanah—the Beginning of Change I
It’s All in the Name Rosh HaShanah is usually translated as the New Year. When translated literally, it means the “Head of the Year.” In
October 2, 2024 / 29 Elul 5784
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The Mystery of the Eighth Day
And on the eighth day, the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. Leviticus 12:3 In the Torah portion of Tazria, we are commanded to
April 14, 2024 / 6 Nisan 5784
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February 25, 2024 / 16 Adar I 5784
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Time and Space as Emergent Phenomena — Abstract
The current Torah portion Beshalach tells about the splitting of the Sea of Reeds. As I discussed in my essay, “Collapse and Revelation,” the splitting
January 25, 2024 / 15 Shevat 5784
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Principle of Least Action III — History
The spectacle of the universe becomes so much the grander, so much more beautiful, the worthier of its Author, when one knows that a small
September 10, 2023 / 24 Elul 5783
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Time as a Combination of the Past and the Future
Philosophers struggled with the notion of time from the dawn of human civilization. Physicists of today declared the problem of time the number one problem
July 30, 2023 / 12 Av 5783
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Metaphysics of Time in the Eyes of Philosophy and Kabbalah
A-Series and B-Series as Zman and Seder HaZmanim McTaggart’s series A and series B are two conceptual frameworks proposed by the philosopher J.M.E. McTaggart[1] to
July 21, 2023 / 3 Av 5783
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Sanctuaries in Space and Time
We are quite familiar with space—we move freely in space back and forth; we concur space on land and beyond; we reclaim land from sea;
March 14, 2021 / 1 Nisan 5781
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Noah’s Ark—Three Layers of Reality
A light shalt thou make to the ark…with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. (Genesis 6:16) We mentioned in the previous posts
October 28, 2020 / 10 Heshvan 5781
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Let There Be Light
And G‑d said: “Let there be light.” And there was light. And G‑d saw the light, that it was good; and G‑d separated between the
October 16, 2020 / 28 Tishri 5781
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Nadab and Abihu — Tragedy in Time
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer, and put fire therein, and laid incense thereon, and offered strange
April 19, 2020 / 25 Nisan 5780
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In the Beginning — It’s All About Change
In the beginning G‑d created the heaven and the earth. (Genesis 1:1) The first verse in the Torah is key to understanding the fundamentals
March 11, 2020 / 15 Adar 5780
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It Is Not Good For Man To Be Alone
And the Eternal G‑d said: “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helpmate opposite him.” (Genesis 2:18)
February 7, 2020 / 12 Shevat 5780
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Three Angels: Past, Present, and Future
And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre, as he sat in the entrance of the tent in the heat of the
November 17, 2019 / 19 Heshvan 5780
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Noah’s Ark — Sailing through the Flood of Time
Time is a storm in which we are all lost. ” (William Carlos Williams, Introduction to “Selected Essays”) I always had a hard time relating
November 2, 2019 / 4 Heshvan 5780
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Cosmic Symphony
Strings vibrate, Souls tremble, Angels are running and returning, G‑d is touching and not touching – The rhythms of the universe… Nothing stays still… all
October 30, 2019 / 1 Heshvan 5780
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Fitting Pieces of the Puzzle Together
Meditations on the Maaseh Merkavah – IV This is the fourth and the final installment in the series of posts related to Ezekiel’s prophesy, Ma’aseh
June 21, 2019 / 18 Sivan 5779
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Futurist Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
(A popular summary of the paper “Towards Futuristic Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics” by Alexander Poltorak being currently prepared for publication) Quantum mechanics (QM) is one
June 19, 2019 / 16 Sivan 5779
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Space – Between the Future and the Past
Meditations on the Maaseh Merkavah – I We do science by studying nature. We study physics in a lab, peering into space or working out
June 13, 2019 / 10 Sivan 5779
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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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Shabbat Bereshit – Past, Present, and Future
In the last post, Tishrei—Past, Present, and Future, we discussed how all Tishrei holidays – Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, and Simchat Torah – are
October 7, 2018 / 28 Tishri 5779
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Tishrei — Past, Present, and Future
The months of Tishrei is full of holidays, and they all share a common theme—the unification of time—past, present, and future. It all starts with
September 29, 2018 / 20 Tishri 5779
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Brit Milah in Six Dimensions
Sefer Yetzira speaks of three dimensions: Olam, Shanah, and Nefesh (Sefer Yetzirah, 6:4.) Olam means “world” and signifies space. Shanah means “year” and signifies the dimension of
September 18, 2018 / 9 Tishri 5779
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On Change
We all know that we leave in a three-dimensional world. Up-down, right-left, forward-backward – these are well-familiar to us directions in three dimensions of space
May 16, 2015 / 27 Iyyar 5775
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Menorah
Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him: “When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the menorah.” (Num. 8:1)
June 8, 2014 / 10 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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Riddle — the answer
And the answer is… (drum roll, please) Yes, the first figure represents two doorposts and the lintel marked with blood of Passover sacrifice and circumcisions as
January 10, 2014 / 9 Shevat 5774
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Interpreting Dreams
In the Torah portion Vayeishev (Gen. 37:1–40:23), we read about Joseph interpreting dreams of the Pharaoh’s chief butler and the chief baker: And the chief butler told
November 24, 2013 / 21 Kislev 5774
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Tumah and Taharah
The Hebrew words taharah and tumah, which are the subjects of the Torah portion of Chukat (Numbers 19:1–22:1), are usually translated as ritual purity and
June 19, 2013 / 11 Tammuz 5773
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