Eduard Shyfrin

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Jun 23, 2020, 10:44 AM

What Everything is Made Of, Part 3: Kabbalah of Information

Part III: Kabbalah of information You can read Part 1 here, and Part 2 here. Based on the arguments presented in parts I and II of this article, I consider it justified to interpret Kabbalah's concept of "light" as information. This theory...

Jun 7, 2020, 4:47 PM

Kabbalah of Information, Part 2: Arizal, Maimonides and Entropy

Kabbalah of Information, What Everything is Made of Arizal, Maimonides and Entropy To continue exploring the problem of what everything is made of, let us consider the description of the process of creation described in Kabbalah. Zohar A line from Zohar (1) reads as...

May 14, 2020, 2:28 AM

Kabbalah of Information: What Everything is Made Of

Part I: Saadia Gaon and Schrödinger's Cat What is everything made of? This is a question that has inspired discussion and sparked debates between scientists, philosophers, and religious minds since ancient times. One of the central ideas of Judaism is...

Jan 8, 2020, 4:31 PM

By the Rules of War

Plagues The Ten Plagues form a significant part of the story of the Exodus of the Jewish people from Egypt as related in the Torah. Over the centuries, volumes of commentary have been written on this topic, addressing the following...

Dec 4, 2019, 3:05 PM

A prayer that changed the world: Why 10 is more than the sum of 10 units

Dear reader: I am sure that the title has already clued you in to the subject of this article − prayer. However, before getting to the heart of the matter, I'd like to share a few thoughts on the...

Oct 23, 2019, 5:13 PM

The Logic of the Impossible- Part 3, Pharoah

This is the third and final post in a series of posts about the Logic of the Impossible. Part 1, which discusses how Moses related to G-d's Name, can be found here. Part 2, which discusses how the Patriarchs...

Oct 15, 2019, 12:51 PM

The Logic of the Impossible, Part 2- The Patriarchs

This is Part 2 of 3 posts about the Logic of the Impossible. In part 1, I explained how G-d addressed Moses at the Burning Bush and how Moses understood His essence through His Name. Here, we will see...

Oct 6, 2019, 3:50 PM

The Logic of the Impossible- Part 1

This is part 1 of 3. Following Yom Kippur, I would like to share with the readers some thoughts about one of the most significant passages of Torah. The utterance of the Almighty, which is the main topic of this article,...

Sep 18, 2019, 5:52 PM

Time to Examine the Relationship between Judaism and Modern Science

How did I get here and why did I start writing about Kabbalah and science? I was born in 1960 in Ukraine, which was part of the Soviet Union at the time, in the city of Dnepropetrovsk. My late father,...

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Eduard Shyfrin received a Ph.D. in metallurgy from the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys, and went on to found several businesses. He is a member of Chabad and his Torah commentaries have appeared on Chabad.org. He is the author of From Infinity to Man: The Fundamental Ideas of Kabbalah Within the Framework of Information Theory and Quantum Physics.

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