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Nov 5, 2026, 2:18 AM

Our Unbroken Chain of Torah Transmission

“Moses received the Torah at Sinai and transmitted it to Joshua...” Most of us are familiar with these opening words of Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers). We learn about the transmission of Torah from Moses to Joshua through the...

Nov 1, 2026, 5:27 AM

Movember Is About More Than a Mustache. It’s About Brotherhood

In Genesis 4:9, God asks Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" Cain responds, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?" It is a question born of evasion and an unwillingness to accept responsibility for another human being....

G. Orah Adarah Paris

Oct 30, 2026, 5:50 PM

A Pleasure We Share: Why a Pharaoh Appreciated God

Judaism, in every sense, encompasses so many different cultures - perhaps because what defines Jews most of all is a set of values, more so than we are a culture or a religion (when you consider the different traditions...

Oct 30, 2026, 7:02 AM

The “I Am” in Hineni (Vayera)

Divorce has taught me how to count. I count days with my sons and days without them. I count flights, school breaks, costs, and the hours spent in conversations about where they will live and who will bring them...

G. Orah Adarah Paris

Oct 21, 2026, 1:08 AM

Parashat Lech Lecha: The “Why” You Are Your Greatest Spiritual Master.

A magical characteristic of life is that even when you think your faith couldn’t possibly be stronger and is arguably the strongest in the world, it can still increase! Everyone knows about the riots in Paris that started last Saturday...

Allen S. Maller

Oct 20, 2026, 3:02 AM

Moses & YHVH Together

YHWH or YHVH is not just a Greek transliteration of the Hebrew Tetragrammaton (“four letters"), it is the sacred, personal name and energy essence of the God in the Hebrew Bible: יהוה. Because ancient Hebrew, like Arabic, was written...

Oct 17, 2026, 8:45 AM

Are You Afraid of AI?

Imagine spending twenty years mastering a profession, then watching a computer complete in seconds a task that once took you hours. It is hard to know whether to be impressed or frightened. AI is changing the world faster than we...

G. Orah Adarah Paris

Oct 14, 2026, 9:44 PM

Parashat Noach: Be Your Own Greatest Spiritual Inspiration and Teacher

Why is Tiferet, an attribute of God, associated with “beauty”? Tiferet also means harmony, and for me, this beauty includes harmonizing every part of who we are. And we don’t need to search for ideal harmony; it will reveal...

G. Orah Adarah Paris

Oct 8, 2026, 2:34 PM

Parashat Bereshit: You Can Easily Focus on Life’s Infinite Goodness

After having written my two books which explain and express Jewish mysticism and Torah, I feel like I have so much to say on Parashat Bereshit, but will keep what I have to say to its essence, its elements...

Allen S. Maller

Oct 4, 2026, 12:26 PM

Extrasolar Planets With Life Forms Soon

Galaxies are enormous and hold hundreds of billions of stars. These stars form from cold, dense gas. Indeed, every large galaxy, including the Milky Way, is wrapped in a huge envelope of gas called the circumgalactic medium, or CGM....

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