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Dovid Vigler
Jan 2, 2025, 10:32 PM
Do you Believe in Angels?
Small Miracles All Around Us Though we tend to think of angels as winged, white beings soaring in the sky, Judaism promotes the conviction that angels are all around us! The word angel in Hebrew is “malach,” (which also means "messenger")...
Naomi Graetz
Dec 18, 2024, 11:22 PM
Memoriam: My Sister Menorah Rotenberg—Parshat Vayishlach and Parshat Vayeshev
It is hard to believe that I am writing again, while sitting shiva once again, this time for my older sister (by six years) who died on Shabbat, parshat vayishlach. Despite the geographic distance between the two of us,...
David Lerner
Dec 18, 2024, 11:19 PM
Liminal Living – Parashat Vayishlah 5785
So, it was a really old sofa. The threads were coming out of the cushion; it was shabby and had seen better days. As you sat in it, you could feel the wood underneath. And it smelled, but not just old. It...
Alexander I. Poltorak
Dec 18, 2024, 5:21 AM
Human, Angel, or Machine: The Challenge of Consciousness
I. Introduction The confrontation between Jacob and an unidentified being in Genesis raises fundamental questions about the nature of consciousness, identity, and the boundaries between different orders of being. This encounter gains new relevance as we approach an era where...
Yonasan Bender
Dec 16, 2024, 11:51 PM
Estrangement and Reconciliation: Yaakov’s Path to Family Unity
Yaakov didn’t have an easy go of it with his family ties. Quite literally his father didn’t think he had what it took to save the world. His mother was emotionally on his side but physically had to kick...
Motti Wilhelm
Dec 16, 2024, 4:39 AM
Thank G-d for Making Me Vulnerable
If I allowed myself to be vulnerable, I would tell you about my fear of vulnerability. Whether it’s allowing oneself to experience emotion, voice an opinion, or make a career change, those willing to be vulnerable—while risking shame, rejection, and...
Pinny Arnon
Dec 13, 2024, 10:40 PM
Shabbat and The Secret of Slowing Time
I’m going to tell you a secret about Shabbat. There are many secrets in Torah which are not supposed to be revealed to the uninitiated. It’s not because God wants to keep things from some of His children, but...
Alexander I. Poltorak
Dec 13, 2024, 9:31 PM
Wrestling with AI: From Divine Dreams to Digital Reality
This essay is a sequel to the earlier installments, “The Binary Universe II: Angels as Microprocessors,” “Binary Universe III: Two Camps of Angels,” and “The Ontological Ambiguity of Messengers: From Angels to AI.” I. Introduction The Book of Genesis presents a...
William Hamilton
Dec 13, 2024, 9:30 PM
Being Capable
Eyal was moved by the Syrian children he met when he launched Project Good Neighbor in 2016. “I would see young kids who’d been brought to Israel for treatment fall down and get hurt, but not cry” he began....
Nessya Kamhi
Dec 13, 2024, 9:29 PM
Vayishlach: Wrestling with Oneself
Vayishlach holds much ambiguity. First, there is the moral ambiguity around the story of Dina and Shechem. Then, there is the case of the figure Ya’akov wrestles with as he makes his journey home. Though the Torah identifies this...
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