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Alexander I. Poltorak

Feb 11, 2019, 10:13 AM

Vectors, Spins, and Gender

Speak to the children of Israel, and have them take for Me an offering; from every person whose heart inspires him to generosity, you shall take My offering. (Ex. 25:2) Every physics professor teaching physics 101 to freshmen spends the...

Andy Blumenthal

Feb 9, 2019, 11:35 PM

Choosing Good Over Vice

(Photo Credit: Andy Blumenthal)

The other day, I am sitting behind two security guards, and they are having this conversation about people and their desires. This one goes to the other: You know there are three parts to a person. The head, the heart, and . He...

William Hamilton

Feb 8, 2019, 5:22 PM

The heart of the matter

The Gettysburg Address seeks nothing less than the rebirth of our Union. Its words are meticulously chosen. The word ‘nation’ for example, appears five times. In the first paragraph which addresses the past, ‘our fathers brought forth a new...

Feb 8, 2019, 3:17 PM

From Terumah to Nobel Prizes and Start-Up Nation

Jews and anti-Semites alike try – in their different ways – to explain the disproportionate Jewish contribution to science and medicine, the arts and popular culture, academia, entrepreneurship, invention, philanthropy and so forth. Similar quests focus on the phenomenal...

Feb 8, 2019, 3:02 PM

Illustrative. Ner Tamid - the eternal flame of the sanctuary lamp, Großen Synagoge in Budapest. (Wikipedia)

It feels counterintuitive, but the twice-daily sacrifices on the Temple altar are a good starting point to connect to God (Terumah)

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Feb 8, 2019, 2:36 PM

The link between Mount Sinai and the Temple Mount

The Talmud, Taanit 16a asks: What is the meaning of Har HaMoriah (Mount Moriah)? Rabbi Levi bar Chama said that it was the mountain from which Torah instruction (horaa) went out and Rabbi Chanina said that it was the...

Feb 8, 2019, 12:15 PM

Plant a tree before the end of the world

Little Josh arrives home from school and grandad wants to know what he's learned. "My teacher told me," Josh proudly explains, "that, in a billion years from now, the Sun will fizzle and die." "What did you say?!" Grandad is...

Mordechai Soskil

Feb 8, 2019, 12:04 PM

A Sweet Smell or Second Rate

This week, I have spent a lot of time thinking about a pretty classic and well known debate between two famous medieval commentaries. I’m sorry if I’ve made you jealous that I’m living the thug life. I don’t mean...

Feb 7, 2019, 8:44 PM

Even Shlomo — Parsha T’rumah

Friends — We hope you enjoy this weekly sneak preview of the soon-to-be published commentary of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach on Sefer Shmot. Please make sure to share this with all those who you think would appreciate it. Making Something Special “Let...

Feb 7, 2019, 7:05 PM

A portable home (Terumah 5779)

We tend to forget how profound the concept of a synagogue was; it became the ultimate expression of monotheism

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