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Rabbi Eli Garfinkel takes the day’s text (a verse, a midrash, a line of Talmud) and works out what it is actually arguing about. Short, most days of the week.
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The Miraculous Ark
Noah’s ark was an immense construction project. It was 450 feet long, about 12 full size school buses. It was about as wide as a six lane superhighway, and it rose to a…
Can There Be Too Much Love?
It is a well-known maxim that too much of a good thing is not good. For instance, the right amount of water is necessary for health, but an excess of water can damage…
The Internet Is Our Tower of Babel
The story starts with a puzzling verse: “Everyone on earth had the same language and the same words.” What language did they speak? According to a midrash quoted in…
A Call for Mercy
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Immortality Is a Stupid Goal
Liquid nitrogen tanks for the preservation of human bodies at Kriorus in Russia. (photo link)
Is AI Created in the Image of God?
From a Jewish point of view, the one thing that differentiates human beings from other life forms is that we were created בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹקִים (b’tzelem Elo-him), which…
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- 37A Very Narrow Bridge
- 36The Miraculous Ark
- 35Can There Be Too Much Love?
- 34The Internet Is Our Tower of Babel
- 33A Call for Mercy
- 32Immortality Is a Stupid Goal
- 31Is AI Created in the Image of God?
- 30October 7th and the First Murder
- 29Why Do They Hate Us?
- 28Transactions
- 27Burnout
- 26Those Who Can Teach
- 25The Creation of Repentance
- 24Searching for Books
- 23What Does the Sound of the Shofar Mean?
- 22Make It Louder!
- 21The Donkey and Its Owner
- 20Murder Clothes
- 19Don't Be Asinine
- 18Justice and Mercy
- 17A Murder Without Two Witnesses
- 16The Jews Choose Hebrew
- 15Personnel Is More Than Policy
- 14Don't Be Naive
- 13The Parable of the Fur Coat
- 12The Location of Jewish Life
- 11Regret Is Easy, Repentance is Hard
- 10Blessings and Curses Can Mix
- 09A Blessed People
- 08The Cantorial Candidate
- 07Underestimating Arrogance
- 06Thirteen Reasons to Eat Breakfast
- 05A Letter to Mayor Mamdani
- 04The Third Temple Is a Metaphor
- 03A Jewish Child in a Roman Prison
- 02The Wisdom That Was Lost
- 01Three Jewish Anniversaries
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