Archive for February, 2013
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The Whole-Half Self (Part 3)
By Asher Crispe: February 7, 2013 : CategoryInspirations, Thought Figures
tagged: delet, Derech Mitzvotecha (Book), dibur, Door, gerah, kol, machazi, petrification, Psychology, R.D. Laing, shekel, speech, Tzemach Tzedek, voice, word-thing, Yud-Vav-Dalet
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The Whole-Half Self (Part 2)
By Asher Crispe: February 6, 2013 : CategoryInspirations, Thought Figures
tagged: avna l'miskal, Binah, Chochmah, coin, Derech Mitzvotecha (Book), intuition, machatzit hashekel, Malchut, mati v'lo mati, Psychology, R.D. Laing, scale weights, schizophrenia, shekel, terumah, The Divided Self (Book), touching and not touching, Tzemach Tzedek, understanding
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The Whole-Half Self (Part 1)
By Asher Crispe: February 5, 2013 : CategoryInspirations, Thought Figures
tagged: bli gevul, Egypt, exile, gevul, golden calf, half shekel, K.D. Laing, machatzit hashekel, nefesh, Psychology, Rabbi Avraham Abulafia, schizophrenia, shalom v'chetzi, The Divided Self (Book), whole and half
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The Power of Networks (Part 5)
By Asher Crispe: February 4, 2013 : CategoryInspirations, Networks of Meaning
tagged: Adam-Dovid-Moshiach, Alter Rebbe, beinoni, Beit, community, intermediality, intermediary, me'od, meitzar mi (confined subjectivity), narrow bridge, networks, Rebbe Nachman of Breslev, Reish, reshet, sefer shel beinoni, Tanya, trans-human, tz'ar, Tzadik, tzadik-rasha, tzibur, very
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Rock and Roll Redemption
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The Economics of Creative Destruction (Part 2)
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The Economics of Creative Destruction (Part 2)
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Interinclusion Winter Retreat 2017
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Plagues of the Heart and Mind (Part 9)
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Interinclusion Winter Retreat 2017
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Songs of Myself (Part 9)
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Rock and Roll Redemption
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Rock and Roll Redemption
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Reconditioning the Bipolar (Part 1)
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Reconditioning the Bipolar (Part 1)
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Finding My Voice
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The Whole-Half Self (Part 1)
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Infinite Connection: The Letter Chet Eshet Chayil (Part 25)
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Suspected Alien Life
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Reconditioning the Bipolar (Part 1)
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Plagues of the Heart and Mind (Part 1)
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Upgrading the (Video) Game of Life
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Upgrading the (Video) Game of Life
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Freedom to Question (Part One)
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Finding My Voice
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The Ship in the Sea: Using our Pain to Empathize and Heal (Eshet Chayil, Part 14)
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The Age of Information and Hyperconnectivity (Part 5)
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Leah and Her Unexpected Strength: Eshet Chayil (Part 12)
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Finding My Voice
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Finding My Voice
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Circus of Dreams (Part 1)
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Circus of Dreams (Part 23)
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Circus of Dreams (Part 23)
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Circus of Dreams (Part 21)
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Circus of Dreams (Part 5)
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Finding My Voice
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Finding My Voice
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Finding My Voice
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Finding My Voice
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rather for myself I ..."
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Finding My Voice
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The Kinetic Sculptures of Theo Jansen
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Three is Not a Crowd: Eshet Chayil (Part 10)
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Rock and Roll Redemption
"In the Midrash, the sages speak of a future whereby Israel expands to include the ..."
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Three is Not a Crowd: Eshet Chayil (Part 10)
""And so too, the Jewish perspective is that the ultimate relationship is one of th..."
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Rock and Roll Redemption
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Interinclusion Retreat Center in Vermont
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Interinclusion Retreat Center in Vermont
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Breaking Misconceptions: An Introduction to Eshet Chayil (Part 1)
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Breaking Misconceptions: An Introduction to Eshet Chayil (Part 1)
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The Age of Information and Hyperconnectivity (Part 5)
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The Mannequins in Our Lives
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The Age of Information and Hyperconnectivity (Part 1)
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The Age of Information and Hyperconnectivity (Part 1)
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Being Mothered–Experiencing Shabbat
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The Age of Information and Hyperconnectivity (Part 2)
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I once read Sartre's Nausea, where I believe he became increasingly..."
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Interinclusion Retreat Center in Vermont
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The Spirit of Automation (Part 4)
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The Spirit of Automation (Part 3)
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Saving Lucky
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The Spirit of Automation (Part 2)
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The Spirit of Automation (Part 1)
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Saving Lucky
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Saving Lucky
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Saving Lucky
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Freedom Takes Time
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Interinclusion Summer Retreat 2014
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Interinclusion Summer Retreat 2014
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The Key is in the Dough
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Joy, Love and Revealing the Hidden
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The Pathos of Breaking Bad (Part 2)
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The Mannequins in Our Lives
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The Pathos of Breaking Bad (Part 1)
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The Pathos of Breaking Bad (Part 1)
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Beyond the Body, More or Less
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Beyond the Body, More or Less
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The Plagues of the Heart and Mind (Part 11)
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The Plagues of the Heart and Mind (Part 11)
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Beyond the Body, More or Less
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Beyond the Body, More or Less
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Beyond the Body, More or Less
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Beyond the Body, More or Less
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Plagues of the Heart and Mind (Part 6)
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Plagues of the Heart and Mind (Part 2)
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Plagues of the Heart and Mind (Part 2)
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Plagues of the Heart and Mind (Part 1)
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Position, Measurement and Observation (Part 5)
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Position, Measurement and Observation (Part 5)
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Inception: A Kabbalistic Take on the Film (Part 2)
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Circus of Dreams (Part 13)
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Determinism and Freewill are Brothers (Part 1)
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All Things Digital: Part 1
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Freedom to Question (Part One)
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The Power of Networks (Part 12)
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The Power of Networks (Part 12)
"Comparing the internet to the web of Creation is fascinating. Since I work as a gh..."
- Mia Sherwood Landau
The Whole-Half Self (Part 7)
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Thanks for your interest! All of our articles on the interincusio..."
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The Whole-Half Self (Part 7)
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Night Music
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Night Music
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The Whole-Half Self (Part 1)
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The Power of Networks (Part 5)
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Out of Touch (Part 1)
"Sometimes a handshake is just a handshake."
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Rock and Roll Redemption
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Rock and Roll Redemption
"I agree about John Lennon. I have often thought his words might have opened the do..."
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Rock and Roll Redemption
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Rock and Roll Redemption
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The Power of Networks (Part 1)
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The Power of Networks (Part 1)
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Relationship Differences: Fusion and De/fusion (Part 16)
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Inception: A Kabbalistic Take on the Film (Part 4)
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- Asher Crispe
Inception: A Kabbalistic Take on the Film (Part 4)
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Inception: A Kabbalistic Take on the Film (Part 4)
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Inception: A Kabbalistic Take on the Film (Part 4)
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Circus of Dreams (Part 19)
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Circus of Dreams (Part 19)
"Mishle 10:25
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the rashah no more, but the tzaddi..."
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The Time of Renewal and the Renewal of Time (Part 1)
""Lights, Camera, Action" would correspond to the three lower worlds of Creation, F..."
- Asher Crispe
The Time of Renewal and the Renewal of Time (Part 1)
"I remember as a kid being enthralled by the concept of a movie reel. How a complet..."
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Maimonides’ “Theosophic” Psychology (Part 2)
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Inspiring Interior Design (Part 7)
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Sacrificial Heterologies (Part 1)
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Sacrificial Heterologies (Part 1)
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Rock and Roll Redemption
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Rock and Roll Redemption
"I'm not sure if John Lennon's "Imagine" is acceptable in my heart of hearts since..."
- Chasha
How We Choose to Invest: Margin Call (The Movie)
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- Asher Crispe
Rock and Roll Redemption
"Dylan is one of the giants...we certainly could write a great deal about his lyric..."
- Asher Crispe
Four Existential Questions (Part 1)
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- Asher Crispe
Four Existential Questions (Part 1)
"Thank you! More to come in this series. Happy to hear you liked it. Kol Tuv, Asher"
- Asher Crispe
Rock and Roll Redemption
"Might I add Bob Dylan's "Quinn the Eskimo" made famous by Manfred Mann, then later..."
- rachierach
Four Existential Questions (Part 1)
"Incredible teaching on the "mah" and the "nishtanah." Thank you. Reminded me that ..."
- Rabbi David Zaslow
Determinism and Freewill are Brothers (Part 1)
"I take my previous comment back. How would Kayin know that Hevel was operating by..."
- Charles King
Determinism and Freewill are Brothers (Part 1)
"I'm always amazed by how much I have to learn about things I think I know pretty w..."
- Charles King
Four Existential Questions (Part 1)
""Propelled by the question, we are able to transcend our limitations, be they of s..."
- Keli Leeba Kinseth
Freedom to Question (Part Two)
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- Asher Crispe
Freedom to Question (Part Two)
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- Graeme Rickards
Freedom to Question (Part Two)
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- Asher Crispe
Freedom to Question (Part Two)
"Thank you for your profound clarity. Having just finished listening to your call w..."
- Jim Morrison
How We Choose to Invest: Margin Call (The Movie)
"Have missed your articles! Glad you are able to share again."
- Dianne
Determinism and Freewill are Brothers (Part 1)
"Wow. This explains a lot of history and the squelching of Judaism.
So, now that w..."
- Malka S.
Determinism and Freewill are Brothers (Part 1)
"very enjoyable and interesting."
- Chaim Forer
Determinism and Freewill are Brothers (Part 2)
"It is not always a matter of fewer choices but rather finding a appropriate range ..."
- Asher Crispe
Determinism and Freewill are Brothers (Part 2)
"Can it be said that the fewer choices you have in a situation, the closer to desig..."
- Dianne
All Things Digital: Part 2
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- Serge
Ken Wilber: Theories of Consciousness (Part Three)
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- Dianne
Suspected Alien Life
"This is from the book, Jewish Wisdom on the Afterlife, by Rav DovBer Pinson, he ci..."
- Chaim
Reconditioning the Bipolar (Part 1)
"What is vrudim in this scheme?"
- k
Freedom to Improvise
"1)Have Haman, the skeptic, argue with Esther the tsadika about the nature of reali..."
- Malka Stern
The Temporal Community (Part 1)
"This all fits in with yetziat mitzrayim, going out of the boundaries which limit. ..."
- Malka Stern
Suspected Alien Life
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- bk in l.a.
Suspected Alien Life
"It seems to me that you are downplaying the difficukty of free will or alternate T..."
- Rivka
The Handmaid and the Mistress
"great article! looking forward to its followup"
- Chaim Forer
Lost (and Found) in Translation
"Some Yichudim:
• In theory, the Ramabam holds that a Sefer Torah may be writt..."
- psachyah
Comparative Worldviews in Social Science
"In my opinion, viewing the ideal societal paradigm Birudim through the inherently ..."
- Regan Wales
Glee and Television’s Taste for Inadequate Representation
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- Robin Garbose
Ken Wilber: Theories of Consciousness (Part One)
"...thank you for opening this topic to discussion.I must admit that I have never e..."
- Regan Wales
The Forest: a short film
"Nice.. that you already know. What could be improved?
1. In the narrative, the "l..."
- lazer
The Forest: a short film
"Thank you! Well done."
- Rochel Leah
Suspected Alien Life
"Now, why would we want space-travel? That really does not appeal to me. At all!"
- MS
Upgrading the (Video) Game of Life
"Whats the last level of G´ds game?"
- andre
A World Taken by Games: Jane McGonigal at TED
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- Talia
A World Taken by Games: Jane McGonigal at TED
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- Sage Carter
Ken Wilber: Theories of Consciousness (Part One)
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- Simcha Gottlieb
Upgrading the (Video) Game of Life
"Can't recall the context or the precise words, but I vividly remember the moment: ..."
- Simcha Gottlieb
Rock and Roll Redemption
"Marley's 'Redemption Song' probably belongs there too.
I recall trying to explain..."
- Simcha Gottlieb
The Forest: a short film
"Beautiful! What a lesson for life.
This site is great. I am going to link it to m..."
- Miriam
The Forest: a short film
"Cool and so true! Psalm 23. Great website too. Very enticing."
- dianne
Suspected Alien Life
"Thanks so much for the information. I was hoping to crowd source some additional s..."
- Asher Crispe
Suspected Alien Life
"The possibility of "many other worlds" by R. Hasdai Crescas dates actually to the ..."
- Dr. Natan Ophir
Expanding Space and Time
"Awesome! Love how you brought that teaching down so clearly. At what point do we ..."
- Aviva
Rock and Roll Redemption
"How about Dylan's "I Shall be Released" on Moshiach's playlist?"
- Avi Kamman
Move to Think
"What are the schools / learning institutions doing to have that applied?
What´s..."
- Andre
Theory, Imagination & Practice…Squared
"Is it that 1 + 1 = 2 inconsistent or incomplete???
Always thought one needed fait..."
- andre
Expanding Space and Time
"so how do we use the Torah to break the limits of time & space?
who/what are..."
- andre
Comparative Worldviews in Social Science
"View it as the capitalist world contributing to the society as a whole... like peo..."
- Andre
Design Diversity: The Meaning of 613 Commandments
"Assuming the connection is done with the 613 "links" , then what? Whats next?"
- Andre
Design Diversity: The Meaning of 613 Commandments
"Interesting article! Thanks"
- Robert
Ken Wilber: Theories of Consciousness (Part One)
"Gimme mo. Wilbur is certainly NOT a fan of the level playing field paradigm, all ..."
- Michael Diamond
Life Changing Eating Habits
"Bravo, it's all from HaShem, so who are we to throw it out? Is there a risk of me..."
- Michael Diamond
Design Diversity: The Meaning of 613 Commandments
"nice article"
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The History of Histories (Part 8)
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Circus of Dreams (Part 21)
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The Ten Commandments in Our Lives (Part 4)
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Plagues of the Heart and Mind (Part 3)
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Songs of Myself (Part 8)
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Believing in Trust: Eshet Chayil (Part 5)
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Inspiring Interior Design (Part 14)
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Out of Touch (Part 1)
