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The Possible World
What Happens on Rosh Hashanah By Tzvi Freeman Imagine Bugs Bunny walking in to a Warners Brothers corporate meeting. "Hi docs! I'm here to plead my case. I make children laugh, adults chuckle…" They: "But we're sitting here now deciding whether or not Bugs Bunny is going to exist!"
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Manifest from Non-Manifest
Kabbalah describes the process of Creation. By Rabbi Yitzchak Luria (from the Writings of the Ari as recorded by Rabbi Chaim Vital); translation and commentary by Avraham Sutton Kabbalah describes the process of Creation.
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The First Creation
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe "Creation" (beriah, in the Hebrew), which means bringing something into being out of a prior state of non-existence, implies a "before" and "after"; so to say that G-d created anything is also to say that He first (or simultaneously) created time...
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Playing G-d
By Tzvi Freeman If you’re G-d, you can surprise even yourself
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Tzimtzum
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe The text of the traditional engagement contract alludes to the cosmic energies which are unleashed by a Jewish marriage, a throwback to the supernal mechanisms which led to the creation of the worlds.
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The Speed of Light
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe What is time? And if we understood what time is--and what are the "windows" of timelessness within our existence--what practical difference would this make in our lives?
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The Adam Files
By Tzvi Freeman "Look," he tried. The poor angel was almost hysterical. "Our job was software. How were we supposed to know that the hardware was to be made from mud? We pleaded with The Engineer to find a more fitting encasement for such an ultimate being than this ...
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World of Thought
By Tzvi Freeman Why did the Creator have to speak in order to create? Wouldn't it be so much more wonderful if we were all just a thought?
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The Anatomy of a Miracle
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe What, exactly, is a "supernatural" event?
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Creationism
By Yanki Tauber Why does every normal person, regardless of his professed philosophy, regard human life as valuable?
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