Science & Technology

The Rebbe studied both sciences and humanities at the University of Berlin and at the Sorbonne. Throughout the nineteenth century and for most of the twentieth, rabbis dealt with the "challenge of science." Generally, their approach was the classic one ...

A Halachic guide and handbook for the Jewish traveler

In the previous chapter, we discussed the flow of Divine creative energy through the four worlds of Atzilut, Beriah, Yetzirah, and Assiyah. We have also seen that Beriah is where souls and angels become manifest. The higher Garden of Eden is in Beriah ...

One lesson we can learn from the popular term, “The Atomic Age,” is that we have seen in our time how the energy concealed within the minutest subatomic particles can destroy an entire city and millions of inhabitants. This is possible because within ...

The sun is able to radiate energy (or, in the words of the first chapter of Genesis, “to give light to the earth”). If the sun had the same temperature and energy but did not radiate its heat, it would be of no value to our planet. So it is with the Jew, ...

Even from the most horrible things we can learn great lessons. From the threat of nuclear destruction we can learn several things about how to rearrange the world for the good: • You don't need great armies. • It can take only one simple act. • You don't ...

Custom has it that the bride, as she arrives under the chuppah, walks three times around the groom (in some communities, seven times). The tradition is both beautiful and meaningful, although it is not required by the Halakhah. The reason for this ...

"There shall not be found among you... a diviner of times"—Deuteronomy 18:10. It is forbidden to predict the auspiciousness of times or dates based on astrological formations: "This day is auspicious, and this day not so." It is also forbidden to act ...

Likkutei Sichos, Vol. VI, p. 13ff. I. The Talmud explainsSotah 11b. that the verse:Shmos 1:14. “And they embit­tered their lives with mortar and bricks, and all [sorts of] work in the field, all their work...,” [reflects a sequence]. First, they ...