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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

A car is a complicated machine, yet its tremendous power is derived from a single spark that sets the engine in motion. Nevertheless, it is not good for the motor if the starter’s sparking action is used too often. This is analogous to a Jew’s spiritual ...

A computer does not perform any functions that a person could not accomplish by himself. However, it can calculate in a matter of seconds what would ordinarily require weeks, months or even years for a person to do. Because the process of arriving at ...

A Polish Chassid once asked: “What can we derive for our Divine service from the telephone?” That what is said “here” is heard “there,” was the response. “And what about the telegraph?” That every single word costs, in a very practical and real sense. ...