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By Yanki Tauber

Creationism

Why do we care? If our existence is an accident, why should it make any meaningful difference if we are or are not?

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The Doctrine of Perpetual Creation

What does it mean, and what does it mean to us...

Aside from stimulating our minds and inspiring our mystic wonder, what are the practical ramifications of the truth that G‑d is creating the world anew every moment of time?

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Why Do We Sleep?

Slumbered time is probably the most wasted human resource. Why did G-d create us in such a way that we spend 25% to 30% of our lives doing nothing?

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The Hovering Spirit

"And the earth was chaotic and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of G-d hovered upon the face of the waters." A spooky verse, a Talmudic law, and an empowering Midrash.

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Did You Ask to Be Born?

What kind of "free choice" do we have, if we didn't choose to be presented with that choice?

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The Power of I

As the Torah tells it, G-d spent six days making a universe, creating physicality and spirituality, time and space, matter and energy, water and earth, stars and trees and animals -- and then created a single human being and said to him: "All this is to serve you."

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