Mishpatim
Are laws meant be broken – or to fix the broken?
In the afterglow of Sinai, the laws of order are drafted. From criminal law to civil to fiscal, the legislative ideals of heaven and the practical courts of earth are fleshed out. How to treat a foreigner? How to optimize agriculture? How about the relationship between milk and meat? All told, 53 of the 613 mitzvoth are herein diagrammed. With Aaron in charge of the camp, Moses ascends on high for forty days and forty nights to download the entirety of the Torah and the intricacies of all the Mitzvoth.
In The Beginning
While many people focus on the debate between evolution and creation, they often overlook a more important question about responsibility to a Creator.
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Is Logic Logical? Our Changing World
A look at logic and superalogic in our world and why we feel connected to each.
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Faith and Heresy
Supernal Real Estate
An exploration of the laws pertaining to bar mitzra, the neighbor whose land borders your own, and the correlation to G-d’s giving of the Torah to man.
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Whose Moshiach?
We continue to wait for Moshiach, but do we even know what we are waiting for?
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Spiritual Futures
Every man can grant G-d a kinyan in his life, asserting mind over heart until only his g-dly drives come to fruition.
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Real Estate
G-d gave the Torah to man to build Him a home, but not before His neighbors, the angels, put up a legal fight.
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-Ismiallh