The Way: Using the Wisdom of Kabbalah for Spiritual Transformation and Fulfillment
Chaos and the Meaning of Angels
Over the past twenty years the topic of chaos theory has moved from the blackboards of theoretical physics to the language of popular culture. In particular, the so-called butterfly effect has captured our imagination. In simple terms, this principle states that in a sufficiently complex system, small-scale…
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In early winter 1998, I set out to discover my country, the Holy Land. My pilgrimage was an attempt at religious empathy: I was hoping to encounter, as an Israeli Jew, my Christian and Muslim…
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