What Hashem Wants?

Clean URLs | drupal.org

2012-01-10T15:02:00.000-05:00

Clean URLs | drupal.org: "Drupal uses and generates URLs for your site's pages that look like "http://www.example.com/?q=node/83." This style of URLs can be hard to read, and can prevent some search engines from indexing all the pages of your site. Research suggests this may not be as big of a problem for major search engines as it once was; however, it is worth noting the recommendation from Google's webmaster guidelines stating:

If you decide to use dynamic pages (i.e., the URL contains a "?" character), be aware that not every search engine "

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WordPress › Support » Cannot Create a new Blog under Multisite (permissions on wp-content/blog.dir?)

2012-01-10T14:57:00.000-05:00

WordPress › Support » Cannot Create a new Blog under Multisite (permissions on wp-content/blog.dir?): "I have navigated to 'Super Admin -> 'Sites' and used 'Add New' to create a new site. This appears to work, and is added to the list of sites. But if I click on Edit, Backend or Visit, I get a 404 error message (page not found).

Is this likely to be due to a permissions issue with the wp-content/blog.dir ?

Because I am hosting this site on my ISP's web space I guess I will need to get them to do the CHOWN and CHMOD step to assign the permissions to blog.dir?"

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WordPress › Support » How do I get WP Multisite to regenerate the .htaccess file?

2012-01-10T14:56:00.000-05:00

WordPress › Support » How do I get WP Multisite to regenerate the .htaccess file?: "TonyVitabile
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

I have reason to believe the htaccess file for my site is not right. I have gone to the Permalinks page under settings & have changed the value & saved the page. There was no change made.

Am I just not waiting long enough?

Tony"

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Enterprise architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2012-01-10T14:54:00.000-05:00

Enterprise architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "enterprise architecture as the specific aspects of a business that are under examination:
Enterprise architecture is the organizing logic for business processes and IT infrastructure reflecting the integration and standardization requirements of the company's operating model. The operating model is the desired state of business process integration and business process standardization for delivering goods and services to customers.[2]
Simply put, the enterprise architecture is an intentional vision that defines how business processes should be integrated and where process standardization should be used."

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Enterprise architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2012-01-10T14:53:00.000-05:00

Online web site builder, website software, homepage creator, personal ecommerce - ExactWebsites.

2011-12-29T00:41:00.000-05:00

Online web site builder, website software, homepage creator, personal ecommerce - ExactWebsites.: "So you're ready to put your company on the internet, to take advantage of the huge money-making potential it offers. You may have used other builders, software, paid your next door neighbors kid to build you a website, or even tried learning how to program yourself.

In less than five minutes you can have a website for your business or personal site live on the internet."

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Society for Humanistic Judaism - Hanukkah

2011-12-28T23:48:00.001-05:00

Society for Humanistic Judaism - Hanukkah: "A Humanistic Hanukkah
Candle-Lighting

As we light our Hanukkah candles, let us say:

Barukh haor baolam.
Barukh haor baadam.
Barukh haor baHanukka."
A Humanistic Hanukkah
Candle-Lighting

As we light our Hanukkah candles, let us say:

Barukh haor baolam.
Barukh haor baadam.
Barukh haor baHanukka.

Blessed is the light of the world.
Blessed is the light within humanity.
Blessed is the light of Hanukkah.

No! I am sorry but this is just plain wrong. Light a candle, sing happy birthday if you like. Yet you need not pretend that you are doing something Jewish, and for some reason simply "opt-out" of saying the Holy name of G-d.

Clearly this is not the message of Chanukah! Its along the lines of people who are Jewish yet do not even believe in the importance of Israel.

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IP Daily.Biz: Happy Chanukah From Social Advertising.org

2011-12-21T13:50:00.000-05:00

IP Daily.Biz: Happy Chanukah From Social Advertising.org: "Happy Chanukah From Social Advertising.org"

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The Beis of Creation.: Israel The Fertile Crescent: Social Advertising.org Advertise Socially: November 2011

2011-12-12T12:04:00.000-05:00

The Beis of Creation.: Israel The Fertile Crescent: Social Advertising.org Advertise Socially: November 2011: "Social Advertising.org Advertise Socially: November 2011
Israel The Fertile Crescent: Social Advertising.org Advertise Socially: November 2011: "N EVOLVING BLOG!
This blog can be thought of as mainly experimental."

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The Music of Torah

2011-11-28T13:06:00.000-05:00

The Music of Torah: "Experience Israel

The Jewish Agency for Israel has long been aware of the transformative effect of ‘Israel experiences,’ particularly on young Jews. With the help of generous donors, we have put this knowledge to use—harnessing the unlimited potential of Israel experiences as a vital key to securing the Jewish future.

Together with the Government of Israel and other visionary partners, the Jewish Agency provides an extraordinary array of long-term and short-term Israel experiences for tens of thousands of Jewish teens and young adults each year. ""

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Frum Satire

2011-11-27T10:24:00.000-05:00

Frum Satire: "Abraham observed the entire Torah and more, and ostensibly, this can be extended to include the other patriarchs as well; this is pretty much what we all learn in 3rd grade, and it has its source in this week’s parsha:"

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The Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow ۞

2011-11-27T10:21:00.000-05:00

The Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow ۞: "Eight Lessons in 27 years
As I am slowly moving towards the end of a journey (you may probably learn in next post - what's this journey), I would like to list down the important lessons that I learnt(learning) through my life through various incidents, experiences, sources, art, literature, philosophies, mysticism, psychology, science, abstractness, falsehood, deception, grief, hunger, illness, patriotism, rebellion, wealth,"

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2007 September | ChaiDomains.com

2011-11-27T10:15:00.000-05:00

2007 September | ChaiDomains.com: " If we acknowledge that time is coming into the equation, then we know that the day is specifically mentioned, then we can extrapolate that the 52 words, is equivalent to a full calendar solar year of man. But man has not yet been created.
Man does not arrive on the scene until 317 words of Torah which correspond to 25 versus of Bereishis, and the creation of a number of many entities. (to be continued)
PS: I do not truly consider myself a Torah Scholar, as much as I consider myself an enthusiatic beginner with a great enthusiasm to learn.
Aharon Moshe Sanders 5:20pm September 26, 2007
Chag Sameach!
PS: The Gemara in places uses a numeric value of something of the order of 300 or more as a huge number."

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What Hashem Wants?

2011-09-23T10:55:00.000-04:00

What Hashem Wants?: "The Rosens are also, pending more information, planning to enroll both children in the optional Talmud Torah that is being developed by Hebrew Options in Public Education, a new nonprofit (pending 501(c)(3) approval) that is also helping to fund SACS.
While some question how much Judaic material an after-school program can cover, pointing to the failure of Talmud Torah programs in generations past, the Rosens are hopeful.
“This will be a little shorter, but we come from a home where we are proud of our Yiddishkeit and take joy in the holidays, so we feel we can reinforce” the Judaic learning at home, Melissa said.""

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The Beis of Creation.

2011-09-23T10:47:00.001-04:00

The Beis of Creation.: "construction of the Aron haKodesh (Holy Arc) was similar in the way that the embryo develops from three primary germ layers, which is the first significant aspect of, when the primordial or undifferentiated cells, beging to become different, and start building the three dimensional structure of living things.

The final though I had, which was beautiful in its utter simplicity, is this.

There is really no reason to be amazed, because both the frog, and the chickens embryos which we studied carefully and in fine detail under the microscope, had much in common with our Aron HaKodesh, in that they both were designed by G-d"

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Bo: Hashem’s Hand

2011-09-23T10:44:00.000-04:00

Bo: Hashem’s Hand: "“Take even your flock and even your cattle, as you have spoken, and go – and bless me as well!” (Shemos/Exodus 12:32)

Rashi comments; “And bless me as well – pray for me that I should not die, for I am a firstborn.”

The Sifsei Chachamim in his commentary explains that Pharaoh could not have been asking for merely a blessing since the words - “as well” – imply that he wanted to be included in another group – i.e. the Jewish firstborn who were to be spared.

Rather, he was asking that Moshe and Aaron pray for him that his life be spared."

Ratzon.blogspot.com Site Info

2011-09-23T10:32:00.000-04:00

Ratzon.blogspot.com Site Info: " Summary for ratzon.blogspot.com
Ratzon.blogspot.com has a three-month global Alexa traffic rank of 8,919,440.

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Teaneck Parents Eyeing Public (School) Option | The Jewish Week

2011-09-14T13:08:00.000-04:00

Teaneck Parents Eyeing Public (School) Option | The Jewish Week: "The Rosens are also, pending more information, planning to enroll both children in the optional Talmud Torah that is being developed by Hebrew Options in Public Education, a new nonprofit (pending 501(c)(3) approval) that is also helping to fund SACS.
While some question how much Judaic material an after-school program can cover, pointing to the failure of Talmud Torah programs in generations past, the Rosens are hopeful.
“This will be a little shorter, but we come from a home where we are proud of our Yiddishkeit and take joy in the holidays, so we feel we can reinforce” the Judaic learning at home, Melissa said."

Truth Seeking

2011-09-14T08:34:00.000-04:00

Truth Seeking: "Why did Yskov choose to flee the scene with all of his children, property and wealth? What was the buzz about Yakov right before he left the epmployment of Lavan. Did Lavan's friends and family think the Yakov was a top notch worker, straightforward, direct and honest in his his dealing with his father-in-law, Lavan?"

Hurricane Irene and My Need for Control

2011-08-30T12:24:00.000-04:00

Hurricane Irene and My Need for Control: "We are not in control.

But after the initial discomfort of that reality set in, I had another feeling.

I realized that, in fact, I was in control. Not of traffic, the future of my children, the financial markets or the environment, but I was in control of myself.

I was in control over how I responded to challenge. Would I be stressed or show strength? Would I spend the time doing something meaningful? Would I get frustrated and angry at the loss of property or convenience or would I be satisfied with what I had? Would I start to appreciate the “little” things like electricity and dry roads?"

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Yeshiva PTI Online: Online Shiurim

2011-08-29T13:50:00.000-04:00

Yeshiva PTI Online: Online Shiurim: "Starting in his own living room, Yeshiva Passaic Torah Institute was built up and now has its own building located at 441 Passaic Avenue, in Passaic New Jersey. There, in-depth learning of Gemara and many different Shiurim are provided every single day!

Please feel welcome to stop in or contact us at:

Yeshiva Passaic Torah Institute
441 Passaic Avenue
Passaic New Jersey 07055
Tel. 1-973-594-4774
Rabbi Singer's Shiurim"

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FrumFind.org » Blog Archive » How to Become Frum (orthodox) Without Giving Up Your Personality!

2011-08-17T12:48:00.000-04:00

FrumFind.org » Blog Archive » How to Become Frum (orthodox) Without Giving Up Your Personality!: "seems to favor conformity, at the same time it also allows individuals within a given parameter of choices to conform to Torah observance standards. I am not speaking about the new movements such as conservative or reform, no I am speaking of diversity within orthodoxy which explains why the orthodox neighborhoods have so many different shuls and ways that services are conducted."

Foundation Stone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2011-08-17T12:43:00.000-04:00

Foundation Stone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Although the rock is part of the surrounding bedrock, the southern side forms a ledge, with a gap between it and the surrounding ground; a set of steps currently uses this gap to provide access from the Dome of the Rock to the Well of Souls beneath it.
The rock has several human-made cuts in its surface; these are generally attributed to the Crusaders, whose frequent damage to the rock was so severe that the Christian kings of Jerusalem finally put a marble slab over the rock to protect it (the marble slab was later removed by Saladin)."

Trend Setting Or Trend Watching? | FrumFind.org

2011-08-10T01:26:00.000-04:00

Trend Setting Or Trend Watching? | FrumFind.org: "THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE SIMPLISTIC EXPLANATIONS ARE ALWAYS THE 1ST TO GET OUT AND INTO THE STREETS. ONE NEEDS TO CONSIDER THE SOURCE AND I AM NOW STARING TO SEE HOW COMPREHENSIVE THIS PROBLEM HAS BECOME. THE VAST LARGENESS OF THE WORLD OF THE INTERNET HAS EFFECTIVELY THROWN US ALL TOGETHER IN THIS GREAT MELTING POT OF WHAT MAY NEED EVEN SOME UPDATED TERM, BUT HAS ALWAYS IN THE PAST BEEN REFERRED TO AS PROPAGANDA."

FrumFind.org | The Place to Find All Things Frum!

2011-08-10T01:22:00.000-04:00

FrumFind.org | The Place to Find All Things Frum!: "THE PATH COMPLETE WITH ALL OF ITS TWISTS AND TURNS FROM KETER (NEARNESS TO HASHEM) TO MALCHUT (THINGS MANIFEST IN THE REAL WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN TODAY) TAKES ALL THE TWISTS AND TURNS NEEDED TO MANIFEST ALL THE VARYING GRADATIONS ON SHADES EMBODIED WITHIN ALL THE OTHER SEPHIROT. THESE REPRESENT THE PATH OF LIFE ITSELF WHERE THERE ARE VERY FEW SHORTCUTS."

PARADISE PRINCIPLE::RATZON

2011-05-25T12:34:00.000-04:00

PARADISE PRINCIPLE::RATZON: "Ratzon Counseling

I would like to point out that I have been what I call a ratzon counselor for a number of years now. And our efforts to identify what is a person's calling is basically the most essential element in achieving whatever his/her goal might be. We examine his past experiences and try to identify what's the common denominator driving. So too, we examine his present core motivations and his future yearnings and visions. When we come up with something that really resonates, we go with it as being an inner motivator and an inner guidance system to get what he wants."

Aharon's Ark

2009-01-14T01:22:00.001-05:00

Aharon's Ark: "Today too many of us live life like the flock.
There is no sharing in the flock, and constant pushing and shoving. From the little research I have already done on Chekhov, he was greatly concerned about the rights of man, as mentioned in The Seagull.

My personal belief is that there is no shortage of wealth in this nation, as well as in the world. Political theorists would have us believe that the economy of our country has taken a major downturn simply because perhaps a handful of the wealthiest have lost a few poorly placed bets on the great economic roulette wheel of 'high tech stocks'.

Our nation's leader would now have you believe the same 'voodoo economy' nonsense that his party predecessors have promoted.

Many armchair critics have already sited the president's agenda as nothing short of class war.
I suppose I could go on with this thread but do not want alienate too many of my potential readers...

Stephen C. Sanders
editorial comment from the author of this piece (me) regarding what meaning can be gleaned from Chekhov's work today.
Written, edited, and coded into html by Stephen C. Sanders, September, 5, 2001

Editors note: After a brief but ultimately effective interchange of several e-mails, it seemed the folks at lycos/tripod found it prudent to actually reinstate my site's name, but along with it's apologies for the lost content"

an excerpt from a longer theatrical review by: Stephen C. Sanders, September 10, 2001originally written and posted to:

tiger_bythe_toe.tripod.com

The Writers Cafe.org

Passaic Dating

2008-07-28T15:44:00.000-04:00

Passaic Dating: "100 Orthodox Jews, with an intermarriage rate of 3% and an average 6.4 children per family increased their numbers to 2,588 Jews after 4 generations. 100 Modern Orthodox Jews, with an intermarriage rate of 3% and an average of 3.23 children per family also increased their numbers to 346 Jews."

Courtesy of: Will Your Grandchildren be Jewsih

Passaic Dating

The Writers Cafe.org

From Aharon Moshe's Notebook

Na Nach Nachma Nachman Meuman

2008-07-15T13:24:00.000-04:00

Na Nach Nachma Nachman Meuman: "Rebbe spoke about this so often that everything cannot be recorded. But what we have quoted here is excellent advice. Follow this path and you will complete many volumes. You will have a better comprehension than one who tries to understand everything the first time. A person who is overly precise can become very confused. Often he will abandon his studies completely and end up with nothing.

Accustom yourself to learn quickly, without too much attention to detail. You will then be worthy of learning in quantity. You will be able to complete the Talmud, the Codes, the Bible, the Midrash, the mystical books of the Zohar, the Kabbalah and all the other sacred works.

We have already mentioned that it is good for a person to complete all books concerning the Torah in his lifetime. The Rebbe once reckoned all that one must study each day if he has the time"

Truth Seeking: Emunah How Much Should We Depend on Hashem?

2008-07-14T18:12:00.000-04:00

Truth Seeking: Emunah How Much Should We Depend on Hashem?: "those who merely perceive the consequences of our actions without ever looking for any of the underlying causes of the results which become the details of our lives. There are many different ways which one may come to believe that Hashem is the creator and King/Ruler of the Universe. However in order to really become any kind of master of one's destiny, it is a fundamental cornerstone"

Getting Ready...

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In The Beginning

2008-07-11T17:15:00.000-04:00

In The Beginning: "insight into the nature of crowds and their tendencies to complain as well as the importance of leaders and their role in handling issues as they arise.

Be Careful What You Ask For:

The lesson of Hashem’s providing meat for the masses to eat is so obvious as it almost requires no commentary.

However Moshe, our teacher seemed to have had gotten caught up in the mathematics of the matter and was questioning Hashem how it was possible to provide meat for the 600,000 with available supplies of sheep and cattle. Indeed Moshe had even considered a parve alternative, how about fish?"

http://thewriterscafe.org
http://btorah.blogspot.com

In The Beginning

2008-07-11T17:13:00.000-04:00

In The Beginning: "Hashem then instructed Moshe to appoint seventy men from the elders of Israel. Hashem was going to increase Moshe’s spirit to place it on the seventy elders.

The Parasha had begun with Hashem telling Moshe to speak to Aharon regarding lighting the seven arm Menorah. Now Hashem was explaining to Moshe that he was going to use Moshe’s spirit and increase it and place it on seventy new leaders."

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In The Beginning

2008-07-11T16:59:00.000-04:00

In The Beginning: "not satisfied with our current status or lot in life, but are often clueless as to which way to turn to remedy the situation. By refusing too look at the big picture, we are simply cutting ourselves off from many of the potential remedies that are available to help us overcome the current obstacle. By having access to the wisdom of our holy Torah, we can attempt to grasp the situations that our ancestors were faced with and try to learn from the mistakes, or errors which they committed."

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Aharon Moshe's Notebook

2008-07-04T01:30:00.000-04:00

Aharon Moshe's Notebook
Gimmel Tammuz Fabrengen
to honor the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Sunday July 6th, 2008 at 8:30 pm!
@ Beis Menachem104 Howard, Passaic NJ 07055 (Corner Park and Howard )
For more info call 973-249-9770

http://thewriterscafe.org

Aharon Moshe's Notebook

2008-07-04T01:26:00.000-04:00

Aharon Moshe's Notebook

Come join us at Beis Menachem for a
Gimmel Tammuz Fabrengen
to honor the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Sunday July 6th, 2008 at 8:30 pm!
@ Beis Menachem104 Howard, Passaic NJ 07055 (Corner Park and Howard )
For more info call 973-249-9770

Rabbi Wein - Chukas, 5761 - Torah.org

2008-07-01T14:54:00.000-04:00

Rabbi Wein - Chukas, 5761 - Torah.org: "And Heaven always has its own inscrutable calculations and It also has the last word on the matter. This is certainly obvious from the narrative that appears in the Torah reading of Chukat.
Moshe is denied entry into the Land of Israel by God. His striking the rock at Meriva instead of speaking to it as God had instructed him is the proximate cause for his punishment of being excluded from leading the People into the Land of Israel. How this apparently severe punishment fits the transgression of Moshe, is the subject of much discussion among the commentators to the Torah. But, however we will resolve this matter of crime and punishment, transgressions and retribution, the basic fact of the Torah remains - Moshe was prevented by Heaven from realizing his goal of entering the Land of Israel. And Moshe's tragic disappointment led to dramatic consequences for all of Jewish and world history"

An excerpt from Rabbi Wein's explanation of Parsha Chukas 5761 linked via the title line above.

For a glimpse of my "in progress introductory explanation of Parha Chukas July 1, 2008 follow the link below to thewriterscafe.org Aharon Moshe Sanders, 7/1/08

http://thewriterscafe.org

Ratzon- Primal Desire "Nothing Stands in the Way of Desire"

2008-06-01T17:46:00.002-04:00

Rav Kalonymous Tapping the Void Principle
Rav Kalonymous Kalman Shapira, the Piazentzer Rebbe, also known as the Warsaw ghetto Rebbe, teaches the powerful lesson based on the following hypothetical illustration:Imagine yourself standing by a burning house.

The house is yours and inside of it are your most precious possessions and closest family members, G-d Forbid. How would you react?! Certainly, you would react with superhuman adrenalin-filled clarity and power in saving whatever you could.

There's no choice!! Most likely, every single aspect of your psyche would be enlisted in an effort that would bring superhuman results. Have you ever heard a story of a normal, everyday mother seeing a child of hers run out in front of an oncoming truck and the mother almost literally flying in the nick of time with one hand swooping up the child and with the other hand stopping the two ton truck?...

...Rav Kalonymous is trying to teach us is that we don't have to wait to be confronted with emergencies like these to illicit a very potent power we have inside of ourselves. We can simulate, or tap, this sense of urgency to achieve virtually anything we want.

This is the power of "ratzon," or primal desire, the third of three realms of the highest sefira, Keter. About this aspect of the psyche, our Sages say, "Nothing stands in the way of desire," and this will be the subject of the essay...

Celebrate with us!

2007-12-09T10:52:00.001-05:00

http://thewriterscafe.tripod.com/id22.html

14 Kislev 5768, (24 November 2007). Torah Portion. VaYishlach, Genesis : 32:4-36:43.

2007-11-21T10:36:00.000-05:00

Yakov was a realist. Yakov is the forefather to understand when we want to examine how to fit in with society, family, and friends. A superficial and unsophisticated approach to Yakov does not give the Torah student the proper perspective. Yakov knew how to put himself into the other guys shoes.

...positive staement about Yakov's character, he was not concerned about public opionion on an egotisitical platform, rather he was concerned that at some point family/smamily at some point Yakov might simply overstay his welcome...

An excerpt from a large overview in progress.

AhMbDvd November 21, 2007 10:41 am EST

Lurianic Kabbalah

2007-10-24T22:31:00.000-04:00

Lurianic Kabbalah: "As a result of the Breaking of the Vessels, the Primordial Adam was himself partly shattered into a multitude of individual souls, who themselves are comprised of the same fragments or Kellipot that form our world, and which are exiled and alienated in the 'Other Side.'. The task of individual men and women is to extract (via an act of birur) those sparks (netzotzim) that are his or her fortune to encounter in life, and to raise and spiritualize them, so as to reconstitute the Sefirot and the figure of the Primordial Man as five Partzufim (Visages or Personalities of God) and restore the harmony of the opposites, "

Einstein Was Not An Atheist!

2007-10-17T03:28:00.000-04:00

Einstein Was Not An Atheist!: "To err is human, and adherence to a strict set of rules is not easy for everyone. Mistakes get made, intentions are misunderstood. Words are misquoted. Even silence can be misinterpreted. "

The Primary Conflict Between Science and Religion!

2007-10-10T13:51:00.000-04:00

The Primary Problem:

The fundamental issue is that science relies on experimentation, theory, and generally accepted scientific theories and laws that become treated as fact.

Religion however is faith based. Our Jewish Religion system of belief requires that theories, ideas and explanation must come from pre-existing theories, ideas and explanations which can be substantiated by scriptural sources.

(To be continued)

Did Albert Einstein Believe in a Personal God?

2007-10-03T01:39:00.000-04:00

Did Albert Einstein Believe in a Personal God?: "developing the theory of relativity, Einstein realized that the equations led to the conclusion that the universe had a beginning. He didn't like the idea of a beginning, because he thought one would have to conclude that the universe was created by God. So, he added a cosmological constant to the equation to attempt to get rid of the beginning. He said this was one of the worst mistakes of his life. Of course, the results of Edwin Hubble developing the theory of relativity, Einstein realized that the equations led to the conclusion that the universe had a beginning. He didn't like the idea of a beginning, because he thought one would have to conclude that the universe was created by God. So, he added a cosmological constant to the equation to attempt to get rid of the beginning. He said this was one of the worst mistakes of his life. Of course, the results of Edwin Hubble "

A Feature Presentation

2007-10-02T18:14:00.000-04:00

Don't miss this one!
Only a few shakes left!
http://findinsight.blogspot.com
Click on the link above, scroll down or read and scroll. The Tv screen above my pic is courtesy of SinaiMail!
Hurry, in three shakes of a Lulov, this gevaltic holoday will be over!

Aleph to Tav

2007-10-01T23:53:00.000-04:00

Aleph to Tav: " do not truly consider myself a Torah Scholar, as much as I consider myself an enthusiatic beginner with a great enthusiasm to learn. Aharon Moshe Sanders 5:20pm September 26, 2007 Chag Sameach! PS: The Gemara in places uses a numeric value of something of the order of 300 or more as a huge number. Therefore that fact that 300 words of Torah explain creation would be enough proof that there was a vast amount of time where things on heaven and earth came into being long before Adam Rishon came into existence. Fianlly when man does come into existence after a complete cycle (like our solar year but on a much grander scale- a complete 'creation cycle' of torah words (over 365 hebrew words) and the creation of man is discussed as 'let us create man in"

How the Big Bang Theory Proves G-d's Existence

2007-09-23T03:09:00.000-04:00

How the Big Bang Theory Proves G-d's Existence: "A further difficulty concerns black holes. A black hole is a collapsed star which is so dense that, if one is sufficiently close to it (the 'event horizon'), nothing can escape from it, not even light. Using general relativity, one can prove that it takes an infinite amount of energy to remove a single particle from inside the event horizon of a black hole. The problem, of course, is that if the entire universe was originally squashed into a singularity, then that singularity was the granddaddy of all black holes. Whatever caused the Big Bang must have had infinite energy. "

The Title itself is a link to where this information was obtained. Below is a link to a nice summary of some well known theories on cosmology.

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Circuit/7615/cosmology.html

Creation- A Biological Perspective, and some biographical Info on the Author.

2007-09-23T01:15:00.000-04:00

By Aharon Moshe ben-Dovid- AhMbdvd 9/23/07

Throughout these pages you will find one major theme being used consistently, Biology.

The most readily understandable reason for this is that while attending College (it's not enough just to attend, you actually must select a major) I selected Biology for many reasons. The reason of primary significance here is that of all the sciences utilizing a scale of comparative relevance, there was no undergraduate major that would be superior.

A primary concept in the body of work, or method of understanding which is often referred to as Kabbalah, deal with such fundamental principles of the cosmic creation. When bringing up such a seemingly monumental concept as the cosmic creation, one might be tempted to ask, how can this be relevant to anything today.

Then I would always counter with, how can you even ask that question, when you really consider the matter, the cosmic creation encompasses everything!

While waiting for our Professor to arrive, conversations such as the following would take place:

Student A: I'm majoring in Physical Chemistry, how about you?
Aharon Moshe: I'm majoring in Biology for Secondary Education.
Student B: (to AM) You want to teach?
Aharon Moshe: Maybe. The hours are pretty good, and you still get
the summers off.
Student A: Well I'm planning to do research. What could be more
important then chemistry. Particularly physical
chemistry.

At this point another student joined in who happened to be majoring in organic chemistry. The discussion took some interesting twists and turns...

Aharon Moshe: Okay it is true eventually everything is made up of atoms. However by the time you get down to that level your not even looking at living things anymore. What your studying is the building blocks of molecules which are found in or make up the skeleton of the organelles, components of the cells of living things.

The point I was trying to make and did indeed make was that by the time you get to the building blocks of matter which is well documented, you have already missed the more important and larger picture which concerns the building blocks of living things.

Wait a second! Asks someone who just happened upon this web page, I thought this was going to be about:

Trying to break down Torah concepts which seem esoteric or complex into easily understandable concepts for one who is looking to understand Torah concepts on a deep level. Ten luminous Emanations, The Arizal, Chassidus, Kabalah, Zohar.

The link below will take you to a nice little glossary for Hebrew terms that may be helpful.
http://www.chassidus.net/glossary.htm

Okay without further delay here it is:

Physics: Point of singularity. Everything we know of today the so called "known universe" came from a single point in massive explosion called the big bang. Other theories like "steady state" or "pulsating universe" theories seek to explain how various elements in the universe are contracting and expanding. Physical entities that exist in the universe such as Galaxies, Collapsed or collapsing stars, black holes etc are used to argue the validity, or the problems in any of these theories.

The theories are quite involved, here is a link or two, feel free to research these cosmic theories on your own:

http://www.mail-archive.com/eristocracy@merrymeet.com/msg00037.html

http://flux.aps.org/meetings/YR01/APR01/abs/S2390.html

Biology: All living things come from cells. All cells come from other cells.
When you get to the matter of where the first cell comes from, some interesting theories, ideas, explanations, and experiments are invoked:

The names to know from the biological literature are:

Stanley Miller: He conducted an experiment seeking to duplicate the primordial conditions which were thought to exist on earth. In this primordial soup mixture of methane gas, ammonia, and/or Nitrogen gas, stanley Miller added electrical current to duplicate lightning, and was able to produce amino acids, which are the building blocks of proteins, which are the building blocks of cellular organelles and proteien and enzymes.

Hetertroph Hypothesis

Oparin/Haldane:
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/gen06/gen06323.htm

Ratzon- The Will of Hashem

2007-09-21T13:27:00.000-04:00

Original words by Aharon Moshe ben-Dovid AhMbDvd September 21, 2007. Erev Yom Kippor 5768.

Hashem's Creation is a concept that keeps coming back because we can only truly understand the will of Hashem by at least touching upon the purpose of Hashem's creation.

The inital problem with even discussing Hashem's creation is because the concept is so fundamental and everything else extends from it. For example how can understand the nature of the seed when we already know that it exists solely to create a tree. Can we even consider that the seed itself has some purpose other then the one that we immediately connect with it. The origin of the seed can be found within the fruit or the flower which contained the seed.

One can then get pulled into the purpose of the flower which actually serves as an accessory to the pupose of the seed. Finally one might even be so bold to state that the entire purpose of the tree is to create the seed. The seed (furthering an analogy using one of Hashems's creations) then needs to find a suitable surroundings so that it may develop roots leaves, and utlimately create seed as well.

Often the term consciousness gets invoked when discusssing living things. While we are invoking the seed and the tree analogy we should try to remember that we are discussing something more complex, and the tree is simply serving as a readily available example.

The "Ten Luminous Emanations" is a an extremely important Sefer which while I have had the occassion to learn from, I did not in fact go through it word by word. However by understanding at least one small aspect one might be able to get a glimpse of its entire meaning. Such is the power of the seed. At one point in my my life (perhaps a dozen or so years ago, I had the zechus to listen to a Rabbi's explanation of how the Sphierot of Binah is different from the Sphierot of Chochma.

The analogy invoked after several different expalnation were put forth was the only one that I was able to understand and have retained to this day:

An introduction to this Spierot system is:

The concept of the "Ten Sphierot" is that the mechanichics of creation consisted of ten individual utterances from G-d. These utterences created the intital aspect of (lets say energy/substance until a better word/term is found or developed). To gain an understanding of the nature of a lower level of sphierot one must climb the ladder of the sphierot system to get a a look at the sphirot immediatly above the given spierot.

Back to our example:

On the Chcohma is the spheirot (energy level) immediately above Binah. The spheirot of Chochma by definition is closer to the source of creation then is Binah. Therefore we can begin to develor a perfect understanding of Binah, by realizing that it a something less then Chochma. We further this logical explanation by realizing that the the spheirot of Chochma has within it a (plan/design/seed/piece) of Binah. Chochma is of a higher energy level then Binah, yet Chochma is not Binah. Binah is different then Chochma, definitely not better, and definitely not worse.

So here is what the Rabbi told us:

In order to become Binah as it own unique energy level the spierot has to let go of being Chochma. Or to use the anaology which rang so clearly :

In order to become a tree the seed has to first let go of being a seed!

(to be continued)...

Aharon Moshe ben-Dovid
Passaic NJ

http://alephtotav.blogspot.com/