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The Torah does not begin with the letter Aleph, the first letter of the alphabet, but with Bet. The sages ask why a book of such cosmic significance does not start at the beginning. Their answer: because Bet symbolizes duality. From the…

In the beginning there is no beginning, only a silence so generous it makes room for every beginning that will ever be. Call that silence ayin—not a vacancy, but a fullness without edges, a plenitude that refuses to be counted because…

When I returned to my parents’ home from Southeast Asia, I was unemployed and with lots of time on my hands. From the exotic country where every trip outside left an impression on me, I returned to the familiar black and white world of a…

Sometimes God teaches us not through thunder, but through silence. Sometimes — through what comes later, when you are left alone with the lesson, your reflections, and your own soul.

On October 11, 2025, I missed one of the Animal…

Qatar—remember that state

Disclaimer: I like to write boldly. No one needs to agree with me. But every paragraph here has at least one hyperlink that substantiates my ideas.

A Bad Press

Al Jazeera just published details from hacked…

Why did the wicked generation of the Tower of Babel
escape annihilation? How were they
less sinful than the Generation of the Flood?

According to R’ Isaac Alfasi and R’ Ovadia Sforno, the simple answer to this question would be: because…

Visibility mistaken for control in the story told about Jews

The oldest conspiracy in the world has survived everything but originality. It claims that a people smaller than a statistical rounding error control the banks, the media, the…

The rise of anti-Semitism in Canada and the first point of the Trump’s peace plan: deradicalization of Gaza.

I immigrated to Canada close to half a century ago. At the beginning of our live here, the political and social climate of the…

Introduction: The Invention of a Lie

Every empire tells stories about itself — and about those it conquers.
The story Europe told about Africa may be the most devastating lie ever written.

The previous essays restored the record of…