
Laibl's Blog • August 2023
Illusion & Reality
I always toyed with the idea of giving a lecture on how the movie, ‘Matrix’, is unknowingly based on teachings of Kabbala and Chassidus. Maybe I still will. There is…
I always toyed with the idea of giving a lecture on how the movie, ‘Matrix’, is unknowingly based on teachings of Kabbala and Chassidus. Maybe I still will. There is…
Society may have the wisest judges but without an effective police force, the judges’ wisdom remains but empty words. And the converse is also true: having a strong police force…
Modern person designates anything older than 12 months as waste to be disposed of. Living, as we are, in a world of change that advances in geometric progression, there is…
There is a wonderful teaching in Pirkei Avot, the section of the Talmud devoted to the wisdom-teachings of the Masters of old. Therein it is asked, “Who is the wise…
Yizkor can mean ‘remember’ and it can also mean ‘mention’. When we recite the Yizkor prayer we not only remember loved ones but bring them into the present by mentioning…
Would you take a precious gift received from your father or mother and, in a pique of anger, thrust it onto the ground, breaking it? Yet it seems that is…
You recall the wonderful experience of walking upon the shore of the sea watching a beautiful sunset over the distant horizon, and becoming aware of your feet sinking comfortably into…
Why is it that some people have the amazing capacity to ride the wave of pressure and stress and produce their best, while others, fold and buckle under the weight…
Lecture 1: AI is NOT Intelligent Will robots ever be able to think, feel, and grow?
Being in Israel allows me to compare the knee-jerk world-newspaper editorials and internet headlines, most clearly a total distortion if not fabrication, with the reality of life in the Land…
At night we are tireder and less likely to think creatively, whereas in the morning we feel fresh and energetic. This is because both soul and body underwent a rejuvenation…
Putin faced a rebellion. It wasn’t overly serious. But symbolically important. Did he disarm it? To be determined. Moses also faces a rebellion in this week’s Parsha. A leader of…