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…
Parshah • August 2023
Shoftim – The Judge and the Policeman
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…
Laibl's Blog • August 2023
The Old & The New
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…
Parshah • August 2023
Re’eh – Those That Look But Don’t See
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…
Festivals • August 2023
Yom Kippur – Yizkor
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…
Laibl's Blog • August 2023
Positivity
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…
Parshah • August 2023
Eikev – Footprints in the Sands of Time
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…
Laibl's Blog • July 2023
Resilience
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…
Lectures
AI & Humanity
Lecture 1: AI is NOT Intelligent Will robots ever be able to think, feel, and grow?
Laibl's Blog • July 2023
My Land of Israel
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…
Parshah • July 2023
Devarim – Morning Creativity
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…
Laibl's Blog • July 2023
Courage of Initiative
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…