Blog 177. Two Letters Words קר

We begin with two-letter words listed in Strongs. We will mention a lot of words. This is not a vocabulary lesson, but just to make you aware that this is a very important Scriptural topic, hidden in many places throughout. ▸ h7556. רָקַק râqaq; a primitive root; to spit: — spit. AV (1) – spit …

Blog 176. Learning and Dopamine

This link is for the technically-minded, but I show some highlights below. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6352318/#:~:text=Novel%20experiences%20have%20been%20shown,in%20different%20memory%20consolidation%20processes From Chris 😃 my good friend and fellow Yeshiva graduate with a DHL. She also “happens to be” a brilliant neuroscientist. LTP = long-term potentiation “Novelty,” new learning, induces dopamine release in the hippocampus, triggering memory consolidation to boost memory persistence. We …

Blog 173. Of Golems and Camels

There isn’t really a lot for me to say here, except to see the previous post, Blog 172, about Golem, and then just look at the red highlighted sections in the Scriptural passages below. (Please also note the NKJV translations and compare with the more literal translation in the highlighted passages. We can easily be misled …

Blog 172. Golem and AI (artificial intelligence)

⦁ ▸ I begin today with a commentary published on aish.com. September 1, 2025 5 min read – from Aish.com R. Dovid Campbell The Golem story warned centuries ago: raw power without truth collapses to dust. What does this mean for the promises and perils of AI? Jewish folklore is full of stories that stretch the …

Blog 171. A Personal Interlude – A Tribute

Older age brings us to think about many things. Especially, there are memories that come to speak to us. Today is 48 years since my father crossed over to the next life. I have missed him greatly at many times in my life. Oh, we disagreed about many things. And he died young before we …