Leave the Birds Alone
Parshas Nitzavim Vayeilech 5783

The Eurasian tree sparrow, according to Wikipedia, is a passerine bird in the sparrow family with a rich chestnut crown and nape, and a black patch on each pure white cheek. It reaches a height of about five inches, and weighs in at just under an ounce, keeping…

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Parshas Nitzavim Vayeilech 5783

What keeps bankers up at night… 
Parshat Vayelech- Yom Kippur

Let’s face an uncomfortable fact; your information is out there. Your name, date of birth, social security number, address, and probably some of your credit card numbers. The fifteen largest hacks of the 21st century compromised over 4.5 billion accounts in…

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Parshat Vayelech- Yom Kippur

I didn’t know they made people like that?
Parshat Vayalech 5782

The first video leaked on April 23rd, 2027 and within the 24 hours over thirty million people watched it. The video quality was grainy, but you could clearly see people, dressed in unmarked military fatigues leaping over walls at least…

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Parshat Vayalech 5782

The art of the heist
Nitzavim- Vayelech 5780

Most of the information in this article was found in an article by Travis McDade in the September 2020 edition of the Smithsonian Magazine.   Deep in the “if you know, you know” section, is the word INCUNABLE. To 99.9%…

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Nitzavim- Vayelech 5780

The Robots are Coming for Your Job!
Parshat Vayelech/ Yom Kippur 5780

It’s here. I knew it was coming, and I had been on the lookout for it for years, but when it finally showed up, it looked nothing like what I was expecting. What I’m talking about of course is the…

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Parshat Vayelech/ Yom Kippur 5780

Let’s Get Medieval on Yom Kippur!
Parshat Vayelech/ Yom Kippur 5779

Just five miles east of the I-75 is the medieval era. Get off the highway, pass through a generic town or two, drive through some cornfields, and make a left turn into the 1500’s. It’s not always there, only at…

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Parshat Vayelech/ Yom Kippur 5779

You are Not One, You are Many…Nitzvim-Vayelech and Rosh Hashana 5777

You are not one, you are many. You are trillions. There are somewhere between ten and forty trillion little copies of you in this universe, each one as unique as you are. The trillions of you are found in your…

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Be a Navy Seal This Yom Kippur…Vayeilech and Yom Kippor 5777

Raise your hand if you believe in nine year old children working 12 hours a day in backbreaking and dangerous conditions? Raise it if you think it’s ok for men to be forced to climb barefoot into deep mines with…

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