Parshas Ki Sisa
Rabbi Berel Wein Even after millennia of analysis, commentary and sagacious insights, the story of the Jewish people creating and worshiping the Golden Calf, as recorded for us in this week’s Torah reading, remains an enigma and a mystery. After all of the miracles of Egypt and the splitting of Yam Suf, manna from heaven […]
Gold Overboard
Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow Yehuda and Tzvi are traveling together on a ship. Unfortunately, they hit turbulent weather and stormy seas. Yehuda is forced to throw his gold bars into the sea to lighten the boat’s load. (See Bava Kama 116b) Yehuda: Ahoy Tzvi! I really took a huge loss by throwing some of my gold […]
Magic Eight Ball Says . . .
Allan Rolnick, CPA Artificial intelligence is quickly transforming the global economy, promising increased efficiency and productivity at the same time as it threatens millions of jobs. Of course, someday AI might decide it’s smarter than the species that created it (not a high bar) and use it to wipe out human life. (But who cares […]