Yearly Archives: 2015

THE REASONS FOR THE MITZVOT, Part 1

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דברים פרק ד ה) רְאֵה לִמַּדְתִּי אֶתְכֶם חֻקִּים וּמִשְׁפָּטִים כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוַּנִי יְקֹוָק אֱלֹהָי לַעֲשׂוֹת כֵּן בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם בָּאִים שָׁמָּה לְרִשְׁתָּהּ: ו) וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם וַעֲשִׂיתֶם כִּי הִוא חָכְמַתְכֶם וּבִינַתְכֶם לְעֵינֵי הָעַמִּים אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁמְעוּן אֵת כָּל הַחֻקִּים הָאֵלֶּה וְאָמְרוּ רַק עַם חָכָם וְנָבוֹן הַגּוֹי הַגָּדוֹל הַזֶּה: Behold I have taught you statutes and ordinances to perform in the midst of the land which you are coming to inherit. Be […]

The Fragility of Information by Eric Stauffer

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Erich Stauffer June 4, 2015 By Erich Stauffer The Fragility of Information How stable is the state of information storage on the planet today? How much do you know about the life of your great grandfather? How much of your own past would you remember if you lost all access to your personal data? And how likely is it that all of the world’s information could be lost? […]

Aristotle on the Nature of Truth

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The investigation of the truth is in one way hard, in another easy. An indication of this is found in the fact that no one is able to attain the truth adequately, while on the other hand, we do not collectively fail, but evey one says something true about the nature of things, and while individually we contribute little or nothing t the truth, by the union of […]

The Talmud and Linked Data

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A quick perusal of a page of the Talmud in the original form, the Vilna Shaas, shows multiple commentators surrounding the center text. The center text is the Mishneh and the Gemara.  On the one side you have Rashi and on the other side you have Tosafot.  You also have  Mesorat HaShas, Ein Mishpat, Ner Mitzvah and Rabeinu Chananel. If you check the front page of the Shas, […]