LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON Scientists in Edinburgh announced this week that the bacteria that cause leprosy can reprogram liver cells to grow new tissue, an ability that may help to develop treatments to rejuvenate ageing and diseased livers. This holds out the possibility of discovering a mechanism that will reverse the aging process in general...
IN THE SAME BOAT A group of people were travelling in a boat. One of them took a drill and began to drill a hole beneath his seat. His friends said to him: “What on earth are you doing?” The man replied: “Why does it concern you? I’m only drilling under my own place” They...
INTRODUCING LOT What do you know about Lot, the nephew of Abraham? Lot was the son of Abraham’s brother, Haran, who joined Abraham and Sarah on their epic journey to an unknown land. Our Sages point out that it was to Lot’s credit that when Abraham told the Egyptian border officials that Sarah was his...
THE LIGHT OF THE UNIVERSE Have you heard of BOAT? I read about it this week BOAT is an acronym for Brightest Of All Time. It is the name that has been given to the biggest cosmic explosion ever detected, that occurred on 9th October. It seems to have been the result of a massive...
OF SERPENTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA As we start the drama of Creation, it is always worth remembering that the Torah speaks to us and about us. Let us set the scene: Eve and the serpent in the Garden of Eden. Did the serpent lie? In the account in the parasha, the serpent cunningly says to...
