Holy Worms
The opening phrase of the Torah, "In the beginning God created…" (1202) = "worms" (תולעים) and "doubts" (ספקות). There are good worms and bad worms....
Tag : skepticism
Bittersweet is the Sweetest
The Ba'al Shem Tov taught that Amalek (עמלק, 240), Israel's archenemy, is equal to "doubt" (ספק). No doubt that he is the original skeptic. Amalek...
The Worm of Scepticism
Elisha Acher came out of paradise a heretic. What went wrong? A worm had been eating away at him all the time. The worm's name:...
Skeptical of Skeptics
Skeptics are unwilling to include God as a factor in explaining the workings of nature. Their formula will always be lacking and never work. I...
