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Does God Play? What a Talmudic Story Teaches Us About Consciousness

JL;DR SUMMARY Marina Zilbergerts delves into a Talmudic narrative from Avodah Zarah 3b, which presents a unique theological perspective on divine consciousness. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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TalmudTorah StudyTheologyLeviathanJudgmentSpiritual ReflectionDivine ConsciousnessRabbinic ImaginationJustice And MercyGod's Routine

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Jerusalem, Israel
"It teaches that after the destruction of Jerusalem, Divine Laughter ceased."

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