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Re'eh: Seeing What You Want to See

Re'eh: Seeing What You Want to See

I asked an AI what it could do for my business. It gave me a beautifully confident answer. That confidence was the first warning sign — and it's also, it turns out, the subject of this week's parsha.

Eikev or: What Happens After You Get What You Wanted

Eikev or: What Happens After You Get What You Wanted

There's a strange little word that gives this week's parsha its name. Eikev usually gets translated as "because" — as in, "and it will come to pass, because you listen to these laws, that God will keep the covenant." But the same root

From Smoke to Repair

From Smoke to Repair

Parashat Devarim always arrives with unusual emotional weight. We stand at the threshold of Tisha B'Av, when we remember the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash and reflect on what it means to live in a world that is still waiting to be made whole. Moshe Rabbeinu begins Sefer

The Red Heifer and the Talking Donkey

The Red Heifer and the Talking Donkey

Why Chukat and Balak Live Together Most years, you don’t read Parashat Chukat and Parashat Balak as two separate stories. You read them as one long parasha, back to back. And if you’ve ever sat in shul trying to follow the thread from one to the other, you’

The Staff That Had to Sleep On It

The Staff That Had to Sleep On It

Parshat Korach, Rosh Chodesh Tamuz, and why the Torah keeps making us wait until morning to find out if something is true. Mefarshai · Tamuz 5786 Ask an AI a hard question and watch what comes back. It doesn't hedge, doesn't pause, doesn't say "

Meet the Newest Member of the Team: The Noda B'Tartura

Meet the Newest Member of the Team: The Noda B'Tartura

Every business needs a mascot, but few find theirs hanging out in a neighbor’s plumbing.

The Machine That Never Sleeps

The Machine That Never Sleeps

What Tikkun Leil Shavuos teaches us about learning that AI cannot replicate Mefarshai · May 2026 Tonight, Jews around the world will stay up all night learning Torah. No particular tractate is mandated. No single text is prescribed. Just a person, a candle (or fluorescent classroom light), a chavrusa, and the

Beyond the Grid

Parshat Bamidbar and the Irreplaceable Human Element

The Algorithm Needs a Shemitah

The Algorithm Needs a Shemitah

What an agricultural sabbatical law from Sinai has to say about systems that never stop.

The AI in the Room Is Speaking Lashon Hara — and You Asked It To

The AI in the Room Is Speaking Lashon Hara — and You Asked It To

Let's start with something that happens all too often. Last week a manager asked an AI to help write a reference for a colleague. Midway through the prompt, the manager typed something like: "He's great, but between us, he can be a bit disorganized — don&

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Haker Na and the Problem of Alignment

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Chayei Sarah

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The Long Silence Between Signals

The Long Silence Between Signals

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Lech Lecha: The Engine of Curiosity

Lech Lecha: The Engine of Curiosity

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Introducing Bavl

Introducing Bavl

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Thoughts from the AI Playground

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🐴 What the Donkey Sees: Building AI Buz

🐴 What the Donkey Sees: Building AI Buz

by Yakira Spielman (MefarshAI Intern)

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