Published in Aleph·19 hours agoNew Book Release: “Milk, Honey and Uncertainty” — by Michael Eisenberg (Hebrew)Sign up to Aleph’s newsletter here to gain exclusive access to the first chapter. I am happy to announce the fourth book in my Hebrew Tree of Life and Prosperity series: Milk, Honey and Uncertainty. Life is full of uncertainty. The markets are raining uncertainty. But decades of relative peace…Uncertainty2 min read
5 days agoParshat Bechukotai — How to win after a pandemicParashat Bechukotai opens with a rosy future, one where the Israelites follow the law and, as a result, enjoy economic prosperity, security and independence. But this section promising prosperity is followed by a much longer rebuke that paints a bleak picture of disobedience to God’s laws with the ensuing consequences…Money4 min read
May 13Parashat Behar — What will we eat?This week’s parasha opens with the mitzvah of shemitah, the prohibition to sow and harvest fields one year per every seven. The produce that grows is hefker — available for anyone to eat — and does not legally belong to the owner of the field. When you enter the land…Torah4 min read
May 6Parashat Emor — Dates and timesI grew up in the United States where Memorial Day falls at the end of May and Independence Day falls about six weeks later, on July 4. In the small state of Israel, Memorial Day for the fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism is adjacent to Independence Day. During these…Torah4 min read
Apr 28Parashat Kedoshim — The War on InflationIn recent years, many countries have printed money in order to stimulate the economy. The inevitable result is inflation, a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing power of money. It is important to understand that inflation hurts the poor more than the rich. The rich own assets…Torah5 min read
Apr 21Shevi’i (Seventh) of Pesach — Israeli SpringIn Shirat Ha-Yam — the Song of the Sea — we read, “God is a man of war, God is His name.” The metaphor is somewhat disconcerting to the modern ear, accustomed to the depiction of God in more spiritual or benevolent terms. But when tyrants like Pharaoh enslave people…Torah4 min read
Apr 14Pesach 5782 — The Holiday of Freedom: The Holiday of the GerFriday night we will all sit around the seder with our families. Throughout the seder, we celebrate both our liberation from Egyptian slavery and the fulfillment of God’s promise to Abraham, the father of the Israelite people: “Know well that your offspring shall be strangers in a land not theirs…Passover5 min read
Published in Aleph·Apr 13Empowering Others To Riseup!Our investment in RiseUp — When Yuval Samet came to see me some six years ago to brainstorm ideas for his next company, I never imagined it would look like RiseUp. When he came back one year later with Tamara Harel-Cohen and Iftach Bar, looking for investors for their new company, he was sure Aleph…Startup4 min read
Apr 8Parshat Metzora — Among Us, Without DiscountsIn Parshat Metzora, we are presented with two stages in the purification of a metzorah — a person afflicted with tza’raat. In last week’s parasha, we learned that the metzorah is required to leave the camp and sit alone outside the camp in quarantine. In our parasha, we see that…Torah5 min read
Mar 31Parshat Tazria — The Good LifeParshat Tazria opens with laws about the impurity that follows childbirth. The mother is ritually impure for a number of days depending on whether she gives birth to a male or female. God spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the Israelite people thus: When a woman at childbirth bears a…Torah4 min read
