My brother Michi married his queen Rebbeca on Rosh Chodesh Nissan 2021. This was the blessing I gave them under the chupah. — An Israeli pop star, a Kabbalistic teacher in Nachlaot and a 19th century Chassidic Rebbe walk into a bar. They each order a drink to toast Becks and Michi. The pop star, whose a little French, orders a classic Bordeaux and starts his lechaim with a line we say in…

Get started with Python — one of the easiest to learn and most powerful programming languages. — If you’re like me, you’re probably sitting at home in the freezing cold contemplating how whether or not you actually had a social life pre-Corona or perhaps it was all an illusion. …

These short posts were inspired and are in honor of the late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z’tzl. His own life was transformed when the Lubavitcher Rebbe z’tzl brought out the leader in him and set in motion his becoming one of the luminaries of our generation. He, in turn, spent his…

How Blockchain Could Ensure that The Dividends of Data Are Enjoyed By All, Not Just Big Tech — When the dot-com bubble came crashing down, it left many once-hyped internet companies completely decimated and caused people to question whether the internet would ever live up to its billing. Those that survived wasted no time in banding together to showcase by holding annual conversations around ‘the web as a…

A Look At the Scaling Technique That Is Transforming Blockchain — Sharding — the process of splitting up a large computing load into smaller, manageable pieces — is widely used in traditional database technologies as a means of scaling storage capacity exponentially. The blockchain industry is actively exploring sharding as a technique to scale. …

How Blockchain can help prevent a repeat of the Great Recession and create a more inclusive, prosperous global economy. — The cyclical nature of financial markets seems inevitable. Booms are followed by busts when the economy struggles to keep pace with skyrocketing asset valuations and investors are forced to readjust their expectations. …

What you think you become. Your vibe attracts your tribe. The law of attraction. Tracht gut vit zein gut. Whether you’re a hipster yuppie in your mid-20s, a middle-aged suburban mother of four, a chasidic Jew or a Buddhist monk, your tradition speaks of the power of thought to construct…

By Dudu Azaraf on ALTCOIN MAGAZINE — The beautiful side of crypto: Part 2 When Satoshi Nakamoto unveiled his blockchain creation to the world, it was the birth of not just a new technology but a new movement. Blockchain, together with smart contract technology, gives billions of people autonomy in shaping their financial systems and digital universes. The internet, which began as a movement…

This latest 9-month bear market has brought out the uglier side of human nature, as competing factions within the crypto community hurl accusations and insults at one another on social media with increasing vitriol. During these tense times, it is easy to zoom into the petty squabbles and lose sight…