The Guide for the Perplexedis an outstanding sefer. However, it’s not meant for everyone. Its main target is Torah scholars since the sefer was written for the generation of the Rambam, and it mainly ...

A medieval doctor asks his employer and patron to describe “Thousand and One Nights.” “You’d have to read it, I suppose,” the vizier chuckles. “It spins into more and more stories, until you feel like ...

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Our planet’s climate is anything but simple. All kinds of factors influence it, from massive events on the Sun to the growth of microscopic creatures in the oceans, and there are subtle interactions ...