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About
Where the telescope meets the text
I defended my PhD in Astrophysics at 25. My doctoral work in galactic dynamics produced the Wolf et al. Mass Estimator, an equation used across the field to calculate galaxy masses from stellar velocities. I finished eight years ahead of the national average.
And I was still terrified that believing in God made me less credible as a scientist.
That tension pushed me to do something most people avoid: take both sides seriously. Not as metaphor. Not as apologetics. I wanted to understand whether the universe described by physics and the reality described by Torah are actually the same universe, examined at different resolutions.
After a decade of teaching and research, the answer is yes. The expansion of spacetime maps onto what Nachmanides described eight centuries before Hubble. The measurement problem in quantum mechanics tracks with the deepest Chassidic teachings on trust. The mathematics of neural networks parallel the Alter Rebbe's model of competing drives in Tanya.
I teach these intersections weekly on my YouTube channel and in my Torah UMaddah newsletter on Substack.
Research & Lectures
Topics at the intersection
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Astrophysics + Bereishis
The Observable Universe and Day One
The age of the universe, the expansion of spacetime, and what Nachmanides wrote eight centuries before Hubble.
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Neuroscience + Tanya
The Architecture of Consciousness
How modern brain research illuminates the Alter Rebbe's model of competing drives in human decision-making.
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Quantum Physics + Emunah
The Measurement Problem and the Nature of Trust
The measurement problem, wave function collapse, and why Heisenberg's insight resonates with bitachon.
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Biology + Torah
Design, Evolution, and the Space Between
Engaging the origins debate with intellectual honesty and Chassidic metaphysics.
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Economics + Halacha
Markets, Money, and the Talmudic Framework
Monetary theory, fiat currency, and what davar she'lo ba l'olam teaches about modern finance.
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Data Science + Hashgacha
Patterns, Providence, and the Limits of Prediction
Statistical inference, Bayesian reasoning, and the Torah's view of hidden order.
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Highlights from Torah UMaddah
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Pesach
God's Encrypted Transmission From Antiquity
What RSA encryption reveals about the Seder's 3,300-year signal chain.
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Parshas Yisro
You Are the Metaphor in God's Holographic Reality
The holographic principle says you're a projection. Torah says the same thing, but means it literally.
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Parshas Shemos
The Butterfly Effect of Bitachon
Lorenz proved that 0.025% changes everything. The Lubavitcher Rebbe explained why.
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