virtual rabbi

Initial description of your project Time to change the paradigm: reality is grabbing not clicking a mouse, reality is being inside the scene not looking at it. Reality is experiencing something (or virtual experience). Google is nice for looking up individual facts using keywords but there is no knowledge, no hierarchy, no semantics, no sub networks (Torah only), no effective remembering of what I did yesterday and in what order, and no real inference of what I want to do today (dependent on time and where I was yesterday). Reality: we use the brain for that. Artificial intelligence is beyond my lifetime and most likely yours, but we can simulate some of the brains activities to save us time and learn more effectively. So we use discrete knowledge layers. These means organizing and combining stuff both spatially and temporarily that helps our brain (summaries, sided by side comparisons, patterns, what did my teacher say, what did my study partner say. I am going to attempt to operate over 5 dimensions (obviously not simultaneously), space (3), time, and spiritual. I also employee mind-mapping using all three spacial dimensions so we can go INTO the nodes or connections. What I am going to achieve: Experience (specifically the bible [Tanach], using knowledge layers, immersion, and interaction rather than mere facts). Via virtual reality allow the disabled (bedridden, no arms) to achieve religious experiences Taking the Torah out of the ark (requires two hands and holding it upright), taking off the outer garments, putting it on the table, turn the scrolls to the proper page and proper point to read. Putting on tefillin. Again, a two handed operation involving a long strap , holding with one hand (force on a soft material) and wrapping with the other (moving a soft material around and arm and fingers. Other religious experiences: Everyone at the seder table regardless of there location. (can we get Oculus to achieve sitting?) In the Sukkah. In the desert at Mt Sinai with the golden calf in the Mishkan during the exodus in the second temple and in the holy of hollies with the high priest with all his garments Allow non Kabalists and Kabalist to achieve meditational experiences Images that show Kabbalah concepts (tzintzum, shatering of vessels): Kabbalah involves very complex symposim for representing (modeling) how G-d communicates with us 10 symbols called Sefirot representing certain aspects of G-d.
Serfirot show multiple simultaneous aspects, linear and surrounding aspects representing both general and specific providence and transcendent and imminent qualities. 32 paths (10 sefirot and 22 connections) of consciousness on the path to higher spirituality meditation: music, Hebrew letters and names of G-d meld in your headset to help create experiences

Scenes (created using Threejs, blender

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Simple spatial mind map, 5 nodes, 5 connections (manipulate all in many ways: select, move, hide, rotate, go inside, etc) The Torah inside a cabinet with tables, and pointer (to be taken out, opened, and read) page of the Torah Use of left and right hands a bookcase to represent a spatial menu A note (“first Mitzvah of 613 commandments) missing an arrow to the node or a connection Golden calf inscences alter in the holy of hollies menorah snake from the Tree of Knowledge (sound would include chanting, etc.) figure:2 Kabbalah: Light (G-d’s transmission or purpose) transmits from the apertures (video coming) of Adam Kadmon to 1 sefirot (“ayin:nothingness”) of 10 and to another (cochmah: wisdom) figure 3 Kabbalah: 10 sefirot represent as 10 concentric surrounding lights (general providence). Kabbalah: The circular and linear sefirot contained in five worlds.

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Multiple windows that the system as set up for this weeks learning (top to bottom). All data is stored in a semantic database: A specific URL for a specific reading A summary of Genesis A video The detail versus from 1 of the translations this one with Rashi (scholar) commentary Frames contents are mobile, extensible, sharable, and persistent.

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Inside the Mishkan ( mobile temple in the desert during the exodus) and in the holy of hollies: menorah on the left on the pedestal, incense alter in the front, showbread on the right, ark in the back on the left, curtain has been removed

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• three.js