This was the final email from Eli regarding his insights on the Torah/Bible. I have enjoyed his 25 years of friendship, partnership and collaboration with israelseen. We will all miss him dearly.
Steve Ornstein
But that’s the meaning of the term Adam (Man) from a kabbalistic-numerological view. If we divide the word into syllables, we’ll discover the [...]
It saddens me to inform all of our supporters that Dr. Eli Lasch, a close friend and contributor to israelseen, passed away April 1, 2009. He was scheduled to visit Israel in a few weeks for his 80th birthday celebration with family and friends.
I had known Eli for over 25 years and had seen him [...]
By Dr. Eli Lasch
The fifth and the first half of the sixth day follow exactly the accepted scheme of evolution. Having disengaged itself from rootedness life started moving: The first to be created were “the animals of the sea”, then the dinosaurs – the Torah designates them as “the big Taninim” usually translated as “crocodiles” [...]
One more belief system of our time is the notion that the construction plan for animals and plants are contained in the genetic code. This code is complex and the number of possible variations enormous. Could it be that a code like that has developed at random? A simple look at the numbers shows that [...]
To the next step. In the last chapter we have claimed that the creation of the luminaries symbolize the beginning of a new cycle – a cycle introducing consciousness and leading to self-consciousness, to human beings. How is that happening? It is fascinating to perceive that in the biblical account of [...]
Past and Future in the Gaza Strip
an interview with Dr. Eyad El-Sarraj, director of GCMHP (Gaza Community Mental Health Program)
by Dr. Eli Erich Lasch, former Israeli director of health services of the Gaza Strip
Dr. Lasch: What was the first thing that happened, after the Israelis went away? (in 1994)
Dr. El-Sarraj The first thing was that the rule [...]