With the development of artificial intelligence, we’ve managed to create machines that can drive, play chess, and write essays better than any human can. One Forbes article predicts that sooner than we think, “human workers across the economy will find their skills out of demand and their roles obsolete as increasingly sophisticated AI systems come to perform these activities better, cheaper, and faster than humans can.”
What does your life look like when you no longer need to work and provide for your family? What happens when all the menial tasks that used to take up your day are performed by robots?
The Rambam gave us the answer, 900 years ago:
“In that era, there will be neither famine nor war, envy nor competition, for good will flow in abundance and all delights will be as freely available as dust. The occupation of the entire world will be solely to know God.
Then, the Jews will be great sages and know the hidden matters, grasping the knowledge of their Creator according to the full extent of human potential, as Isaiah 11:9 states: ‘The world will be filled with the knowledge of God as the waters cover the ocean bed.”
(Mishneh Torah, Hilchos Melachim 12:5)
The Rambam paints a picture of a world where every man, woman, and child will wake up in the morning with one agenda – to dive into the endless ocean of Hashem’s wisdom.
This picture of what our lives will look like in the times of Moshiach is the vision that drives the Batsheva Learning Center’s work. Their High School Chidon, chavrusa programs, text-based courses, and most recently, their part-time Beis Midrash are all a preparation for a time when all Jews, men, and women, will spend their days immersed in Torah learning.”
Today, Batsheva Learning Center is running a 36-hour campaign centered around this theme: diving into the world of Torah study. They’re offering four classes, all themed around Torah and water, as a taste of the learning they offer, while raising $120,000 to power their year-round programming.
Click here to view the classes and/or donate.
