In this opening lecture, Rabbi Ginsburg provides the background for the significance of the number 137. 137 is the numeric value of the Hebrew word "kabbalah" and the number that has been entitled by science as the inverse of the Fine structure constant. Rabbi Ginsburg explores how this number represents a coupling inseparable opposites and applies this to the two attributes that are key to serving G-d in a balanced way: love of G-d and fear of G-d.
