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Is AI Created in the Image of God?

Rabbi Eli Garfinkel
Rabbi Eli Garfinkel
October 7, 2026

From a Jewish point of view, the one thing that differentiates human beings from other life forms is that we were created בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹקִים (b’tzelem Elo-him), which means “in the image of God.” But what does this curious phrase actually mean?

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