Yeshiva
Beit Midrash
- Torah Portion and Tanach
- Bereshit
- Bereshit
that Creation had a beginning, that G-d brought
space & time into existence from nothing
(ex-nihilo). Scientists have struggled mightily
to prove or disprove this idea. The "Steady-State
theory" supposed that, somehow, the Universe had
always existed. But others argued that, if time
was reversed, we would eventually reach a point
of zero volume & infinite destiny. At that point,
Time & Space began with an explosive force, a
"Big Bang." This theory proposed that there
should be an "afterglow" of micro-radiation in
the cosmos which emanated from the Big Bang. And
sure enough, in 1964, scientists Penzias & Wilson
- & later, George Smoot, in 1992 - discovered a
micro-wave signal from space, providing decisive,
empirical evidence of the Big Bang. The Torah’s
postulation that the Universe had a specific
beginning point is now widely accepted by the
scientific community. (With thanks to Rabbi Dr. Julian Shindler).
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Various Events FOR WHOM NOT TO VOTE
Rav Zvi Yehuda Kook stressed that Israeli politics is G-dly, so I have no problem answering this common question on a Torani blog. Also, Free-Will is a G-d-given right and obligation, to "destine one's fate" (R. Soloveichik, Kol Dodi Dofek, 67), so I obviously don't tell others how to vote. But once not a few (especially young) have already asked, a couple of personal words from experience and thoughts from chazal & Rav Kook which may be of help to others, mainly for whom NOT to vote.
P'ninat Mishpat Fallout from Failure to Install Elevator – part II
based on ruling 85007 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
