When a Paradox is not a Disproof
The GPS is an amazing thing. The chips in it work because of the physics of semiconductors, and the fact that the energy the electrons can absorb or emit come in fixed quantities. All...
by Micha Berger · Published January 14, 2021 – א׳ בשבט תשפ״א · Last modified January 14, 2021
The GPS is an amazing thing. The chips in it work because of the physics of semiconductors, and the fact that the energy the electrons can absorb or emit come in fixed quantities. All...
by Micha Berger · Published September 23, 2018 – י״ד בתשרי תשע״ט · Last modified September 23, 2018
Tehillim 136, which Chazal call Hallel haGadol, has a long list of things Hashem did for us with the refrain “כי לעולם חסדו — for His Lovingkindness is eternal.” The first three call us...
by Micha Berger · Published October 23, 2015 – י׳ במרחשוון תשע״ו · Last modified October 23, 2015
The whole question of time sequence in either description is questionable. Time itself was something created, and thus some rishonim (including the Rambam, Moreh Nevuchim 1:30) understand chapter 1 (at least, perhaps ch. 2...
Not long ago, CERN announced that the Large Hadron Collider produced evidence of the Higgs Boson, a fundamental particle Peter Higgs predicted in 1964, and was a major missing piece from the Standard Model....
by Micha Berger · Published February 5, 2009 – י״א בשבט תשס״ט · Last modified February 5, 2009
[Modified Feb 6, 2005: References raised on an Avodah discussion added. [Modified Feb 5 2009: References to later essays added. -mi] I know of a number of approaches to evolution vs creation in Jewish...
by Micha Berger · Published November 10, 2006 – י״ט במרחשוון תשס״ז · Last modified November 10, 2006
Updated by user suggestion. Element added: tzimtzum. We can’t really understand how the Ribbono shel olam does anything, and so in contemplating the concept of creation we have to fall back on simplifications, models...
I thought readers might enjoy the following sources on the Rambam on Creation. The Rambam writes: The following point now claims our attention. The account of the six days of creation contains, in reference...
by Micha Berger · Published November 3, 2005 – א׳ במרחשוון תשס״ו · Last modified November 3, 2005
I had an epiphany during leining this past Shabbos (parashas Bereishis). Such things are notoriously difficult to convey, but I’ll try anyway.Usually, shmuessin on the subject of shemiras halashon revolve around showing how much...
by Micha Berger · Published January 28, 2005 – י״ח בשבט תשס״ה · Last modified January 28, 2005
(You might want to see also Different Approaches to Creation, a survey that just touches on a variety of opinions, as well as Divine Timelessness.) I think that in order to understand Rav Dessler’s...
by Micha Berger · Published December 28, 2004 – ט״ז בטבת תשס״ה · Last modified December 28, 2004
Ver 1.0:Medrash Temurah: “G-d created” (Gen. 1:1): A hereic came to Rabbi Aqiva and asked, “Who made the universe?”. Rabbi Aqiva answered, “Haqadosh barukh Hu“. The heretic said, “Prove it to me.” Rabbi Aqiva...
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