The Age of the Universe – Thousands or Billions of Years? (AI)

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Zamir Cohen’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

What is the age of the universe? Apparently, there is a contradiction that cannot be bridged because according to our tradition, the Jewish counting begins from the dawn of human history, 5,785. On the other hand, according to science, the age of the universe today is between 13 and a half billion years to 15 billion years. How can such a gap be bridged? But the answer is simple. First, our counting begins from Adam, the first man, during the creation days. Time flowed differently back then than it does today. it does today. Einstein discovered in the theory of relativity that time changes. For example, if we take twins, both of them are 20 years old. One twin stays with us here, and the second twin is sent up in a spaceship traveling at 300,000 km per second. After 40 years, he returns from his space journey and lands with us. The twin who stayed here is now 60 years old, and you can clearly see the changes in his face, wrinkles. It turns out that the person who was in the spaceship gets off looking like a 20-year-old. 20-year-old. For him, only a few minutes passed. It sounds bizarre, but it is scientifically proven. Today, it is scientifically proven that someone traveling at such a speed experiences time differently, says Rabbi Dessler. In his book, Michtav Eliyahu, he brings the words of the Ramban and writes that the simple meaning of the text, explained according to our understanding, is that we perceive days as hours and moments. But according to the essence of the matter, meaning its inner reality, it is a completely different perception.

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1. 0:09What is the age of the universe? Apparently, there is a contradiction that cannot be bridged…
2. 0:40it does today. Einstein discovered in the theory of relativity that time changes. For example, if…
3. 1:1020-year-old. For him, only a few minutes passed. It sounds bizarre, but it is scientifically proven.…
4. 1:41a completely different perception. It was written in a way that we could understand, six days.…
5. 2:12history is known exactly for 5,785 years. So, what about the billions that scientists talk about?…
6. 3:13between the ages of 2 and 22. Let's take a student who has never heard of…
7. 3:43"I won't follow this creature for 22 years. 1 year is enough, but I need to…
8. 4:13of monitoring and precise calculations? He will prove that a 22-year-old kangaroo weighs Does anyone know…
9. 4:44"No, I wasn't. But I did tests." The tests you conducted are similar to the students',…
10. 5:14he look? Like a newborn baby looking for where to nurse? No, he was created as…

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