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Dinosaurs in the Torah? The Truth Revealed! Rabbi Zamir Cohen in English (AI)

8.6K views · Oct 19, 2025

Rabbi Zamir Cohen

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[Music] [Applause] [Music] Many people are convinced that the discovery of dinosaurs dates back to around 350 years ago. A British scientist while digging in England found a giant bone and didn't understand what it was because there was no such creature. There were different assumptions, various theories and more expeditions were sent out to dig until they uncovered the entire world of dinosaurs. There are religious people in the world who were so frightened by the the world who were so frightened by the discovery of dinosaurs that they said there was no such thing because it goes against their beliefs and they don't understand. But Judaism knew about these things long before. The Torah says that the God created the great tanim on the fifth day. In the creation story, there are no proper names when it is written. And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds, cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth. There are no specific names like lion, bear or tiger,

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