Contradictions Between Halachic Tradition & Scientific Research | @ Chemed Medical Conference (5786)

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So once again it's a privilege, it's host and a pleasure to be here with this amazing crowd. And I thank my dear friend Dr. Friedman for inviting me once again. I think I've been a guest at this uh unbelievable event since it was born, since the first year. And this Maya business and I look forward we should be able to get together for many wonderful years to come. >> [clears throat] >> The topic we will be discussing this morning I don't know whether it could be defined as a medical topic, but it is a an extremely important discussion for medical professions or for academics in every field who are Shimon and Yiddish and cling on to our sacred traditions since Muhammad Sinai. How do we deal with the many contradictions that seem to be between Torah, Masorah, and scientific discovery? And the questions are many and the answers are few. So there are I would say two common the ways to deal with these with this dilemma. And one would be to say we know everything and they know nothing. And whatever they say that contradicts the law is total nonsense. And maybe tomorrow they will be wiser than they are today and everything they say that goes against the law is just a total mistake. And that is probably the safest approach for Yeshiva boys. You know, tell your children everything is in according to we learn in our sacred and our holy books and whatever they say that doesn't fit in

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3. 9:49that was one of his crusades the name of time and I observe the name of…
4. 14:26lamed, and the Chazon Ish Yoreh De'ah siman alef, their approach in explaining the Rambam is,…
5. 19:33A woman, or l'havdil, an animal, would never have milk to nurse unless she had a…
6. 24:40assumptions are not correct and they have changed. Shulchan Aruch Orech Chaim One of the lamdus…
7. 29:17truth. Maybe we know better today. Should we be machmir? >> [clears throat] >> One ashkafa…
8. 34:24could explain why it was considered a sakana and then we follow present-day medicine. A person…
9. 39:06what happens later no longer affects halacha. So the Chazon Ish's approach is based on the…
10. 44:13sleep? Where does the sun go? If that is what Chachmei Yisrael thought, that is the…

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