Halacha's Reliance on Medical and Scientific Knowledge | A Shiur by Rav Asher Weiss Shlit"a

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[Music] this week is pasha's vayishlach and in almost all the previous years i spoke about gida nausea various different sugars associated with macholis today the persec on which we based this year would be a surprise to everyone at least as long as we don't get into at least as long as we don't get into the sugar so the process towards the end of the passage foreign don't all human beings live on the land where do the others live in the heavens what is the context of the gamora dna how much space do we need between the geffen and this is other vegetables other trees what is this and the common asks know how much we need to separate one species from the other species from the other khazal being the possum asked them and ghazal relied on their expertise of their knowledge and their scientific observation so the topic we will be discussing today is to what extent does halacha rely on scientific knowledge and this is such an important sugiya to discuss it these days because we are discuss it these days because we are still in the midst of a terrible pandemic we're waiting for the vaccine and just yesterday night i was on a conference call with one of the top experts in the world in vaccination and epidemiology with a group of rabonim so we all hope that the caught up we will have an effective vaccine but we still are in the midst of a pandemic and there are so many amongst us that and there are so many amongst us that totally disregard rules and regulations that are put forward by experts in their field that highly recommend wearing masks social distancing hygiene and there are still so many amongst us that laugh that laugh it all away so what is the approach of ghazal

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1. 0:01[Music] this week is pasha's vayishlach and in almost all the previous years i spoke about…
2. 4:43is that possible it isn't from the that we learned that we rely on scientific knowledge…
3. 9:50and the biologist shared with ghazal their observation and their understanding that the bird is born…
4. 15:06a suffolk and but because suffolk is enough suffocate sufficient sufficient but we won't rely on…
5. 20:20needs to evaluate nss not doctors but i ask and exactly why would basel be qualified…
6. 25:41that our forefathers were totally unaware of and that is genetics so today by examining dna…
7. 30:27that doesn't answer so why does the gemara say we bring a chef because we wouldn't…
8. 35:46yes we do rely on scientific knowledge do we always trust any doctor no i think…
9. 40:51bris doesn't make sense but the mama modice was right to pascan at the end of…
10. 46:18365 days in the sun year can i get 365 lotes of shabbat it is not…

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